Opinion  Amnon Abramovich
Settler leaders should have been put on trial, not Azaria
Amnon Abramovich
Published: 22.02.17, 23:04
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1. As a Jew he was a victim of
MadDad ,   Johannesburg RSA   (02.23.17)
being called an occupying colonialist in his ancestral homeland where everyday he faced cold blooded killers out to stab, ram, explode and maim, who had succeeded in killing his friend.
Cat got your tongue??
2. Morality at Play?
Lorraine   (02.23.17)
Well—there it is—in the comments above by poster Sam Babekov who says: “The leftist erev Rav capos were always leftist garbage traitors”. The obligatory slur of “capo” hurled against people on the Left which always seem to be said by someone on the Right—which is an insult to every Jew, Left or Right, who suffered from *real* capos (kapos) in the Holocaust--and an insult to many of the sacrificing founders of the state of Israel, many of whom were Leftists. Calling people “capos” (kapos for holding a point of view from within a legitimate sector of the Israel political system—just as all modern Democracies have equally legitimate Lefts and Rights (neither are traitors—different points of view are normal in a Democracy)—is absolutely pernicious. There are plenty of ways for Sam Babekov to democratically express his disagreement with other points of view. By resorting to this sort of filth, Sam Babekov, loses any moral standing he seems to have claimed only for people of his own political persuasion.
3. Ultimately settlers will bring down state of israel.
ironbutterfly ,   israel   (02.23.17)
it happened before, 2000 years ago.
It will happen again.
Radicals among jews are those who have caused almost all tragedies to themselves.
4. Mr. Amnon : You abuse the right of speach
Avram Goldsmith ,   Toronto   (02.22.17)
If you present this issue political with bear your idheolgical view , you can't be an genuine journalist , but your inflamatory tone that what is disturbing with people like you who need foes!
You have been in wars with traumatic results and your behaviour not make any honor to what you represent.
5. WHEN HATE EXCEEDS LOVE
Steve Feuerstein ,   New York   (02.23.17)
TO WRITE WITH UNBRIDLED VITRIOL AGAINST SUCH A SIGNIFICANT CONTINGENT OF YOUR OWN FAITH IS BEYOND THE PALE.

I AM TRULY PAINED AND SADDENED BY YOUR WORDS.
6. Soldiers should evacuate Hebron
Essie HaKohane ,   USA   (02.23.17)
Having traveled to Israel at least a dozen times and being in love with the land, I can say that being a strong Zionist, I am in love with Israel.
My relatives live all over, including Samaria and Judea.
And then my visit for the first time to Hebron. I was revolted not only by the way the settlers treated the Arabs, but how they treated the Israeli soldiers defending them.
President Rivlin was visiting Hebron the day I was there. One would assume, by the settlers' behavior, that an enemy of the state was visiting. Terrible.
Then I did some research.
The settlers are less than one percent of the population. The capital and the numbers of soldiers used to defend the ungrateful settlers is just not worth the government's efforts. In addition, it is demoralizing to the citizen soldier to be assigned that city. I grew up in a country that spit on soldiers after their tour in Vietnam. This is no different.
Azaria should have received a stiffer sentence, and Hebron should be treated like Kush Katif.
7. Only an extremely fanatical, Jihad-enabling Judo-Quisling
(02.23.17)
like Abramovich can stoop to such lows as presented in this 'article". There are not many Israelis I'd deport to Gaza in a blink of an eye, but this leftist fascist is certainly one of them! What a chutzpah, what a gall; no wonder he's employed by Channel 22: he fits like a glove....
8. Muddled mind
Shalom ,   Jerusalem, Israel   (02.23.17)
The law is clear: the perpetrator pays the penalty for the crime and no one else does, except for proven accomplices. So nobody but Azaria is to be punished for Azaria's crime and it is lamentable that Channel 2 and Ynet provide a platform for such muddled thinking. As for Azaria, he had to be punished for flagrantly violating the IDF's code of conduct, since an army that fails to enforce discipline will deteriorate into an armed mob that endangers everyone, including Azaria's blind admirers.
9. The Victim Defense tactic generally fails because
Israela ,   Israel   (02.23.17)
there is no worse oppressor than one who has been oppressed.
The French-Israeli soldier murdered a neutralized terrorist...when he finishes his term of punishment here and goes aboard...what will the French do to him? Will they try him for crimes against humanity? Or will they say: "poor poor victim...here's the French Legion of Honor medal?"
10. Azarie is a victim
annie ,   Jerusalem   (02.23.17)
M.Abramovitch ,you remember Sartre's sentence :'You are nothing but your life-Tu n'es rien d'autre que ta vie "...
11. an excellent, well-thought out article. good job Ynet.
Rafi ,   US   (02.23.17)
12. amnon should be put on trial
jay   (02.25.17)
amnon should be on trial for inciting against israel, dennigrating, adopting antiisrael narratives.

he should sit in jail for 10 years which is the only thing that would knock some sense in this thick head.
13. Abromovitz The voice of the Self Hating Jew
"TheSadClown" ,   Jerusalem Israel   (02.26.17)
in history Abromovitz will go down if at all as a footnote entitled
"Self Hating Jews of History" along with his mentor Karl Marx
14. Abramovich is secular equal of Naturey Karta!
(02.26.17)
15. Abramovich should be vomited out of our society.
(02.27.17)
16. Abromovitch a portrait of Psychotic Illness of Self Hate
PsychosWithaMicrophn ,   Jerusalem Israel   (02.27.17)
Israeli media is ruled by neurotic Leftist Post Zionist Post Judaism terminally
ill and frightening psychotic self hating Jews how did this happen
and why is it allowed to continue to be fostered on a healthy Jewish Israeli society ? All journalists should be forced to take sanity test before being
allowed to hold a microphone and come into our homes via the screen.
Our so called "leaders" need to be held account for this desecration .
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