Opinion  Ray Hanania
Driving the Jews to the sea
By Ray Hanania
Published: 29.06.05, 12:28
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1. Arabs should go back to Arabia!
Daisy ,   USA   (06.29.05)
The land of Judea and Samaria belongs to the Jews not the Arabs. STOP THE ARAB OCCUPATION OF JEWISH LANDS! "PALESTINIANS" DON'T EXIST!
2. Palestinian Arabs Like the Germans
akiva ,   chicago   (06.29.05)
Germans in Bohemia and Poland had justified gripes. When you start a world war though, no one cares about you any more. Then, you'll understand why you're living on the arctic circle.
3. well said Ray (funny too)
Ian ,   Sydney Australia   (06.30.05)
Ray, would you consider doing your act here in Sydney? Most of us here are not right wing fanatics (like your american friends) and I think your act would be quite popular Daisy #1, get a life mate, wij mataal tiz al koshej
4. More humor please
Micha Sloman ,   Jerusalem, Israel   (06.30.05)
We need more humor like Ray's to add some sanity to this whole Middle Eastern balagan. Good on ya mate!
5. I guess turning judenrein can be funny if you're arab...
Ignacio ,   Zaragoza, Spain   (06.30.05)
But sorry, not here, and I guess the same for the jews. Next time radical arabs bomb a train, turn judenrein one more country of blow towers up, remember that this can be humour. Although I do not get it. It's time for moderate arabs to face their radical counterparts, not to try make the victims laugh while the other half finishes them off.
6. Hey!
Fadi ,   (I don't exist)   (06.30.05)
How could have Ray written this if he doesn't exist? Anyways, funny make of this "drive Jews to the sea" thing.
7. Ray
EM ,   Israel   (06.30.05)
Ray...you are great. I love the humor. Keep it up. It is so refreshing to be able to laugh at ourselves - together. Hate mongers out there....chill it. Try to laugh a little. It is wonderful therapy.
8. glad to hear normal people like him exist
Mordy ,   US   (06.30.05)
9. request excuse from the palestinian soon
issa ,   israel   (06.30.05)
by this thoughts you occupied the brains of the imperialism world stop it soon because it is just lies the palestinians paied abig mount of suffering along 60 years ago for acrimes made by the europians in the nasis period we have not any blood relation with hitler and we never made the holocost we demand all the warld to excuse for the palestinian soon befor the spaech about the peace we must speaking about the justice other wise the peace can not stand on so long issa977@hotmail.com
10. Christians like you appease Jihadists
akiva ,   chicago   (06.30.05)
Appeasement gets you nothing but more abuse from jihadists who are kicking you out of their areas
11. Very good Ray, that was quite funny...
Park ,   Hong Kong   (07.01.05)
I'm an Israel supporter, secular American right winger (center right actually...RATIONAL right). I support the two state solution and disengagement (more or less). The problem in large part has to do with extremists, primarily with respect to religion. While these extremists do exist on the Israeli (Jewish) side, the much larger problem is with Islamic extremists on the Arab side, in Israel and beyond. As a Christian, Ray is at least free of the Islamic extremism and is thus capable of rational discourse. Sadly, this is much less the case with the majority of the Arab world, which is predominently Muslim. This conflict afterall is national, not religious. Yet the Arabs have managed to twist it in such a way as to make it appear religious. If Israel were to tear down the mosque on temple mount in order to build the third temple, then yes, this could fairly be considered a religious conflict, but that has not and will not happen! Introspection is the key, as opposed to always looking to put all the blame on others. If one were to look at the Israeli side one would clearly see that introspection does take place. Israeli opinion is far from monolithic. On the Israeli side there are multiple peace and human rights organizations, etc. looking out specifically for the "other". Where are the similiar voices on the Arab side? Globally, why is there such a deafening silence amoungst the Islamic community with respect to all the violence in the name of Islam, all over the world, with all different peoples of various faiths, races, etc.? Where are the voices of reason? Where is the introspection???
12. Pslestinians will always exist
Sam ,   USA   (07.01.05)
Wise up, Palestinians will never go away! At least my Quran offers you people of the book protection!
13. Ray
spddmon ,   NY, USA   (07.01.05)
Pretty funny and quite an interresting approach, perhaps you should tell that to 12 years old Muhammad Aldurrah. No, wait, he's dead, he was killed by Israeli soldiers who are laughing all the way to the sea with you. Well, maybe hen you can tell it to his father. Yeah, he's still alive I think, for some reason the Israelis wanted him to live so he can feel the guilt of not being able to help his son when he needed him most.
14. No.13
Steve ,   Australia   (07.01.05)
...no wait - actually a number of independent inquiries (not IDF) concluded that Israeli soldiers did NOT kill Mohammed Al-Dura. Poor kid was killed by wild Palestinian gunfire...hey just google it to check. But even more importantly why don;t you check out the website memorial to Koby Mandel (aged 12) - beaten to death with rocks for being a jew (or a kike) depending on where you're from....that served what purpose....oh yes - avenging the 'humiliation', 'honour' etc. of the arabs - of course, how could I forget
15. We all exist
daniel ,   amsterdam   (07.01.05)
We Israeli's accepted the fact that there is a nation called Palestine and that however justified our right to the whole land of Israel is, this nation needs a place to call their own. True, they convinced us by blood and fire but every nation is born that way. Our nation was born in that way too. The problem is that our Daisy's don't call the shot's in Israel but they do represent public opinion of the Arab world. Almost no Arab, Muslim or Lefty European supports the idea that the Jews have a right to this land as much as the Palestinians do. That we were evicted a long time ago and therefore lost our rights is as bad an excuse as saying the Palestinians have no right because they only discovered nationalism rather late. The idea that Palestinain people paid the price for the Holocaust is the dumbest thing I ever heard. WE, the Jews, paid the price, we lost 6 million. You (the Palestinians) lost only land. The fact that your leaders decided to keep you locked up in refugee camps is not our fault nor is it the fault of the West. The ones who are to blame for this sick decision are your own leaders. Demand an apology from them. As a matter of fact, our two peoples could have made peace a long time ago if not for the madness of your leaders. They wanted to drive the Jews into the sea, they kept you in refugee camps untill this day. They forced you into developing the schoolgirl-missile delivery system. A weapon so evil it is a crime to the victim as well as to the purpetrator. The suicide bomber is first and formost a crime against the Palestinian people. No matter how much we suffer from it, it is thePalestinians who are paying the price.
16. How can your father drive the jews to the see?
Perpetual_dream ,   Jerusalem   (07.01.05)
Well, I think that your father has been realistic enough to drive the "Yehude to the sea", while he has named his so-called "palestinian" son Ray and has allowed him to go into a jewish club.
17. Kind of sad
(07.01.05)
They say, comedians usually work from pain. I think Ray, hides his pain through humour-like many comics. I think its deep down sad, that the Jews came and ruined so many Arabs lives.
18. Mr sad guy
daniel ,   amsterdam   (07.06.05)
Sorry but you are responsible for your own fate. If you want to obey dictators, fight intifada's and drive out the Jews etc don't be surprised that you live misery. We could have worked together and benefited from each other. Arabs have plenty of land, they could have easily parted with the 0.5% where Israel sits. Instead you reacted like xenophic racists and took up arms against the refugees from Europe. We could have offered you so much.
19. Dear Kind of Sad
Eyal ,   TLV, Is   (07.12.05)
The arabs expelled Jews from their nations in 1948. Today, the arabs still living in those countries are not exactly happy. The miseries of Arabia have nothing to do with the Jews, they are self-inflicted. Major therapy is called for.
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