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Who's been guarding Germany's most threatened Jew?
Eldad Beck
Published: 15.03.07, 22:59
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1. Fool me once shame on you, fool me twice shame on me
Sari ,   Des Moines   (03.16.07)
How many more idiotic Jews are going to move to Germany and discover what's lurking behind the shadows? Get out of Europe entirely for that matter..., if you don't like Israel there's always the US, Canada and Australia.
2. leave germay-its a doomed nation. dont go down with her.
martin smith ,   usa   (03.16.07)
3.  OY VEY !!!
RCA ,   USA   (03.16.07)
4. Friedman is a clown and a provocator who needs publicity
(03.16.07)
5. #4, you don't get it, do you?
AK   (03.16.07)
it is not about Friedman, of whom I know nothing about so have absolutely no opinion; it is all about neo-Nazis in the German police force. Three neo-Nazis uncovered in just one instance, so how many are all together on the German police force? And if they are in the German police force, how many are in the armed forces? How many Nazi-sympathizers are in Germany today?
6. Mr.Friedman & bodyguards
(03.16.07)
Mr. Friedman, a lawyer and former Nr.2 in the German Jews Zentralrat, was connected to drugs and red light district pattern; it became public and he lost the job/ money and support from his political CDU friends. Nobody knows him today and that is fine also for him.
7. The neo-Nazis are a nuisance
Klaus Bloemker ,   Frankfurt, Germany   (03.17.07)
The neo-Nazis are a nuisance not a threat. Why are the synagogues and other Jewish institutions all over Europe heavily guarded? That's because of fear of radical Arabs not neo-Nazis. The only violent attack on a synagogue in Germany that I can remember was several years ago in Dusseldorf. A molotow-cocktail was thrown. The perpetrators were two young Arabs, one from Palestine the other from Algeria. A young Jewish woman I know told me she was once insulted for wearing her Star of David on the streets of Frankfurt. She classified the man as an Arab. Friedman obviously got along well with his young body guards (age around 25). for years. Their behavior or attitudes raised no suspicion. Of course, it's disquieting that these young policemen fool around and get a kick from symbols of Hitlerism. But I guess it's unconsequential. Hitlerism is gone for good (or rather bad). The problem today is that Israel's politics fuels Arab anti-Semitic radicalism all over Europe (more in Britain and France than in Germany). And note this: Michel Friedman is the German chairman of Keren Haseyod and thus part of the Israel lobby in Germany. Klaus Bloemker Frankfurt, Germany
8. #7
jason ,   usa   (03.18.07)
http://www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org/jsource/myths/mf1.html#m MYTH “Israeli policies cause anti-Semitism.” FACT Anti-Semitism has existed for centuries, well before the rise of the modern State of Israel. Rather than Israel being the cause of anti-Semitism, it is more likely that the distorted media coverage of Israeli policies is reinforcing latent anti-Semitic views. As writer Leon Wieseltier observed, “the notion that all Jews are responsible for whatever any Jews do is not a Zionist notion. It is an anti-Semitic notion.” Wieseltier adds that attacks on Jews in Europe have nothing whatsoever to do with Israel. To blame Jews for anti-Semitism is similar to saying blacks are responsible for racism. Many Jews may disagree with policies of a particular Israeli government, but this does not mean that Israel is bad for the Jews. As Wieseltier noted, “Israel is not bad for the Jews of Russia, who may need a haven; or for the Jews of Argentina, who may need a haven; or for any Jews who may need a haven.”34 As noted in the fact about criticism of Israel, taking issue with Israeli policies is acceptable if you do so because you believe that a) Israel has the right to exist, and b) that changes will make Israel a better place. In fact, such criticism, by Israelis, can be found in the Israeli media every day. Criticism crosses the line, however, when it delegitimizes Israel and is intended to weaken rather than strengthen its institutions. “Israel is the only state in the world today, and the Jews the only people in the world today, that are the object of a standing set of threats from governmental, religious, and terrorist bodies seeking their destruction. And what is most disturbing is the silence, the indifference, and sometimes even the indulgence, in the face of such genocidal anti-Semitism.”
9. 8# Excellent response
Judah ,   Golan Heights,ISRAEL   (03.18.07)
10. How many Nazi-sympathizers are in Germany today?
(03.18.07)
so, why ppl. like Friedman live in Germany when we have Erez Israel !!!
11. # 10
(03.18.07)
about 12%
12. No. 10/11 - How many neo-Nazis?
Klaus Bloemker ,   Frankfurt, Germany   (03.19.07)
The 12% is the percentage of Germans that respond in one way or other anti-Jewish on questionares. I don't know what the percentage would be - with the same questions - in Britain or the US. BTW, Michel Friedman has to take some blame for that. Anyway , the 3 far right parties that verge on Neo-Nazism don't get more than some 2% in national elections. But one of them passed the threshold of 5% in an East German state. But note: their platform was mainly anti-immigration. In Israel our right-wing parties would be main stream. That's what they point to once in a while.
13. Where are all the yordim when you need them?
Dorothy Friend ,   Tel Aviv   (03.19.07)
14. Answer to 8 and 9
David ,   NY, USA   (03.20.07)
Why Israel has enemies? Some numbers (from Wikipedia) you should be familiar with: Population of British Mandate in 1945: Muslim 60%, Jewish 31%, Christian 8%, Other 1%. Land ownership of British Mandate in 1943: Arab and non-Jewish 94.2%, Jewish 5.8%. As a result of the "1947 UN Partition Plan" the Jewish state received 56% of land. Please compare these two maps: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Map_of_Jewish_settlements_in_Palestine_in_1947.png http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:1947PartitionPlan.PNG Are you still surprised that Arabs never accepted this partition?! Do not pretend that you do not know above numbers. It’s not possible to build something solid on the weak foundation.
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