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Obama sends Passover message to Jews
Yitzhak Benhorin
Published: 29.03.10, 20:24
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61. From both sides of his mouth
(03.30.10)
No offense, mr. President but the promised land was not promised to muslims. With all due respect your holiday wishes aren't genuine and you're just a Pharaoh wannabe
62. I have great many reasons to dislike what Obama is doing
leo ,   usa   (03.30.10)
to my country and to each and every ally we used to have. But I am not ready to label him anything, but incompetent bully. In fact even if he were anti-Semite I would not call him so. Remember Nixon. Man was widely believed to be an anti-Semite, but he bailed out Israeli behind in 1973 for the sake of US. Its all about politics.
63. #34
Charles ,   Cleveland   (03.30.10)
Obama probably isn't a Jew hater, just a unwitting naif. The problem is that he is guided by self-hating Jewish advisors such as Rahm Emanuel. And as for Europeans....the original anti-Semites are now showing their true colors.
64. thank you mr. president !
XXX   (03.30.10)
for the kind wishes and the message to the jewish people. we appreciate your support and efforts to reach something, what almost has been buried in the hearts over all the long years: peace and love. we wish you and your family a happy passover.
65. O'bama
tom ,   tel aviv   (03.30.10)
to#34: Yes, and Hitler just wanted for us to have our Land back , so he "helped" the Jews a little.After all, what's 6 mil. compared to "next year in Jerusalem"?! We are so ungrateful it makes me sick! O'bama Akhbar!!
66. How cynical
(03.30.10)
67. Voltaire wrote these words about the Portuguese Inquisition
Alan ,   SA   (03.30.10)
"What was their crime? Only that they were born Israelites.They celebrated Passover.That is the only reason the Portuguese burned them.… Would you believe that while the flames were consuming them ,the savages were chanting our prayers?"
68. #34
Brian ,   Tel Aviv, Israel   (03.30.10)
Shut the hell up!
69. social security
N.N ,   N.   (03.30.10)
In recent years social security has been getting worse in many countries (of the "Western world") -- but now in the USA, there is a health care reform with clear benefits for people with low income.
70. Obama
felix ,   Israel   (03.30.10)
Stop the hypocrisy Mr Obama !
71. One more thing...
R ,   Israel   (03.30.10)
"With rich symbols, rituals, and traditions, they will tell the story of the Exodus – the journey of the children of Israel from slavery to freedom, from grief to joy, from darkness to light, and from suffering to redemption" ... and from Egypt back to Israel.
72. Spare Your wishes You cheap hypocrite
Chris Rettenmoser ,   Bayerisch Gmain Germ   (03.30.10)
Please Hussein Obama keep Your mouth shut for Passover, You have already said all what You have to say, back in Egypt some time ago...
73. The Pharaoh Obama administration.
Ron B. ,   Lod   (03.30.10)
Fatah, which controls the PA, can hold a conference reasserting its refusal to accept Israel’s existence as a Jewish state while glorifying terrorists and rejecting an end of claims in any future peace agreement with Israel and yet the Obama Administration acts as though the key to the problem is to stop Jews moving into eastern Jerusalem and the West Bank. This is how shadow-boxing and process takes on a life of its own. More at : http://xrl.us/bfq9c8
74. The voice is voice of peace, the hand is hand of Islime!
Bruce Stein ,   Chicago US   (03.30.10)
You can fool some of the people all of the time, and all of the people some of the time; for Barakh Hussain Obama: those are pretty good odds...
75. 45..ur a nutcase...nuf said
(03.30.10)
76. Margot..u'd better wake up and smell the coffee...
(03.30.10)
before it burns u... Obama doesn't even deserve our spit
77. 50.. the criticism isn't harsh enough
(03.30.10)
he is trying to marginalize Israel and socialize the USA...hopefully he'll lose his teeth in November 2010 and his job in November 2012! it's time for u to open ur eyes and see the truth.
78. 54... we will survive and overcome Obama and u...do not fear
(03.30.10)
am Israel Chai
79. 64..what a fooloish statement...u belong to Jstreet?
(03.30.10)
80. Happy Passover to all of you. ;)
Salma ,   Palestine   (03.30.10)
The holidays are usually an opportunity to review our calculations...Jerusalem will be the capital of Palestine forever
81. Obama speaks with a forked tongue!
Spencer ,   Israel   (03.30.10)
What are ewe getting so excxited about? Don't we already know and hasn't Barak HUSSEIN Obama already proved that we can't believe a word he says?
82. First respect us, then greet us...
Ariel   (03.30.10)
The disrepect shown to our prime minister borders with insolence. Mr Obama shows to faces and plays low, and as expected he will ask Israel's quiet support when dealing with Iran.
83. So funny that Obama can talk about the "children of Israel"
Harry Wright ,   UK   (03.30.10)
making the Exodus from Egypt. I wonder why he omitted saying where they were returning to and from where they had come in the first place. He knows it in his heart that "children of Israel" are still living in the same Israel after thousands of years, yet he wants to carve up their land and capital and give it away to Arab thieves and squatters whose holy land is in Saudi Arabia. As soon as the Passover season is finished, he will be standing over the "children of Israel" with a dagger bullying them again. If he truly wants peace in the area, let him survey a piece of land the size of the proposed Pals state in the USA and offer it to the Pals Arabs as a goodwill gesture and with one condition - that they relinquish all claim to the land of the "children of Israel". The Arabs are not the "children of Israel" never were and never will be.
84. "Hagada" for beginners
tanya ,   tel aviv israel   (03.30.10)
Chapter 1: "Obama"s Chag Sameach". Chapter 2: Alon Pincas:" Obama is pro Israeli". Next chapters: follow Ynet publications Chag Sameach Tanya
85. Obama has NERVE!!!!!
Gina ,   USA   (03.30.10)
He is so anti-israel, anti-jew how dare he even pretend to do a seder. I have gotten to the point I can not stand the sound of his voice or the look on his face. He has spent WAY to much time backstabbing us and now he is asking for the knife back so he can use it again!!!!!!!!!!
86. does not fool anyone
erre   (03.30.10)
jews have seen evil like this before and this is the reincarnation of the worst kind of evil. this to shall pass.
87. Obama sends Passover message to Jews
david ,   San Francisco CA   (03.30.10)
I just saw a picture of Obama at the White House Seder in Haaretz.. The man is not even wearing a kipa! How rude! What an insult!
88. The world would be better off now if they stayed in Egypt
Helis ,   America   (03.30.10)
89. Why don't I trust the sincerity of his greetings...??
Jehudah Ben-Israel ,   Qatzrin, Israel   (03.30.10)
When a man does all that he can to humiliate, for over a year, the democratically elected prime minister of the nation-state of the Jewish people and in so doing humiliating one of its most important symbol of sovereignty, I have little trust in his interest in the Jewish people. And when one does so while Netanyahu is backed up not only by the overwhelming majority of Israeli Jews but also by his Labor Party's Defense Minister and the President of Israel, Shimon Perest - two people who have done for peace much more than the President of the US has done - I have little trust in him. And when he tells Jews to refrain from residing in certain villages, towns and even city neighborhoods only because they are Jewish, the man reminds me of days past in the US during which Jews and dogs were not permitted... Thus, I have little trust in the man, regardless of the dog and pony shows he may perform, in the White House or even on AIPAC stage... the year 2008 comes to mind in this regard.
90. American Jews
Rebecca ,   Fort Mill, USA   (03.30.10)
I've been fearful of Obama since he was elected. Too bad it's taken the majority of American Jews this long to see that Obama is not a friend to Israel. Many still don't see it...wake up people!!! And ..what's up with Hillary??? We can sure take pride in knowing that we've got a president that knows how to cowtow to our enemies and insult our allies.
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