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The border of loyalty
Avigdor Lieberman
Published: 18.08.06, 11:55
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1. A PROPOSAL
LEE ,   USA   (08.18.06)
OUR NEXT GOVERNMENT; Prime Minister- Effie Eitam Finance Minister & Vice Premier- Benjamin Netanyahu Defense Minister- Moshe Ya'alon Foregin Min.- Nathan Sharansky Minister of Security- Yuval Shteinitz Min. of Education- Moshe Feiglin Min. of Justice- Uzi Landau Min. Of Communication- Eli Yishai Min. of Infrastructure- Avigdor Lieberman Minister of Interior- Arye Eldad Minister of Housing- Uri Ariel Minister of Health- Nadia Matar Speaker of Knesset- Rabbi Benny Elon President- Rav Lau I can dream can't I?
2. Deport all Arabs to Saudi Arabia
Mark ,   USA   (08.18.06)
3. Hooray!
Mike ,   Canada   (08.18.06)
Finally, there are some Israelis who are thinking like every other country in the world who would try these people for treason. Maybe it's time to deport these Hizbollah lovers to live and fight alongside their brothers.
4. So let's see who votes against this bill?
Jew ,   Eretz Israel   (08.18.06)
Remember the people who vote against it very well.
5. This bill should be approved by the Knesset by 110-10 !
michael ,   tel aviv & london   (08.18.06)
6. AVIGDOR FOR PRIME MINISTER NOW!
Ben Avraham ,   Tel Aviv   (08.18.06)
7. Watch These Two Videos On This Very Topic
Sasha ,   Gush Etzion   (08.18.06)
Very important http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G0v1To8B4_A and http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=5040457003958805741 Learn and Study and Educate and Teach, Lets Become Stronger
8. willing to live in the state of the Jews
DACON9 ,   FUNNY TIME   (08.18.06)
"Arab community must decide where its loyalties lie - to those who are willing to live in the state of the Jews." IS THIS AUTHOR NOW A COMEDIAN? HE IS FUNNY. I ALWAY AGREE WITH HIS VIEWS, BUT I NEVER KNEW HE HAS SO MUCH HUMOR. WILLING TO LIVE IN A STATE OF JEWS ?...... HAHAHAHhahaHhahahHAHAHAHA OH AVIGDOR .... THAT WAS FUNNY.... arabs live with the JEWS.. HAHAHAHAHAAhahahah .....in peace also?.... hahahahaa..
9. Remember folks Avigdor Lieberman is very anti religious
(08.18.06)
He will strip Israel of all its Jewish culutre and laws. He is strong in the iron fist so he should just be DM not a PM
10. He said it..
Patt ,   TA   (08.18.06)
How do you expect Arabs and other minorities to feel when you say : "The country has the right to defend itself and its Jewish-democratic character." Being strictly Jewsih keeps minorities as such out of the game and make them feel secluded. I feel we need to be proud of our Jewish Herritage, yet being purely Jewish puts OTHERS on the margin and creates a feeling of ZERO belongingness..Think about it..Be a mixing bowl rather than a country of one sector/ religon..
11. The border of loyalty article
Neil Emond ,   Canada   (08.18.06)
Avigdor Lieberman does not want a Jewish State in peace with its Arab minority. He is the same person in the past that has promoted ethnic cleansing views in the past to rid Israel of Arabs. The world did not tolerate this behaviour in the former Republic of Yugoslavia and we will not tolerate this in a country given the support of the world to protect the holy land and its diverse religious mixture.
12. Population exchange
MARK ,   USA   (08.18.06)
Arabs go to West Bank, West Bank Jews go to pre 1967 Israel
13. I want a smaller Israel wih only Jews
Mark ,   USA   (08.18.06)
This is a Jewish state!
14. I like his peace plan.
Mark ,   USA   (08.18.06)
Elect him for Prime Minister!!
15. Do not mix amonia with bleach
Mark ,   usa   (08.18.06)
two volitale chemicals do not mix we must look at chemistry
16. The option was already provided
Arie ,   Afula   (08.18.06)
Two years ago, MKs already suggested that the arab triangle be exchanged for the Jewish settlements. That offer was made after the "Israeli-arab" community and their MKs demanded that Israel and the palis be made into one state. THERE WAS AN IMMEDIATE UPROAR from the arabs claiming their comments were taken out of context. It appears quite clear that they like to bitch about the Jewish State, but when push comes to shove and they are offered what they are screaming for, they prefer living under our democracy than the anarchy known as muHAMedanism!
17. lieberman is right on!
oded   (08.18.06)
rabbi kahana , hyd, and his party were outragesouly outlawed, (if you could beleive it) for a lot less then thiese arab mk preach and stand for . with kach ,it is a matter of being for israel not so much as anti arab. with the arab mks ,it is all about being nti israel , and that's treason.! they should be outlawed as wel, all in the name of national security intersts. and if they don't like it? we'll help them pack to lebanon/jordan/arabia!
18. avigdor lieberman proposal on loyalty
charles lugassy ,   Montreal Canada   (08.18.06)
I beleive that Israel is mismanaged in the sense that noone at the Knesset should have allegiance with the enemy whose goals are to destroye Israel. In no arab country do the jewish citizens have so many rights as arabs in Israel enjoy...I fully support the content of his bill..and please the whole governement and the whole concept of the state should be reviewed because time plays against us. The leadership has shown poor iniiative and poor judgment. Israel should be a jewish state and Torah should be applied and followed more closely if we want to continue to exist chabat chalom
19. The border of loyalty
Lawrence Attard ,   Fgura, Malta   (08.18.06)
At last an mk with balls !
20. Citizenship must include the right to keep and bear arms
Adamush   (08.18.06)
All law-abiding citizens of the State of Israel, upon commencing and after completing their military service, should be permitted to retain their military-issue rifle - as paid for by taxes levied on the people - and any other arms they choose to aquire thereafter, for use in the defence of the nation, their life and their property.
21. Israel's traitors can go and live in the PA
Nannette ,   London, UK   (08.18.06)
Israel doesn't need these traitors in the country, it's too small, but there are plenty of Arab states who could take these anti-Israel activists. Israel should be united and the government should vote unainimously against these loathesome people.
22. LIEBERMAN IS RIGHT... but...
aaron ,   ra'anana   (08.18.06)
i still voted for Benny Elon's National Union. I think Lieberman cost himself a lot of votes when it appeared like he was ready to rush into a gov't with Olmert and Kadima at any price. Lieberman is a great orator, a true zionist and a proud jew.
23. The Ironic Thing About Israeli Arabs
Seth ,   Washington, DC   (08.18.06)
When you propose to them that their Arab village along the green line be transferred to the PA as part of a land for peace agreement, they freak out....even though they will be able to keep their property they absolutely hate the idea. Why?
24. arab israelies?
moe ,   montreal, Canada   (08.18.06)
What does it mean ARab-Israelis? they are the palastenians who didn't leave their land when the jewish militia started the war the tried to kick every palastenian out of their homes in order to occupy the land, the ones who didn't leave and became refuges in the neighboring countries are what we know now by Arab-israelis.
25. who are arab israelis loyal to?
moe ,   montreal, Canada   (08.18.06)
What does it mean ARab-Israelis? and do they belong to the state of Israel? I don't think so, there is no difference between what you call Arab-Israelis and the palastenians in west bank and GAza, they are the same people, and before the European immigrant came and took their land the whole land used to belong to them. and they still consider themselves palastenians with Israeli passport.
26. does Israel treat them equally to the rest of Israelis?
moe ,   montreal, Canada   (08.18.06)
not at all, they are second hand citizens, if not lower. and they don't have most of the rights the new Immigrants who came from Russia last week for example. Their own fault was they didn't leave their land and gave it to other people.
27. what religion does Arab-israelis belong to?
moe ,   montreal, Canada   (08.18.06)
Arab-Israelis, or the palastenians with Israeli passport are mixed of different religions, they are mixed of christians and muslims, and lots of jews before forming the state of Israel were also palastenians. the name Arab-Israelis is wrong. they are neither Arab nor Israelis, they are palastenians and they live in Palestine, no matter what they call it right now.
28. THEY TOOK YOUR CHILDREN CAPTIVE...
Debra ,   USA   (08.18.06)
it appears they've CHOOSEN already...
29. Loyalty
Howard ,   Sacramento, Californ   (08.18.06)
It's about time. No other ethnic groups in the world would tolerate such internal attacks or sedition.
30. Loyal Opposition but Disloyalty is Treason
Harry   (08.18.06)
There is a wide berth given in democratic societies to opinions and political thought. But, democracy does not mean that you have the right to actively bring about, or incite, the destruction of your country. That is treason, giving aid and comfort to the enemies. If you are so beyond the pale that you wish your country to fail, then you do not deserve citizenship. Look at the Civil War in the United States - Abraham Lincoln did not see the Constitution as permitting secession. Fundamentally, if you don't support your own country's right to exist and its soldiers to be returned, you should leave and go to Teheran where you'd feel more welcome.
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