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'Attack too small to stop calm'
Ali Waked
Published: 17.10.05, 19:16
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1. egyptian bastard ! come back to your country !
Danny Kogan ,   Raanana   (10.17.05)
too small ! We are sad for those marvelous youngs killed by the arab brothers of this ambassador !
2. The Egyptian obviously does not value life
Roger ,   USA   (10.17.05)
..if he defines that horrific attack as "small". The problem, however, is not the enemy but the Israeli idealism in regard to the Palestinian serial killers.
3. How many lives...
Jared ,   Toronto, Canada   (10.17.05)
Mr Ambassador, how many innocent civilians does it take to derail calm? 1, 5, 10, 15, 30, 50 , 100? If the situation were reversed and these people were Arabs in Egypt killed by the Muslim Brotherhood; would the victim's families not be screaming for justice? All the Israeli's are asking for is justice for these innocent youngsters. The Palestinians are not prepared to exact this justice therefore the ball as per the usual falls to Israel to find justice for these innocent youngsters. Perhaps the Ambassador's moral compass is pointing towards hell and can't differentiate the directions of morality anymore!
4. Danny (#1),
Michael Steiner ,   Praha, EU   (10.17.05)
Please read what the Ambassador said in its ENTIRETY before you foam up. His statement was not at all insensitive or inappropriate, nor did he dishonor the victims(HY"D). If you have problems understanding it in English, I'll happily translate it into Hebrew for you.
5. And this crap from the good friend of the U.S
Chaim ,   Bersheva   (10.17.05)
6. Hey Roger....whose idea was this
Sam ,   Ny   (10.17.05)
damn roadmap to hell?
7. JEWS LIVING PEACEFULLY ON THEIR OWN LAND IS NOT OCCUPATION
Linda Rivera ,   New York   (10.17.05)
The Peace Process NEVER Stops Killing. Stop the Ethnic Jew Cleansing. STOP THE EVIL JEW HATE THERE NEVER WAS AN ARAB COUNTRY OF PALESTINE. Jerusalem was NEVER the capital of any Arab or Muslim entity. JERUSALEM IS MENTIONED OVER 800 TIMES IN THE BIBLE, not once in the Koran. Around 1948, Arabs violently ETHNICALLY CLEANSED about one million Jews from Arab countries. Arab governments seized the land, homes, bank accounts, businesses and assets of the Jews. Most of the Jewish refugees fled to Israel. THERE MUST NOW BE A JUST SETTLEMENT FOR THE JEWISH REFUGEES AND THEIR DESCENDANTS-COMPENSATION IN LAND AND FINANCES. In 1922, Britain illegally gave MOST OF PALESTINE-80% TO THE ARABS. The area became Jordan, giving the Arabs an Arab Palestinian state on JEWISH land. IT WAS ETHNICALLY CLEANSED OF JEWS. This area is part of ancient, Biblical Israel, and along with present-day Israel, including Judea, Samaria, Gaza and the Golan was recognized by the League of Nations as the Jewish homeland. In 1948, Egypt invaded Gaza and ethnically cleansed ALL Jews. In 1948, Jordan invaded Judea-Samaria (West Bank) and east Jerusalem and ETHNICALLY CLEANSED ALL JEWS. Jordan, opposing G-D DESTROYED 58 synagogues in Jerusalem. In 1967 when Israel won Islam's religious war of aggression against it, Jews returned to the areas of their homeland they had been ethnically cleansed from for 19 years. Islamofascists DECEITFULLY call this return "occupation". Under international law, territories are considered "occupied" only when taken in an act of aggression which does not apply to Israel. Judea, Samaria and Gaza are not 'occupied territories' according to international law because they were not taken from any foreign sovereign. ALL of the Jewish land, homes, properties and businesses stolen from the Jews in the 1948 Islamic invasion must be returned to the Jews IMMEDIATELY
8. Jewish blood is cheap, just ask Sharon/Peres/Weisglass
Yonatan ,   Los Angeles   (10.17.05)
9. to # 4 Michael u don' t live here so chut up and
Danny   (10.17.05)
I don' t need your translation moron
10. This proves that Arabs are heathens who don't value life.
Daisy ,   USA   (10.17.05)
11. What?
Newt   (10.17.05)
The attack was too small? UnFreakingBelievable.
12. ambassador interview
gil ,   ashkelon   (10.17.05)
Even if egyptian ambassador is wrong when saying killing 3 or 5 israelis and 1 palestinian are small incidents,he is right when he wants peace process should not be halted.The point is palestinians killers are not individuals acting independantly from the ruling party:it is a deliberate policy of terror,because arabs,including Egypt,are convinced it is the only way to erase Israel from the map.Adding small incidents to small incidents is simply war.
13. Err... Ruining the lives of three young people is 'small?!'
(10.17.05)
14. Hey Steiner is ur only problem to defend the Egyptian ?
(10.17.05)
15. Ezekiel 13:10 "THEY HAVE MISLED MY PEOPLE BY SAYING, PEACE!
Linda Rivera ,   New York   (10.17.05)
WHEN THERE IS NO PEACE" The murders of these dear young Jews are recorded in heavenly books. As are the maiming and murders of thousands of Jewish innocents in the last five years by Islamic terrorists. The giving of Jewish land rewarding murder, makes a mockery of G-D's law: "YOU SHALL NOT MURDER" And it despises and greatly insults G-D Who gave Israel as an everlasting possession to EVERY Jew throughout all eternity. Psalm 105: "He has remembered His covenant forever, the word which He commanded to a thousand generations. The covenant which He made with Abraham, and His oath to Isaac. Then He confirmed it to Jacob for a statute, to Israel as an everlasting covenant, Saying, "To you I will give the land of Canaan as the portion of your inheritance."
16. A little bit of reality...
Anwar ,   Cairo, Egypt   (10.17.05)
The ambassador only said that the incident, no matter how devastating at a personal level, is not worth derailing a reconciliation between the Arabs and the Israelis. There are many positive signs, even if a little hidden and off the radar to indicate that things are getting a LOT better. Let us not forget that a lot of Jews and Arabs died in this protracted war (remember Yom Kippur?) and it is imperative that we move forward with making peace for their sake. No more Jewish or Arab blood should be spilled. Finally, for any Israeli that believes that Egyptians are actively engaged in any actions that would eventually destroy Israel must be suffering from an unhealthy dose of paranoia. We are fully aware that you guys have the bomb, and have had it for a long time. We are also very aware of the strength of your armed forces. Attacking you, or harming you in any way that would threaten your existence, is unimmagineable and definitely not on the agenda. We may be many things, but we are definitely not stupid or suicidal!
17. Waht A Piece Of Arab Nazi Garbage In Residence....
Adina kutnicki ,   NJ, US   (10.17.05)
Ibrahim the Arab nazi should suffer the same "small attacks". If there is any justice in this bloody world, he should have to attend a barrage of wailing funerals for many of his loved ones. Once this happens I would like him to confirm just how "small" these deaths are!
18. DO U BELIEVE EGYPTIONS?
SAMUEL BLAIR ,   BOCA RATON USA   (10.17.05)
EGYPTS AMBASSADOR WILL TELL YOU EXACTLY WHAT YOU DO NOT NEED TO KNOW. NOT A WORD OF TRUTH WILL EVER BE SPOKEN. IF I WERE THE P.M. OF ISRAEL I WOULD NEVER SPEAK TO ANYBODY FROM EGYPT. AND I WOULD NOT HAVE AN EMBASSY IN CAIRO NOT UNTIL EGYPT HAS DEMOCRATIC PRESIDENT WHO IS AN HONORABLE PERSON. WHO WOULD NEVER ATTACK ISRAEL. SHARON HAS NO FEELING FOR HIS PEOPLE. HE HAS ALLOWED SO MANY TO BE KILLED BY THE ARABS. THE PEOPLE MUST FORCE SHARON FROM THE OFFICE. ISRAEL NEEDS A QUICK ELECTION. THEY SHOULD GIVE NETANYAHU ANOTHER CHANCE. YOU HAVE NO ONE ELSE! SHALOM
19. mr ambassador on kiling three young jews
mordechai rosenstein ,   capetown   (10.17.05)
mr mubarak wil be wel advised to send for this unfeeling inhuman ambassador. let these murders resonate the fresh start to take no more crap from the plo. no change in theirmuderous intent for 50 years . how niave are we becoming. 3 murders of no consequence. let his children of no consequence be murdered by the kilers who haunt al israel. resign mr ambassador, resign.
20. The main problem of my people
Ephraim Rauch ,   Tel Aviv   (10.17.05)
(=the Jewish People) is that it has always found good reasons for being civil and polite towards its enemies. If anyone doubts that we are descendants of slaves, this shameful behavior of our people should suffice to confirm it. We are descendants of slaves and we continue to behave like slaves. For centuries we have been bowing our heads to the Christian thugs of Europe, and we continue to do so to this day. We bow to the Americans. We bow to the Muslims. If our people had one tenth of the courage and the dignity that the Palestinians have, our whole history would have been different. There would have been no Crusaders' massacres of Jews, no expulsion from Spain, no Shoah, and our people would be at least ten times as numerous as it is now. Ynet publishes the interview of the Egyptian Ambassador. Why did you interview him? Who is interested in his opinion? Who needs him? Why do we have diplomatic relations with a country which is waging war against our country and against our people?
21. Thanks, Anwar,
Michael Steiner ,   Prague, EU   (10.17.05)
Finally a dose of reality in this sea of tripe spewed mostly by people who have nothing actively to do with Israel or the Middle East.
22. #4
AK   (10.18.05)
The Ambassador's statement is a disgrace. He’s a diplomat and therefore adept at the use of words, so there's no excuse. None. Claiming that the deliberate murder of the Israeli child and two young women and attempted murder and wounding of five others is an insignificant incident is insulting and egregious. And since you claim to have perfect understanding of the English language, kindly enlighten us, which part of the Ambassador's statement are we to find so incredibly inspiring. I guess, to you, as an European, any Jewish casualties short of 6 million do not really begin to count, and, I have a feeling that, if you could have your way, even 6 million would be considered insignificant.
23. Anwar, Egypt
AK   (10.18.05)
The world has seen enough good-will gestures from Israelis, already, now I'm waiting to see my $2million's worth of good-will gestures from Egypt and that doesn't include calling the deliberate murder of a child and two young women and wounding of five others, insignificant. If you don't get it, my tax money's been wasted all those years on you.
24. The Israeli's - A Majority at least - twisted values of life
Ashraf ,   Amman, Jordan   (10.18.05)
I don't know how to react to your comments that are full of hate... Yesterday's incident was a regretful incident but so has been hundreds and hundreds of incidents that occurred to Palestinians, which where not me with teh same uproar like this incident generated just because they were Palestinians, people of a lesser classifications than Jews. Every Israel that is killed is 'a person, who left a family of beloved ones behind and who led a great life of service to his community and country' while every Palestinian who is killed is Just a number, a figure that is added to a database somewhere to serve some purpose. For the Israelis, a majority at least, Palestinians, who are killed and murdered in cold blood by the Israeli occupation army, have no parents nor a family that loved them and misses them; they have been doing nothing in their lives but pose a 'security' threat to the great state of Israel.... For god's sake, Wake up and smell the coffee, Palestinians are people like you with families that love them and will grieve them after their death
25. Three murders is not small. egyptian "brains" are small.
Bunnie Meyer ,   Santa Monica, CA   (10.18.05)
egyptian gentials are small. egyptian "morality" is small. The love Jews have for their children, for their wives, for their husbands, for their grandparents, for their grandchildren, for their neighbors, THAT IS HUGE.
26. Say the words..
Marya ,   Sacramento, USA   (10.18.05)
Condemn this horror for what it is! Say it out loud without equivocation or without the litany of "cycle of violence" cliches! They were murdered because they are Jews!Yes, yes, sure sure, on the road to peace bla,bla,bla. The violence on both sides ...whatever. Say what you will but Jews are not slaughtering Arabs. Israeli media doesn't turn humans into frothing at the mouth murdering machines like the PA does. Isn't there anyone of any authority who can see this? I pray that one of your innocent, beloved daughters or sons aren't slaughtered in the street in a "small" attack...
27. amazing what the full moon brings out...
(10.18.05)
so much love amongst brothers & cousins... absolutely overwhelming.
28. benefit of doubt...
(10.18.05)
either the ambassador was mistranslated or he was misquoted.
29. It's Not Your People Stupid
Joe Levi ,   Los Angeles.USA   (10.18.05)
So, Egypt thinks that the murder of (only) 3 Jews is insignificant, thus the peace process should continue. I ask, if those teens were your children, how would you feel? If 1,000 plus Egyptians died in a 14 year period, thanks to Palestinian terrorism, how would you (Egypt) feel? If the Muslim Brotherhood constantly threatened to destroy Israel, peace by peace, how would you feel? I agree that the initial enthusiasm by thousands of Palestinians after the "withdrawal" can be explained, but what about the arms smuggling? How should Israel (and the Jewish Diaspora) view the scum who destroyed the synagogues in the Strip? How should Israel view it's agreements with Egypt which were violated, with no attempt by Egypt to keep it's part of the deal? This is not about 3 murders only, it's about the entire Palestinain mindset, which is simply to kill all Jews worldwide. How far do we have to go to verify the blood lust? Fatwas have been issued condemning all Jews to death. Hamas and other groups openly expouse the destruction of Israel. Al Qaeda just wrote to it's faction in Iraq that ultimately their goal is the destruction of Israel. So my ambassador friend, perhaps you should take your bags and return to Cairo. Egypt needs you more than Israel, in order to sustain your phony democracy. If I were Sharon, I would send him packing ASAP. Israel does not need Arabs on it's border.
30. Israel has Jews to give
Chrisona ,   Chicago.IL   (10.18.05)
It is the Arab view generally that dead Israelis are no obstacle to the so-called peace process. And Sharon is not educating them otherwise.
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