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Anti-Israel ads in Washington
Yaakov Lappin
Published: 29.04.07, 03:55
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31. What is a Skokie?
arie spigel ,   Baltimore, MD   (04.29.07)
What is a Skokie? And what the heck is a Hockie? Weird Ameicans! You guys are strange.
32. #31 re #26, Skokie and the ACLU
Tracy W   (04.29.07)
Google "Skokie Jews" and you'll understand. In the meantime, here's a quote from one source. In the Chicago suburb of Skokie, one out of every six Jewish citizens in the late 1970s was a survivor--or was directly related to a survivor--of the Holocaust. These victims of terror had resettled in America expecting to lead peaceful lives free from persecution. But their safe haven was shattered when a neo-Nazi group announced its intention to parade there in 1977. The debate was clear-cut: American Nazis claimed the right of free speech while their Jewish "targets" claimed the right to live without intimidation. The town, arguing that the march would assault the sensibilities of its citizens and spark violence, managed to win a court injunction against the marchers. In response, the American Civil Liberties Union took the case and successfully defended the Nazis' right to free speech.
33. the dc subway system is always afraid of a terrorist attack
debra ,   usa   (04.29.07)
they have police and the military who constantly patrol the washington, dc subway system in full swat gear with submachine guns and guard dogs! subway riders bags are searched upon entering the subway station! into this atmosphere, the washington,dc subway authority allows a picture of a tank pointed at a child's head. it is exactly what they are taking major precautions against everyday. it is a grave mistake to allow inflammatory terrorist propoganda into the dc subway. the fact it is anti-semitic in nature compounds the horror. this ad campaign is driven by blind hatred of the jews and israel. the fact it is going to be allowed by the powers that be is insane and beyond comprehension.
34. END the OCCUPATION
(04.30.07)
and bring an end to the criticism of Israeli occupation of Palestinian land and the subjugation of Palestinians in an apartheid prison.
35. If you really want free speech
Kyle ,   Southpark, CO, USA   (04.30.07)
Put the Danish Mohammed cartoons right next to every one of these ads. Or is some speech more free than others?
36. Long Live #1
David ,   New York City   (04.30.07)
37. WHAT THE HELL IS HASBARA DOING?????
(04.30.07)
38. Free speech
Rustum ,   London, UK   (04.30.07)
What a load of whinging moaners - it's the United States, land of the free. If you buy advertising space, you can say what you want. So as some other posters have said, get over it. Additionally, the whole tone of the article and many of the postings trying to point out that the ads are "anti-Israel" is nonsense. In fact, bringing home to Israelis and their supporters the sixty years of terror which their beloved state has inflicted upon its neighbours and non-Jewish citizens could in fact be the best way forward for reform, and thus these ads could in the short and long-term be considered pro-Israel, as any reduction in blood-shed on any side is both pro-Palestinian and pro-Israeli. Still, it is highly amusing to see the usual suspects jumping up and down screaming when the tools of free speech and advertising are used in a manner not 100% in accordance with their bigotted and shtetl-myopic view.
39. #24 and racial epithets
Rustum ,   London, UK   (04.30.07)
Nowhere did Marwan mention "superior pure race arabs" - that is simply a sad reflection of your own racially superior ethos. The fact is that you and your cohorts run scared from the truth. In your world, you'd like ORwell's 1984 reverse logic to prevail "War is Peace" etc - a pretty good description of how the Zionist state has behaved since its inception. For you to imply that Marwan believes in some form of racial superiority is the pot calling the kettle black. Your sneering remarks about Arabs, "Palis" and "the superior Hashemites" simply show the world that you are yet one more supremacist trying to fight a losing battle for truth and ethics. Wake up and smell the coffee, as they say. Soon you'll be living in an internationalised Jerusalem, run by the UN. Will you then consider moving back to Latvia or Birobidjan or whatever other god-forsaken shtetl your family came from?
40. aclu
solemnman ,   nahariya   (04.30.07)
The ACLU is a left wing, largely Jewish, organization dedicated to the defence of the indefensable.Should Satan himself be on trial the ACLU 's Jewish lawyers would stampede to his defense.There is no depth to which they will not sink to prove to a Jew hating world that they , at least ,are whiter than white.
41. Rustum
charles ,   petach tikva   (04.30.07)
Did you also defend the Danish paper in this way ? Or Salman Rushdie ?
42. #41
Rustum ,   London, UK   (04.30.07)
Actually, the Danish cartoons served no purpose aside from an intention to offend. If the Danish cartoons had been anti-Jewish and not anti-Moslem I believe you and your cohorts would have made a lot of noise and not included the issue as a freedom of speech issue. On Salman Rushdie, I worked as a researcher and probably have read more of the Islamic jurisprudence on the background to the "Satanic verses" than most people. Rushdie obviously set out to insult and offend - even though it is a very great piece of literature. These two items have no connection with the political campaign on the DC subway. As I said, it's a free country - the US - and if you don't like the political sloganeering of a group, then the correct way to counter it is the way the AIPAC and all those other propaganda lobbies do - take out counter ads and lobby. What a sad world. Whenever you blind and bigotted right-wing Israelis see a sentence you don't like you scream "anti-Semitism" "propaganda". Try to be an adult. If an ad says Israel dropped millions of cluster bombs on south Lebanon, then the obvious way to counter it is to tell the truth, ie. it was only 1,900,000 cluster bombs.
43. Rustum
charles ,   petach tikva   (04.30.07)
A canon pointed at a child can be a "photomontage" serving only to hurt , not a political purpose . Regarding the Danish paper , they were only anti muslim bomb throwers , or suicide bombers , You can not be in favor of those criminal acts , or did you applaude the London bombings ? Listen , generally i'm called a leftist one . So in this field you also do'nt know about what you talk . But your blind and proterrorist statements , not only today , your biaised and distorted views , will maybe change one day , the day one of your "friends" you defend so much , will cause you a big pain [ i'm not wishing this to anybody , not even to you ]
44. 39 Rustum the sad denier
gabriela ben ari ,   jerusalem   (04.30.07)
That Hashemistes express their superiority is something we hear in ME all the time I didn't say Marwan mentioned it, I just reminded him of the facts hw;d rather forget An you Rustum go back to Arabia where you belong Jews to Judea and Arabs to Arabia
45. #44 and racial abuse
Rustum ,   London, UK   (04.30.07)
Actually, dahlink, I'm white Anglo-Saxon - so that puts paid to your exhortation to me to "go back to Arabia where you belong." Any other kind thoughts you wish to express? A better place to scrawl your incredibly arrogant and nasty pieces of tripe is actually a public toilet wall.
46. Rustum and Supremacy
charles ,   petach tikva   (04.30.07)
Tell me , rustum , what have your friends contributed to humanity , exept of course , bombings , suicide bombers , killings , Shiites killing Sunnites and vice versa . In your eyes the Israelis are of course responsible for this also . You say you are a white Anglo Saxon . Well try to go to live in one of those countries you defend so nicely . I'll give you one year , and i'm large , and you will feed the ants in the cemetery . That's the way they do
47. 45@ Rustum the racist
non anglo -saxon   (05.01.07)
For what |I see from outside is that a real racist is RUSTUM, "white anglo saxon he says" what a supremacist !!! Gabriella just said you are an Arab- obviously that was an insult of inferiority to you !
48. Give them a spoon of their own meds
CC ,   USA   (05.01.07)
A counter campaign Producing posters with the title:""'Imagine if this were your child's path to school. "" Show the Rockets Palestinians fire on Israel and post IN TH E POSTER the Link to the website of the Hamas Covenant for ALL the Read, for Americans do NOT KNOW ABOUT the HAMAS Covenant! Information is KEY- their approach is LIES!! Make the association what goes in Israel goes on in Darfour/Kashmir/Thailand/Afghanistan/Pakistan/ it is a worldwide islamic movement..not just Israel! Israel get off your tuchess and respond with 100 posters.
49. All will come against Israel in the end
Chandler Woodward ,   Pasco, WA   (05.01.07)
Interesting how responder #14 doesn't leave his/her name. No other state or country in the world suffers the constant terrorist attacks and suicide bombers that Isreal endures. What other country would tolerate such cowardly attacks on their civilians as does Israel. This is a complete 'no-brainer', but those that support the evil ACLU and WMATA's propaganda attempts only perpetuate the biblical prophecy that all will come up against Isreal in the end. I for one (not jewish) will always support Isreal.
50. Ads URGENTLY NEEDED Against Ethnic/Religious Jew Cleansing
Linda Rivera ,   New York   (05.01.07)
Protest ads for HUMAN RIGHTS for JEWS! Rendered jobless and homeless - Jews in Gaza and northern Samaria suffered vicious ethnic/religious Jew-cleansing for the sole reason they are Jews and not Muslim. Punished for not being Muslim, the Jews' land and assets were seized for the Islamists who had attacked their Jewish communities with thousands of rockets. And protest Muslim HATRED of G-D, the Bible, Judaism and Jews - Muslim mobs desecrated and destroyed sacred Gaza synagogues. Ads to protest horrific police brutality against Jews. At Amona police inflicted multiple head wounds and broken bones on peaceful Jewish protestors - targeted for the sole reason of being Jews. Ads to protest US EU UN/Israeli leaders pro-Islam/pro-jihad war strategy - promising to give the Jewish ancestral homeland of Biblical Judea and Samaria to Islamo-Fascists so that they can win - reducing TINY Israel to indefensible, Auschwitz borders only 9 miles wide at mid-section - facilitating a second Holocaust of Jews and advancing global Islamic conquest. NO MORE LAND FOR WAR !
51. Ad to Protest Muslim VANDALISM & DESTRUCTION of Temple Mount
Linda Rivera ,   New York   (05.01.07)
52. #9 yes you are very right
rachel ,   usa   (05.01.07)
53. #26 don't be a fool, do you remember nazi propaganda against
rachel ,   usa   (05.01.07)
jews in germany ? It worked ....don't be a fool ...
54. to all :no point in talking back to Rustum the fascist ..he
rachel ,   usa   (05.01.07)
has only one thing in mind :get rid of all the jews .... he will find any excuse .....
55. Anti-Israel-I know 90 million+ Americans say different
Heatherross ,   Clarksville, AR   (05.01.07)
Israel, don't depend on man! You better get under the protection of Your G_d, and quit relying on man's assistance. Man will disappoint you everytime.
56. We Shouldn't Just Shrug This Off
Yonatan Neff ,   USA   (05.03.07)
I'm not sure if this poster is ant-semetic, but I'm ceratin it is anti-Israel. It obviously places things very out of context and is very unfair in its portrayal of Israel's conflict with the Palestinians. I think any reasonable person would have to consider this poster inflamatory and sorely lacking in truth. That being said there is only one thing to do....Those who support Israel must simply show the other side of the conflict with its own captions. The pictures and captions will make obvious to the world that the Palestinains are murderers and jew haters and that their supporters are liars, stooges, just plain ignorant, or all of the above. My greatest concern is that there will be no response to this. Never forget that people ARE stupid enough to believe a lie if it is repeated often enough. We should be worried. We can only pray that someone with the funds to counter this will rise to the occasion.
57. June 10, demonstration
joseph abrams ,   passaic, new jersey   (06.08.07)
I am sure the Neturei Karta will be there in force, but probably on the other side.
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