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Don’t call me Nazi
Guy Carmi
Published: 18.11.07, 10:08
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1. Are we a democracy?
Terry ,   Eilat, Israel   (11.18.07)
You could have fooled me. While any use of the Holocaust to describe anyone in Israel today is tasteless, disrespectful, exaggerated, & generally stupid, this particular limitation of free speech seems to me to be the usual un-democratic methods of the politically correct, self-righteous, left-wing in Israeli politics. The target of the law will be some overly emotional rightists outraged by the policies of our left-dominated political system. The left, at least how I see things, is very sensitive to any criticism, primarily because their beliefs & policies are neither popular nor supported by any evidence.
2. Ex-Zionist
Paul ,   England   (11.18.07)
As a past ardent supporter of Israel, ive just become more & more dissilutioned by this weak arrogant government of Olmert & the apathetic attitude of the Israeli people in general.They show weakness to their sworn enemies, bow down to all American whims, have lost their national pride & dignity,.They worship money & power more than G-D. Now they restrict "freedom of speach". Sorry but i no longer support this corrupt criminal society,nor will i give money like i used to, to "Israel appeal" ETC. I SADLY WASH MY HANDS OF THIS SO CALLED JEWISH STATE . Signed: Proud Jew
3. 2# Paul, "ardent supporter", really?
Judah ,   Golan Heights,ISRAEL   (11.18.07)
You actually are what we call " a fair weather friend". Yes our current leaders are lousy and many are corrupt. Yet it should be the people of the Jewish Nation that you truly support if you were ever a real Zionist. Governments will come and go yet the people will stay strong. When I put on my reserve uniform and leave my pregnant wife and young baby, I am defending not only the Israeli Jews but also Jews in the diaspora including in England. Hopefully you reconsider your current poor attitude.
4. Judah, you're 100% right.
AK   (11.19.07)
Let's hope Paul was just frustrated and wasn't really meaning what he said. I know that I also someties say harsh things, especially when it appears that thousands of Israelis demonstrate over pay raises but only hundreds to get Olmert out of the office. I wish you , your family and all of Israel well. If you are a Zionist, you support the very concept of the Jewish state, even if you deplore the way the country is being run into the ground by the elites -- I, for one, most certainly do.
5. Judah and AK...
Che Vive ,   Ghetto Beach, U.S.A.   (11.19.07)
If Paul were really a Zionist, he'd stop writing checks and move to Israel. And Judah, when you put on your uniform, you're not defending a single Jew outside of Israel. Not one. Kind of hard to defend a Jew who's chosen to make his home thousands of miles away, in let's say Canada, when you're guarding a checkpoint in the West Bank or some such thing. Don't flatter yourself. Considering the reputation Israel has around the world, you're probably just making his life harder. And if you're a real Zionist, maybe you should get to work on producing a just and workable strategy for addressing all the problems facing Israel, from the government's corruption, to the question of how to maintain your demographics while truly providing equality to all your citizens including Israeli Arabs, to defining the permanent borders, to probable future water crises as population grows as well as other environmental issues, to making peace with your neighbors and Palestinian statehood, to getting off of international welfare, including checks from guys like Paul who keep footing the bill for you to put on your reserve uniform and do whatever it is you do in it all day. But that's just if you're a real Zionist.
6. Law can be used to put right in jail
Shulamit   (11.19.07)
This law will never be enforced against Arabs calling the IDF a Nazi army. It won't be enforced against Jews calling settlers Nazis. This law is another tool to put the entire right in jail. If we want peace we need to make sure no right wing ideas can be expressed. This law will allow us to jail right wingers who call the pre 67 borders holocaust borders.
7. To "Ex-Zionist" Paul, the fair weather friend
(11.20.07)
"I SADLY WASH MY HANDS OF THIS SO CALLED JEWISH STATE . " Good riddance, if you only think Israel is worth supporting when it stands strong and tough during the 7 years of plenty, and not during the 7 lean years . Farewell, fair weather friend.
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