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Attacking Sderot in America
Jacob Shrybman
Published: 30.03.09, 11:37
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31. israel, sderot and everything
silene balassiano ,   rio de janeiro   (03.30.09)
what we jewish people of the world don't understand is the israeli midia. Too democracy= too articles and notices against jews, against P.M, against the president, against and against everyone and everywhere from the north to the south. stop talk about this. stop to make questions: you, israeli people, talk much, discuss more and more about everything,and are your proper enemy. to whom is interesting if the presidente have other wifes? Don't you have any other things more important to do? only discuss?????
32. sderot in America
silene balassiano ,   rio de janeiro   (03.30.09)
this is no true: the israeli people and the israeli midia are every minut discussing. Questions and more questions. there are things that inteligent people don't discuss: dirty clothes we wash at home not at the newspapers.
33. @ #7 - Guess you missed Alamnutjob's speech at Colombia
GHook93 ,   Chicago   (03.30.09)
Alamnutjob, even got a round of applause when he entered the room. He spoke freely and clearly. No one interrupted the grand anti-semite. No ruin outbursts were tossed at him. Even when he denied rights to gays, no one screamed foul! You are very ignorant! No anti-Israeli figures ever get shut up! There is no Arabic translation for free speech and expression, because they don't ne3ed it
34. Oh, I remember attending DePaul
Cameron ,   USA   (03.30.09)
I was there in the 90s studying for a Masters, and DePaul was simply a good sample of the trends one sees in universities across the Western World. I remember taking one class from a professor who was a hard-core nationalist from Puerto Rico who was obsessed with the idea that the govt, was spying on him day & night. As I think back, we spent far more time hearing about how Anglo-Saxon culture, and the US govt., were cheating & oppressing the Puerto Rican people, than we ever did reviewing the official material of the class itself. I heard a couple of years later that the govt. had caught & sentenced him for setting off explosives in the name of Puerto Rican nationalism. Mr. Shrybman simply ran into to what is to be expected from a "progressive" youth generation at a Liberal university in an exceedingly Liberal city. Manners and intellect are never strong in such a setting.
35. #17 ALL Land & Property STOLEN From Jews Must be Returned
Linda Rivera ,   New York   (03.30.09)
The inalienable rights of Jews to the Biblical heartland must not be violated! No one is demanding Muslims surrender THEIR top religious areas of Mecca and Medina! In 1948, Egypt invaded Gaza, ethnically cleansing all Jews and in 1948, Jordan invaded Judea, Samaria and east Jerusalem, ethnically cleansing all Jews. In violent opposition to G-D, Muslim Jordan destroyed 58 synagogues in Jerusalem. The jihad is against the Holy One. When Israel won the Arab war of aggression in 1967, Jews returned to the areas of their ancestral homeland they had been ethnically cleansed from for 19 years. Anti-Israel propaganda DECEITFULLY calls Jews' legitimate return "occupation". Jews have had a continuous presence in physical and spiritual homeland Israel for 4000 years. Jewish ownership of the land, homes and buildings stolen from the Jews in the 1948 Islamic invasion must be restored!
36. #17 JEWISH Refugees Must be Compensated in LAND & Finances
Linda Rivera ,   New York   (03.30.09)
Around, and after 1948, one million Jews suffered VIOLENT religious Jew cleansing from Arab countries. Arab governments seized the land, farms, homes, hospitals, schools, businesses and bank accounts of the Jews. Most Jewish refugees fled to Israel where the religious terror war against Jews NEVER stops. Cruel Global war is fought to subjugate all humanity under merciless Islamic sharia law where defenseless non-Muslims have NO human rights-it is unacceptable to Islamics for Jews to have self-rule in TINY Israel. The 1948 Jewish refugees and their descendants who make up about half of Israel's Jewish citizens MUST be compensated in land and finances! See: http://www.theforgottenrefugees.com/
37. #17 Before 1948 JEWS WERE KNOWN as THE PALESTINIANS
Linda Rivera ,   New York   (03.30.09)
Arabs first started calling themselves "Palestinians" in 1967. Egyptian Arafat was the first leader of this new people. Before 1948, Jews were known as the Palestinians. The Jewish newspaper, the Jerusalem Post was called the Palestine Post. The Jewish-founded electric company was Palestine Electric. The Palestinian Symphony Orchestra was all Jewish. During World War II, the British army had a Palestinian Brigade made up entirely of Jewish volunteers. After Jews migrated to Palestine in significant numbers in the late 1800s and miraculously transformed desert and swamps into rich, agricultural land, Arabs came in large numbers from Arab countries for jobs from Jews. The fact that the overwhelming majority of Arabs resided only briefly in Palestine is attested to by a one-time special UN decree: that any Arab who had resided in Palestine FOR ONLY TWO YEARS BEFORE 1948, and then left, would be considered a refugee and so would his descendants! In all of history, people were NEVER regarded as refugees if they had resided in a country for ONLY two years because they were clearly CITIZENS of OTHER COUNTRIES!
38. Want to come home
Korem ,   New York, USA   (03.30.09)
As a US university student, stories like this and some of the protests I see weekly or monthly make me very excited about the prospect of moving to Israel. I know a good amount of Hebrew and since my parents are Israeli I have the "Israeli look." The great irony is that all the hatred of Arabs and leftists against Israel only strengthens the Zionist resolve, and the funny part is they can't even understand why.
39. #24: Najd and "Palestine Remembered"
Steve   (03.30.09)
I found this charge of yours in 'Palestine Remembered" website. http://www.palestineremembered.com/Gaza/Najd/index.html #26 disputes the accuracy of your charge. Assuming, for the sake of argument you are correct, Israel accepted United Nations Resolution 181 recommending partition of what little remained of the British Mandate for a Jewish national home. The partition called for a Jewish state and an Arab state. The Jews should not have accepted this bad plan but they did. The Arabs declared war against the nascent Jewish state. Had it been the Americans that this happened to, the Americans would have driven every single enemy Arab out of the country, just as they expelled Native Americans west of the Mississippi river; which brings me back to my earlier question above. Will you answer #22?
40. Mr. Eye
Kyle ,   Southpark, CO, USA   (03.30.09)
Where did you get this "information" from Nassur the Bear on "Pioneers of Tomorrow"? Arabs claim they own every square centimetre of Israel, that doesn't mean they owned it or that they ever owned it, their propaganda sites are full of bogus claims and fake narratives just like the one you quoted. They also claim they own Tel Aviv.
41. #5 Lies as usual from the Arab side.
EgyptJewRefugee ,   Geneva, Switzerland   (03.30.09)
#5 As a Jewish refugee from an Arab country I am not surprised by your lies and denials of antisemitism. I suppose you also deny 1 million Jewish Refugees from Arab countries.
42. University responsible
Semsem ,   New York, USA   (03.30.09)
We should protest to the University strongly. This is not Russia or Iran or an Arab country. These people bring their hatred here.
43. Sharmoota (whore) is an Arab word
Massouda ,   Monte Carlo, Monaco   (03.30.09)
I am amazed at the lies that there is no word in Arabic for a whore. In Egypt it was Wesseh (dirty) Sharmoota (whore).
44. There are no Whores in Arab countries or Gays
Laila ,   Montreal, Canada   (03.30.09)
There are no whores in Arab countries so no word for whore in Arabic. Also no Gays.
45. London Eye -no surprise here
Wild Bill ,   Pawnee Territory   (03.30.09)
You're from London - a city awash in anti-Israel orgies and Lawrence of Arabia Arabist fantasies. You speak Arabic, so you either learned it to get closer to your overlords or you're, well, an Arab. But reading and making up your own mind might be a good idea from now on - your ignorance of course reflected by your description of Sderot as a previously Arab town. Untrue, false, lies...you lose.
46. #26 and history
London Eye ,   London   (03.30.09)
Try reading my post #24 - about the inhabitants of Najd - or are you going to say that the town of Najd was a fairy tale? As for your comments about Arabic, in your hysterical apoplexy you have missed the point that Arabic curses do not use the literal expression "Dirty Wh.." Perhaps if you read more carefully, you'd start understanding some of the points. PS "Eye" in Arabic, as in English, as in Hebrew, is singular 'Eyn and not plural as you wrote it,.
47. #17 London Eye
(03.30.09)
I LOVE YOU :)
48. so much for your PR mr. Jacob Shrybman
(03.30.09)
49. Existence of Israel
Steven Schwartz, M.D ,   Los Angeles, U. S.   (03.30.09)
My wife and I visited S'derot on 11 Novermber 09. We listened to the local psychiatrist and her staff. There was a Tzeva adom alert. A missle landed. The psychological injuries in Southern Israel are palpable. They are a battle victory from the terrorists' standpoint in the war to eliminate Israel and its values including freedom of speech. The events in Chicago have occured in several other places in the U. S. including in Los Angeles just two months ago. We must all fight for freedom of speech and honesty of debate lest we repeat the tradgedies of history.
50. “Mr. Eye” -- you are pathetic
JEW ,   Rosh Ha'Ayin   (03.30.09)
“Aiyuni” – What nonsense! Like the typical supporter of illegal arab occupation of Israel and the fascist arab imperialists, you are fabricating history once again... You are measuring land down to the meter which is odd (!!), and you know that this land is not yours. This fabrication is based on your ignorance combined with greed, hate and poor reality testing. Go back to where you came from or stay in London, and just continue to fantasize your imperialistic dreams on someone else's land.
51. Generally Americans DON'T CARE!
yeiel   (03.30.09)
Most could care less about anything that goes on outside their lives as long as it doesn't affect them. An American university is one of the worst places to speak about any kind of dehumanization with the extremely liberal mindsets.
52. They must go
Mad Zionist   (03.30.09)
Two people, two claims, one land. Any attempt to reconcile a Jewish State with arabs will fail. Any attempt to create an arab state will fail. Any attempt to chop up and divide the land will fail. Any attempt to make a single state with both sides renouncing their claims will fail. One way will create peace and a country that works, and that's the full blown expulsion of all Palestinian Arabs from the Land of Israel.
53. #45 do read properly
London Eye ,   London   (03.30.09)
I did not say or imply that Sderot was a "previously Arab town". I did say and imply that Sderot was built on the ethnically cleansed lands belonging to Palestinian villages. Get it? I did write in English, but that doesn't seem to help you.
54. #47 and I love you too
London Eye ,   London   (03.30.09)
whoever you are. But I despise the trailor-trash bigots who generally post here, with their ahistorical outlook, their prejudices, their xenophobia, their Jewish exclusivist superiority complexes.
55. #50 Ras al'Ayn
London Eye ,   London   (03.30.09)
And greetings to you in Ras al-'Ayn too. Your beautiful message thrilled me. Do keep up the creative writing course.
56. #5 sami from chicago
(03.30.09)
i was there too sir and sat exactly in front of the arab student who did grab his crotch and said, "here is your kasam". i saw it and the people around me laughed. they also sneered and laughed at the film images of sderot children. i am a student at depaul and i am not political. however, i just wanted to get a clue and a proof that these disruptions by arab students and violent students at depaul were true or not. and yes, i saw what happened with my very own eyes. i am not even jewish. i am catholic. however, what i saw turned my stomach. i guess that when arabs come to the usa they want to practice the kinds of "freedom of speech" they are basically allowed in all arab lands under all arab regimes....which is basically NO FREEDOM OF SPEECH. this israeli guy came to tell a story in a nice way, in a civil manner and in a non political critical way. HE WAS NOT ALLOWED TO BY MANY OF THE STUDENTS PRESENT WHO MADE A MOCKERY OUT OF HIM, INSULTED HIM AND DENIED HIM THE BASIC RIGHT TO SPEAK, TO CLARIFY, TO DEBATE AND TO INTRODUCE A REALITY IN ISRAEL YOU, SIR, DID NOT WANT HEARD. john carter bester chicago, illinois depaul university
57. To: No. 54
Sarah ,   New York City, USA   (03.30.09)
Don't forget all those wars -- all of which were won by Israel. Don't forget that the Palestinians have twice rejected a two-state solution. Don't forget that Palestinians brought terror to the world on an unimagined scale. And you blame Israel? For what, having the temerity to win, and win big? Tell you what. Give the six counties back to Ireland, and then come and talk about a two-state solution, okay? You fraud.
58. To Mr. Shrybman:
Marcella   (03.30.09)
It is impossible to convince those who are filled with hate. I would like to suggest to you to focus your efforts talking to people who will listen. Visit synagogues, the more liberal the better. Visit Jewish organizations. Visit Congressmen. Direct your time and energy where it will really make a difference. So many Jews voted for Obama, and so many of them are still convinced that Arabs can be appeased by surrendering more land. Tell them what happens when you do that. I'm so sorry you had to go through this experience. In Canada they are using the principle of Freedom of Speech to overturn a government decision to deny entry to George Galloway, the pro-Hamas UK MP. But they would be just as adamant to deny entry to an Israeli Jew, or to impede his right to freedom of speech. They want to silence you because they don't want the truth to be known. So be selective, Mr Shrybman. Speak to those who can make a difference. And above all, speak to those in Israel who still don't understand the connection between the Gaza withdrawal and further withdrawals. Thank you for your efforts, and those of the Sderot Media Center. All the best to you,.
59. What did you expect from DePaul?
Aaron ,   SF, USA   (03.30.09)
They hired Norman Finklestein, the most disgusting person in the world. P.S. Please read talk-backs 57, 56, and 10 for the truth.
60. No. 55 -- Mr. Eye
JEW ,   Rosh Ha'Ayin   (03.30.09)
It is you who are immersed in creative writing based fantasies combined with a strong dose of weak reality testing. By the way, Rosh Ha’Ayin has never been “Ros al Ayn” (and here “ayin” has two meanings that you are most likely unaware of – otherwise you would have not attempted to translate it into “Ros al Ayn”). This too demonstrates additional linguistic and historical ignorance. Having said that, most illegal Arab settlements in Israel have names that are ‘arabicizations’ of earlier Jewish cities, towns and villages; and I can name many many of them if you wish. The Muslim Arab invaders, occupiers and illegal settlers from 636 AD onward also refer to many mountains, valleys and rivers using 'arabicizations' of Hebrew names. So, who is talking about ethnic cleansing Ayuni?! Additionally, the so-called 5th pillar of Islam (Jihad) represents ethnic cleansing of pre-Muslim peoples at its 'best' throughout the Middle East and from Africa to Southern Asia and all the way to the Philippines! And here too Ayuni, I can name many many peoples who were… cleansed. As a Muslim, you probably like Jihad (code name for ethnic cleansing) as both a strategy and tactic… to spread the word (as it were). And while you are jihading (in any form thereof), please remember the 20th and 21st verses of the 5th Sura (Al-Ma'idah) and the 104th verse of the 17th Sura (Al-Isra) before laying claim to Israel. The long hand of Allah might strike you if you even think about it!
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