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Anti-Israel ads in Washington
Yaakov Lappin
Published: 29.04.07, 03:55
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1. BASTARDS
TOMAS ,   BSAS,ARGENTINA   (04.29.07)
SEE THIS http://youtube.com/watch?v=RN_LxmkTSX4 YOU PATHETIC BASTARDS! LONG LIVE ISRAEL
2. Skokie again
Sidney   (04.29.07)
The only group who the ACLU wont protect is Jews. I quit them in 1970, before Skokie, but when it became evident that they did not distinguish between civil liberties and a political agenda.
3. Let us start showing a wedding reception or school blown up
Frank ,   USA   (04.29.07)
by the Arab terrorists.
4. The usual
Korem ,   New York, USA   (04.29.07)
There's certainly no limit to the amount of anti-Israel propoganda in the world. Those who hate will still hate and those who won't won't. It's not like DC or the USA could get worse than Europe when it comes to Jews, though.
5. Anti-Israel propaganda?
Avraham ,   Netivot   (04.29.07)
And what is Israel going to do to combat this anti-Israel propaganda? The ACLU strikes again!
6. Not a free speech issue
Mordechai ,   Boca Raton USA   (04.29.07)
This is not a free speech issue. There is no requirement to allow a private organization to buy ad space. The ACLU would never had supported putting anti gay ads or anti black ads on the subway. Anti semitic however is OK because attacking Jews is only political.
7. Return fire with fire
Josh   (04.29.07)
Some wealthy orginization or individual should post counter adds showing the ambulances around the Dolphinarium with a title. "If this were your child would you be knocking on the door of those who masacred them?" ..or images of bedrooms of children hit by kassams. Or how about children undergoing security checks with the side-by-side split showing an attack with the caption. If your children had to look over their shoulder for fear of this and under go security checks at every turning, would you not defend your nation? Etc. etc. Someone could afford this - get to it.
8. how about this ad campaign
griff ,   tacoma   (04.29.07)
how about we show hamas and hezbollah not attacking legitimate military targets but instead only attacking innocent civilians, and on a side note, i despise both of these groups, but it would be nice if they would actually attack the country and said country's military when they declare resistance against it, instead of only attacking civilians.
9. This is a great opportunity
Tracy W   (04.29.07)
The ACLU has opened the door. Now it's up to an American Pro-Israel group to issue its own posters showing the reality of Arab terror in Israel. Show the IDF leaving Gaza, show the greenhouses being handed to the Arabs, then the results of those actions. A sort of Before and After statement. Show pictures of suicide bombers captured on their way to blow up men, women and children. Show the Sderot victims. Israel should not shy away from presenting its case to the American public, even using the tacky medium of subway posters. There is a very effective war being waged by the anti-Jewish Left for the minds of students, artists, politicians, the American public in general and Israel needs to respond to it. And now there can be no legal argument to prevent Israel from presenting its side of the issue.
10. #1 - thanks Tomas
(04.29.07)
11. Arthur Spitzer SH*TZER
RCA ,   USA   (04.29.07)
The ACLU is at it again. This time around they support and defend Jewish anti-semites no less. Just what we need, misguided self-loathing Canadian Jews pushing black propaganda for Palestinian agitators, in the US capitol. It seems the people at the WMATA and the ACLU were 'tapped one too many times' with the 'shtuss wand', and Jodi Senese isn't helping bring peace.
12. they dont show posters of hamas do they?
(04.29.07)
you have to have equal time. if they put up 20 posters showing how bad Israel is then they have to show 10 of them as hamas blowing themselves up also. it is not fair at all anyways. what is the point?
13. I believe...
Abo lama ,   Great Syria-Lebanon   (04.29.07)
if usa ends its support to israel then next day i bet you israel will be finished.
14. It's about time
(04.29.07)
Most of the Europians , Africans and Asians are anti-Israel now it's time that some organisations in america come and stand against the American zionists loby and their huge propaganda machine , organisations shows solidarity with who will be a new president if ending the occupation is his programm and to give their voices to the one who wants realy to be fair with the Palistinians not thoes who make clowns for the Jews to make them happy and to get their voices , the world and specialy America needs a new free blood , someone who can stand against those zionists who control the White House and even the underwear of the President , someone who bring justice to the world that he can sleep deep on his pillow without feeling guilty foe the killing of inocent people , the world need Jimmy Carter like he is now but during he is in power not after when he can do nothing .... will this day come ? ... i think ... soon or later .... the history say this .... and it's already started , the mothers who lost their sons or their husbands in Irak should start a Campaign before the next election to stand beside anyone wants to bring peace and justice to the world .
15. The new wing of the Democratic Party at work
malcolm   (04.29.07)
-Jew/Israel hater, Cindy Sheehan ,is their poster girl -Self hating Jew , Amy Goodman, is their mouthpiece -Jew/Israel hater Jimmy Carter is their spiritual leader -Rachel Corrie is their saint GOAL : Turn America against Jews/Israel
16. Anti Israel poster
charles ,   petach tikva   (04.29.07)
We have not to look so far , a poster of 9/11 and : This were not Israelis who did it .
17. Goebbels' propaganda worked wonders pre WWII
gabriela ben ari ,   jerusalem   (04.29.07)
people believe what they are shown regardless of how outlandish and false it might be do not understimate any of it.
18. Anti Israel propaganda on American Busses
Roxy ,   Israel   (04.29.07)
Where is the anti defamation league,the JDL and all the other Jewish activist groups? Where is the outrage from the politician running for President? Why aren't these people and groups taking out pro Israel ads in the papers and on TV? Yes there is Free speech guaranteed in the United States Bill of Rights, but there is no right that allows hatered to be expressed, and lies. Israel must put ads in the busses showing the terror victims,and their families, the people in America are entitled to hear and see the whole truth, not just lies perpetrated by the palesitians who in the majority of the cases created the violence to being with. The Israel Government spokes person in the United States should give intterviews in the National Media(provided his english is excellent) and tell the world exactly what is happening here and provide photos of the terrorist actions, the blown up busses, the familes that have lost members due to terrorism. In short the lies must be put in check by the truth! Otherwise anti semetism will spread like a wild fire.
19. Could you provide donation link to the Washington Org?
Tayfun_Turkey ,   Istanbul   (04.29.07)
20. why are jewish hypocrites alarmed by this DISPLAY OF TRUTH?!
Marwan ,   Amman, Jordan   (04.29.07)
i've personally seen MUCH MORE than the poster described above of an israeli tank pointing its turret at a child! i've actually seen with my own eyes israeli soldiers beating palestinian kids like they're kicking bunching bags for sports! so get over yourselves.
21. rediculous
Aaron ,   Delray Beach, Florid   (04.29.07)
Hi, I am emailing you in regards to the so called free speech issue of the anti Israeli add to be run in Washington. There is a difference between free speech and Propaganda. Having two people debate an issue is free speech. Someone stating an opinion is free speech. Continuously displaying a picture which shows a tank near a passing school child without context in order to deceive the public is propaganda. That tank is there because that Childs family keeps trying to send bombers on public busses to kill children, woman and whoever may be on said bus at the time. What would be fair is to put a few pictures of blown up busses with 1000 body parts to help explain why the tank is helping to stand guard. Aaron
22. To #14
Aaron ,   Delray Beach, FL   (04.29.07)
How about starting with the genecide in Darfur. Taking babies out of mothers arms and burning them to death in fromt of there mothers is not a good thing. Then killing all the men and raping the woman is not good either. Don't you agree? How come there is not one Arab country that is talking against the genecide in Darfur. I guess it runs in the family huh?
23. ISRAEL CAN EASILY SHOW PALS FOR WHAT THEY ARE TOO
NooodNik   (04.29.07)
As others have said, Israel could quite easily show the very same commuters the sour side of the Pals - Israel's 'bad' neighbors. They are NOT 'lily white' and innocent and all the images of the Pals behaving badly are there to exploit. Anyway, most people , except for a few realize what the deal is and what Israel has to put up with - so I doubt it will have any effect. Maybe it will backfire on them?
24. 20 -- "personally" saw from JORDAN - what exactly did u see?
gabriela ben ari ,   jerusalem   (04.29.07)
Didn' t your "superior pure race arabs" denied these palis any rights in Jordan ? Didn't you jordanians repeatedly disowned your brethen? Didn't your king (s) repeatedly said let Israel take care of them, we wont let them in our borders lest they overthrow us - the "superior" Hashemites? Hmm, didnt your king said a couple of months ago, together with Egypt, better for Israel to keep "west bank settlements" under Israeli sovereignity for there to be peace in ME I wonder what you claim to "see" and what you claim to "hear" FYI a large part of rioters and suicide bombers and attacks come from palestinian "kids" carrying the type of guns none of us have
25. To # 20
charles ,   petach tikva   (04.29.07)
You have no memory . Don't you remember those 20,000 pals killed by your country's army in 1970 . And if what you tell is true , why did our [ pro palestinian ] Human rights organisation B'tselem not protest ? And what have those "children" done ? They were certainly not playing football , probably throwing stones .
26. Let's hope it's Skokie again!
Jeff ,   Tel Aviv   (04.29.07)
It's true; this is less about anti-Israel stuff and more about freedom of speech than anything. I can't stand the ACLU, but really, why SHOULDN'T these ads be shown? Just because we don't agree with them? Because if they won't show these ads, the ads YOU like may be next, just because someone else doesn't like them. Remember Skokie: The Nazis marched, and withered away. They are a total non-issue. What gave them power was when they were able to portray themselves as martyrs and victims -- as soon as they marched, they were finished.
27. Not Anti-Israel but Anti-Israeli policies
Eyal ,   Rehovot   (04.29.07)
Why is a campaign to end the Israeli occupation anti-Israeli. As an Israeli, I am also against the occupation policies of my country, which I think hurt the economy, morale and ethics of what it is to be an Israeli. Pro-Occupation is anti-Israel perhaps, but anti-Occupation is not Anti-Israeli. However, calling everything that is critical of Israeli policies by the Anti-Israeli stamp is an effective form of hasbara. Cynical and effective
28. Ads
M. Hartley ,   Atlanta, US   (04.29.07)
Fight fire the American way: Just plaster posters of Bar Rafaeli and Gal Hirsch next to those ads and nobody will see the ads.
29. Analysis illustrates success of Arab media manipulation
Tracy W   (04.29.07)
Thanks to Naomi Ragen's newsletter, here is the link to an article by World Politics Watch telling how Hezbollah pulled the strings of the Western media during the Lebanon war. "How the Media Partnered With Hezbollah: Harvard's Cautionary Report" "Marvin Kalb, of Harvard's Shorenstein Center on the Press, Politics and Public Policy, methodically traces the transformation of the media "from objective observer to fiery advocate." Kalb painstakingly details how Hezbollah exercised absolute control over how journalists portrayed its side of the conflict, while Israel became "victimized by its own openness." More at: http://www.worldpoliticswatch.com/article.aspx?id=717
30. ARABS OCCUPY ISRAEL ....AND ISRAEL LETS THEM, WHY?
BRITS TOOK JORDAN ,   FROM ISRAEL.   (04.29.07)
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