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Jewish Canadian student threatened
Ohad Pas
Published: 12.02.09, 23:24
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61. #59 flag
megs   (02.13.09)
Yes, maybe on St Patricks day or the likes. But to 'take over a campus' and start waving another nation's flag, as if to those Canadian student loyalty is more to that flag than the Canadian flag, I find that odd.
62. I blame York university administrators
Ypip ,   Canada   (02.13.09)
It far too often has disregarded previous illegal anti-Israel and anti-American protests on campus. Hillel does good work on campus and for the community and shouldn't have been suspended; their current student council should be .... permanently. A city-wide rally is scheduled for Wednesday, March 24 to protest a recent spate of anti-Semitic incidents in the Greater Toronto Area. The rally is organized by the UJA Federation and Canadian Jewish Congress Ontario Region.
63. Megs #61
Jill ,   Vancouver   (02.13.09)
Megs, you are being one-sided here and you know it (otherwise too shallow minded to be posting here). I saw tons of Palestinian, Hamas, and Hizbollah flags being waved around along with Israei ones. Does this mean that these students also are complice to dual loyalty to terror organizations and so called "Palestine"?
64. About #1 - Stop feeding his fire!
Rivkah Rybak ,   Israel   (02.13.09)
This is exactly what he is looking for. Time to ignore childish, pathetic Jew Hating Morons. Time to pack up and come home! www.yeshabulletin.com
65. Cowardly Police
Dan Romano ,   Montreal   (02.13.09)
The most terrible part of this story is that the Police reaction to the violent anti-semitism was to ask that the Hillel office be shut down. I guess the solution to violence against women is for them to stop contradicting men. Theft can be solved by offering your goods for free.... etc.
66. #8 right on the money
real vision ,   usa   (02.13.09)
Yuhanna you are so right on about your perspective of why people hate jews....because unlike other discriminated people , Jews forge on and contribute to their families, community, country, world with every ounce they can for as long as they live. Jews want to be left alone better concept like this computer we communicate with
67. # 1 - hate us cos u aint us?
beershevite ,   beersheva, israel   (02.13.09)
so the jewish people have remained intact long after many, many, many, many civilizations have come to their demise... so don't hate us cos the saxons disintegrated and the anglos are non-existent and the normans are just a page in history nobody even reads. so don't hate us cos your languages are lost and your people are without history. hating the jews is a nice way to deflect from your own feelings of inadequacies and lack of group cohesion and sense of belonging, but it merely distracts.
68. Antisemitism & dave
J.K. ,   Brooklyn USA   (02.13.09)
Froid said,antisemitism is not a conflict between men,but a conflict in man.
69. Jews have Loyalties only to themselves so
RJBH ,   Methil   (02.13.09)
So is it so surprising that others treat them at best with Suspicion.
70. #53 meg
(02.13.09)
your answer to #46 is extremely confusing and more than hypocritical. i will tell you why.... did you see how many islamic arab demonstrators in both n.y. and l.a. and some european countries HELD PALESTINIAN AND HIZBULLAH FLAGS IN HAND WHILE DEMONSTRATING?????? would you accuse these citizens of europe and america who are both NOT CITIZENS OF GAZA OR THE WEST BANK OR OF ANY ARAB COUNTRY....AS TRAITORS AND NOT LOYAL TO THE COUNTRIES IN WHICH THEY RESIDE??? if you accuse jews everywhere that hold israeli flags as not loyal and traitirs to the usa and european countries, then you should at the same time accuse every european and muslim living in the usa and europe as not loyal to their own country and accuse them of double loyalty as well. jews around the world are exhibiting the same "disloyalty' (in your own estimation and words) to the usa and european countries... just as every muslim and arab in the world that is holding palestinian and hizbullah flags in hand in usa and europe are "disloyal" to every country in which they presently live. wouldn't you say that, considering my above interpretation for your term "disloyalty" of jews also applies to the blatant "disloyalty" shown by everyone that held the terror hizbullah, hamas and palesrtinian flags while demonstrating in both usa and europe???? or, could it be you hold only the jews for a punishing idiotic rant as you wrote in your post. any jew, wherever he may live outside of israel, cannot hypocritically be blamed for disloyalty to his host country... and at the same time NOT BLAME every demonstrator holding a palestinian or hizbullah or hamas flag in the usa and europe. BOTH JEWISH AND THE OTHERS' ACTIONS ARE IDENTICAL. for you to single out jews for reprimand of disloyalty is at most conniving, antisemetic, and hateful. if a pro hamas citizens of the usa and europe has the right to demonstrate with palestinian flags WITHOUT YOU LABELING THEM DISLOYAL...then....it will only justly follow that all the jews all over the world HAVE THE SAME RIGHT OF HOLDING ISRAELI FLAGS AND SUPPORTING ISRAEL WITHOUT YOU CALLING THEM DISLOYAL TO THE COUNTRIES IN WHICH THEY ALL HAPPEN TO BE CITIZENS, can you respond to that?
71. #57
(02.13.09)
instead of asking for names and trying to protect your kids who go there, why don't you be pro active for a change??? why don't you create a huge amount of people who send their kids to york and go to york un mass to protest, ask for a meeting with york's president, or go even further and tell trhe university that all jewish students threr will start boycotting going to this institution if their children do not feel safe there. it is very feasable to do all this since most of york;s population is JESWISH! biggots can be silenced but only if you wake up early and act! so, go to it and do it. only in this way, by threats of legal action for harrasment and slander would you get your way. only like that. period!
72. #61
(02.13.09)
many islamic groups including cair hold palestinian, hizbullah and hamas flags during their demonstrations un mass on every campus in the usa and europe, especially france, england and belgium. these people take on campuses un mass as well as streets and cities' centers as was shown in italy and everywhere in n.y. and elsewhere including most universities in which they are students...and they wave these flags while jews on the opposit side wave the flag of israel. would you call all the demonstrators waving arab flags; palestinian flags, hizbullah and hamas flags also disloyal to the counry in which they reside? after all, they don't live in any arab land, any palestinian land, any lebanese land...they live and are citizens of european countries and the usa and go to usa and european universities. do they exhibit loyalty to their county of residence if they hold arab flags of other locations? hypocrite.
73. #69
(02.13.09)
jews have loyalty only to suceed, further the medicine and science of every country they live in, contribute to literature, the arts, to high tech, science and medicine all over the world. more jewish doctors and scientists have gotten nobel prizes than any nationality in their contributions to the good of man....even you benefit from what jews have discovered. jews have loyalty to every country they reside in. they do not bomb the airports of these countries, they don't desecrate other religious institutions, they don't plan to murder, suicide bomb and hurt other civilians. they don't shout anti country slogans or kill the christians, kill the arabs, kill the europeans, death to america, death to england, etc... you are speaking about yourself here, about muslims that do all the above things....while jews are not only loyal to their countries but they also are the biggest success in every country they live in. while the muslim community in both europe, arab lands and usa contribute NOTHING TO THE BETTERMENT OF MAN except violence, death, antisemitism, unti freedom and democracy, killing, bombing and social mayhem like we all see in every arab country. YOU ARE ENVIOUS OF OUR SUCESS YOU ARE JEALOUS OF OUR CONTRIBUTION YOU ARE HATEFUL OF OUR ADVANCEMENT AND RESPECT BY MOST OF THE WORLD YOU ARE JEALOUS OF OUR ACHEIVEMENTS AND YOUR ZERO ONES YOU ARE HATEFUL BECAUSE WE SUCEEDED WHERE YOU HAVE FAILED MISERABLY YOU ARE A FAILURE IN THE WORLD AND YOU KNOW IT! this is what bothers you, what makes you hate, what makes you jealous and what makes you bitter. jews are only treated with suspiciot and hate by muslims. period! most of the civilized world knows the contribution of the jews in every sphere of science, arts, medicine and literature. what the world fears and detests is islamic terrorist and smelly arabs who create havoc and depravity everywhere they live. what the world detests is backward people that have never contributed an once of anything to the modern world and hate the modern world for its sucess and adveancements. this above describes you 100%.
74. open the pod door hal, i'm sorry DAVE i 'm afraid i cant do
amymarkell ,   usa   (02.13.09)
that!! DAVE this conersation can be of no useful purpose.
75. 55% of the tb's....
Dave ,   USA   (02.13.09)
were in reply to my request for Jews to do some soul searching. I guess my message was well received. Hope it did you all some good, and as a result of your soul searching you will realize that killing children does not help your image on the world stage.
76. Dave, you reply #75 shows think backwards!
not insane #22, ,   montreal   (02.13.09)
no one here has done the kind of "soul searching" you were calling for - quite the opposite, they all had nice firm logical answers to your weak claims and language, so your message was not well received at all! your answer with the killing children unrelated and overused cliche is a disgrace, you are pathetic if after reading all the replies you got here you think you succeeded in getting your stupid anti-Semitic message through. that's shows you're probably also a failure in life but you don't see that and think your are a success... sad sad :-(
77. This forum is too focused on "Dave" and his stupid comments
Back on Topic PLEASE ,   USA   (02.13.09)
Jewish students at this University have the right to attend a Jewish cultural center like Hillel and express their support for Israel, or Tibet, or Canada, or any other nation they choose without having their freedom of expression trampled on by bigoted zealots. Let's keep in mind that the Canadian student who received death threats should be supported by the College community in every way possible and not cave in to intimidation by self-righteous, bellicose "Free Palestine" protestors looking for any excuse to spread their agenda of virulant anti-semitism, violence and anarchy.
78. Hillel Camp
Carmella Kay ,   Preston, England   (02.14.09)
I do believe that the lack of truth in reporting about Hamas and their use of ordinary Palestinians as human shield is the couse of the hate attackes against the Jewish people. The media have alot to answer to. Much propaganda has been used against Israel, and not for the first time. But the most alarming, is the fact that students, who sapose to research the truth and debate it, are behaving in such manore. Why the York University are not doing so?
79. Jew dual loyalty
Sam ,   Calgary, Canada   (02.18.09)
Aside from the fact there's no conflict of interest being loyal to two or more liberal democracies at the same time (unless they're playing each other in sports), the point is Israel is a tiny jewish state constantly under attack and jews around the world like to show their support, that they're not alone or forgotten. Hardly rates as a condlict of interests for a Canadian or U.S. citizen. Afterall, what ethnicity or religion could be more grateful for the two North American nations?
80. unbelievable!
sandy ,   montreal, canada   (02.18.09)
common...people hate themselves, hate their neighbors, their friends, everyone and anyone. jews are hated for what? just because we believe in g'd? because we are whom we are? i don't get this hate shit since the whole world hates everyone and we are supposed to be worried that we are popular? ignorance is the reason they hate us, without jews the world would lack in so much. think about it...whos ur favorite comedian? hes probably a jew! lol!! people just cant take blame for their own mistakes so they blame everyone else. if their were no jews, whom else could they blame? whos the next victim??
81. jew hater....
sandy ,   montreal, canada   (02.18.09)
lol, your statement makes me smile. my neighbors are lebanese, they are muslim. why is it that we live in prosperity with one another and the rest of the world just does not get it? simple, we all came from war, from beyond the times we understand. someone had so much hatred that they started a conflict that resulted in over 2000 years of fighting. and all of that for what? what does it prove? what does it mean?...absolutely nothing. people have nothing else to do than hate, its a four letter word that is meaningless and missused, just like love....
82. dave...
sandy ,   montreal, canada   (02.18.09)
let me ask you one question...if the world did not have jews to hate and demoralize, whom would be next?...
83. Dave..what was your excuse BEFORE the 1967 war?!
David ,   Israel   (03.08.09)
Dave, before Israel won the 1967 war and gained hold of the "West Bank " the Arabs were murdering us left and right. What was the reason for their hatred then? Dave' if we don't agree with how you see it does that mean we deserve to be attacked, vebally or physically? By the way, Dave, what will you do if, G-d forbid, "they" come to take us again to the work and death camps? Will you stand there saying, " Why didn't you let them have what they wanted? Why didn't you save yourselves?"
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