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Tensions high in Hebron; Settlers gird for battle
Efrat Weiss
Published: 19.11.08, 00:10
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1. We must go down there and help our brothers!
JAy ,   Israel   (11.19.08)
2. Remove the trailer trash now
Avi ,   Ramat HaSharon   (11.19.08)
These illegal squatter obtained this building by deceit and the world knows it. They should be removed and thrown in Jail, and as for the Rabbis encouraging soldiers to disobey orders i would suggest 10 years minimum sentence for him.
3. I just hope Yaalon,Begin,Uzi Landau,Netaniahu
Keren ,   Israel-SP   (11.19.08)
and all those gathering to form a front against evil,will show coherence and go in the help of these loyal Jews who are defending the future and the present of all we Jews .They must move not to permit more injustice to happen to the most loyal of all Israelis.A government ,or a willing to be one,must be in the side of their people and protect and help them when needed. Enough of "gush katifs"and worse,enough of nazist attitutes against our owns!
4. people of israel rise up as one.it is time for a revolution
chaim ,   brooklyn ny   (11.19.08)
Sderot,Ashkelon, and Ashdod are under daily rocket attack for the last three years,tens of thousands of men women and children have to sleep in bunkers,and this criminaly insane traitorous gangster government of Ehud Olmert,will not let the IDF lift a finger to defend israel, because he is saving the IDF'S firing power for much more important task and that is to throw out men women and children from their homes in YESHA IT IS TIME FOR A REVOLUTION this gangster government must go NOW
5. very incomplete report!
tom ,   toronto, canada   (11.19.08)
why does this report not mention that the "disputed house" was bought and paid for by the jewish owners? and why does it fail to mention that the arab who sold the house could be executed under palestinian (and jordanian) law, which makes it a capital crime punishable by death to sell property to a jew? and what justification did the court give for deciding against them, and ordering the jewish owners evicted from their own property? there is more to this story than just painting the settlers as violent crazies looking for a fight.
6. hebron
colin   (11.19.08)
Finally some Israelis are seeing the light.This corrupt anti jewish government must feel the wroth of the people. The present politicians who act for themselves only forget that they are able to live a life of luxuary only because of the actions of pioneers(settlers)of the past 60 years. Are celebrations in this filthy government 60 years of evictions of jews???The nation must have no pity for this rubbish in the government.Let them leave the country
7. The Torah says Hebron is ours!
Rabbi ,   Israel   (11.19.08)
Look in the Torah Portion of the week, Avraham buys the Cave of the Patriarchs in Hebron! Its all ours! When will this government learn?
8. disputed
gedalia ,   Australia   (11.19.08)
Could the journalist who wrote this article please inform the reader why the land in question is "disputed"? If the owners have purchased it through legal means and hold a title deed, why is it under dispute?
9. Arrest Rabbi Wolpe
Aharon   (11.19.08)
Offering "financial incentives" (read: "bribes") for IDF soldiers to disobey orders is completely unacceptable The IDF is not some flea market where whoever pays the best price gets the loyalty of the soldiers - it is an ARMY SUBORDINATE TO THE GOVERNMENT. The Rabbi would do well to keep his hands (and his money) out of our army. As for this whole situation, I can only watch in despair as my nation continues to creep towards civil war.
10. What kind of leaders?
Brod ,   USA   (11.19.08)
There are other more pressing concerns for the leaders to ponder, plan and prepare in defending the homeland from Iran's nukes and Islamist-Jihadist rocket barrages from Hamastan. Why would they oppress their own people who are living peacefully in Israel's liberated biblical and historic homeland? Picking an unncessary fight with your own people is the height of idiocy when there are far more pernicious enemies that Israel should be focused on.
11. Enough with these crazy fanatics!!!
Yoav ,   Tel-Aviv   (11.19.08)
When the mainstream Jews stand up and stop these fanatics from taking control of our lives and destiny. The government of Israel should apply the law on everyone and not to be intimidated by these carzy people. These fanatics are stealing homes of others and claim what's not theirs as theirs. They are using our religion to justify their actions. Enough of this non sense, and please people stand up against them. Send them back to where they came from!!!! May be they are better off to be in the US since most of them came from. They kill by the name of my religion, they steal by the name of my religion, they oppress others by the name of religion, they do evil by the name of religion. It's time for us to stand up and stop this non sense.
12. The court has no right to make a political decision
Yoni ,   Chiloquin   (11.19.08)
The famous jurist Robert Bork calls the Israeli high court the worst in the world for its judicial activism. They do not define the law, they write laws from the bench. The order to evacuate the home in Hebron before the court hearing over ownership is a pre-judgment forbidden in any free world court. We must remember that this is Israel where the court appoints its own members. A certain way to promote cronyism and jurists with the same exact far left wing views. Just as true democratic countries laugh at Israel's non-democratic government system they are abhorred by the Israeli supreme courts activism. The ruling is morally wrong as well as lacking jurisprudence.
13. Beautiful!
rami ,   hebron, palestine   (11.19.08)
Arabs and Jews are enemies and have been for a long time, but if anything the arabs do envy israeli democracy, law and order. when a prime minister can be held accountable for corruption. But what do we see here today in hebron? calling to refuse orders? calling the highest court in the land irrelevant? sounds like a mutiny is forming. Israel has build up a monster in the west bank called the settlement movement. maybe in a few years they will call for their own state back to the northern kingdom and the southern kingdom! a divided israel? just goes to show you that division and descent is not only the traits of the Palestinians:) lets see how israel handles this growing monster now and in the future.
14. You Have My Support
Ralph Levy ,   USA   (11.19.08)
You Have My Support http://ralphsrant1.blogspot.com
15. put them all away
steve ,   Rational Israel   (11.19.08)
take these criminals, (the word for people that break the law) the rabis included and put them under lock and key, they are destroying our society and our proud democracy. We must not tolerate such violence in our midst.
16. rabbis abuse their G-d as a property broker
observer   (11.19.08)
if they have the zeal of carrying out biblical words as log book of real state property, then they have also to carry out biblical words as a bill for dealing with neighboring gentiles.
17. Its not insubordination - its a call to riot
Ussishkin ,   Tel Aviv   (11.19.08)
This is incitement. These are not our brothers. They are not us. They are not ours. They do not recognise the State of Israel or its laws. They answer to individual settlement rabbis' interpretations of the Jewish G-d, but it isn't the G-d of Israel, not the G-d of the rest of us Jews of Israel, not even of the whole Bet Israel. And incitement is against the law of the State as much as much of the antics of these settlers is a series of breaches of our laws. And it really is enough. The settlement enterprise needs to end. It and its supporters have placed themselves beyond the law and beyond us. Either stay there or pack up and leave. But the State and its army should cease taking any responsibility for them.
18. HOW ABOUT A Y-NET OPINION POLL?
ROLAND SEENER ,   LONDON ENGLAND   (11.19.08)
19. LOGICAL RESULTS
DAVID ,   JUDEA   (11.19.08)
Thanks to an ever increasing incitement by Ynet and its fellow biased media , the state that has increasingly become an enemy of the Jewish people , will act with unrestrained violence. While the south is under increased rocket attacks , with the state refusing to protect and serve its citizens, it will have no problem to act against its own citizens in a total illigal manner. While our Herzelists scream and yell their usual slogans ,they will have no qualms to use any trick in the book to pursue their evil plans of deconstructing the land of Israel. A logical result will be an even bigger divide among us.
20. imagine all the
avi   (11.19.08)
"settlers" would quit Judea & Samaria, only imagine, voluntarily, and the frontline would be as the left wishes, 10km from the airport, with thousands of mortar shells pouring on Ramat Gan, Raanana, Cesaria, just imagine ... no more planes, no more water from the national carrier, what ??? not the peace in exchange of land ? not the Peres' flourishing economic boost ? not the oslo promised gan eden ? what ?? it may be a mistake ? who's error, please tell me ? boy, I'm dreaming maybe.
21. let's see Yaalon's big mouth say something TODAY !
avi   (11.19.08)
22. oh,i nearly forgot the Golan !
avi   (11.19.08)
and Saddam's WMD in Assad's hand ... but we don't give the Golan do we ?
23. election tactic
(11.19.08)
The corrupt Kadima party led Israel to its defeat in a war, needlessly killing 150 people. Now Kadima needs a way to cancel the elections. What better way than to instigate a civil war.
24. Pull out the IDF
David ,   Yerushalayim   (11.19.08)
If the State of Israel is their enemy, I suggest pulling the IDF out of Judea an Samaria, and let them defend themselves against terrorists.
25. Wrong Direction
Jewish Refugee ,   U.S.A.   (11.19.08)
Our coward government is diverging the attention from the real problems like terrorist in Gaza and Lebanon to evict Jews from their homes by their own army. Are you kidding? That is just enough! We cannot tolerate this government any longer can someone as goodwill gesture give back this criminals (Olmert, Livni, Barack, Mofaz, Peres) to the Palestinians. We don't want you, you dont represent us. Get Out! Please join our new blog in which you can make your voice finally heard, you can contribute your stories, ideas, become active. Israel is in a grave danger and we cannot let this happen. http://israelactnow.blogspot.com/ Together we can tell the truth and bring change!
26. Knesset Member Uri Ariel should be removed from the Knesset
Avi ,   Ramat Gan   (11.19.08)
Knesset Member Uri Ariel who once referred to the German people as "the mother of all Amalekites" a people whose male children should be killed according to the Torah. Should be removed from the Knesset as he is encouraging people to break the law, the very same law he was elected to maintain. For someone in his position to encourage anarchy is not acceptable therefore he should resign.
27. Rabbis urge insubordination
Talula ,   Israel   (11.19.08)
No soldier is going to ignore orders for a bunch of demented twisted losers. Another Rabbi who loves god......NOT! Another Rabbi who makes up his own rules to suit him. Just when I think they’ve hit rock bottom, they stoop to even lower. He’s not a rabbi, he’s the antichrist.
28. #1 Please go Jay
judge jew-dy ,   Ramat HaSharon   (11.19.08)
Please go Jay and help your bothers And dont forget to wave to the cameras as you and your pals are arrested and thrown in to Jail where you belong. End the occupation now - Free Palestine
29. Rabbis ?
Michael ,   Haifa   (11.19.08)
These are not rabbis, they are ayatollahs
30. #1 well Jay!, they'r sisters, not brothers
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