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UN official slams Israel for blocking textbooks
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Published: 10.02.09, 07:35
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31. Marco=Joke
SAM ,   USA   (02.10.09)
I still haven't heard a word out of you in support of the Basque desire for freedom. Funny how you worry about "the Jews". You dont hate Israel, you hate Jews. You are a racist.
32. Marco of Spain: You are welcome to have Lydia
Scott ,   Sunshine Coast, Aust   (02.10.09)
She is as demented and biased as yourself - make an excellent couple. BTW - Unbelievable tripe you write.
33. paper?
BJ ,   switzerland   (02.10.09)
I am not sure i understand this right: refusing to let paper through- they are not textbooks- . And you don't KNOW if they are going to be prinitng Hamas propaganda on it either, at this point. Paranoia? Nothing has changed, has it? Gaza is going to be isolated, as ever- you are forcing the people to run to Hamas, because they are the only ones with money and resources.....so this whole war exercise has changed nothing.
34. UN/hamass human rights curriculum
Arie ,   BaGolan   (02.10.09)
1. muslims shalt have the right to kill and maim Jews without retribution 2. muslims shalt have the right to fire rockets at will at Jewish civilians without retribution 3. muslims shalt have the right to eliminate all who disagree with them without retribution 4. muslims shalt have the right to kill all women who dishonour them without retribution 5. muslims shall have the right to vilify Jews without retribution 6. muslims shall have the right to demand Jews spend their money with islamonazis without exception 7. muslims shall have the right to coerce and demand the UN assist them in all their religion based attrocities
35. paper or books
Lisa ,   Spain   (02.10.09)
you all KNOW that there are going to be anti-israel, anti-semitic printing on this paper? I guess- you go by past experience? Why does Israel not HELP by providing books, helping with the printing? There must be a way........... unless you want the children to grow up illiterate and brainwashed.... smart and rich people do not vote for terror- poor and illiterates do- see Palestinians-- best example. By starving them you made enemies of all of them- .
36. #27 #28 lol . since when do america give anything for free
(02.10.09)
they are serving their capitalist interests, soon you'll hear of bagdad disney. coca cola ban in iran means less revenue for america.
37. #19, Lydia..you are insane!
DR ,   Florida, USA   (02.10.09)
Have you no moral compass at all??? Why don't you ask Hamas to stop firing rockets at inncoent people before you point fingers at the IDF whose job it is to protect Israel from terror? People like you have no voice in the world becuase you speak form such a biased position. Are your morals tainted by hateed for jews or by the fact that you are a muslim???
38. #35 smart but a jewish nation in the ME was NEVER wellcome
(02.10.09)
39. someone tell me...
Johanna ,   Switzerland   (02.10.09)
this is a serious question in this heated discussion: why do all the supplies, the UNWRA, Red Cross aid etc. go through Israel? There is the border with Egypt, the coast..... do they use the airport at Tel Aviv? How does this stuff come to Israel? This does not make sense to me as an outsider. A country has a right to defend its own borders, including refusing the passage of goods through the country. All we hear in Europe is that israel does not let the goods get across the border TO Gaza- . Why is this stuff in Israel in the first place? If some one could explain this to me. I am not alone having trouble understanding this. Thank you!
40. Lydia...
R. ,   Jerusalem   (02.10.09)
You speak about white phosphorus and 1300 killed.... You don't know that you are just fed with Hamas propaganda... It is a FACT that both those assessments are NOT TRUE! It has also been proved that Israel did NOT bomb the UN school, another lie for propaganda... Anyone would be appalled at those news... But you should not let hatred and racism speak, but rather confront news and check other sources... and you would see that our medias hold their press credentials from Hamas, that numbers and news come from Hamas, a TERRORIST ORGANIZATION... Since when does the world chose to support an openly terrorist organization rather then the only democratic country of the whole Middle East??? That is more appalling. And let me tell you, Israel is far from being an "Apartheid" state as some say... Arabs in Jerusalem live like us, work like us, have the same rights. No place denies them access... So please reconsider your position and check other sources like honestreporting for instance. With internet those days, we have no excuse to say we didn't know! It is our duty to seek truth, especially when we want to open our mouth and take position... A bon entendeur, salut.
41. UN: Ultra nitwits
Douglas Miller ,   Detroit, USA   (02.10.09)
And which textbooks is Israel preventing Hamas from printing? Would it be the math text book where they teach addition as 2 dead Jews + 2 dead Jews = 4 dead Jews? Or is it the geography text book which erases Israel from the world map? Or is it the history text book which denies the Holocaust and claims Jews never lived in the Holyland?
42. #31 Sam USA
Marco ,   Spain   (02.10.09)
You are such an idiot Sam.You say that I dont hate Israel, and that I hate jews which makes me a racist. Well idiot, Judaism is not a race but a religion. Shows how dum you are. As for the Basque desire for freedom, I never mentioned my position on that which show how idiotic you are. I never said I support them and never said I didnt.
43. #35
Sam ,   USA   (02.10.09)
You make a good point , but it is naive. Arab propaganda is all the Arab wants to hear. Material printed by Jews would never be allowed. Usted es muy amable, pero esto no es real
44. #42 Spanish Nit Wit
SAM ,   USA   (02.10.09)
You can't fool everybody, retardado. Judaism is a race when you need it to be a race and a religion when it suits you. This would be typical of a racist in that you can not accept reality and have to twist the facts. Anyone who is pro Palistinian, especially after this last action, could care less that Israelis were targets of HAMAS for 8 years. Israeli CITIZENS!!!!! Since these Jews dont matter and can be killed on a whim, it is very obvious you are a bigot. Bigotry is a symptom of stupidity. Someone as stupid as you would never support the Basques. It is obvious you are a facist. If you thought the Basque nmovement was right, you would have said so. How dumb are you to even try to lie in here? I spent a lot of time in Puerto Rico and have seen what the Spanish did to the taino and how they were ultimately treated. You think we dont know that people like you have NOT changed? Now who is the idot. You are a Jew Hater and an idiot. Israel is just an excuse for you to "legitimately" hate Jews.
45. #39 Johanna
SAM ,   USA   (02.10.09)
Indeed it is a good question and it is good that is being asked. Obviously, many of these Arab governments want no part of the extremism exhibited in GAZA. Egypt especially because they have problems themselves with extremists. The thing is this: Israel is under the microscope and nothing escapes the eye where Arab governments do not have to undergo this scrutiny. Egypt is being very careful not to allow radicals to continue to provoke problems. HAMAS not only uses human shields, but would also use aid carriers to import weoponry. Egypt doesen't need the aggravation and therefore can be more brutal than Israel. This is my opinion and I hope it helps you.
46. 30 people in Palestine in 1870? go tell #15
lydia ,   Brisbane   (02.11.09)
367,224 Palestinians in 1870 so Palestine wasn't an invention in 1960s to fool dupes like yourself. So we started off with 367,224 Palestinians to 0 Jews and now? Let me see if I get your rationale, It is OK for Zionists to invite their distant relations from around the world to settle in Palestine but it is not OK for neighboring Arabs to cohabit with other Arabs in Palestine. What do you guys smoke?
47. 0 Jews Lydia?!
SAM ,   USA   (02.11.09)
You are delusional and your bigoted hatred indicates you are very stupid, being that racism is stupidity. You deny that even 1 Jew ever lived in the Geographical area you call "Palistine"? What are you smoking!!! pure idiocy. Even the Arabs know the original Palistinians were JEWS!!!!! READ A BOOK KNUCKLEHEAD!!!! still a lie? why would Roman history lie? IDIOT!!!!!Jews have been a part of that landscape for centuries. If the Arab would have allowed Jews to have a homeland when the Ottoman empire was being divided there would be no problem. BUT, a non-islamic, Non Arab state in the Middle East? No way. Now, what are you smoking? If you have to twist fact to fit your reality, you are an idiot. It would have been better to have a secular state, bvutr No...people like you wanted the whole ball of wax. You lost. Now Israel is reality. The more people like you spew thier garbage the more justified Israel becomes. Remember this, People like you will drive Jews back to thier homeland. Keep it up, racist. You will be fullfilling the promise that the Jews will regather in THIER land. Decide where you want to be. Satan is not the way to go. Read the book. Satan does not win and you have commited yourself to evil
48. 47, Pull you head in. The figures were #30
lydia ,   Brisbane   (02.11.09)
He made the statement ! Go bite his head off!. )? was a question. The Brits said there were 500,000 Arabs and 10% were jews. Or are we talking when you were a great empire and lasted some 60years while the Arabs ruled for 2000years. You want to settle amongst billions of angry Muslims more fool you.
49. #48
R. ,   Jerusalem   (02.11.09)
Man Lydia, what do you know of this country? How many books have you read that actually explore the issue and give some facts? you should study the history of the "Palestinian people" and you would discover that they never ruled! No Arab ever took interest in this piece of land until the Jews started coming back to their homeland, which has been theirs for 4000 years.... Stop speaking like you do, it only sounds like anger and blinding...
50. Lydia, Lydia, Lydia
SAM ,   USA   (02.11.09)
Since you are such a great student of history (NOT), the great empire you talk about lasted a little longer than 60 years. You really need to stop reading nonsense arab propaganda. Obviously, the bible is a book of lies to you, so I won't waste time telling yoyu the documentation works against you. second, throughout history, people who visited the area always said there were substantial numbers of Jews there (Why would Mark Twain lie? Modern Zionism didnt even exist then. As for pure numbers, look at your country. Are you an Aborigenie? Another example of British empirialism. By the way, that includes the USA, but we admit it was wrong. You have a serious morals problem. You are very twisted. I do not deny the whole of the Arab point of view, but to be as viciously bigoted as you is insane. You are a good example of my point that bigotry is a symptom of stupidity. Try to read a book. The bible, as a historical journal is a good start. You will never win with Satan, child
51. SAM-- you are the BIGOT.
AMERICA USA   (02.11.09)
a jewish one at that. BUT A BIGOT nonetheless. you HIDE behind accusing everyone of anti-sememitism when it is YOU who is the racist... down to your BONES....
52. No! No! No! Sam I will not use the Bible as a reference
lydia ,   Brisbane   (02.12.09)
The Bible? Which one? the jewish Talmud or the King James version or? and Mark Twain was the pen name of a writer of fiction. The Bible in all honesty is not at all kind to the jews so why would you want me to use it as a historical reference?. The Bible castigates the jews for killing Christ. the only begotten Son of God. Christ threw the jewish money changers out of the temple, and when Pilot washed his hand of the crucifixion "I am innocent of this man blood " the jewish chants of "Give us Barabas" "Let his blood be upon us and our children" . Besides the jewish names for Mary the Mother of Christ is most unflattering in your Bible. What was the point you were trying to make?
53. To #51. ATTACK the words.
Maansingh ,   The Netherlands   (02.12.09)
You should take a quote of SAM (from USA) and try to defeat it. BUT to attack the person -- that is a LOW CLASS act. You should ATTACK the words -- NOT the person. To attack the person -- is the sign of an UNCIVILIZED person. (Examples of uncivilized persons are islamic jihadists, like Al-Qaeda et al).
54. 53, You attack IJ and AQ not their words so?
lydia ,   Brisbane, Australia   (02.13.09)
That makes YOU uncivilized by your definition. I think the Israelis must have started manufacturing special rose colored glasses that makes them so delusional they believe in a distorted/ cockeyed version of reality. The disadvantage however is that though it leaves one in a colorful hue, the fact remains that it makes simple navigation quite hazardous.
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