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Australia 'not satisfied' with Israel response
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Published: 27.02.10, 08:07
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31. Israel is toying with the security of Australian travellers
Robert ,   Brisbane, Australia   (02.27.10)
#26 Your views about Australia are a load of rubbish. You are talking about things for which you have no clue. What do you think Israel's reaction would be if forged Israeli passports had been found in the wreckage of the 911 aftermath? As for occupying Australia, why don't you ask the general Aboriginal population here how they would manage without the permanent welfare support they receive from Australian taxpayers? Also, your reaction to Kevin Rudd's request for an explanation as to why Australian passports were used is interpreted by you as a condemnation of Israel. A typical overreaction and provokative to say the least. Maybe you shouldn't rely on Australia's vote at the UN in future. Remember, it is a gross violation of trust to forge another country's passports. It is not Australia that has forged Israeli passports.
32. #27 "Let's be very clear" ...I agree
Scott ,   Sunshine Coast, Aust   (02.27.10)
1. There's no proof - yet. 2. The media are the ones who plastered these people's passports ALL OVER THE FREAKING WORLD!! On the word of a hopeless "police force" that makes Dad's Army look clever. If anyone is to blame - BLAME THE MEDIA. They have exposed these people to danger just so they can sensationalise the situation. WE ALL DAMNED WELL KNOW IT!
33. We Americans will cheer when the finger points to Blackwater
Mike ,   Los Angeles , USA   (02.27.10)
You know it's gonna happen .
34. The problem with Ruud
Brod ,   USA   (02.27.10)
Is Ruud the Papist showing his color of AntiSemitism? Why is he so obsessed with this crap? It seems that he is intoxicated with the cesspool of AntiSemitism that his early church fathers had invented that led to the destructions of the Jews in the Holy Land by Papist Crusaders, and later, the Inquisitions and the Holocaust.
35. The game and the fun continue ..
Jane ,   London - UK   (02.27.10)
Both the public and journalists are having fun with this because it makes a light hearted break from all the heavy stuff, but please don't pretend that it's for real. Only somebody at the level of moron could possibly believe that Mossad sent over 28 operatives to exterminate a cockroach; used the names of Israeli nationals; and then told some of them to escape via Iran http://www.ourchangingglobe.com/the-dubai-liquidation/
36. Suspected...
Bob ,   Mechburg USA   (02.27.10)
Suspected Mossad Agents? Supected crime? Suspected Israelis? Suspected theft? Suspected use of other country's passports? Suspected, suspected, suspected. However, guilty as charged- just because. Never-the-less, if it was Israel- GREAT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
37. 27-When its Israel,its always INTERNATIONAL LAW.When its
Alan ,   SA   (02.27.10)
any terrorist or any criminal act against Israel or Jews , its OKAY LAW . We all know what the situation is. Well Im telling you, you can all take a running jump .That includes that lefty Rudd.
38. These are the people who beatup Asian students in Oz streets
Alan ,   SA   (02.27.10)
39. What else could we expect from a country
Vardina   (02.27.10)
that grants shelter to Nazis and Arab terrorists?
40. THIS IS VERY INTERESTING
(02.27.10)
especially coming from european, australian countries to complain and say that israeli answers are not ENOUGH!!!!!!SO MUCH HOO AND CRY ABOUT A TERRORIST THAT WAS NOT ONLY DANGER TO ISRAEL, BUT TO EUROPE, NOT ONLY USED MANY FALSE EUROPEAN AND ARABIC PASSPORTS BUT ALSO KNOWN TO KILL AND MASTERMIND MANY TERROR ATTACKS IN AND OUTSIDE OF ISRAEL, SUPPORTED BY IRAN AND SYRIA AND ARAB COUNTRIES, PLANNING THE MURDER OF NUMEROUS PEOPLE, ISRAELI AND EUROPEAN AND ALSO TERROR ATTACKS AND ARMS SMUGGLING FOR MISSILES TO KILL JEWISH ISRAELIS OUT OF GAZA. SO MUCH EUROPEAN AND AUSTRALIAN CRY FOR THIS TERRORIST MURDER. BUT... where were the europeans and australians' cry when citizems in israel holding british, european and australian passports...the same citizens with dual citizenship that australia and europe are claiming to WORRY SO MUCH ABOUT THEIR SAFETY IN ISRAEL, SO MUCH WORRY ABOUT THEIR LIVES... where were these governments's cry and concern when hamas terrorists supplied with missliles by mabhouh from dubai lobbed 13,000 missiles into israel with a very good possibility of killing these australian and european citizens living in israel????? weren;t australia and europe concerned about their safety then????? maybe the missiles will kill them too????? why not protest that these duel citizens' safety was compromised when 13,000 missiles that mabhooh supplied hamas could also kill these duel citizens???? YOU NOW SEE THE DOUBLE STANDARD??? YOU NOW SEE THAT EUROPE AND AUSTRALIA CARE MORE ABOUT MURDERER OF JEWS AND ISRAELIS AND EUROPEAN AND HAVE NO INTEREST IN PURSUING HIM. THEY WOULD RATHER PURSUE AN ISRAELI GHOST SPY. shameful hypocricy if you really looked closer to their real intention. what a field day these countries have bashing israel with unfound allegations for political benefit and for their hate of the jewish state. AS AN IRANIAN MUSLIM, A FREE THINKING AND HONEST PERSON, I SAY GO TO HELL EUROPE AND AUSTRALIA. IF YOU DID THIS TO ME I WOULD HATE YOU TOO. ISRAEL HAS EVERY REASON TO GET RID OF THIS TERRORIST SCUM SENT BY IRAN AND SYRIA, HIZBULLA AND HAMAS TO KILL JEWS. IF INDEED ISRAELI MOSSAD DID THIS, WHICH I DOUBT BECAUSE MOSSAD DOESN;R SENT UPWARDS OF 20 PEOPLE FOR ONE SCUM TERRORIST. THEY ARE SMALL OPERATORS, VERY QUIET AND NEVER EVER LEAVE SIGNS BEHIND THEM. THIS IS AN ARAB AND EUROPEAN DELLUSION TO AGAIN POINT BAD FINGERS AT ISRAEL FOR POLITICAL SCORING POINTS. it was an arab murder job gone wrong.... as expected because arabs will never be as intelligent as the jewish mossad. ALSO, WHY IS NOT EUROPE OR AUSTRALIA CRYING OVER THE HARIRRI MURDER BY SYRIA AND IRAN????? WHERE IS THE OUCRY HERE. A LEADER OF A STATE, NOT A TERRORIST, WAS JURISPRUDENTLY MURDERED BY OTHER NATIONALS. YET, THE WORLD IS SILENT!!!!! only when israel is aleged to be involved everyone jumps up and down to stick it to the jews. shameful. hypocritical and stink of malicious intent! inyeresting no???? hameed aboughaze, iranian
41. #3 and #4
(02.27.10)
this was an arab job gone wrong. it is convenniet for everyone to put blame on israel. after all, it is always the convenient scapegoat for all arabs' problems, for their failures, etc... and to also cover the real murderers here. use your little brains a little bit and you'll come to the same conclusion i have.
42. #27
(02.27.10)
then tell me WHY DID YOUR GOVERNMENT NOT TRY TO PROTECT THESE DUEL CITIZENS LIVING IN ISRAEL WHEN THIS TERRORIST SUPPLIED ALL THE MISSILES 13,000 OF THEM THAT WERE LOBBED BY HAMAS INTO ISRAEL WITH A VERY GOOD POSSIBILITY OF KILLING THESE DUEL CITIZENS YOUR GOVERNMENT WANTS TO PROTECT NOW??????? WHY HAS NOT AUSTRALIAN GOVERNMENT CONDEMMNED THESE MISSILES OVER 8 LONG YEARS THAT MAY G=HAVE ALSO KILLED THESE DUEL CITIZENS LIVING IN ISRAEL. WHY??? why now? hameed aboughaze, iranian i await your response!
43. #40
(02.27.10)
you need to go back to school for math lessons. 42% found israeli action in gaza not justified. 29% found them justified. AFTER YOU ADD 42 PLUS 29 AND SUBTRACT THIS SUM FROM 100%, YOU ARE LEFT WITH 29%. now let's do the math. let's add 29% support to 29% that couldn't say and you get 58% total. meaning that 58 of those polled is larger than 42% that definitaly opposed the gaza operation of cast lead. now you understand statistics???? statistics is not yellow journalism. you have to be intelligent to understand statistics and polling results. imbecile! hameed aboughaze, iranian
44. #30
(02.27.10)
andy claimed only that most australians support the israeli state. he didn;t claim that most australians support the operation in gaza. he was talking in general terms based on sound statistical findings. he was not reffering to the gaza operation, but to a general support for israel in the australian public, which is very strong from all polls involved. hameed aboughaze, iranian
45. #17 Egypt & Jordan labeled al-Mabhouh Wanted, but it is
observer   (02.27.10)
the extra-judicial killing and the fraudulence of fake passports which is absolutely not acceptable. Breaching the law on the expenses of others is the defect there.
46. #41 let's see if Israel is innocent, despite all evidences
observer   (02.27.10)
47. Response to #42
Chris Amos ,   Lismore Australia   (02.27.10)
The issue is bigger than the Australian residents in Israel. It concerns the legitimacy of the Australian passport regime. If Israelis, Arab states, Russians, Americans, espionage agencies, terrorist organisations, criminal organisations, whatever, systematically abuse the Australian passport regime, it will fall into disrepute. That means that ALL Australian travellers will run the risk of being regarded with suspicion. They will be excessively detained at border check points, their bona fides checked and risk to their physical well-being in certain countries greatly increased. It is incumbent on the Australian Government to do all in its power to prevent such a situation from occuring. THIS IS NOT OUR WAR! And any one dragging us into this mess, is committing an act of aggression against Australia.
48. hameed aboughaze, iranian-You da man!!
Allan ,   Ft. Lauderdale   (02.27.10)
I hope one day you and I can sit down together, have a cup of coffee and enjoy a good conversation. Good luck!!!
49. #45-by your logic, then, the dead
Allan ,   Ft. Lauderdale   (02.27.10)
terrorist is equality guilty because he was found to have used fake Arabian passports and was on his way to procuring WMDs. He received his up commence. I shed no tears for his demise. It's truly pathetic that you would support a mass murderer simply because of your pathologic hatred of Isrealies and Jews.
50. If they want answers they need to ask the right people
rebecca ,   Modiin   (02.27.10)
If they only ask Israel, and Israel shrugs its shoulders, maybe they should ask Hamas, Hesbala, Iran or maybe, maybe ask Dubai..... They're the ones making this all up.
51. #49 he didn't use fake Arabian passport
observer   (02.27.10)
because only non-Arab citizens are not required by Dubai to have a entry visa from abroad. He had many genuine Arabian passports. They, in Dubai, trusted the non-Arab passports, but they, suspects, betrayed the trust.
52. DNA? Fingerprints? Whose????
Sharona ,   Jerusalem Israel   (02.27.10)
There is NO proof Israel did this. The dead terrorist broke Dubai law by entering on a false passport and the country that issued it broke the law as well. What forged passport was he travelling on? What country illegally issued it? That the Dubai cops know for sure! Why don't they say? Mossad wouldn't use so many agents anyway. Or leave fingerprints. I think the Palestinians themselves did it.
53. #21 Don't hold your breath!
Sharona ,   Jerusalem Israel   (02.27.10)
Hamas pigs are scared they're next! All lovers of justice certainly hope so!
54. Dubai is guilty
RayS ,   USA   (02.27.10)
Why don't the EU, Australia and the USA investigate WHY DUBAI GIVES SHELTER AND SUCCOR TO TERRORISTS rather than harrassing those who seek out these criminals?
55. Hameed
ceneter-right ,   germany   (02.27.10)
You rising the level of discussion here. Thank you. Always enjoy your posts!
56. Oz tourists who went to Bali all had untampered Passport
Alan ,   SA   (02.27.10)
57. Chris Amos-You are writing like a Hamas Solicitor
(02.27.10)
58. diplomacy bypassed when it's the jews
Bernard Ross ,   st anns bay, jamaica   (02.27.10)
It is undiplomatic to accuse with oout evidence, but then there is no need to observe diplomatic protocol when dealing with jews. Doesn't any one wonder why ther are so many israeli duals to point a finger at israel? what about the 3 who escaped to iran, strange for israeiis? what about 2 palesitnians and hamas man deported and arrested? oesn't this smell obviously fishy? In intelligence circles, wen everything conveniently points to a suspect it is usually a red herring. Australia should seek evidence before opening its' big mouth.
59. Principled?
Andy ,   NZ   (02.27.10)
Kevin Rudd and Australia taking a principled stand or... PRIME Minister Kevin Rudd’s ambition to win a United Nations Security Council seat for Australia could turn on its attitude to the Palestinian-Israeli conflict, an influential Arab diplomat has warned. ”It would be more dependent on the position taken by Australia in the Arab-Israeli conflict more than any other issue.” (Fairfax Digital) Ambition..ambition....and trade would not have anything to do with it either, would it?
60. Matty #30
Andy ,   NZ   (02.27.10)
Thanks for the information. The numbers were eye opening. Here are some more numbers (and news) about Australia........ Anti-Semitism in Australia at an all time-high Australian Jewish organizations have received 962 reports of anti-Jewish violence, vandalism, harassment and intimidation between Oct. 1, 2008 and Sept. 30, 2009. The latest technology was being employed to “spread ancient hatred” and that “rhetorical red lines” had been crossed, especially by the political left, which had engaged in comparisons of Jews and Israelis to Nazis. And here was, thinking so positively about Australia By the way, I got the numbers above from la-la land Australia.
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