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A.B. Yehoshua: Bush should recall ambassador until outposts dismantled
Menachem Gantz
Published: 20.01.08, 09:49
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1. thank you a.b. quisling
Ilan ,   Ariel   (01.20.08)
2. Mr Yehoshua
Tom ,   Jerusalem   (01.20.08)
Oh please, do me a favor!! With the greatest of respect Mr Yehoshua, grow up! Have you not been in Israel the last 10 years? Wake up! Your leftie nonsense is weakening this country. Maybe you should be recalled!! Get out of my country! T
3. Another marginalized leftist ...
Terry ,   Eilat, Israel   (01.20.08)
Who seeks an audience among those who wish us ill. Here you have another example, so common among Jewish intellectuals, of an author who writes about alienation, self-doubt, & guilt. But the underlying theme is a psychological need for self-blame, to assign blame to the victim rather than the aggressor. This is pseudo-intellectualism at it's best, a shame since he writes very well & should use his considerable literary talents in our defense rather than engage in Israel-bashing.
4. Novelists should stick to writing fiction
Sasha ,   Tel-Aviv   (01.20.08)
5. A.B. Yehoshua
Pete ,   Bat Yam   (01.20.08)
should renounce Israeli citizenship, convert to Islam and go live in Damascus. Does A.B. stand for Aiver Botel ?(yiddish for senile)
6. Not "Israelis", Yehoshua, "Jews"!
Andras Bereny ,   Kfar Tapuah, Samaria   (01.20.08)
- Yehoshua: "Instead of dealing with (all) of the illegal settlements (in the West Bank), only the illegal outposts are being discussed – this legitimizes the status of (the other) settlements, in which 250,000 Israelis reside," - Bereny: "Not Israelis, Yehosua, Jews! You are Israeli, we are Jews. Come on, read your Torah and stop selling out your brothers on foreign, antisemitic newspapers. The same Turin paper you write on published a caricature during the Bet Lehem hostage crisis, depinting Israel as killer of that man. Now they found a famous Jew to talk against the Jews:. .
7. Respect Democracy
Logic ,   Israel   (01.20.08)
Israeli democracy provides an outlet for the political aspirations of its inhabitants. One can run for office, support a political party, or write to their MKs. This is better than trying to circumvent the system.
8. Self-hating Jew is he naive, stupid or both?
Roni   (01.20.08)
9. Leftism
Sagi ,   Israel   (01.20.08)
like religion is a very serious disease. There is no cure for either of them and society has no alternative but to tolerate them. They both are a burden on society but even more so on the individual. I hold them in contempt.
10. Noveist Yehoshua
khader herzallah ,   Dhahran_Saudi Arabia   (01.20.08)
Now we hear an honest jewish voice.He cares about peace and tranquelity in the region calling for the dismantle of all the illegal settlements erected in lands do not belong to them.Calling back the US ambassador home will show the Israeli Govt.that Bush is serious and working for the future of Israel and its citezens to live quiet life with its neighbors free of Qassam and free of F16.We expect more Yehoshuas among both rivals.Well said Yehoshua.God bless you.
11. Why is it that Israel must DO EVERYTHING to comply?
Scott   (01.20.08)
This guy and his friends really are dreaming. What twisted sense of reality - no commonsense whatsoever. Israel could dismantle everything an comply with all other demands and it would never be enough. The qassams would still be landing , terrorists would still be trying to kill innocent people. It goes on and on. I mean, handing back Gaza has been a total failure. It has only made the situation worse. So, who cares about the stupid 'outposts' - they're built in places that arabs dont want to live anyhow.
12. Self hate seems to be in the Jewish people's genes
Nissim Mizrahi ,   Eilat Israel   (01.20.08)
Sitting in Italy and running the state down,where does this git live. People like him make sure that they have a few foreign passports,as an insurance against any future need.
13. There he goes again
Sarah   (01.20.08)
Can't stand the man, can't stomach reading anything he writes because he's so anti-Israel.
14. Bravo AB Yehoshoua
Michel Grinberg ,   Jerusalem   (01.20.08)
With such a statement, you would be invited by 50 universities, have your holidays all over the world paid by the International press and receive a good fees for your lectures at the anti-israeli groups.
15. AB Yehoshua
Barbara ,   Israel near Gaza   (01.20.08)
I agree and good for you, Mr. Yehoshua. Enough of their idiocy.
16. How much were you paid??
Sam Weinstein ,   USA   (01.20.08)
I don't know you and this is a opinion but how much were you paid to sell your soul.
17. and on the other side of things...
(01.20.08)
looking at it from a different view, if the Arab nations really wanted to make the US stop its support of Israel, they could've just withhold selling oil to whoever support Israel and the US would've folded like a napkin. of course, some of those Arab countries can't hold themselves together without their allowance.
18. A Ludicrous Suggestion
NYC Girl   (01.20.08)
Why should we withdraw our ambassador to Israel when we didn't withdraw our ambassador to Saudi Arabia...the country that gave us the majority of the 9/11 attackers and continues to fund jihadist madrassas even on American soil?
19. To A(nything) B(ut) Yehoshua
Nora ,   Tel Aviv   (01.20.08)
Keep on hating Jews, so that your fame is guaranteed in a world full of Jew haters. By the way, do you know who Yehoshua was ? Read your Bible . Oh sorry ,I meant read Jewish Bible. As, for us Jews, you are A(nything) B(ut) Yehoshua.
20. Yehoshua joins Landau's call that Israel be "raped"
Raymond from DC ,   Washington, DC USA   (01.20.08)
Like Ha'aretz editor Landau, Yehoshua is, in effect, calling on the US to force Israel to meet its demands. But why the double standard? I don't see the US forcing the Palestinians to end incitement and terror. Indeed, the US has abandoned the conditional support for a Palestinian state outlined in June, 2002. Now, they're to be given a state no matter what. And if, in the end, Israel buckles under the pressure from it's "greatest friend", is there any doubt that - once proven effective - the US and others will use the "stick" against Israel whenever it's deemed opportune to move the "process" forward?
21. Sasha: Nr. 4
leon ,   Grand Rapids USA   (01.20.08)
You don't understand. He IS writing fiction. His mind doesn't accept reality.
22. To Number #8
moriah ,   sacramento,USA   (01.20.08)
"Self-hating Jew is he naive, stupid or both?" Both
23. Stick to writing fiction-encourage antisemites in Italy nice
Steve ,   Tel Aviv   (01.20.08)
24. AB Yehoshua is also a settler
Shulamit   (01.21.08)
He is also a settler. The settlements in 1948 Israel are also occupied terroritories that need to be dismantled. The problem is Zionism. Palestine must be restored to its owners in its entiriety.
25. yehoshua
mike jarmon ,   houston,texas,usa   (01.21.08)
yehoshua needs to look at the non fiction old testament and see what area God gave to the israelites.The west bank belongs to israel.Rebuild the temple,worship God,and He will tell you what to do about the disputed territories.
26. Thx for exposing the shell game for what it is.
Progressive ,   Philadelphia, PA   (01.21.08)
Stalling tactics. Put up an "illegal outpost" (Are any of the settlements legal? Um. No.) then take it down 3 years later as the "painful concession." What a joke.
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