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Livnat: Enlightened Left silencing others
Ran Boker
Published: 19.12.13, 14:37
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1. Turn your back on the settlers
Dan   (12.19.13)
My fellow Israeli Jews, if you want to save Israel from the disaster that Sharon and Netanyahu have led us to, refuse to do any business with or provide any comfort or honor to the settlers or those who support them. It is the settlements which have undermined our national legitimacy and given the Arabs the best propaganda tool they ever had. Take it away from them, undermine the BDS fools, expose Arab 'resistance' for the racist aggression that it is, and give our grandchildren a chance. Abandon the settlers to their fate and they will soon wake from their mad fantasy.
2. Ms. Livnat! What this whole fuss about?!
AVouskila ,   South America   (12.19.13)
Look it is a democratic country, and there are always dissident to an official policy or stand. It does not however make any objection a meritous occasion to give it an exposure in aoverly exagerated portion. Now, we, as Israeli citizens, including those from the extreme right and the extreme left, going through the Jewish majority and the minority subjects of the State,have the inalieable RIGHT to express their vues, but not to the extent that those views might be inimical to the majority wishes. The question left to pose is: Why there are no bodies, committees, fraterneties that will also advise the Israeli citizens to object to certain artists (no pun intended) work, media, art work, any endeavour that seem inimical to their own believes, and that their right has been hyjacked by a very small group of people. Livnat, you are not serving the democracy nor the end results you drive so hard to achieve. There are ways and they are ways to stand up to your right as well without amplifying the wrongs.
3. LIES...there is no "Enlightened Left" its Bolshavik Left
(12.20.13)
4. Mrs. Livnat is right. Not only they are silencing
Miron ,   USA   (12.20.13)
but also disposessing and throwing in the streets. Where she is wrong, they are the same people who call to murder Iranians and Syrians. For same reason they are disposessing and throwing in the streets Jewish people. In that regard there is no difference between Jewish people and Iranian people for this "enlightened". Just like there was no difference between Spaniards of Gernica and communists and Jewish for Nazis.
5. Core Issue
Zechariah   (12.21.13)
The Core issue is a Jewish Verification presence in the Jordan Valley and Area C and other Vulnerable Areas that is Armed and Has a massive Defensive and Deterrant Capacity .Human rights to all people's in Holy Land can be monitored and protected by a Scandanavian Contribution for example .
6. Dan # 1
Eaglebeak ,   Left Coast, USA   (12.21.13)
If it wasn't the settlers it would only be something else. The settlers are not the problem. Those who hate Israel and Jews will hate us no matter what. Turning our backs on the settlers only would make us part of the problem. Jews need to stick together not abandon each other. Abandoning those that voted for Obama though.....I could live with that.
7. The "Left"--Progressives
graczek ,   Maryland, USA   (12.22.13)
With respect to the Middle East, Progressives are indeed enlightened. They realize that the establishment of "Israel" was a major geopolitical mistake that needs to be corrected; however, with the least possible bloodshed, hopefully none. Concerted BDS should do the job.
8. Community standards..local norms bounding acceptable conduct
Steve Benassi ,   Silver Bay, MN USA   (12.21.13)
If Israel wants to be part of the Western world, it must adhere to Western standards.
9. #7 anything but progressive
R ,   Israel   (12.22.13)
Left is not progressive, and BDS are the biggest hypocrites. One of their outspoken leaders is studying for his degree at an Israeli university. They boycott only Israel, like many a "progressive", yet they only boycott what is comfortable for them. They use Israeli technology on a daily basis. They have no problem with how Assad treats his own countrymen, with that half of Saudi Arabia's population - the female half - do not have equal rights, and the list goes on and on. Not progressives. Hypocrites.
10. Our media are saturated with Judeo-Quisling spewing Leftist
tom ,   tel aviv   (12.22.13)
propaganda 24/7. When "Army Radio" is openly against the IDF (countless examples of that, however surreal it sounds) then we know something is totally off. It's a long process, but cleansing the air has slowly started and hopefully will progress, thus rendering the "Progressives" toothless & with no influence. Amen!(said by a rabid secularist)
11. 1Dan,No way we abandon our people
ORA ,   JERUSALEM   (12.26.13)
Are you out of your mind?
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