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Europe's Jewish problem
Moshe Dann
Published: 26.07.10, 10:51
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61. A Boer couldn't have stated it better!
Sean ,   Montreal, Quebec   (07.27.10)
62. peter #16
dr daniel mostrel ,   paris   (07.27.10)
eh peter as a french jew i have the choice to stay where i live or to make alya . i have the right to stay in france and say that i disagree with the french politics regarding israel as a citizen with full rights i can fight against my governement and decide to buy an apartment in israel i can love israel from outside becaus eit is difficult to move this is my choice i am pro israel and proud of it israel is the best hope for jewish people
63. to tayfun "58
der daniel mostrel ,   paris   (07.27.10)
you are completely misinformed most of european jews love israel and support israel don't deam like this
64. 'israel is a constant reminder of their guilt'
Ricky ,   aberdeen, scotland   (07.27.10)
lol. don't flatter yourself love we are bored of your lamenting about the holaucuast
65. What Israel does
George V ,   Myrtle Beach, SC   (07.27.10)
This writer lives in a fantasy world. What Israel does is NOT self defense. It is no different from every other colonial power from the past 300 years. It has been using overwhelming force to remove the native occupants of the land. I cant speak for Europeans but I have traveled throughout Europe and Israel and I seriously doubt they are envious of you but you are right, they are happy to be rid of you.
66. #16 to Peter
israeli ,   U.S.A./Israel   (07.27.10)
Peter i hope you find some other side to spread you hatred . Now i do know you are not Hungarian you are a Nazi .Jews live ...but the muslems come in that a time you going to wish the jewesh be there , you are Aryan ,burn in hale. You remember Never Again Never Again do not show you face in this side nobody want to read you garabege anymore ...Get over at, ,We be her aftur all of you be gone.... Long live Israel ....
67. Tayfun from occupied Turkey
jUDAH THE LION   (07.27.10)
You are completely idiot.BIg majority Jews from Europe & USA are supporters of Israel.Jerusalem is the heart and mind of ZION.
68. Why the "nearly boundless disgust?"
drh ,   Denver, US   (07.27.10)
I love your contrasts between the negative automatic hatred of Jews that many Europeans show toward Israel and the positive vibrant, creative and fruitful world Jews have created in Israel. What perpetuates hatred of Jews? While guilt may be a subconscious factor, my own read is that old negative cultural stereotypes can be as resilient and hard to kill off as the Jewish people are impossible, thank goodness, to destroy. Beliefs, and especially negative ideas about others, can take on a life of their own independent of reality. And ideas can be powerfully destructive. Alas.
69. :: #64 You are a perfect example of what Dann is describing
Matty Groves ,   Fairport   (07.27.10)
If you will lose 40% of Scots and Englishmen in a tragedy you will too lament this episode for hundreds of years. Ask the Irish who 160 years ago lost in the great famine 1 million souls what they think about it. Others who did not experience such events in their collective historical memory will not understand.
70. its it inferiority (#32) or rather delusions of grandeur
eporue ,   europe   (07.27.10)
what thrives moshe dann ?
71. Europe's obession with the bogyman
Paul ,   Jerusalem, Israel   (07.28.10)
While the world goes mainstream with anti-Jew hatred, we Jews know historically that this is the barometer by which we can measure the next round of worldly chaos. The world has lost its free-will and is being led to massive collapse. At times we are accused of being G-d killers, too rich, too poor, to arrogant, too lowly, now we are accused from being terrorists, and oppressors. Europe can't see it's true enemy and free itself from it's inherited disease. It will be their downfall.
72. Psalm 83
Jean-Michel ,   Jerusalem-Israel   (07.28.10)
Up to the point and unfortunately exact.Looking at commentary from Art scroll Tehilim(psalms) 83 commentary that was read yesterday on the 17 of the month of Av, it says: "The historic enmity exhibited by the nations of the world against Israel stems from a motive far deeper than racial prejudice.It results from a hatred for what Israel represents-the absolute sovereignty of God and the complete subordination of all human striving to His will".
73. Moshe, my only satisfaction
Donatus ,   Srasbourg, France   (07.28.10)
is that even non of the most extrem-rightist smear-Papers in Europe would publish articles, full of hatred, nonsense like yours. Let it be published by Ynet... It's a shame.
74. Insult to all Europeans who fought Nazism
MOB-i-L ,   Lund, Sweden   (07.28.10)
A lot of Europeans joined the resistance against Nazism. There was of course and still is a lot of Nazi sympathizers and maybe they have increased in numbers because we didn't gave them severe enough punishments. But in Sweden we have a book that lists many of the local Nazis during WWII. It's written by Tobias Hübinette. It's still not to late to remove all Nazi-descendants from powerful positions in society.
75. Gross oversimplification
hanna ,   Germany   (07.29.10)
which will only frustrate all those who lobby for israel & fight antisemitism, & yes, there are many! But for you, anyone born in Europe or of european descent is per se antisemitic or? Biogical racism to put it bluntly. This is not judaism - each man pays for his own sins & respect for those who turn away from the antisemitism of their forebearers! Original sin is a Christian concept, perhaps you have forgotten. Ever heard of dfiferentiation?
76. Europe's brief love affair with Israel seems over. Why? ,...
split ,   USA   (07.29.10)
It's your conduct , stupid ,...
77. Do Not agree former soviet citizen
Dr Gentoo   (07.31.10)
stupid article Before and after World War II, the Soviet Union slaughtered, persecuted and enslaved Jews in gulags, sponsored and trained Arab terrorists, and attempted to wipe out Judaism. Eventually, the barriers fell, Jews emigrated, and the USSR folded and became the FSU. Every time we force European dignitaries to visit Yad Vashem, we rub their noses in what they allowed; a return to scenes of their crimes. We make them pay when they see how vibrant we are and - the ultimate snub, except for Russia - with an army more powerful than their own! Couldn't read after this at all
78. Israel
Gary ,   Sydney, Australia   (08.10.10)
No I don't feel humiliated. I feel no jealousy for Israel's "vibrancy" nor do I feel any guilt for atrocities perpetrated by nameless and faceless ancestors against Jews. You are not the only nation in history to have suffered genocide and you won't be the last. Israel was legally established from the British mandate of Palestine and can do as it damn well pleases, as long as it doesn't violate the territorial integrity of its neighbour states.
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