Opinion  Attila Somfalvi
Obama encouraged Israelis to rebel
Attila Somfalvi
Published: 23.03.13, 14:54
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31. A summary of Obama's speech to Israel:
Reuven Brauner ,   Raanana, Israel   (03.23.13)
"I love you. Now go commit suicide." Your friend forever, BO.
32. President Obama
shimon vega ,   beer sheva Israel   (03.23.13)
personally ,Ithink Obama has nothing to tell the Israelies,,and I do not trust Obama at all !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! that is what I think !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
33. I will Add
Chaim Ben Kahan ,   Efrat, Israel   (03.23.13)
The writer is delusional. Obama's speech said nothing of the sort. Obama was not addressing Israelis, he was addressing Palestinian supporters. Obama said nothing different than Left Wingers in Israel have been saying for decades and Israelis believed this for a brief moment in 1993 when OSLO Was signed, but shortly after Israelis learned the truth about the PLO and saw the PLO terrorist had not changed one bit. Israelis know they do not have a partner in peace. This is fact. It's not even a belief, but a proven, well known fact.
34. "Obama Quotes Radical Socialist Saul Alinsky In Speech...
Harry Wright ,   UK   (03.23.13)
To Young Israelis". Those who have not yet read this and similar articles need to find them on the net and read them.
35. Harold #9, don't embarrass yourself
Jake   (03.23.13)
If you are going to appeal to Biblical commandments, then you should not leave out that the one in which God commands the Jews to acquire, possess, and dwell in the Land, and not to allow it to be sold or leased to any other nation in perpetuity. As Naphtali Benett said after Obama's speech, "You can't be an occupier in your own land".
36. Avramele #28, pathetic post
Jake   (03.23.13)
Obama is not and has never claimed to be a "beloved family member". He is simply flexing his muscles and intervening in the affairs of a sovereign foreign nation, inserting some silky words here and there to butter up his carefully selected audience...not that it made much difference to the opinions of the Israeli people at large, which remains largely suspicious of Obama and his intentions.
37. #1, Your post is devoid of any truth
Jake   (03.23.13)
There is no quote from Netanyahu indicating that he meddled in the elections, and your claims about paying millions to Fox News is are simply manufactured. There are however ample quotes from Obama indicating that he meddled in the last Israeli election, not to mention his agitation to rebellion during his last visit to Israel.
38. The good and the ugly
Avramele   (03.23.13)
So good to see the bravery of young Israelis ( and most of that audience were veterans of the IDF, many of whom do not want their children to serve in the territories 20 yrs from now) ...and how scared and irrational the right wing talkbackers are today.
39. #38
nava ,   jerusalem   (03.23.13)
The audience was handpicked, many Arab students from Israeli universities - hh do you even know that our Universities and colleges are filled with many Arab students...even Ariel U which obama refused to include. I hate to tell you but a huge percentage of the soldiers COME FROM JUDEA AND THE SHOMRON.
40. Palestinian State
Zechariah   (03.23.13)
Only those Palestinians who have the Fullest Capacity to Live in Peace With Their Jewish Neighbours and Aggressively Work Against Jihadi and Ba'ath Torturers can live in a Palestian State .Otherwise Truce Conditions can be Negotiated only.
41. Avramele #38, you are deceiving yourself.
Jake   (03.23.13)
And using cliches and fraudulent generalizations. The audience was carefully selected among those who are most in tune and receptive with Obama's views. It's called "preaching to the choir". The Israeli elections put into the trash heap of history the notion that most Israelis are at variance with Netanyahu on the fundamental matters of "land for peace". The percentage of Israel who favor a complete Israeli withdrawal to the pre-1967 lines is an extreme minority. Deal with it.
42. Israel just had elections
Cipora Julianna Kohn ,   Z   (03.23.13)
the left lost. israel, more than ever, is surrounded by fanatical islamist murderers. all the rest is irrelevant.
43. Yes, Obama is foolish
Jay Abouaf ,   Jaffa Israel   (03.23.13)
44. Stealing the land
Sam ,   Belgium   (03.23.13)
And what did Americans do to the Indians ?
45. #35
Harold ,   USA   (03.24.13)
I did not know there is commandment number eleven. Yes Naphtali Benett said those words but he cannot be against the whole world who consider the occupied Palestinian lands illegal and against international laws.
46. #1 Have you Forgot
Bill Stein ,   USA   (03.24.13)
That Clinton interferred in the 2000 Elections in Israel and overthrew Bibi when he sent Democratic strategist to help Ehud Barak?
47. Netanyahu's Bachmann Speech
Mark of Lewiston ,   USA   (03.24.13)
It sure would be entertaining for Netanyahu to give a speech at Columbia about repeal of Obamacare or Gun Control. Be a good thing the US Secret Service was there to protect him. Thomas Jefferson said that the Tree of Freedom had to be watered from time to time. A shame so few are familiar with Jefferson.
48. obumah is a cluck & settlement construction must continueYES
Moshe ,   Usa   (03.24.13)
You are absolutely right. More Jewish babies, more settlement construction, more partying amongst Jews & more power to the Jewish people. AMEN !
49. Netanyahu Did Same Thing with American Congress
Joel ,   Boston USA   (03.24.13)
Netanyahu did the same thing. He spoke to US congress directly to elicit support that he felt he was not getting from Obama. Great move. No criticism but let's not be hypocrites and criticize Obama for same move.
50. What a NAMBLA man says to a 10 yer old. I want you to see
B.E. ,   whangarei, nz   (03.24.13)
this from my prespective. No matter how painful I am as a human being, try to see it through my eyes. Yeah, right. That's why concealed carry was invented. To deal with those who can only see things from their own criminal perspective. Palis who want to wipe Israel off the map, i.e. read a textbook of their printing, need to be inked elsewhere in the mideast, i.e. Jordan!
51. To Jew Hater Harold
Mordechai   (03.24.13)
Jews have always been against the entire world. Morality and decency offend those who dedicate their lives to Israel. Yes Iran, Syria, Russia will lead the misnamed UN Human Rights council to declare Jews living peacefully among Arabs illegal. But Jew haters demanding parts of the land of Israel being Judenrein doesn't make it so. The entire world had no problem with Hitler and the world would have no problem with moslems exterminating the Jews of Israel is she ever lost a war. But Israel does not rely on the entire world. One of the basic ideas of Zionism is the Jews would live as a free people in their own land and be responsible for their own security.
52. Harold, #45
Jake   (03.24.13)
There are actually 613 commandments in the Torah, not just 10. Who speaks for the "whole world? There is no world government. There is no world court legally empowered to interpret international law, particularly in relation to the UN resolutions concerning the Arab-Israeli conflict, which are non-binding under Chapter VI.
53. Obama and Israel
Leslie J Paldon ,   Raanana,Israel   (03.24.13)
The Israeli public does not need the interpretation of Obama's declarations by a provocative bystander with a Hungarian screenname . Obama came a long way from his Cairo speech and much of what he said is appreciated but he does still not want to understand that Israel cannot make peace by ittself with the people who preach and teach its destruction . A change if any must come from the Arab public by rejecting the beliefs of hatred and not from another Hudaybiya peace signed on American demand. Leslie J Paldon
54. The bottom line
Makina ,   New York, USA   (03.24.13)
is that Israel has a choice: Either you withdraw to the Green Line, and let the Palestinians have their state just as you have yours. (on 78% of the original Palestine Mandate!) or you will have ONE state, with a Palestinian majority. THOSE are your choices. This pipe dream that you are going to "expel" all the Arabs from the West Bank is just that: A pipe dream. The U.S, and the world will not stand for such foolishness. Get it straight, get it straight now, and MOVE on it. Americans have only so much patience with trifling little states like Israel, which are NOT a U/S. priority, have no oil to sell, and are nothing but a Schnoorer nation, whining & complaining for decades. ENOUGH!
55. i hope israelis were not so gullable
david ,   new york   (03.24.13)
obama hates israel - its not netanyahu or lieberman or bennet or whomever. israel for him represents the worst of western oppression of the poor brown and black people of the world. face the facts: he doesnt want israel to exist. however, there is a lot of support of israel in congress and amoung the american people in general, so he has to at least mouth the words that he will support israel. BTW: have you been feeling his great warmth towards israel yet? like with iran, the palestinians. has he supported western allies like mubarak? does he prefer the moslem brotherhood rule egypt instead? what did he say at that cairo speech?
56. Knuckleheads United
Barnicle Bill ,   USA   (03.24.13)
Any intelligent student would recognize Obama for the fraud that he is. Talk about ignorant, how does this allegedly smart man draw a comparison between Israel and the Palestinians and America and Canada?
57. 42 Just say "No" Cipora
Mark of Lewiston ,   USA   (03.24.13)
Israel is free to reject everything. This is a choice Israel can make. Choices have consequences. Choose wisely.
58. Obama the Trojan Horse
Robert ,   New Jersey, USA   (03.24.13)
At last someone sees through this petty tyrant, obama. Spot on, Atilla! #5, You and all the leftwing Bush derangement syndrome drones deny the WMD that were in Iraq to cast the intelligence bot the left and right acknowledged at the time about the presence of WMD in Iraq. The eyewitness accounts of truck convoys in the darkness of night leaving Iraq for Syria during Desert Storm have now borne witness in the huge chemical weapon stockpile Assad is deploying against the Syrian rebels. #9, the Ninth Commandment should be read to the Arabs who with the UN's help, stole Jews' land - not to Jews who reclaim what they owned from biblical times. Unless Israel awakens to this impostor US president and his agenda of Divide and Conquer, it will rue the day it invited this enemy onto its soil.
59. To Harold, #9
Harry ,   Sweden   (03.24.13)
Jews took back their own land, after you Europeans never ceased to persecute them after their exile 2000 years ago.. As opposed to you Europeans who stole the land of the American Indians and presumably have no intention of ever returning to Europe, let alone giving AMerica back to its natives.
60. David vz Goliath!!
rinah   (03.24.13)
Obama had to come here equipped with his full arsenal. Israel needs only 5 stones (as did king David), the 5 books of Moses!
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