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Shas MK: Kadima released ethnic genie from bottle
Yael Levy
Published: 24.11.08, 08:54
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1. A GOLDA SHE AIN'T !
ALEXANDRA ROTHCHILD   (11.24.08)
ON HER BEST DAY; ON STERIODS, SHE COULD NOT VERBALLY SHINE GOLDAS SHOES !
2. Self-pity
Mizrahi Jew   (11.24.08)
Ohhhhhhh poor guys feel disciminated against... Want me to kiss it better? Grow up, this isn't 1960 and nobody is falling for your cheap election stunts. The only racists here are Shas who aim to keep Sephardic and Mizrahi Jews poor so that they keep voting for them.
3. Jews must be the last White Russians after Stalin's purges.
Rivkah   (11.24.08)
Or maybe the MK thinks the White Russians in their graves still vote. A lot of dead people voted for Obama, so it probably happens in Israel, too.
4. #2 Mizrahi Jew. You got that right.
Terry ,   Eilat, Israel   (11.24.08)
These are the same people who in our countries of origin did their best to keep us ignorant & in poverty. They were often corrupt & used their positions to enrich themselves at our expense.
5. Maybe Bitton Is The Racist
Larry ,   zefat Israel   (11.24.08)
6. BITTON
av ,   london.uk   (11.24.08)
BITTON IS RIGHT THATS WHY I LEFT ISRAEL LONG TIME AGO I CAN TAKE RACISM IN THE UK BUT NOT FROM THE PEOPLE OF THE GHETTO
7. To # 1 etc
Inyaki ,   Bilbao, Basque   (11.24.08)
1. Golda was probably the worst Israeli P.M. ( Bibi and Barak excluding) 2. I hope this would strike Shas back as a boomerang. 3. A good reason to vote for Livni: most of the Shas voters netiher go to the army ( unless there is a Shin Gimmel/ Shin kashrut vacancy, nor contribute to the wealth of the nation). If their leader thiks that teachers are asses, what can U say about the voters. This has nothing to do with colour-here black and white are on equal standing and the reference is only for a black hat! 4. I didn't know Charlie is alive- I wish him well, but these ain't 60's
8. Who will profit more from the politics of division?
Ilan ,   Ariel   (11.24.08)
Livni has been directed by her handler to use the politics of division in order to lure Russians away from the Likud. As to be predicted, a party with no positive solutions and a leader with no achievements only has a negative message. Problem is that Shas can play this game quite well and even if Kadima doesn't flop in the next elections it will pay a heavy price if it wants (and it needs) Shas' support to form a government.
9. Livni and Shas coordinated
(11.24.08)
Livni started with her racist and anti-religious babbling. Shas responded with their pathetic whinings. But for years, Kadima and Shas sat together in the government, giving each other goodies. This storm of mutual condemnation is election PR, to cover their failings and attract gullible voters. After the elections Kasima and Shas will happily sit together to divide the spoils.
10. When my daughter married a Mizrachi Jew
sarah ,   Jerusalem,Israel   (11.24.08)
It was not a problem for my family or any of my friends - it was a problem for his Mizrachi friends!!! Don't tell me that Ashkenazim are racist - it is a two way street that I have never understood - we are ALL Jews!!!!
11. Simply ask yourself why Mofaz didn't win the primaries ..
redmike ,   tel aviv   (11.24.08)
12. #11
Israel Israeli ,   Tel Aviv   (11.24.08)
Mofaz did not lose because of racism. it was Zippy's ballot stuffing in the Arab sector.
13. Let's face it, Shas has betrayed the Jews
Steve ,   US   (11.24.08)
When I was in Israel in the early nineteen eighties, I met and socialized with some wonderful Sephardic Jews. I met Sephardic Jews serving in the army, fighting for our land. I care not whether a Jew is Ashkenazi, Sephardic or other. If you are a proud Jew that supports the integrity of the land of Jewish Israel -- every square inch of it -- you will be welcome in my government any day. Shas would not be welcome in any government. Shas has sold out the Jews in Israel. Shas deserves every bit of the opprobrium they receive.
14. shut up, stupid Israelis
bob ,   potomac md   (11.24.08)
Sepahrdim are not "black" and Ashkenazim are not "white" if that's all you can think about, you have a lot of free time on your hands
15. Sephardim are not black! Time to stop using this word
A dark Ashkenazi ,   Carmiel, Israel   (11.24.08)
If they get the money they will be happy allies of the Likud, the "great friend" of the mizrahim, like Bibi, Yaalon, Begin, Meridor, Livnat... There is only one principle: money.
16. I Wouldn't Say I Am Old BUT
Larry ,   Zefat Israel   (11.24.08)
I am old enough to remember when Michael Jackson was Black( or is it Ahmed Jackson these days?)
17. Shas still playing the victim card
Avi ,   Ramat Gan   (11.24.08)
And i was thinking that Since 1999, several of Shas's MKs, including Aryeh Deri, Rafael Pinhasi, Yair Lev, Ofer Hugi and Yair Peretz have been convicted of offences including fraud and forgery. In addition, elected MK Shlomo Benizri was convicted of bribery, conspiring to commit a crime and obstruction of justice on 1 April 2008. And i was thinking it was because they were Sephardic victims ! or maybe they are just common thief's after all !
18. Aristotle on Multi-Racial Societies
Deacon ,   Grants Pass, OR, USA   (11.25.08)
Aristotle on multi-racial societies, quotes found in "Politics": a. On race-mixing: “Another cause of revolution is difference of races which do not at once acquire a common spirit; for a state is not the growth of a day, any more than it grows out of a multitude brought together by accident. Hence the reception of strangers in colonies, either at the time of their foundation or afterwards, has generally produced revolution.” b. On bad democracy: “[T]he last form of democracy . . . [in which] all share alike . . . [and] the leaders have been in the habit of including as many as they can, and making citizens not only of those who are legitimate, but even of the illegitimate . . . This is the way in which demagogues proceed. Whereas the right thing would be to make no more additions when the numbers of the commonality exceeds that of the notables and of the middle class,---beyond this not to go . . . [these] measures taken by tyrants appear all of them to be democratic. Such a government will have many supporters, for most persons would rather live in a disorderly than in a sober manner.” c. On how to install bad democracy: ”Fresh tribes and brotherhoods should be established; the private rites of families should be restricted and converted into public ones; in short, every contrivance should be adopted which will mingle the citizens with one another and get rid of old connections.”
19. I am saddened to see such hateful statements
Charles Hoyenski ,   Austin, TX USA   (11.27.08)
I dated an ashkenazi (Russian), girl here in the states for many years but did not marry her (an other story), often she would go on and on about her sister marrying a man of sirian descent, sady she had some of this latent racism. My ex wife on the other had has spainish (sphardic), jewry in her anscestry from Mexico city. The native americans were put down throughout american history, only now with the election of our current president, can we americans finally tell the world "hey we really do provide a level playing field for all". The indiginous jews who live in israel are analogous to american indians, they are not in control of the nation of thier birth. Israel is a microcosm of America, they could learn from our election and how we treat all our people. I graduated from Boston University, the President at the time, of my alma Mater, John Silber, fought for civil rights for Blacks in the 1960'es (he is Jewish and a good man), G-d does not look at a man or womans race when judging him/her.
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