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'Not all Israelis are bad'
Meital Yasur-Beit Or
Published: 09.01.09, 02:06
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1. One sided Israel bashing
Marcel ,   Florida   (01.09.09)
The fix is in against Israel. Hamas was not held to account for the Palestinian families they put in harms way and for their failure to renew the truce with Israel. I was wondering why the attacks against Israel by the NGO’s like the Red Cross were so one sided and left Hamas out for any responsibility in any way in this war. It dawned on me that there is a price to pay for speaking out agaisnt Hamas and the leadership have sold their souls by way of silence when it comes to the Islamic terrorists. Thats the price of doing business in Gaza. The United Nations and the Red Cross have learned over the decades how to keep their heads on their necks and how not to be kidnapped and tortured. They even gain points with the Hamas terrorists by their one sided attacks directed only against Israel. They can get away with this as Israel does not cut their heads off or kidnap and torture them.
2. Humanism at its greatest Best!
Jason   (01.09.09)
That's Israel! That's humanity! That's compassion for your fellow human beings! Can anyone imagine the Hamas terrorists ever treating an Israeli child the same, humane way as the Israelis are treating poor Palestinian sick children? Where is the World Media? Where are the BBC and CNN cameras????
3. Brainwashed Palestinian Children
Anna ,   Montreal, Canada   (01.09.09)
Bs"d I quote from the article: "The assistance to the wounded and sick knows no politics and boundaries. We save lives, prevent suffering, and promote peace between us and the Palestinian people. Perhaps one of these days our leaderships will also realize it." The child being treated here says: "The doctors are Israeli and they take good care of us," she says. "Not all Israelis are bad. There are some good ones and some bad ones." No peace has really been promoted here. The child obviously categorizes Israelis as being bad (which is not something that she learned by herself at that age). She makes an exception to people who are saving her life. It's as simple as that. Everyone else remains bad. Don't kid yourself-These kids are taught to hate Israel, or have you perhaps missed the Palestinian TV Mickey Mouse character that teaches kids about Jihad and killing Jews. I wish it was otherwise, but it's true, and deceiving yourself and living under false rainbow dreams will bring no good. It's high time they stop brainwashing and training these kids to hate. It's high time the world wake up and smell the coffee. I would like to see some rockets fall on the home of the head of the UN, perhaps a few on Paris, Berlin, and Rome to name a few- and then we'll see what these countries consider appropriate response. Israel needs to do what it needs to do and not care about the rest of the world's ideas about them, because the fact is, that largely, the world does not give a hoot about what is really safe for Israel. Am Yisrael Chai!!!
4. Conveniently ignored
William ,   Israel   (01.09.09)
Don't expect the world media to even report this - or at a lesser extent - to call it Israeli propaganda. Children from Gaza and Iraq have been traveling to Israel to Cancer, ocular (eye), and heart ailments for years - usually being cured completely and at almost no cost to the family as a few Jewish NGOs pay for the procedure. In response, a Pal woman returned as a suicide bomber to the hospital in Beer Sheva where she was treated in order to kill the very doctors who cured her, and the very families that consoled here. True that changing a people bent on hate will usually begin with one child and going from there. Sadly, the hate preached among Pals may cause little Wala to forget her experiences at Sheba hospital.
5. THIS STORY WILL NEVER MAKE IT IN THE ARAB WORLD
SIMHA ,   Toronto, CANADA   (01.09.09)
I also do not expect AL JAZIRA & THE ARAB NEWSPAPERS ALL OVER THE WORLD TO USE AND DISSEMINATE THIS TYPE OF STORIES I ASK WHY ?? I BELIEVE THIS STORY MAKES NO NEWS IN THE ARAB WORLD... ? DRAW YOU OWN CONCLUSIONS
6. #2 Yeah a country of Noble FOOLS!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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7. Hold on guys..
Amr ,   Cairo   (01.09.09)
Why still some ppl think they r very good and angles and others are like devils...yes as Arabs we knew about those stories maybe more and u know what one of jewish came to visit Azahar and give his support to Gaza ppl..we dont support Hamas for killing less than 10 Isreali...so what do u think if isreal kills 700 palastinses..what we should do???and u know what the same excuses Hamas said all isreal are military soldiers and isreal said all Gaza are targets and Hamas hides between them...confused. u said stop give arms to Hamas so why USA give Isreal arms ??? U know what as egyptians we can treat all isreals if they want and yes we dont need any CNN or BBC to air that just we need u to stop this what happened in GAZA.
8. It's a shame the mainstream media wont report this!
Scott ,   NY, USA   (01.09.09)
9. The world will NEVER care what good Israel does.
Bunnie Meyer ,   Los Angeles, CA USA   (01.09.09)
10. No darling, Israelis are not all bad. If a survey was taken
Rivkah   (01.09.09)
in a secret vote, the Palestinians in Israel would say they prefer Israeli rule, perhaps 90 percent or more. One estimate is that 97 percent of the Palestinians in Israel prefer the Israeli government.
11. #5 Simha
Raoul ,   Israel   (01.09.09)
Or in the world media generally. This is the crux of the problem.
12. i don't think so
USobservr ,   USA   (01.09.09)
13. Patients from Gaza were once routine
Ilan ,   Ariel   (01.09.09)
The real tragedy is that since the 2000 and the intifada there is very little positive human contact with the Palestinians in Gaza. There is still much positive interaction in Judea and Samaria, Jews and Arabs can work together without the need for Israelis to give up all their legitimate claims to living in this land.
14. Visit Any Israeli Hospital and
Reuven Brauner ,   Raanana, Israel   (01.09.09)
you will find that about half the patients there are Arabs. Go visit Meir Hospital in Kfar Saba, for instance, and about half of the patients are from Kalkilya and other Arab Shomron enclaves. Israeli hospitals have helped give birth to, healed and operated on our Arab citizens and non-citizens without discrimination and with equal care and concern. Remember, there are no comparable Arab hospitals in the Land of Israel to the Jewish ones, so they all come to Israeli institutions for medical help. I am not sure who pays their medical expenses (much must come from the Israeli taxpayer). Somehow, the story of how Israel serves the medical needs of the Arab population has gotten lost in world consciousness. Many of the Arabs have forgotten this, too.
15. Who is this reporter?
Rena ,   Rehovot Israel   (01.09.09)
Could the title of this article be more anti-Israeli?
16. And guess who teaches these children hate?
Cynic #2   (01.09.09)
It is what they experience everyday from the Israeli occupation and what they have been seeing everyday on TV of Israeli atrocities. They don't need Hamas or Fatah or anybody else to teach them. Just look yourself in the mirror Alice and find out, if you really want to know the truth!!!!
17. not all Palestinians
Ilana   (01.09.09)
are bad either.
18. # 17 Alana only the ones who voted in Hamas
Petra ,   usa   (01.09.09)
and now, they pay w/ their lives.
19. #16 Look at the West Bank.
Tahl ,   Ashdod, Israel   (01.09.09)
Palestinians living in the West Bank did not elect a terrorist government which fires rockets on Israel. Instead they opted for the relatively moderate Fatah. Resultingly, their life is that much better - more freedom of movement, no IDF incursions, no bombings, very few targeted killings. Compare that with what's happening in Gaza. The entire difference between the two entities lies with their leaderships. Hamas and only Hamas is responsible for the Gazans' suffering.
20. #19. Moderate Fatah? What dream world are you living in?
Steven ,   London   (01.10.09)
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