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Our punching bag
Yigal Sarna
Published: 20.01.08, 15:22
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31. power is not in cruching
sami ,   the world   (01.21.08)
sad..... that the easy doing of a weak is to cruch the weakiest
32. Yigal Sarna mixed up cause and consequence.
Mladen Andrijasevic ,   Be'er Sheva   (01.21.08)
[To the censor: Having lived 6 years in the USSR, I never expected to encounter your kind again. Let alone have to talk to you. So what is preventing you from publishing this answer to Yigal Sarna ‘s absurd article ? Have you already succumbed to political correctness that you cannot think for yourself? How many of the books listed below have YOU read?] “And then, a Qassam barrage follows.” writes Yigal Sarna. But this is factually wrong. The Qassams started immediately after Israel left Gaza without any attack from the Israeli side. So why do the Palestinians do it? Mr. Sarna cannot in his ignorance explain it so he distorts reality by swapping cause and effect to fit his understanding. But there is an explanation, except Mr Sarna is too lazy to read several books which give it . It would, however be nice if Yigal Sarna knew what he was talking about next time he writes an article So I suggest a basic reading list: “Infidel” by Ayaan Hirsi Ali (Free Press , 2007) "Why I Am Not a Muslim" by Ibn Warraq (Prometheus Books , 2003). “The Truth about Muhammad” by Robert Spencer Regnery Publishing, Inc. 2006) "Islam and Dhimmitude: Where Civilizations Collide" by Bat Ye'or ( Fairleigh Dickinson University Press 2001). "The Sword of the Prophet" by Serge Trifkovic (Regina Orthodox Press, 2002).
33. #25 - wow you're in really bad shape! Get help immediately!
redmiike ,   TA - LA - London   (01.21.08)
34.  4. I know what's going to stop the shooting!!
Serge ,   Huntsville, Alabama   (01.21.08)
Chaya, Now that is a defeatist attitude! You know very well what will stop the shooting of missile from Gaza, but you will not say it. Let me help you there! If the IDF were to spend 21 days and nights bombarding every sector of Gaza randomly, Hamas would run out of there like the rats that they are. they would have a choice in the direction to go -- either the sea or cross into Israel to face the IDF heads-on. You guys have forgotten how to box. In a ring you have to get your opponent to come out so you may wax him. Leave rope-a-dope for the champions, get their puny asses into the ring and kick their behinds. These cowards are hiding within the civilian population that elected them, so let the population taste their own poison.
35. 6. silly article
Serge ,   Huntsville, Alabama   (01.21.08)
Probably playing devil's advocate to advance his/her own cause. I agree with you that Paris Hilton's comments ,might have been more enlightening and a lot less silly.
36. to 32 just a note
shawkeyya ,   jerusalem   (01.21.08)
the one seeking for the truth must read books with and against the same fenomena .. but the one want to support his idea read books to whom has the same thoughts .. iam moslem but i read the bible and the torah and seeking for the anti thoughts to know that iam not wrong ... okey .but you can to shoose any religion it will never affect me without any hate .. but do not steal my rights in a place or in a time or any other property ..
37. #25 - 'Shulamit', Sure, and black is white and night is day!
Joe ,   Los Angeles, CA   (01.21.08)
38. 7. Someone in Ynet should be fired...
Serge ,   Huntsville, Alabama   (01.21.08)
Jon, The collage is pretty expletive, you are correct. But I do not know if the collage was created by Ynet or by the author himself. If you recognize it as former PLO poster, it may have been one. But graphically speaking, the IDF soldier, like a well-trained troop that he is, is pointing his weapon away from the civilians, not at them. He looks impressive and mean to you! Good! Because that is what a true soldier is supposed to be and represent. He must transfer true fear into his ennemies' heart and break their will to fight, just by looking into their eyes. He must project ahead of time that guaranteed butt-kicking the ennemy is going to receive before sundown or sunrise. IDF soldier do not eat anything cold, and they do not belong to the Russian Ballet troupe. You are confused between troop (soldiers) and troupe (dancers with tutus). The other two pictures of a man holding crying child and the woman with a bloodied face are collateral casualties of a conflict you wish to hide from the World. These are the realities of your part of the World, a conflicted area excacerbated by the support all the Arab nations surrounding you bring to Hamas and Hizbullah. At least they have not reached Tel Aviv with their rockets yet. Be at Peace for the moment.
39. 14. Everytime I read a Ynet article
Serge ,   Huntsville, Alabama   (01.21.08)
Reality Check, Take your pick. 1. Because Al-Jazeera copies everything over to their net, hoping to boost their readers' IQs. 2. Because Al-Jazzera is a satellite of Ynet. 3. Because Al-Jazeera owns Ynet. 4. Because Ynet owns Al-Jazeera. Al-Jazeera is a puppet propaganda machine for Al-Qaeda and all Islamo-fascist groups anyway. That we know for sure.
40.  16. Correct. Push the Gazans back to Egypt.
Serge ,   Huntsville, Alabama   (01.21.08)
Ben, Why Egypt? Egypt did not want their cancerous kind and that is why the Pharaoh (Mubarak) and his predecessors let them go. They were to spread and multiply in the land of Palestine, which was invented to accomodate them. They even gave them a leader, Yassir Arafat (another Egyptian) to stir the pot, making them believe that the land of israel belonged to them also, and that Israel had no right exist. Another solution could be to push them to the sea and let them sleep with the fishes. But that would not be too neighborly, would it! You see. each area has its own cancer. Gaza has Hamas; Lebanon has Hizbullah; the West Bank has Fatah. Until these dysfunctional groups get their heads screwed on right, you will always have this dysfunctional tri-area where evil dwels.
41.  25. The key is full end to the occupation
Serge ,   Huntsville, Alabama   (01.21.08)
Shulamit, Spoken like a true Neturei Karta. You are lucky that Israel is a nation of tolerant politicians who do not need your kind to survive. You are a parasitic group that is trying to set their seats with the ennemy in case Israel gets overun, like your predecessors did with the Romans and all conquering armies. A name that transcends time befits your kind very well: traitor. And that is a qualification no conquering nation trusts. That must be a sorry way to live your life, knowing that you will never, neither you nor your progeny, bring glory upon the nation of Israel.
42. To 36, shawkeyya
Mladen Andrijasevic ,   Be'er Sheva   (01.21.08)
I am not sure I fully understand what you wanted to say. But could you please explain how verse 9.5 affects you? “009.005 But when the forbidden months are past, then fight and slay the Pagans wherever ye find them, an seize them, beleaguer them, and lie in wait for them in every stratagem (of war); but if they repent, and establish regular prayers and practice regular charity, then open the way for them: for Allah is Oft-forgiving, Most Merciful.” Or verse 9:29 : “009.029 Fight those who believe not in Allah nor the Last Day, nor hold that forbidden which hath been forbidden by Allah and His Apostle, nor acknowledge the religion of Truth, (even if they are) of the People of the Book, until they pay the Jizya with willing submission, and feel themselves subdued.” http://www.oneummah.net/quran/09.htm
43. 32. Yigal Sarna mixed up cause and consequence.
Serge ,   Huntsville, Alabama   (01.22.08)
Mladen, It is very hard for folks such as Yigal Sarna to gain new knowledge that would elucidate many things that they see as divine mysteries related to their religion. To be able to do so you must have an open mind, be tolerant, and most of all of be willing to learn. The collection of books you mentioned is an excellent choice of litterature for those of us with already developed criteria and the ability to choose right over wrong. As they say, "There is no worse blind than he who does not want to see."
44. to 42
shawkkeyya ,   jerusalem   (01.22.08)
evry time has its men .. to establish a great building you need a strong base .. so these law was at the begining to put the grat new religion and it had its effect .. but the base is not to kill the innosents but whom kill you and destroy your homes ... but pease is to the one aske pease not the one shooting the children and the women hay we are 1500 years from the begining of the new religion but sure there is some moslemes with a narrow look for their religion
45. Bravo Yigal; you hit the nail right on the head.
Chanalau, Tova ,   London, UK   (01.22.08)
Both the government of Israel and the IDF are not just stupid and incompetent; they are also criminal. Why decent Israelis put up with them is the $64000 question. When the Italians finally came to their senses and overthrew the fascist regime of Mussolini they new precisely what to do with him.
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