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Netanyahu: We're in 1939
Yaakov Lappin
Published: 10.09.07, 13:31
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31. Bibi feels safe discussing Iran - What about the WB?
Howard K ,   NYC   (09.10.07)
What about the planned expulsions of Jews, Bibi? What about the destruction of the Temple, or its complete surrender to the Arabs, as planned by Olmert. What about the Golan? What about Jerusalem? These are issues that are just as important for the survival of Israel: defensible borders. But Bibi is no different than Olmert in this regard. He's also ready to give up territory, to expel Jews, to give up land that is not his to give away. Let's keep this in mind.
32. # 30 Mike
Sagi ,   Israel   (09.10.07)
You are right, they are both the same and what is more if the Jihadists prevail the Holocaust and all the ruin and destruction that took place in Europe will look like a picnic compared to what they will do, and I stress that it will not only include Jews. It will be no Churches, no Synagogues, no Temples of any kind and no people either.
33. Response to nr. 29
Alexander ,   Herzliya, Israel   (09.10.07)
As an Israeli, I didn´t ask about your opinion. Yes, most Israelis share the views of Netanyahu - most Israelis want to live, exist, defend and protect their lives and neutralize the enemies of Israel that seek her destruction. All free people have a God given right and a natural right to defend themselves against perpetrators, mass murderers and criminals. If and when Iran threatens to drop nukes on your country, what will your reaction be? Suicide or struggle? Fatalism or action?
34. netanyahu says 2 1/2 years before iran has nukes?
virginia orrall   (09.10.07)
how do you know that they dont already have them?the usa has sunk 2 n.korean ships this year that were bringing nuclear "materials" to iran-----who knows what might not have got stopped?and even if iran didnt get nukes from n.korea-there are 100 missing suitcase nukes from russiahs inventory and i wouldnt trust china or pakistan to be able to resist the temptation to share what they have.---if the price was right.
35. #12, thats because they always lose
Danny   (09.10.07)
Iran hasn't won a war since Cyrus the Great a few thousand years ago. All they are good at is exporting terrorism, so they don't fight but they get Hamas to, or Hizbollah or Syria. Why have they been threatening Israel since 1979, Israel has NEVER attacked Iran - in fact Israel armed Iran in the early part of the Iran-Iraq war. Learn a bit of history before you embarass yourself in public.
36. To nr 12 - you are deeply ignorant of history
Alexander ,   Herzliya, Israel   (09.10.07)
Iran/Persia conquered most of the Middle East in the 6th century B.C.E. The Persians controlled a territory from the Iranian highlands to the Egyptian plains around the Giza Pyramids. The control came to be through conquest. In the 6th or 7th century A.D. the Persians conquered much of the Middle East again. The original culture of Iran has been manipulated and changed by Muslim Arabs and since many hundred of years ago, the Iranians have been Arabized and Islamized. The Iranians seek the destruction of the State of Israel. International law, morality, ethics and first and foremost the instinct of self-preservation, allow all nations to defend themselves against those that seek their destruction. If you deny Israel and the Jewish people this fundamental right and freedom, you have proven yourself to be an anti-Semite, because anti-Semitism is always about demonization and discrimination of Jews delegitimization of the lives, existence, freedom, integrity, rights and dignity of Jews and application of double standards against Jews and the State of Israel. I have also discovered that deductional reasoning is not your strongest side. Who is an aggressor - the one who threatens to wipe somebody off the planet or the one who defends himself against the one who threatens him? Is Israel threatening to wipe Iran off the planet or is Iran threatening to wipe Israel off the planet? The answer is that Iran wants Israel dead and not vice versa. Israel is today stronger and much more powerful than Iran, and yet Iran still lives and breathes air. Despite Israel´s superior strength, Israel doesn´t seek the destruction of Iran, which proves that Israel is peaceful. If Iran will get bombed or not depends on its willingness to stop threatening Israel in words and actions. If Iran doesn´t stop, there is no guarantee that Iran and Teheran will see the dawn of a new day. Keep that in mind before you spew your hate against Israel.
37. To nr 13
Alexander ,   Herzliya, Israel   (09.10.07)
If you want sane and intelligent peoples´ views, you shouldn´t linger in here, decreasing the quality. Has it ever escaped your notice that the Arab world has tried to kill Israel for the past 59 years? And the aggressor is not the one who defends itself but the one that seeks the destruction of the defender. Israel is the defender. The Arabs are the aggressors and despite the fact that Israel has superior force, strenght and power, Iran and the Arab world still exist and breathe air. If you have superior strenght and power and don´t use them to neutralize your enemies, despite the fact that they try to kill you, then you are indeed peaceful. Israel didn´t attack the Arabs 5 times. It was attacked 7 times by the Arabs, 1948, 1956, 1967, 1973, 1982, 1991 and 2006. The Arabs have launched thousands of acts of terrorism against Israel. Do you call this Arab self defense or Arab racist, anti-Semitic, anti-Jewish wars of aggression? Israel is the only Western democracy in the Middle East and Israel is the only country to absorb blacks from Ethiopia - Africa, not to enslave them but to liberate them. The US brought blacks to America, not to liberate them but to enslave them. The US participated in WW1, WW2, Cold War, Korea War, Vietman War, toppled regimes in Latin America and Africa, has hundreds of thousands of troops abroad, conquered a huge chunk of America, killed millions of Native Americans/Indians, and exercised control over Cuba for decades before Castro came. An American like you, should be very very careful about throwing out baseless accusations around you. Yes Netanyahu is very intelligent. He has an MBA from MIT and served as a commando in an Israeli elite unit and saved Israel´s economy during the recession of the Second Intifada/Second Arab War of Terror, and lowered the taxes and rearranged the laws of Israel to allow the exceptional annual economic growth of 6,6% this year. Iran attacked the US Embassy in Teheran a couple of decades ago - if you remember? And Iran and Iraq slaughtered each other during the 1980s, causing 1 million dead - Iranians and Arabs. Remember? And Iran sponsors Hamas and Hizbollah, educates them and supplies the terrorists with weapons. Iran is a terror state. Thousands of innocent people have been slaughtered in Iran since the Islamic revolution in Iran 1979. Minorities, women and gays are systematically oppressed, abused, threatened and persecuted by the Iranian authorities. Iran threatens to wipe Israel off the map and intends to exert Iranian control and influence over the Middle East. You need a history lesson buddy.
38. To Wissam # 10
Barry ,   Tokyo   (09.11.07)
What about the Palestinian Jews you so conveniently omit .... "Dummy"?
39. # 22
Barry ,   Tokyo   (09.11.07)
Yes Richard, hopefully Bush will be replaced with someone so intelligent like Brown who will lead you down the path of Londonistan, Eurabia..... ha ha real smart folks live in the UK these days... giving comfort to terrorists will not keep you safe you naive little man.
40. Netanyahu's warnings
Doubtom ,   California, USA   (09.11.07)
Netanyahu's warnigs about Iran's nuclear capability is just more fear-mongering in which all Israeli leaders excel. Netanyahu knows very well, that no nation which suddenly found itself in possession of a nuclear device or two, would be so stupid as to attack another nation with a known nuclear arsenal, no matter how rabid the propagandists claim Ahmadinejad may be. This is the biggest pile of bullshit to come out of Israel in a long time!
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