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Israel accepted into OECD
Zvi Lavi
Published: 10.05.10, 13:16
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1. The best answer for all the haters. congratulations !
Bob   (05.10.10)
2. proof that money buys everything, even a crooks legitimately
(05.10.10)
3. :: For the record...
Matty Groves ,   Fairport   (05.10.10)
Please note that the OECD has stated that it will use statistical data from Israel but that its use "is without prejudice to the status of the Golan Heights, East Jerusalem and Israeli settlements in the West Bank under the terms of international law".
4. BLOODY GOOD.
Nowhere Man ,   Metropolis, Zion   (05.10.10)
5. Congratulations!!! This acceptance of course would
Jehudah Ben-Israel ,   Qatzrin, Israel   (05.10.10)
have come a long time ago if it were not for the political, not economic, obstacles placed in front of it by those who truly wish Israel were a phenomenon of the past all together. Well, Israel is a phenomenon of the present and will be even more so a phenomenon of the future, despite the darkest wishes of some...!! B'sha'ah tovah!!! "Alu v'hatzlihu!!!
6. A great honor!!
Chaya ,   Bat Yam   (05.10.10)
7. KOL KAVOD
(05.10.10)
as you say. finally, you get your due. indeed, looking at those surrounding your little country, i am not surprised that your little sliver of land managed to prosper and advance so much in just 62 years. you are a miracle of hard work, tireless visions, innovations, brilliance and dedication to humanity and its advancements. NOT A SINGLE COUNTRY IN THE WORLD ACHEIVED IN 62 YEARS WHAT YOU HAVE ACHEIVED. NOT A SINGLE ONE! you were not blessed with riches of oil in the ground. you were not blessed with fertile lands. you were not blessed with friendly neighbors that are inclusive of you in the region. you were not blessed with a world community that looks upon jews living independently as a positive thing. YET, you managed to defeat them all. to create an exemplary modern, independent, brilliant, acheiving, advanced and educated little state by sheer vision, extreme hard work, hope, resilience, military defenses and above all, the gift of the jewish mind and intellect. kol kavod to you israel and this from a muslim iranian that respects you with all my heart. may you go from one success to the next and may you never tire of gifting all humanity like you gift it every day and every year. it is all yours. go take it and enjoy. your sucess is because you are a free democracy, not a barbaric, repressive totalitarian regime. how iranian youth and young may envy you. hameed aboughaze, iranian
8. #3
(05.10.10)
matty, israel was just inducted this morning by a UNANIMOUS VOTE OF ALL 30 PLUS NATIONS. estonia and slovakia were also inducted with israel. i know that it irks you terribly that israel was 100% sucessful in joining this very prestigious body of countries. but, so goes. you loose! adios!
9. #3
(05.10.10)
despite all these "concerns", israel was still inducted into the oecd this morning by a unanimous total 100% vote of YES! kol hakavod and much much much deserved. amazing what a little country can acheive in just 62 years. the jewish brain, folks. the jewish brain!!! no oil, no natural resources to speak of, no fertile land and only desert. go figure! THE JEWISH BRAIN! INCOMPARABLE TO ALL OTHERS. SHOW ME ONE COUNTRY THAT HAS ACHEIVED AS MUCH IN ALL FIELDS ANDC WALKS OF LIFE IN JUST 62 YEARS. none!
10. @7 :thank you for your greeting. it brought tears to my eyes
Israeli ,   Haifa city, Israel   (05.10.10)
may god be with you and may peace and justice will be with you and your people. I hope a day will come for both of our nations (and the rest of ME) to live in peace and prosperity. thank you dear brother. take care, an Israeli.
11. Iran aint gona like this news...
Vusi Sidney Nene' ,   Johannesburg   (05.10.10)
Well done Israel, Just over 60 years old and already leading the way to the top of the business world
12. To No. 7 & 3
Davi ,   Yerushalim'   (05.10.10)
These are the people that make us stronger, and enable us to succeed even through so many hardships, of 60 years of wars & success. No 7, Hameed, it is your support, and friendship that enables us to keep on moving forward, for we know that there are good people out there in the world – that are able to see the bigger picture, and out the box, yes we are successful, but we wish and pray for peace everyday, we appreciate clear thinkers, good & honest people such as yourself, even more so because you from Iran - and "we" thank you, and thank G-d that people like you are around. To Number 3, I (not we) thank you as well, because if it was not for people hating and attacking us all the time (like yourself and your friend from Turkey) we would not be as strong and successful as we are now, G-d has a plan for losers like you as well, the more we are hated the stronger & better we get, thanks for the help Matty
13. Turkish PM Erdogan MUST RESIGN IMMENDIATELY
Tayfun_Turkey ,   Istanbul   (05.10.10)
Turkish PM Erdogan did not block Israeli membership to OECD and therefore he must resign immediately. All quarels with Israel turned out to be fake and for only gaining muslim votes in Turkey, Erdogan is friend of zionist Israel
14. To number 13
Davi ,   Yerushalim'   (05.10.10)
You are "that Turkish" i was talking about in my post in No.12 lol welcome hater & thanks for the support!
15. #10
(05.10.10)
salam, shalom. you are welcome. it is the dream of most iranian modern people. i assure you. i kinow it in my heart. one day will come when what is happening in israel by the palestinians and arabs will be obvious to the blind world. good luck to all my friends in israel. kol kavod. hameed aboughaze, iranian
16. #12
(05.10.10)
you said it better than i could have said it in so many words. your answer to the inbecile, matty, is just the right one. amazing how hateful such people are. let matty stew, my brother. he has only himself and his hate to consume while you jews and israelis march from one sucess to another. this must kill people like matty. hameed aboughaze, iranian
17. #13
(05.10.10)
so, now erdogan is also a mossad spy? with your intelligence, i am beginning to believe that you must have never graduated elementary school in turkey. by the way, israel gnp is much higher than turkey and its advances in anything like science, medicine, high tech and agriculture, reasearch is 100 times higher than turkey's. turkey has not discovered one medicine, one scientific discovery, one agricultural innovation ever. israel, on the other hand got nobel prizes for all kinds of discoveries and innovations. erdogan's turkey is backwards just like people like you. by the way, turkey will never get into the eu. never...the way erdogan is moving your country is towards disaster. you will become more like iran in no time. he is not good for you. also, it is about time most of the sane world recognized the armenian genocide asap. this is the time to point the finger at turkey's mass murder of 1.5 million inmnocent armenians, their ethnic cleansing and starvation and murder by the turks. hameed aboughaze, iranian hameed aboughaze, iranian
18. #13
(05.10.10)
well, well, well, i guess you were duped and lied to then. still support erdogan???? israel will always be on top. always, erdogan or no erdogan. learn to live with the above fact. learn to accept it and move on. it is a done deal. israel is in this prestigious body. period. live with it and move on. stop your hate. move on.
19. Mr Hameed-each of your posts are always a light for us.
Alan ,   SA   (05.10.10)
20. That is you hameed aboughaze!
Tayfun_Turkey ,   Istanbul   (05.10.10)
The day before when you posted a response to that person mimicking your writing your boss told you calm down not to respond such things he exposed you as paid talkbackers by Israel. He was your patron and assuring you he understood that person was not you and your paycheck was guaranteed not to take heed to such persons. How much do they pay?
21. #7 just imagine
Genuine Tosefta ,   Tveria   (05.11.10)
Just imagine Hameed where Iran would have been today if not for the cursed last 30 years. Iranians with their ancient civilization, thirst for knowledge and innovation, great natural resources (not just oil) could have been at the top of the world today. And if, just if, there would have been close cooperation with Israel those years, both countries could be leading the world in all fields of economy, agriculture, science, culture, infrastructure, medicine, engineering..... The strong bond that Jews feel toward Iranians, although in recent years, would have made it possible. With all your warm friendship you need to be a Jew to fully understand how precious this friendship is to us. just imagine Hameed....and never give up on the dream that one day this will be recreated as before.
22. #19
(05.11.10)
i as muslim will always support israel because IT IS THE RIGHT THING TO DO. any country that contributes so much to humanity and is a democracy and tolerant is a sea of evil and police states repressive regimes has my respect. period! i am not blind. i know my people. i know their hate, their jealousies, their incompetences and their backwardness. i am ashamed of the situation the muslim states are in at present. even el baradei said this in an interview and he is an arab muslim as well. what you may not realize is that most people that are educated in the arab world admire israel, its freedom and its democracy. they envy it and this is why it is easier for them to hate it because they will never reach its standard of living. it is torturous for arabs and muslims to look at israel across the fence and see their own failures and misery. it stares them in the face and permeats their lives on a regular basis and it really hurts. arabs and muslims only wish they could have the enjoyment the israelis have, their acheivements, their standard of life and their sucesses. good luck my friend. keep going. after all, you said that my posts are always a "light for you israelis and jews". this is because in my view only a light onto the nation and the world can accomplish what you have done in 62 years' time frame. enjoy the sucess! hameed aboughaze, iranian i have a usa citizenship and an iranian one. i am givintg up my iranian one this year and will be able to finally come to israel to visit and possibly do some business there.
23. #20 Tayfun
Iranian Jew ,   LA   (05.11.10)
Hi! You will get paid even more if you get that Tayfun of nonsense out of your brain and get on with your life. I suggest you worry bout your own problems in your country. When things are all good then you can be the advocate for others. Start with the security and theft for tourists. Stop hating! It will not get you into EU.
24. #20
(05.11.10)
sorry to tell you but, intelligence knowledge about the world educational and sophisticated mind familiarity with historical truths familiarity with israel as a country familiarity with israeli jews as friends familiarity with the arabs and muslims CAN NEVER BE BOUGHT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! no one is paying me. no one is influencing me and i am not speaking for anyone but myself. why is it so hard for an idiot and an uneducated person such as yourself to understand that maybe most people do not share your views and hate? just because i have a totqally different opinion than you, basede on sound knowledge and awareness doesn't mean that i am wrong or THAT I SPEAK ON ISRAEL'S BEHALF. I SPEAK ON MY BEHALF, ON MY KNOWLEDGE BEHALF AND ON MY SOUND UNDERSTANDING ABOUT YOU ARABS, TURKS AND IRANIAN MUSLIMS WHO ARE LIGHT YEARS BEHIND ISRAEL AND ITS ACHIEVEMENTS. I KNOW, IT IS A HARD PILL FOR YOU TO SWALLOW, BUT IT IS THE TRUTH AND THE ONLY TRUTH AS SEE IT. hameed aboughaze, iranian
25. #21
(05.11.10)
one can always dream. but the reality in iran is very very bad. first for iranians young people most affected by the mullahs and the oppressive murderous regime. they have no chance to get out of the clutches of oppression, at least not at present. a very sad situation, almost impossible to look at and understand. very sad. you are lucky you do not have to live under such rule. hameed aboughaze, iranian
26. and Turks on the other hand Hameed come here to visit
Genuine Tosefta ,   Tveria   (05.11.10)
and act to destroy Israel while being warmly welcomed by Jews, like the one announced today to be caught.
27. #13 Tayfun
Iranian Jew ,   LA   (05.11.10)
Wow! For once I agree with you. Now, you should also resign from this site or maybe give us a Turkish site where we can talk hate about Turkey. Do you have such things? I wonder.
28. great news
Iranian Jew ,   LA   (05.11.10)
Thank you OECD! We are advancing in the world and on the other side, Lebanon is trying to win a stupid Humus contest. And Jamblatt just said that Lebanon does not want peace with Israel. ... No wonder they are in such a mess.
29. Tayfun #13 - This one time I agree with you
David Israel ,   New York, USA   (05.11.10)
Erdogan should resign immediately and AKP should lose the next elections in favor of modernist parties.
30. To # 9 , you forgot ....
Charles ,   Petach Tikva   (05.12.10)
we are a tiny country surrounded by enemy states . We had to fight for our survival , we were attacked by all those neighboors . Despite all this , we made this big step . I'm sorry for this matty , that he rest in peace , the best he can do ....
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