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Bahrain crown prince: UK too pro-Israel
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Published: 23.02.09, 23:59
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31. Never a dull moment!!!
(02.24.09)
32. An objective approach is a good idea!
Withheld ,   Copenhagen, Denmark   (02.24.09)
But blaming the UK for being unbalanced it its political approach to the conflict, is a criticism that stands i stark contrast to the ethos of the entire Muslim and Arab world's representatives, whenever the subject is debated. How many Arab Representatives understand Jewish culture and the Israeli side of the conflict? I have never ever, heard one single Muslim or Arab representative(be it of a nation or religious organization) speak objectively and with insight about this conflict. What I do hear is subjective, emotional and intolerant criticism of Israel and guilt latent blaming of western countries and organizations, for not meeting 100% of the demands made by the Arab Pro-Palestinian consensus.
33. YES! Let's be objective and see everything in CONTEXT!
The Doc ,   Haifa, Israel   (02.24.09)
1. There NEVER has been a "palestinian" state on where Israel stands today! On the contrary, there was a JEWISH state in the past, then conquerors and rapists came and went, culminating with the Ottoman Empire and the British Mandate, but the Jewish presence here was never extint, on the contrary! The paestinian "identity" and "state" was devised by the Arabs to perpetuate the hatred against Jews and Israel and try to steal back the lands that lawfully and historically belonged to the Jews. 2. Israel is an independent state which was ratified by the UN (one of the last good things it managed to do before being overcome by terrorists, 3rd world monkeys and crazy islamists). But even BEFORE Israel has been reborn, Jews were murdered by their Arab neigbors. Since Israel has been created this racism took the form of repeated wars and terrorism waged by Arabs and Muslims worldwide against Israel and the Jews worldwide. 3. Arab terror started even BEFORE the '67 war when the Arabs lost Sinai, the Golan Heights, East Jerusalem, the West Bank and the Gaza Strip, and then they did not claim that there was a "palestinian problem". It is clear that terror is NOT connected to ANY imaginary "palestinian state" which was lost somehow. 4. Arabs have attacked Israel and as a result have lost vast areas. In any normal wars, the winning party keeps the newly conquered areas as war reparations. Why Israel should give bakc ANYTHING. Are wars, terror and existential threats worth such a prize? 5. Arabs in Gaza and the West Bank have breached ALL the treaties they signed on and kept on terrorizing Israel and murdering its civilians. There is no way Israel will allow them to gain anything through terror. So if you look at all of this OBJECTIVELY and IN CONTEXT dear Prince, you will see that we are neither dumb nor suicidal. We know our history well and we know our right to these lands and our right to live here AS WE SEE FIT are NON-NEGOTIABLE! We are here to stay forever and will fight for this historic right until we break our enemies - WHOMEVER and WHEREVER they hide. So get back to your desert tent dear Prince, drink your oil and make love to your camel. Don't mess with things that not concern you!
34. And bahrain is too primitive with a royalty
jason white ,   afula,israel   (02.24.09)
dictatorship. How about democracy? If there was no oil in these arab countries,then no one would give a damn about them and their idiot opinions.
35. Crown Prince A Loose Cannon
Brana Lobel ,   Israel   (02.24.09)
unless he is looking to overthrow his father. The official policy of Bahrain at this time supports local Jews and tangles with Iran. From Israel National News... ----- http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/130095 (IsraelNN.com) Bahraini officials have expressed outrage over repeated references by an Iranian official to their country as "part of Iran". Earlier this month, Ali Akbar Natiq Nuri, an advisor to Iran's supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, claimed Bahrain is an integral part of Iran, ruled on and off over the last several hundred years by Iran, but conceded by Iran's Shah Mohammad-Reza Pahlavi in 1970. Bahrain received its independence from the British in 1971. "If these statements are meant to test the waters then the response was clear internally and externally, and this was affirmed by the magnitude of Gulf Arab and international condemnation to these irresponsible statements," Bahraini Interior Minister Sheikh Rashed bin Abdullah al-Khalifa told the London-based Ash-Sharq il-Awsat newspaper.... The German news agency Deutsche Presse-Agentur reported Friday that Iranian shipping vessels were evicted from Bahraini territorial waters. Bahrain also recently halted negotiations to import 1 billion cubic feet of gas per day from Iran through a new pipeline. Bahrain's foreign minister also summoned the Iranian ambassador to submit an official protest to the remarks in early February, according to the Dubai-based Al-Arabiya news organization.... The Islamic island country, populated by 500,000 people, has recently made many pro-Jewish gestures, despite the fact that only 50 Jews currently reside there. In 2008, King Hamad bin Isa al-Khalifa issued a royal decree appointing female Jewish lawmaker Hoda Nono to the post of ambassador, making her the first Jew in the modern Arab world to become an ambassador. The businesswoman and mother of two, who serves as one of two Jews on the king's 40-member legislative upper chamber, is stationed in Washington. In November, the king extended an invitation for all Bahraini expatriate Jews to return to live in Bahrain, saying "It's open, it's your country." Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, alternatively, has repeatedly called for the destruction of Israel, claiming that the Jews manipulated the Holocaust to gain sympathy for the Jewish state, calling Israelis the "most detested people in all of humanity."
36. Us ally against terror ?? LOL
Trumpeldor ,   eurabia   (02.24.09)
37. Maybe He Wants Dad's Job, see 35
Brana Lobel ,   Israel   (02.24.09)
38. Aye.. that has been true... But I feel it in ma
RJBH ,   Methil   (02.24.09)
Water ... Its gonna change and soon. People Like Howard Jacobson try to defend Israel and Zionism ( Jacobson had a 2 page spread in the Independent to Plead his case).. and of course tries the usual tactic of Smearing Critics with the word "Antisemitism" .. Aye! It could well be that antiZionism will turn into just that.
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