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ADL: US Criticism of Israel troubling
Yitzhak Benhorin
Published: 13.03.10, 18:46
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1. Your kind of Jews voted for Obama
Ben ,   Gush Etzion   (03.13.10)
don't say that we didn't warn you! You are about to lose your freedom of health care, you are about to lose your internet privacy and due to get slapped with Obama's Marxist programs that he imbibed on the laps of Frank Marshall Davis, his mother, his grandparents , and the teachings of Saul Alinsky. You are about to get marxism rammed down your throats by Reid and Pelosi As for your Jewish rights get ready to lose them too. America days as the Medina Shel Chesed are ending. Be smart make aliyah and do teshuva.
2. #1- i agree
mira ,   israel   (03.13.10)
its abut time someone tell those cawardic jews the truth. they voted obama they must face it.
3. ADL shut up !!! No more zionist BS !!!
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4. Shocked?
Paul ,   Florida   (03.13.10)
""We are shocked and stunned at the Administration’s tone and public dressing down of Israel on the issue of future building in Jerusalem," Abraham H. Foxman, ADL National Director, said in a statement." Why are you shocked? Because they dared to criticize your beloved Israel? Should they turn the other cheek after being insulted? Are you really american,Foxman? I'm not shocked, just pleasantly surprised.
5. ADL?
Franklin ,   USA   (03.13.10)
The ADL is a joke, it's a organization that created agents to generate Anti Semetism when there was none. It's one of the most biased organization there is.
6. REALITY CHECK
Phillip ,   Boston, USA   (03.13.10)
Everyone knows that Israel has no intentions of leaving any part of Jerusalem (and rightly so in my opionion). So therefore, why should they not build in areas that they intend to keep. WAKE UP WORLD!!! Jerusalem is and always be Israel's. The sooner the US and EU admit to this reality, the faster the World can move on!!
7. Expecting Jews, only because they are Jewish, to refrain...
Eitan ,   Qatzrin, Israel   (03.13.10)
...from residing anywhere is pure and simple racism!!! Those days of treating Jews in such a way in America passed from the world in the 1950s and 1960s. There is no reason on earth why Jews, only because they belong to a particular people, to the Jewish people, may not reside in Washington, DC, in Los Angeles, in Toronto, in London or in Jerusalem. But this is exactly what "liberal" Clinton and "Progressvie" Obama suggest: that Jews, because they are Jewish, may not reside in villages, in towns, in city neighborhoods of their country for no other reason but for the fact that they are Jewish. This is racism, anti-Jewish racism that must be condemned by Jews and non-Jews alike. This is anti-Jewish racism that comes from a person for whom 78% of Jews in America voted. Some alerted the rest of the Jewish community ahead of time, but the Jewish community, by and large, refused to listen. Now comes the payback...!!!
8. ADL Correct, Israel Always Screams New Settlements When ...
Moderate Jew ,   New Jersey   (03.13.10)
top US leaders visit Israel to facilitate peace and security, particularly by ending the over 40 years of Israeli military occupation illegally beyond the 1967 border. True for all US administrations fron Nixon thru Ford, Carter, Reagan, Bush 1, Clinton, Bush 2 and now Obama. The ADL needs to support our USA first, and not be Israel's attack dog, spin meister and lawyer, or surrender its taxpayer supported anti-US activities.
9. Now Jstreet who has a meaningless
DAVID ,   USA / ISRAEL   (03.13.10)
membership think they have enough clout to give their opinion about Israel and that someone will take them seriously. What a bunch of looooosers.
10. TIRED OF MIDDLE EAST BS
667535 ,   new york,usa   (03.13.10)
i am tired of all this jewish,muslim crap.let them handle their own situation.Let us in the United States free ourselves from these fools who believe in some imaginary creature sitting on a thrown in the sky.We all know God is a crazy myth used to control people. Just move the freaking Jews to Baja California and let the damn arabs take over Palestine.
11. 1600 new homes
Rob ,   U.S   (03.13.10)
They just don't get it,no one wants them building new homes in East Jerusalem.The apology is about timing not about being sorry for adding grief to the Palestinian people.Wake up and stop building there and make peace already.
12. Obama's anti-Israel agenda
RayS ,   USA   (03.13.10)
Americans who have paid attention to Obama's life long anti-Israel connections should not be surprised that he has stalled serious sanctions against Iran and used every opportunity to flog Israel.
13. Clinton and J Street sanctimoniously incite pandemonium.
Daniel ,   Los Angeles, USA   (03.13.10)
14. harsh critisim
colin   (03.13.10)
What are you crying for ?? The ADL Voted en block for this islamic anti semite. Foxman with shock !!So were the jews shocked by the lieing Germans before being wiped out.The Germans of nazi germany promised the world the future. THE GRAVE AND THE SKYS How many were killed?? Now Obama is promising the same lies !!!!!!What are you going to do --Foxman?????Let America go the hell at least Israel will live
15. A Long Time Coming
Sherwood Ensey ,   Chimayo - USA   (03.13.10)
The comments on Israels actions was more than appropriate. In fact, the comments by the US were well deserved. Human rights is just that, human rights. If Israel truly wants peace, then it should learn how to hand the olive branch of peace to the Palestinians, and the Palestinians in turn need to recognize the right of Israel. The lesson here is simple: Learn to coexist together, or at some point, perish together. Learn what the true message of God is all about: LOVE and HARMONY!
16. Sorry, guys, Obama is on the other side
Mike R. ,   Bedford, USA   (03.13.10)
While America itself and the majority of the American citizens are firmly behind Israel, our current President is a Muslim who will do nothing but advance the Islamic agenda. Until we can get him out of office or at least stop him with a Conservative re-taking of Congress, you're on your own for a bit. Sorry. We had too many stupid people here in the last election.
17. Mitchell's impudence astounds!
SC4Z ,   Campbell CA USA   (03.13.10)
Perhaps some kind person will force Mr. Mitchell to read up on international law which binds the US to honor the boundaries of Israel which were laid during the 20s and bound both the US and the Euroids. The boundaries encompass the very lands the Arabs hope to steal. Read: Prof. Howard Grief's recently published seminal treatise on international law: The Legal Foundation and Borders of Israel under International Law. We are the Secular Christians for Zion (SC4Z) and we were and are appalled by the blind fealty of the New York Times and its slavish adulation of Mr. Barack Hussein Obama. There was a greet hoo-hah over the cover of the New Yorker showing Michelle and Obama exchanging knuckle-bumps with wide grins. As if they were pulling a fast one. It now seems that they did because BHO has talked big, broken established agreements with Israel, and then shucks his disregard for law under his oval carpet. Both Michelle and BHO remain lawyers even if no longer licensed to practice law so there is no excuse for their trampling international law and the Treaty of Ghent. If they get away with this, the very same dereliction might be utilized to disassemble the US and re-arrange the boundaries of Europe.
18. israel
Y.R. Ulate ,   Los Angeles   (03.13.10)
Israel is occupying foreign lands and announcing the annexation of more land through press releases... HOW INSULTING to the US, the UN and the entire world who has unanimously declared Israel in violation of international law. The ADL's characterization of the situation is misguided and misleading. It has come time for the US to freeze all economic and military aide to Israel. In the midst of our own security and economic crises, the US cannot simply cannot afford to support this "ally." We continue to pay the price for Israel's apartheid, colonial, radical regime.
19. For all those who couldn't imagine a US holocaust -
Dan ,   Tel Aviv   (03.13.10)
This is how it starts. By a delegitimization of the entire Israeli populace, its policy and its history. The "new jews" - which is the liberal leftist US jews and the radical left in Israel, are rooting the world as Israel is lambasted from all directions. The US and its allies (which now no longer includes Israel, so it seems) - have been standing in line to "reprimand" Israel and are actually on the same side as Iran and Hamas - this is astounding in ligjt of 9/11, and there can be only one conclusion - Al Qaeda has succeeded in changing the hearts and minds of the American people, changing US policy and installing a muslim president in the White House.
20. Jewish support for Democratic Party
Bill Johnston ,   Rochester mn usa   (03.13.10)
Why do Americans Jews consistently turn out strong for candidates hostile to Israel ? My sense is Israel may be one of the few middle east nations that functions properly yet every Democrat after Nixon has engaged in unsupportive and insulting policy toward Israel . Is Israel really the problem and I don't get it ... or do American Jews just not care ?
21. baja
j graham ,   ny usa   (03.13.10)
why not send the arabs to baja and let "the jews" stay where they are
22. ADL?
P ,   Philadelphia   (03.13.10)
It is not anti-semitic to not blindly support Israel. It's not the ADL's job to bolster foreign policy support for Israel. For those of us in the American community who support social justice, we see that Israel occasionally does things that are stupid, counterproductive, and/or vile. I won't condemn the attack on Gaza (who really expected a constant volley of rockets at Israelis homes wouldn't eventually get a response?), but continued land grabs are a kind of blatant population politics that merits a harsh response. Ancient myths are no excuse to try to claim a greater Israel - Israel should freeze growth in contested areas, execute every settler that provokes, and push hard for a more permanent resolution to the situation. The Palestinians need to be pushed similarly strongly.
23. Biden. Israel. Housing starts in Jerusalem
Ira ,   Canada   (03.13.10)
Israel annexed east Jerusalem irrevokably. It Is open to all visitors but let's face it ; it can't be a political capital of a Palestinian state. Israel has long said this was a non starter. So why is everyone all excited? Palestinians can buy land and build houses there like anyone can with some money and an architect. I find it mystifying that American elected officials feel free to meddle.
24. sillyness
sillyness ,   not israel   (03.13.10)
why do no jews get slapped with the tag anti-semite if they don't 100% agree with what the jews in the state of Israel are doing... that's very narrow minded thinking. So is continually saying your doing one thing to promote peace, then do the exact opposite and expand your settlements further. The only thing Israel is doing is isolating itself in a region of the world that has great distaste for what you are doing. Stop the expansions, leave things where they are now and work towards peace. ALL middle eastern people deserve a chance to live in a more stable, peaceful region.
25. America's broke
Marcel ,   Florida   (03.13.10)
The US needs Arab oil and investments more than they need Israel so the end result will be more of this betrayal. America is now owned by the Chinese and the Saudi's so It was a big mistake for ISRAEL to look to this defunct and sinking ship of a nation for anything especially peace. Better return to Ha Shem quickly Israel. America is not your God no matter how much it thinks it is.
26. President Obama bin Laden
Sean ,   new york   (03.13.10)
Just what I expected from the administration of president Hussein Obama - new york voted for this bum blindly because of his party without vetting his beliefs. Wait till he finishes the job and destroys the US economically with his carbon tax ponzi scheme. First he came for Israel and you said nothing, then he came for your jobs and it was too late.
27. "J Street", once again, show how anti-Israel they are and
Debbie ,   Bethesda, MD USA   (03.13.10)
how anti-Peace they promote.
28. Obama is anti-Israel
James Lee Padgett ,   Monterey Park   (03.13.10)
Yes, Obama is a Muslim - and a most clever liar and deceiver. May God remove this imposter as quickly as possible for Israel's sake and the U.S.' sake.
29. Obama is NO FRIEND OF ISRAEL
James ,   Los Angeles, USA   (03.13.10)
In reality the man is a Muslim. He shares their disdain for Israel. He is a liar and deceiver - and Israel will be foolish to acquiese to his and Biden's and Mitchell's and hEllary's demands. Obama is clearly in the corner of the Palestinians and not caring about the interests of Israel. May Israel be wise enough to do what is wisest and best for them. Over 50 percent of the U.S. does not approve of Obama and we cant' wait until his term is up. Don't let him damage Israel as he is damaging the U.S.
30. adl
george a cowan ,   fpo   (03.13.10)
if you think it is ok to set up jewish settlrments in someones area let them take your land and live there
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