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Netanyahu: No ships to reach Gaza
Roni Sofer
Published: 03.06.10, 23:44
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31. Israel fully understands
Ypip ,   Canada   (06.04.10)
32. Israel knows Turkey.
Ypip ,   Canada   (06.04.10)
Past, present, and future.
33. Try a Different Tactic This Time
Elizabethlynne ,   Dallas, Texas   (06.04.10)
Realize that Israel is being set up, and try a different tactic, such as using something to disable the ship and tow it in or use fire hoses, or something that won't put soldiers in the way of harm or kill any of the terrorists or the well-meaning, but misguided people on those ships. If people understood the conflict between the Palestinians and Israelis they would not be doing this.
34. Torpedo the Rachel Corrie!
JB ,   New York, USA   (06.04.10)
Sink the whiney bastards!
35. Watch Out!! They may blow up the ship
zooog ,   US   (06.04.10)
and blame it on Israel.
36. You go Bibi!
Sarah B ,   U.S.A. / Israel   (06.04.10)
Another nail in the floptilla's coffin. Nothin' like putting them on notice. Now -- anything that happens is entirely their fault. Love it!
37. To: Craig at No. 2
Sarah B ,   U.S.A. / Israel   (06.04.10)
Craig, if you ever make it to New York, find a way to let me know. Post on a YNet thread -- I read every one. Whatever you want to see -- whatever restaurant at which you want to dine -- whatever hotel at which you would like to stay .... It's all on me. Bring your significant other, too. And thank you so very, very much. You are a true friend of the Jewish people. Thank you for standing up to be counted. You are truly a righteous gentile. Thank you.
38. Enough is Enough
Farid E. Mensi ,   Avenel, USA   (06.04.10)
This is a plan by Turkey to muddy the water in the Arab world. Turkey is going backword and wants to bring back the Otomman Empair, I was born in Iraq, i am not a Jew. I want the Arabs to have peace with Israel. The time is now to stop the islamest from using Turkey to gain an upper hand in the middileast. Israel is right this time. I am for peace with dinity and not sarrander of Israel.
39. Idil, you started out sensible, then lost it
Raymond in DC ,   Washington, USA   (06.04.10)
Idil in Turkey writes as one who saw the flotilla as a provocation but nonetheless "they couldn't have had sympathy about Israel neither and the picture completely changed when IDF killed 9 turkish people.Israelis killed Turks for the first time.Who can ignore that?" If you saw it as a provocation why could you not have any sympathy for Israel and the dilemma posed by this flotilla? Unless it was just awkward to go against popular opinion. And while there is some natural sympathy for one's own people who fall, let's put it in context. A US news broadcast made much of the fact that one of the fallen was US-born, though he left at age 2. Should I feel sympathy for him? Even if Adam Shapiro - born a Jew but an ISM activist - had fallen I would have felt no sympathy for him. These were stupid, hate-filled people bent on murder. Note finally that five of the ships followed IDF naval instructions and none of them suffered any harm.
40. The Two Netanyahu
Secular Beast   (06.04.10)
one pulled off the rescue at Entebbe the second made the IDF look like bozo the clown
41. God Bless You Craig
Isaaq ,   KiryatShmonehIsrael   (06.04.10)
42. THIS IS WHAT SHARON WOULD DO
Meir Elazar   (06.04.10)
Sharon was a brilliant strategist who did not let the enemy set up a trap and then stupidly fall in to it. In Jenin the streets were booby trapped so according to Sharon's plan IDF blew holes from one apartment to the next to perform the "cleanup" and minimized danger to soldiers. While Olmert would have done the French thing and surrendered to the terrorist while they were still in international waters, Bibi authorized the stoppage of the flotilla but with poor planning and execution. They played right into the hands of the terrorists and immediately released all the activists. THE GUIDING PRINCIPLE SHOULD BE WHAT WOULD SHARON DO? Sharon would have sent a large force to stop the Flotilla, issue warnings and warning shots, and wait for the Activists to start the Hostility while fully documenting it. After taking over the ships and activists, Sharon would have clarified what the Blockage's Mission is by not releasing the Activists until Shalit was released. This would buy time for them to fully search the ships and uncover all of the illegal weapons and missile that they were smuggling (eg see Karin-A, UN arms smuggling incidents, Sudan convoy, etc). With the conditions of release told to the world, the focus would now shift to HAMAS as the release of all the Activists was in their hands and all they had to do was release ONE PRISONER WHO WAS KIDNAPPED IN A VIOLENT ASSAULT. Very simple. The onus is on HAMAS and Shalit becomes the key to resolving the entire mess. Shalit and Terror are now the main issue before the world and they have no legitimate answer or defense. This further would demonstrate whether HAMAS cares about those activists who in the naievity and stupidity go out to defend the Terrorists of Gaza and their supporters. For HAMAS these activists and everyone else is expendible. They simple don't give a damn. Their Charter uncompromisingly calls for the Destruction of Israel and the Murder of all Jews and Israelis. Nothing else is important including these activists and their freedom. Maybe with the next ship "Rachel Corrie" (may she be cursed and rot in Hell) Bibi might think of Sharon (and possibly get a copy of this post or similary ones) and do it the way Sharon would.
43. Gaza Blockade
G Gilbert ,   Fair Oaks CA USA   (06.04.10)
Why not escort ship(s) with IDF navy to Gaza. No disembarking of passengers. Cargo off-loaded and screened for contraband. Israel maintains security of embargo while making humanitarian gesture. The alternative is to play into the hands of propagandists.
44. FIRE EHUD BARAK and get someone competent..
R ,   Jerusalem   (06.04.10)
to handle the flotilla terrorists. His botched job was BAD. You don't drop your soldiers into a hornets nest with paintball guns. Bibi - get someone competent to head the military...come on...what a joke!!
45. Israel fights for free men against Jihadi Islam
(06.04.10)
46. The ottamon wolf has returned to the vienese gates
(06.04.10)
47. Catholic Bishop stabbed to death in Turkey
Alan ,   SA   (06.04.10)
I read that Bishop Luigi Padovese, 63, was stabbed to death in his house in the city of Iskenderun yesterday by a man who had been employed as his personal driver for more than four years. Turks say this was not an anti-Christian hate crime. Turkish police have arrested the killer and say he is mentally unstable, with serious psychological problems. I think he was as unstable as the guys with the Iron Bars and chains and Curved Daggers
48. Can someone tell me why Hamas needs 100 Electric Batteries
Alan ,   SA   (06.04.10)
49. #5 Your Gov is trying to earn credits with Iran and Islamist
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50. to Idil #5
Z ,   Hungary   (06.04.10)
Your note is thoughtful. As I can see, Turkish government is Islamisizing Turkey step by step. They build alliance with Iran to carve up the Middle East after the US withdrawal under Obama. They both see Israel as the only obstacle to their grandiose geopolitical plans. Israel's Barak has been making huge errors in the last 10 years and still in power.
51. to Idil #5
Z ,   Hungary   (06.04.10)
One more thing. I think Israel is much less militaristic than in the past. They were reluctant to mobilize even during the Lebanese war! That is part of the problem. Stronger economy, more materialistic society, weaker military.
52. just sink these ships
Brian ,   Tel Avi, Israel   (06.04.10)
than they will stop coming, don't endanger our port, eventually one of these ships will, be packed with explosives, or even bio, chemical, or nuclear weapons.
53. @ Idil S. Istanbul / Turkey
Yossef ,   Rehovot, Israel   (06.04.10)
I understand your feelings.
54. PM No ships to Gaza
DT ,   TA Israel   (06.04.10)
I should hope not ! No giving in anymore to ANY US or international pressure UN,EU. We have to learn the best way to deal with bullies is stand up to them
55. rabbis in the Jewish community
UthmanUthman ,   New York   (06.04.10)
In the wake of the Gaza Freedom Flotilla tragedy, we once again feel the need to raise our voices as rabbis in the Jewish community. According to press reports, we now know that at least 9 people have been killed and many more have been injured when Israeli Navy Seals boarded a boat that held 600 people in the middle of the night - conducting a military operation against civilian activists in the midst of international waters. We also know that the essential aim of the Freedom Flotilla was to carry humanitarian aid to those who have been severely suffering under the effects of Israel's crushing blockade of Gaza. We call upon our community not to turn away in denial or blame those of good will and good purpose who risked their lives to relieve the beleaguered people of the Gaza strip. We lift up our voices and call upon Israel to conduct an independent, transparent, and credible investigation of this incident. We also call upon the government of Israel to open the gates of compassion and allow these ships to dock so that they may deliver humanitarian aid to the 1.5 million citizens of Gaza. In so doing, we note the overall context of oppression in which this incident has occurred and call upon the government of Israel to turn away from the policies of occupation, siege and indifference to international law. Our silence now is an act of betrayal to the values we purport to live by and to the words of the prophet we read every Yom Kippur: Is this the fast I desire? A day for people to starve their bodies? Or bow their heads like a bulrush or wear sackcloth and smear oneself with ashes... No! This is the fast the Lord desires: Unlock the fetters of oppression Untie the cords of the yoke Let the exploited go free, break off every chain. share your bread with the hungry, Shelter the poor in your own house clothe the naked and do not ignore your own kin. As rabbis, we believe all human beings are our kin. We cannot abide the suffering inflicted upon the people of Gaza. We lift up our voices and say: Unlock the fetters of oppression. Untie the cords of the yoke. Open the gates. Signed, Rabbi Lynn Gottlieb Rabbi Brant Rosen Rabbi Brian Walt Rabbi Alissa Wise Rabbi Rebecca Alpert Rabbi Marjorie Berman Rabbi JB Sacks Rabbi Michael Lerner Rabbi Arthur Waskow Rabbi David Mivasair Rabbi Chava Bahle Rabbi Eyal Levinson Rabbi Nina Mandel Rabbi Margaret Holub Rabbi Rebecca Lillian Rabbi Gershon Steinberg-Caudill Rabbi Laurie Zimmerman Rabbi Mordechai Liebling Rabbi Naomi Steinberg Rabbi Haim Dov Beliak Rabbi Arthur Segal Rabbi Victor H. Reinstein Rabbi Phyllis Berman Rabbi Linda Holtzman Rabbi Andrew Gold Rabbi Michael Feinberg Rabbi Diane Elliot
56. #2 world jewry careful
selahaddin ,   Turkey   (06.04.10)
yes you must be careful. think that why a christian-possibly evangelic christian-like Craig LA,USA are saying you this: " If God be for Israel, who can be against you? Let them rant, and riot, let them pass their filthy hypocritical resolutions, let them plot their final solution, let them amass their forces...but the God of Israel will decide the victor." they say that they are friends of israel but they urge you act blindly. "let them pass..let them plot..let them amass..." etc. think twice. these are not advice but garbage. they want to use you as an instrument. your life is nothing for them.they just want Christ and for that matter they want your blood.at the end of the game there is bloodshed.they are like an animal farm owner. they feed the beast only for profit in return.
57. #5 idil
selahaddin ,   Turkey / istanbul   (06.04.10)
please stay behind the yellow line.
58. Gazza blokade must end
selahaddin ,   Turkey / istanbul   (06.04.10)
Dear friends. Gazza blokade must come to an end. you shoud disengage Gazza. this will be good for everybody. life is nice. don't prefer bullet. the others also have bullets. you can kill the others yes but the others also can kill you. we must prefer life and friendship. and at last one day we all will die. why should we die "urgently"? murder, thievery and of course hijacking is not good. you know that. ariel sharon is neither living nor dying. so we should be good human beings. sorry for the preaching but somebody has to remind you morality and virtue.
59. It is an Arab-Jewish conflict.
Ron B. ,   Lod   (06.04.10)
It is essential to rid ourselves of the illusion that if only Israel would be more “flexible” and “reasonable” and “compromising,” peace can be attained. It is vital that we cease babbling about the “obstacles to peace” that are the Jewish settlements of Kiryat Arba or Kedumim or Tekoa. It is of paramount importance to realize that the Arab-Israeli conflict did not begin in 1967 or in the Sinai campaign of 1956 or when the state came into being in 1948. The conflict began many decades earlier, AND IT IS NOT AN ARAB-ISRAELI ONE. It is an ARAB-JEWISH CONFLICT. More at : http://xrl.us/bgtivf
60. Good for you Dear PM Netayahu.BUT!(for tomorrow Ynet)
Ross ,   USA   (06.04.10)
The "BUT P.M Netanyau is this: All well and good to speak with Blair.But watch out.He is a double dealing/crossing man not to be trusted or take his word seriously. I have some relatives in the UK who have been suffering from his by partizanship agaisnt Israel,and his crawling to the Islamist countries is well known. He reminds me of Nixon, and people call him:TIRCKY DICKY. We have a responder warning us NOT to adhere tor listen to his FAKE rhetoric.A whimsey and selfish,hypocrite if ever there was one. His ambition is to try and receive kudos to his benefit, nothing more. f With an outside bon amie ,underneath zero credibility. I heard his wife telling quite openly,that:She would be prepared to strap a bomb belt were she a Palestinian.Charming is she not? I am sure you will not fall for what he take says or take his unworthy advice. .HE SHOULD APOLOGIZE TO HIS COUNTRY for the mess he left behind(I care not of course) But I care for Israel,and would NOT trust him s,or give any credence to anything he says. You are your own man,and need no friends like Blair the (tricky B......D)!
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