I'm so sick of everyone criticizing Jews for wanting to marry inside our own faith. It is not racist to want to marry inside your own faith or want others of your faith to do so. This is called preserving one's culture. The majority of people from the various religious and ethnic groups groups out there want to preserve their culture by avoiding intermarriage. Those people who criticize Jews for doing so and call them racist merely expose their own racism. Wanting the Jews to avoid intermarriage so their culture will desolve is racist. Of course no one should FORCE anyone to marry anyone else or try and make them feel guilty for not doing so. But encouraging someone to marry inside their own race or religion is fine.

What do you think these guys would do if it was Arab women who were dating men? They would probably kill both. Let them let their women date and marry Jewish men, only then should we.

You did'nt read this article . It's a reunion of 110 Jewish and Arab businesswomen . Yes business WOMEN . there is nothing said about mixing men and women there . They are probably all married and only want to strengthen their commercial relationship . Are there no such events for other proffessionals ? What those rabbis oppose is purely racist based , is also because it's desecrating the Shabbat and kashruth rules . Let people live , respect their private life , otherwise you don't deserve any respect . Be tolerant if you want to be tolerated .

There is another thing : it's on Friday evening , Shabbat . So probably there will be not many , if any , Jewish religious women . You at least have read this article correctly . PS A question : are you of Dutch origin ? Your name sounds so .

If not, better move out, as 1 out of 3 is one.

While I certainly have no use for these rabbis, you're mistaken if you assume that Israel is a racist country based on the ravings of a few fanatics. Not only that, but if you think that Israel is reviled because of racism, then certainly the Arab and Muslim countries, probably among the most racist on earth, should be equally reviled, don't you think?

As Rabbis you should be ashamed of your selves!

That these rabbis are racist, they sure are. Since the beginning of time, rivers, no oceans of blood have been spilled by religious fanatics---Christians, Jews, Muslims (they are the trend today); and of course each one of them claim to have the " right god " in order to justify their vile deeds.

Those Arab women are Israeli too . They all live , some in Rosh Ha'ayin , but mostly in the surrounding places . No need to have this gathering in gaza , there are NO palestinian Jewish businesswomen there . It's a stupid idea . I think that there were gatherings of Israeli and palestinian businessmen too , maybe not in gaza today for security reasons , but certainly in Israel .

your site is the less thrustfull you can find on the webb , regarding Israeli Arab relations . Those are ultra rightist religious fanatics , who will distord every number , tell lies or incomplete stories . If you believe this , sad for you , you will never know something true .

*You* are the one whose information is not "thrustfull" (sic). Arab men marry multiple wives, treat them like cattle, beat them (as the Koran teaches), and murder them in "honor killings" whenever they're feeling jealous. For incorrigible leftists like yourself, all of your purported concern over basic human rights and women's status goes out the window, if Arabs are involved.

It is about Jewish ad Arab women getting together. While I am dead set against a palestinian state, I don't see any problem with Jewish and Arab women coming together to talk. Jews and Gentiles work together all over the world! These rabbis would put us into ghettos! While I am also against marrrying a non-Jew, it happens. The new Presidet of France would not be with us if his gradather hadn't married a Christian woman. And if looks as if Nicolas Sarkozy will be very good for Israel! We lose some and we get others through conversion.

who talked about the behaviour of arab men towards their women ? Look , and read correctly [ if you can ] what it was about , and only then you can say something . You made a big point regarding my thrustfull , be proud , you are "great"

in my second laguage [ english is my third ] there ia a saying : a childs hand is easily filled . With the discovery of my error you were happy . You earned a lolly , and 1000 lessons in reading an article , letter and talk back . Poor guy . Neverthless , Shabbat Shalom , first grade pupil .

INN happens to be a rather moderate website that gives us a glimpse of what other Jewish websites do not. I recommend it because it complements the view of Israel as presented on other media. Take the case of the pregnant Arab woman who lost her baby. There was another story just as important concerning a Jewish woman, clinging to life after an stone attack by Arabs. That story didn't make it here. It was a reader that brought it to our attention. INN often often publishes stories of Arab violence against Jews that "mainstream" media edits out, such as attacks against Jewish farmers and settlers. Anything that makes Arabs and leftists look bad, often does not make it to the mainstream press, so one way to find out about it is at INN. It is intellectually dishonest to close one's eyes to what we don't like to know or to denigrate the messenger. Readers should take a look at INN and make up their own minds.

What rock did these Rabbis live under? This is not the Judaism I was brought up with. Perhaps we could send them, similarly nutty and fanatical Islamists and evangelical Christians to an island somewhere and have a "Reality TV" show on events that unfold there?

1. Meeting is for business, not love. Business is what brought Europeans together after long wars, and it is one of the easiest things/themes people can use to show the human face of the other. Even this, you want to avoid/prevent. 2. I am sorry to see such cheap lies about Arabs marry multiple wives, treat them like cattle etc. Get the facts right, and get decent in your postings. percentage of Arabs married more than one woman at a time is less than 1 in each 1000 families. It is still better than having sex with girls friends while married! At least kids brought to life are considered in the eyes of the society and state as legit, and have equal rights. 3. Women suffer in all societies, but great improvement can be seen everywhere, including in Moslem countries. Do you think these Palestinian business women are treated like cattle? Why not use the event to talk to them, instead of trying to ban the gathering?

Put an end to sexism and glass ceilings.

Those are not Palestinian Women , those are Israeli Arab women . For you , maybe the same , but this is not so true . You are probably more than right when saying that these women are not treated like cattle , they won't permit it .

If those are moderate , i don't know what for you the word extremist means . I've looked already more than one time at their news . Their vocabulary is already disgusting , their hero is this baruch goldstein , and that says enough about being moderate .

please take racist comments to another forum. Of course it's not acceptable to promote racist ideologies. But don't fucking talk of the Jews as being racist you son of a bitch. You fix your own goddamn problems and leave the Jews alone!!! We're sick of you. Do you think these rabbis rerpresent me?? No they don't! They represent themselves. Some religious may agree with them. But who the fuck cares. You're going to generalize what they say to the rest of us. That's how you went along with the gassing 60 years ago. You generalize, dehumanize and then buh-bye. Why don't you get your arab creeps out of the Sudan and stop murdering all of these people. Quit picking on the Jews you scumbags.

sorry my friend, you can't. Muslim ladies only date Muslim men. No others, did you ever hear? no,.

I'll make it short and clear. When you love somebody you don't care about his/her origin, religion, date of birth, family name. Have you ever been in love? So you know I'm right...

Muslim ladies only date Muslim men .... BECAUSE .... if they dared to look at a non-Muslim men ..... THEY WOULD BE...... C'mon, I dare you to finish that thought.... what would happen to them ??????

Unfortunately, a union with an Arab ends up tragically after a girl sobers up, faces reality and no longer in lust. The problem here is clear. The Arabs pursue the Jewish girls as an easy prey. They get a lot of peer adoration and admiration for having a good time with a Jewess.

Arab - Israelis are Palestinians who remained in Palestine despite everything, and are now living under Israeli rule. They are same families, ethos, love for freedom, etc. You think the apartheid wall makes them different? You're damn wrong.

The organizers of this event ought to be praised in their enterprise in bringing Arab and Jewish business women together. Yes, we have heard all this rabbinical clap trap before. They are racists! Their cynical use of Halacha to justify their bigotry is nauseating and racist. They seek all kinds of excuses to prevent socialising of Arabs and Jews in this part of the world. The swan song of seduction of Jewish women by Arabs is pathetic as well as untrue. They use the same refrain as anti-Semites but in a different context. "We have no problem with Arabs" and its counterpart "We have no problem with Jews, after all our best friends are Jews". Sounds a familiar excuse for separation of the two peoples whose fate is bound together.

Those Israeli Arabs enjoy liberty , democracy , all the advantages of this . What do you think ? Are you different than other peoples who first of all want to make a good living , give opportunities to their children , have a very good health care and so ? Or do you think that living in a "own" state , in mysery , without any of those important facilities is better ? No ! i'm sure that the Israeli Arabs prefer much more to live here , than on the other side of the security fence .

they love the benefits the dumb Jews give them: the welfare checks, medical care, professional opportunities, first-rate education and even the beautiful Jewish women. So, they are laughing all the way to the bank and having a good time while the Jews work and search for peace. Had the Jews acted like the Arabs do there would have been almost no Arabs in Israel like there are almost no Jews in the Arab states. You are very lucky that the Jews are civilized and don't act like your Arab brothers.