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New initiative: European Jews want pressure on Israel
Gilad Halpern
Published: 04.05.10, 23:45
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61. Ah...role play...
Max Merbaum ,   San Francisco   (05.05.10)
And now let's have those with tactical understanding, a nuanced view of the facts on the ground, and an un-idealistic view of warfare write plays, essays and novels; perhaps their results will be as dismal as those of the Euro-Jewish intelligentsia who are playing their hand at map making and line drawing under the style and manner of J Call. What a name. So hip.
62. The "ntellectuals" are indeed concerned.....
Menachem ,   Israel   (05.05.10)
not about Israel's well-being but about their own selfish well-being in a Judeophobic Europe. Thank G-d that the future of the Jewish-nation state is in the hands of Israel and not of assimilated "Jewish intellectuals" in the galut.
63. When the rockets come
Yehudi ,   Jerusalem, Israel   (05.05.10)
Tell me what will the intellectuals have to say when the rockets start falling into the center of Jerusalem and Tel Aviv.
64. Go intellectualize somewhere else
Aussie ,   Sydney, Australia   (05.05.10)
The last thing we need is intellectuals. We need leaders who are practical and rational and have a love of the Jewish People. May G-d keep the intellectuals far away from us.
65. The settlers alone are morally correct.
Janice Cohen ,   Jerusalem, Israel   (05.05.10)
With the American settlers being the prime example. What, they did'nt "steal" someone else's land? But in this case the land belonged to them all along. The Arabs were and are only squatting.
66. How is it that those "intellectuals" were silent when
Jewish mother ,   Hadera, Israel   (05.05.10)
Jews were being slaughtered in the streets of Israel for years at the hands of Arabs? Don't the Jews of Israel have the right and obligation to protect themselves? And the Jews of Israel demand that the West Bank will not become the Gaza of 2005 onwards. Don't they have the right to demand it by way of protecting the life of their kindergarten children who are being targeted to be slaughtered? The "intellectuals" disgust me!
67. #2 USA is the biggger settlement ever
Dani ,   Amsterdam   (05.05.10)
Do not make stupid speculation you killed almost the Native Indian American and you stolen their land.
68. I am a European academic and I certainly don't participate
Svetlana ,   Vilnius, Lithuania   (05.05.10)
in this drive which lacks intellectual honesty. If my European colleagues wanted, they could direct themselves to Israel's policy makers and to the Israeli public, in Hebrew. But these colleagues of mine have opted to address themselves to non-Jews and non-Israelis. We have experienced such behavior in Jewish history, and we as a people, have paid for it dearly. I refuse to be one of the people extracting such a price of my own Jewish people.
69. to #57 in dictatorship it works that way
ghostq   (05.05.10)
minorities get to rule, in democracy it doesn't. :) and acording to socialism you like so much make a note that the gov own you, meaning the land still doesn't belong to you, in china the gov move entire population just like that, in russia as well. :) one big duh. naturally you will have to give up your ideantity as arab cause in regim like that the gov dictate who you r you wont have much choice. :)
70. Svetlana # 69. Like you, I am also a European academic, and
Margaret ,   Berlin, Germany   (05.05.10)
like you, I am also oppose this latest move to pressure Israel. It seems that our colleagues, if indeed they are, have learnt nothing from Jewish history in general and Israeli history in particular. It is time they pursue more learning and research before dispensing advise about subjects for which they have accumulated a very shallow amount of knowledge and understanding.
71. "Occupation", when translated into Arabic in the context of
Jehudah Ben-Israel ,   Qatzrin, Israel   (05.05.10)
the Arab Israeli conflict is any parcel of land that is under Jewish control. By this definition, that is regularly used in Arabic among Arabs, not for foreign consumption, sovereign Israel is "occupied Palestine" as much as the West Bank. Perhaps the "intellectuals" in Europe should learn Arabic, appreciate what Arabs think and debate with the Arabs the concept of "occupation" instead of preaching to Israel how to conduct its security affairs.
72. #52...Polls? hahaha
Edithann ,   USA   (05.05.10)
A poll run by Jews about Jews!.,,They make polls say anything they want to say...and you talk about credibility? Too funny... TATA
73. sad
(05.05.10)
self hating jews
74. European Jews are scared of Muslim
Vardina   (05.05.10)
terrorists. If they are so scared - they should come to Israel and stay here.
75. I prefer options 2 and 3 rather than 1.
Vardina   (05.05.10)
76. Jews versus Jews.
Rich ,   Toronto, Canada   (05.05.10)
Don't expect peace any time soon.
77. #34 - actually we're still fighting the Arab thieves
William ,   Israel   (05.05.10)
from decades ago when they launched an illegal ethnic cleansing against Jews that still seems to be the ignored "elephant" in the room...and of course, from their massive theft and genocide back in the 7th century which they still boast about and believe they have a right to finish.
78. #54- You've already forgotten, Salma
William ,   Israel   (05.05.10)
You as a population have forgotten your real homes in other Arab countries in which you immigrated from (mostly illegally). You as a population have forgotten your very hand in the mess we have today, including your willingness to take part in ethnic cleansing and genocide. You as a population have forgotten what your true history is - and from where/how you squatted on lands and claim them as your own. You as a population have forgotten much...because it doesn't fit with your narrative based on historical revisionism. With your own thinking (and racism), you will burn yourselves...just as you have for the past 62 years.
79. #57 - Last I checked, terrorism and racism isnt a human righ
William ,   Israel   (05.05.10)
although not a day goes by that the racist "Palestinians" state it is their right to demand an ethnically cleansed land and to target unarmed, non-combative civilians on buses and in cafes. Typical retard Leftist diatribe demanding everyone join forces against "the white man" - the supposed source of all ills in the world. However, wasn't it 800,000 non-white Jews that Arabs forced out of their homes after stealing their property?? And wasn't it the non-white Arabs who, only until recently, still had slavery on its legal books? A quick look at history can show the very ugly under-belly of non-white society, both among Asian colonialists and Arab colonialists, which according to many Indian and Black African Muslims, still goes on till this day. You have the right to be peaceful and coexist and be in control of your destiny (without violating other peoples' rights), but not to violence, racism, and hegemony.
80. #77...Sure..how'd they do that.?
Edithann ,   USA   (05.06.10)
Don't be silly..that's all stupid myth to bolster a Jewish claim that is non existent.....You Jews abandoned any land in the Middle East well before the 7th cent...and now you're claiming it? ..hahaha...That's why you're in this mess...you don't want to accept reality...you keep making lies up as you go along to suit your nefarious purposes...You Jews stole Palestine from the Palestinians..and you are angry that they're still fighting you ...... TATA
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