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Spain: Israel team out of contest over West Bank
Associated Press
Published: 24.09.09, 14:51
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1. tell the spaniards it's a city that was established
ghostq   (09.24.09)
in 1978 as 67 war outcome and it's not related to the palis situation more to the jorden situation. and they just boycotted 16,600 people before 1978 it was empty desert no palis village or fields in the place. they just didn't checked the facts the city is growinng. oh yeah and back in 1978 the UN resolution didn't existed.
2. and US energy dpt. is ready to tolerate this?
inyaki ,   bilbao   (09.24.09)
Maybe they should stop finnancing the project.
3. Spanish competition
Sharona ,   Jerusalem   (09.24.09)
Send this info to US DEPT of Energy. This contest should not be held in Spain. Protest to the US as well as Spain. The Jerusalem Post just published ADL findings that Spain is one of the most virulently anti-Semitic countries in all of Europe
4. BS
M. Hartley ,   Atlanta, US   (09.24.09)
This sounds like somebody's trying to narrow the competition using political BS. Our Egergy Dept. should show some balls and withdraw their sponsorship. Either that or accept Israeli designs outside the official competition. I wonder, if Spain would refuse a cure for cancer from that same Israeli university. Maybe Israel should boycott Spain for "occupying" Basque country. What a bunch of hypocrites!
5. ghostq . Enough stupidities , stop it !
Charles ,   Petach Tikva   (09.24.09)
Wich and what kind of resolution did'nt exist in 1978 ? They , the EU , oppose the "occupied territories" , nothing to do if habitated or not . Ariel is in those territories , so they boycott everything coming out from it .
6. Boycott Spain
Ruth Nadler ,   Kochav Yair, Israel   (09.24.09)
Hypocrites! It's time to boycott Spain the way we did Turkey. Anti semites!
7. Just wait Spain when it applies to you
Gee ,   Zikron Yaakov   (09.24.09)
End the illegal Spanish occupation of Basque and Catalonia. Spain is an apartheid state that discriminates against the Basque.
8. to #5 y people keep yelling at me?
ghostq   (09.24.09)
people from petach tikva r too up tight sheesh, all I am saying this is unjustify, historical wise.
9. Judea and Samaria.
colin   (09.24.09)
The name for Judea and Samria was changed to the insulting west bank by the media in Israel These reporters wants to make news as bleek as possible and the leftest idea suits them well.The twisted words,falsehood,outright lies meet the filty requirements of the press in Israel
10. Spain has been a ghastly anti-Semitic land since middle ages
Frank ,   USA   (09.24.09)
11. THIS IS 1492 ALL OVER AGAIN!
stued ham   (09.24.09)
same logic for barring anything jewish in that country. just wait till the israeli patent on the solar device prevents spain from enjoying the fruit of the invention!
12. Viva Espana! Ole! Ola!
Nour ,   Palestine   (09.24.09)
13. Write to the DOE
Sidney ,   USA   (09.24.09)
I have just sent an email to the DOE asking that it cancel financial support for this project. I suggest that others who feel as I do should do the same.
14. Spain/Israel/Univerity
Jeffery ,   USA   (09.24.09)
"Samaria and Judea are the two Biblical names for the land now known as the West Bank." When did God change the name to West Bank?
15. Take Action
Khalid ,   US   (09.24.09)
I am going to telephone my US HOuse of Rep -H Waxman, Chair of House Energy & Commerce Committee and express my strong opposition to this excursion sponsored by US Dept of Energy. You all in US contact your Senators and House Reps
16. Anti-semitism in Spain.
Ron B. ,   Lod   (09.24.09)
Not all criticism of Israel is anti-Semitic. But demonization of Israel is. Equating Israel with the Nazi regime is. Attacking Judaism as the evil inspiration for Israeli policies is. These are standards of the European Union’s own racism watchdog, included in its working definition of anti-Semitism. It is worth noting that there are only a few tens of thousands of Jews in Spain (30-40,000 by some estimates) meaning that anti-Semitic attitudes are likely to be culturally embedded rather than arising out of prejudiced opinions of Jews that ordinary Spaniards have actually met. Fanatical hostility to Israel in the media is also likely to be feeding such attitudes.
17. Student should be exempted from such bans
Tayfun_Turkey ,   Istanbul   (09.24.09)
Israeli or Iranian or Armenian If they are student and want to compete with other nations , they should not be treated in that manner, I donot approve Spanish stance in this case.
18. Mucha Gracias Seniors !!
Internatiional Reade   (09.24.09)
That's the way: boycott and boycott and boycott until Palestine is free from apartheid and land is returned to Palestinian people.
19. I guess entries from Metilla (Spanish occupied Moroccan...
The Dude   (09.24.09)
Territory) are accepted? Ya there is nothing hypocritical here...
20. #12 nour
jj ,   montreal canada   (09.24.09)
How stupid can you get. There are 500 or more Palestinian students at this university, and many of them are involved in this project. So in escence you are boycotting yourself.
21. #12 - Vive la France, the nation that opposed Spanish racism
William ,   Israel   (09.24.09)
and came out against this Spanish act of Apartheid, based on political agendas and in violation of Intl law.
22. Don't share technology with Europe anymore.
Steven Wilson ,   Anchorage, Alaska   (09.24.09)
Ban their products....better yet...don't buy anything from them.
23. 8 , ghostq . historical wise ? poor answer
Charles ,   Petach Tikva   (09.24.09)
wich resolution , it's what i asked you .
24. Perhaps
Ariel Ben Yochanan ,   Kfar Tapuah, Efraim,   (09.24.09)
B"H Perhaps not the best archives pic of the Ariel University Center of Samaria. Unless ynetnews wants to portray it really horrible.
25. if the students were arab-israelis this would'nt have happen
true dat   (09.24.09)
26. Every time something like this happens,
jason white ,   afula,israel   (09.24.09)
Israel should raze five pali towns and exile the illegal arab trespassers.
27. Reaping The Whirlwind
World Citizen ,   the world   (09.24.09)
This is what happens when a nation thinks it is above the law. This boycott is gaining strength. More and more of the world's citizens are stepping forward to tell Israel that its foreign policy objectives and actions in the West Bank , Gaza, Lebanon and the Middle East are unacceptable. Justice or perish. Those are your choices.
28. Funny
Good ,   FL, USA   (09.24.09)
How comes that most of South American people speak Spanish? Hmmmmmm, let me think. Oh, I know, it’s because the murderous Spanish imperialists colonized South America, wiped away whole civilizations and enslaved the natives so that they can steal their gold. It’s incredible how most of the criticism against Israel’s right to its land and to defend itself is coming from countries like Spain and the UK which accumulated their wealth by murder, slavery and theft of natives thousands of miles from Europe. Did they and other colonizers pay the price for their crimes? NO That’s really cute; boycotting the only democracy in the ME, the only country (as tiny as it is) with huge advancements in technology and medicine. What is it exactly the contribution of the 22 Arab countries in ME? Suicide bombers, terror, death and oppression. Oh, I almost forgot Black Gold and that is what it’s all about. If the Arabs did not have oil the people in Spain would probably not know who the “Palestinians” are.
29. Let's see what Ariel is
Charles ,   Petach Tikva   (09.24.09)
UN 242 called for the evacuation from occupied territories . Israel did it , and evacuated most of those territories . The Sinai , Ramallah , Jericho , Jenin and other places are'nt unther Israeli juridiction anymore . And let's not forget the Gaza strip . UN 242 ordered the evacuation from territories , not from every inch . Those who remain are Israeli , not occupied territories .
30. Proud to be in Spain...
Marco ,   Spain   (09.24.09)
Way to go Spain... You represent the conscience of modern day humanity.
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