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Gaddafi to Arab MKs: I've nothing against Jews
Sharon Roffe-Ofir
Published: 25.04.10, 22:55
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1. We love you too Gaddafi........
Menachem ,   Israel   (04.25.10)
but Libya is a colonial Arab inplant with no right to exist. You an your racist brothers who visited you from the ancestral Jewish nation-state, should all be sent back home to Arabia.
2. Idiots visited an idiot
I'll let you figure ,   who they are.   (04.25.10)
3. Zionism is not Judiasm!
(04.25.10)
Arabs never had anything against the jews before the state of israel jews held high positions in iraq, syria and egypt its this fake zionist stuff that came from europe that brings the hatred while jews where being persecuted in europe turkey and numerous arab countries took jews in. Jews and muslims lived togethor for a long time and agreed with each other more than muslims and christians and jews and christians I read the history and zionism brings nothing but lies and its sad that we are now hating each other when we should respect each other. why is it that most israelis have families that come from europe and where persecuted in europe? cuz these people are not from this region and dont know the history! educate urselfs people
4. Qaddafi fascism against Libyan Jews.
Ken   (04.26.10)
In 1945 in Libya resulted in the deaths of more than 100 Jews in Tripoli and other towns and the destruction of five synagogues. A savage pogrom in Tripoli on November 5, 1945 were more than 140 Jews were massacred and almost every synagogue looted. (Howard Sachar, A History of Israel). In June 1948, rioters murdered another 12 Jews and destroyed 280 Jewish homes. Thousands of Jews fled the country after Libya was granted independence and membership in the Arab League in 1951. (Norman Stillman, The Jews of Arab Lands in Modern Times). After the Six-Day War, the Jewish population of 7,000 was again subjected to pogroms in which 18 were killed, and many more injured, sparking a near-total exodus that left fewer than 100 Jews in Libya. When Col. Qaddafi came to power in 1969, all Jewish property was confiscated and all debts to Jews cancelled. Today, no Jews are believed to live in Libya. Although emigration was illegal, more than 3,000 Jews succeeded to leave to Israel. When the British legalized emigration in 1949, more than 30,000 Jews fled Libya. At the time of Colonel Qaddafi's coup in 1969, some 500 Jews remained in Libya. Qaddafi subsequently confiscated all Jewish property and cancelled all debts owed to Jews. By 1974 there were no more than 20 Jews, and it is believed that the Jewish presence has passed out of existence.
5. Libya expelled most Jews and killed some..but
Dan ,   USA   (04.26.10)
hey, it is true Libya was better than the NAZI Germany. Yet, it along with the rest of the Arab world wants to wipe out the Jews,. the very Jews Libya expelled to Israel.
6. AS LONG AS THE JEWS DON'T HAVE A PLACE TO LIVE...
stude ham   (04.26.10)
what a bunch of rabidly anti-semitic garbage from this man's mouth.
7. The only reason the Arabs could not murder the Jews
Frank ,   USA   (04.26.10)
is because the Jews would not let them. If Jews had been like Kurds the Jews would have been sprayed with chemicals like the Kurds.
8. Don't Gaddafi look a lot like Michael Jackson?
Tito ,   Motown, Michigan   (04.26.10)
I'm just sayin', the dude looks like he should be moonwalking and inviting Maculay Culkin to Neverland, not running a despotic Arab regime in North Africa with an iron fist......
9. 3# you speak from ignorance or from malignancy!
Ariel New Zealand   (04.26.10)
Arabs adn Muslims have committed on non-muslim civilian populations under many excuses for generations; you can begin with the description of the Arab conquest of North Africa in the 7th century to the Armenian Genocide by the New Turks; In Israel/Palestine: The Hebron Massacre of Jews by their Arab Neighbors in 1936 well precluded the stablishment of Israel; The alliance between the Palestinina leaders (Jerusalem Mufti) and nazi Germany and the plan for the extermination of the Jewish population of pre-Israel Palestine are well documented facts. You can interpret history but you cant neither rewrite it nor ignore it.
10. Solution to the conflict
Mammad al-Bahad ,   Hussein-tine   (04.26.10)
must be JORDANTINE + ISRAEL CONFEDERATION. West bank added to Israel East Bank for Arabs
11. Another mad man to go the way of Hussein. End.
B.E. ,   Whangarei, N.Z.   (04.26.10)
12. #3. education starts at home brother. 1) jews here 4000 yrs
jae ,   lynn usa   (04.26.10)
in land of israel avraham yitzhaq, yaaqove-yisrael, 12 sons of yisrael, Moses/aaron/miriam, joshua, judges (samson, gideon, deborah), kings (saul david solomon, etc etc), prophets (iasaiah elisha eliyahu jeremiah ezekiel etc etc) , men of the great assembly, maccabbees, sanhedrin, 1st, 2nd temples, etc etc. 2) jews were dhimmis- modern day slaves in arab countries. yes they had it better than christian europe, but so a rapee has it better than a murdered person too. not saying much. jews couldnt work many professions, couldnt own better homes than muslims, couldnt vote, couldnt be elected, couldnt be in high position for 99% of the arab occupation of israel, north africa, the levant. Get thee educated first!
13. Old Gad wears a lot of make-up, doesn't he
Yaniv ,   Israel   (04.26.10)
14. One of the few voices of reasony and hnesty left, Gaddafi
Su ,   US   (04.26.10)
15. Let Him Subsidize Us
Abdel Karim Salim ,   Jerusalem - ISRAEL   (04.26.10)
So far we are surviving off Israel's national insurance institute ( montly social welfare money allowances for unemployment, disability, and old age ).Not even the Palestinian Authority is of any financial help to us ! If he wants us to multiply then let him support us financially & generously so that we could afford having big families. Otherwise whatever he & other Arabs say is only stereotyped-lip service ... !
16. Zionism is not Judaism
Habib Suliman ,   New York City, USA   (04.26.10)
Correct, it is the liberation philosophy and movement of the Jewish people. But the real problem is the artificial states of Syria and Lebanon. Basically wasted non entity territories, the French and British created these two artificial countries in 1916 with the Sykes - Picot Agreement. These entities must be dismantled. Let's think about it, a good part of "Syria" would be an excellent homeland for the Kurdish nation who deserve their homeland back.
17. Gaddafi's claim ... "We gave them refuge" is a BLATANT LIE!
Jake ,   USA   (04.26.10)
18. Libya is a perfect place for Palestinians
Jania ,   Silver Spring, USA   (04.26.10)
Libya originally belonged to the Berbers before other peoples conquered it and was eventually conquered and occupied by Arab Muslims in the 7th century. For many centuries it was governed by the Ottomans and then the Italians. Libya was among the poorest countries in the world and would likely have remained so had oil reserves not been discovered. Libya is a dictatorship. Local organizations are elected, but Muammar Al-Gaddafi is not and, as with all dictators, will remain in office until he decides to step down or dies, unless he is overthrown. Gaddafi controls everything, including the media. Isn’t it nice that he wishes to give Israeli Arab leaders a voice? He doesn’t give his own citizens a voice. But since Tibi and his friends are so fond of Libya, why don’t they try living there to see how much they like it? In fact, Libya has such a small population for its large size, there’s room for all the Palestinians in the world and then some. Imagine how they will like living in a country where political parties are banned, which has a poor human rights record, and where political prisoners disappear. But Gaddafi loves the Palestinians, so they have nothing to worry about. It’s nice to know that Gaddafi doesn’t hate the Jews, but Libya had forced labor camps and concentration camps for Jews during the Nazi era. Hundreds of Jews died in those camps. Following the war, Libyans rioted against Jews, killing and wounding hundreds of them. According to historians, 500,000 Jews lived in Libya during the 1st century. No Jews live there now. So if Israeli Arabs would kindly leave Israel and move to Libya, we could consider it a belated population exchange.
19. Palibya
Kyle ,   Southpark, CO, USA   (04.26.10)
Make it happen, Daffy!
20. He is right!
Israeli 2   (04.26.10)
No two state solution. There was, there is and there always will be a One state solution. That State was is and will always be called ISRAEL. God Bless the U.S.I. The United State of Israel
21. Did Qaddafi just make sense ?!!!!!
Ali ,   Washington DC   (04.26.10)
22. #3
Jane   (04.26.10)
In fact, a majority of Israelis have families that came from Muslim countries where they were dhimmi. Upon the rebirth of Israel, the Jews of those Muslim countries (having lived there for over a thousand years) were expelled with neither their property nor compensation. Zionism is the national movement of the Jewish people for restoration to our homeland. Educate yourself.
23. If Israeli jews can't go to Libya why should Israeli Arabs?
bernard ross ,   st anns bay jamaica   (04.26.10)
This proves they are a 5th column as they want to separate from Israel identity and be with arab world. They should be given citizenship in a future palestine, or gaza, even if they are allowed to remain in Israel.
24. Since when is it ok?
Mr. Wolf ,   USA   (04.26.10)
For citizens of a country that is at war with another country to go for a visit? Libya is an enemy state and the meeting with Qaddafi by the Israeli arabs is called treason. They should stay there and not be allowed in.
25. #3: You need to read REAL history
Free Israeli News ,   USA/Israel   (04.26.10)
The 'arab' nations that were so friendly to the Jews, deported well over a million Jews, viciously, overnight simply because Israel declared statehood. They've launcehd over 10.000 attacks against the Jews, murdering over 100,000 of them over the course of a century, without pause...to this very day. Everything between the ruling arabs and the Jews WAS NOT hunky-dory. It was repressive, prejudice, humiliating and virtual slavery for them. They were also the scapegoats to any arab problems and even recently, suffer horrible torture in arab countries even though they are NOT israeli. Get a clue: the arabs who are muslim DO NOT LIKE ANYONE BUT THEMSELVES, and at times, not even that! Single state solution: send the arabs home and call it a day. Otherwise, the muslim/arabs (who've already gained the US as an enemy) will suffer their most severe destruction and set-backs they've ever faced...including an inability to rebuild any powerbase. THAT is a reality and THAT is coming.
26. 4
Rosie   (04.26.10)
Ken, thank you very much for your post.
27. Arab MKs and Gaddafi
Bruria   (04.26.10)
These MKs do not deserve to be in our country or our government. Send them back to Gaddafi and let them live in a tent--see how they like living in a country where freedom is really oppressed. Why do we put up with this treason??
28. Let this mad dog take the arabs and
jason white ,   afula,israel   (04.26.10)
hara-dim from Israel and put them in the libyan desert.
29. This man is too good to be true...
Chris Rettenmoser ,   Bayerisch Gmain Germ   (04.26.10)
Mr. Gaddafi must be a genius, he knows all the answers to solve even the most complicated political problems of our time. And he has the most unbelievable solutions to Isreals problems. I am personally interested only in a very simple question: Who let escape this dirty clown out of the lunatic asylum ????
30. Solutions to the Israeli-Arab conflict.
Ron B. ,   Lod   (04.26.10)
Whatever solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict we support, we need to re-examine all the arguments for that solution, because all of them were born in different circumstances, “a long time ago on another planet.” It is easy to see that there is not much chance for a “binational state” (born in the 1920s) or that a “one state solution” (a favorite of the Nazi Mufti, Hajj Amin el Husseini) would result in an explosion no matter who was in charge of that state. But the two state solution (born in 1937, revised in 1947, revived more recently in a new context) has not more chance to bring real peace. Nowadays, if we want to reach a lasting peace in the M-E, we can hardly avoid to face the transfer option. About transfer of populations during last century at: http://xrl.us/bjcgx
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