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50 municipal rabbis: Don't rent flats to Arabs
Kobi Nahshoni
Published: 07.12.10, 17:24
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31. Paid Public Servants Advocate Discrimination vs Citizens
David ,   Los Angeles   (12.07.10)
32. NO such thing as "palestinians"
Jordan = Fakestan   (12.07.10)
33. Racism? Murder?
grandestgrandma ,   Israel   (12.07.10)
Well let's take a look at your Quran and your rules kill anyone that sell their property to Jews! so where do you get your statement about racism this statement is as solid as anything could and should get. Don't like it go to Lebonon
34. Way to go rabbis!
Norwegian Citizen ,   Oslo, Norway   (12.07.10)
You're doing a great job turning public opinion against Israel. Rabbis like you are a disgrace, not only to judaism, but to humanity! And you make it more difficult to actually defend Israel verbally against the "anti-Israel people" here in Europe. Continue like this, and you'll end up with no friends at all...
35. Jews may suffer similar measures
Ivan ,   Haifa   (12.07.10)
36. It is NOT about Arabs! Read carefully:
John ,   Europe   (12.07.10)
"Their statement suggested there was no difference between a person who rents out an apartment to a non-Jew in Israel and a person who does so within Jewish neighborhoods abroad." YOU PUT THAT IN MOTION, and you will have throwing Jews out of their houses outside! These ##$"&/%( do not think about SMALL COMMUNITIES, that do not have possibility to create "ghetos"! Can PLEASE somebody expel these rabbis to be galut rabbis for at least 10 years, so they stop living in clouds!?
37. to # 15
same palestinian ,   Jerusalem,Palestine   (12.07.10)
he will get the death sentence ,no question about that .. because they are the occupiers ..and they are trying to legitimize their control ( they are welcome to be here ,we are not against their presence ) but control the holy land ..it is not going to happen . i don't know if you got my point . we are not talking about equality here ..an illigitimate occupation of palestine .
38. I thought Israel was a democracy
Leon ,   Ottawa, Canada   (12.07.10)
This is disturbing when a so called 'democracy' allows their religious leaders to openly declare it blasphemous for people to rent apartments or sell land to non-Jews. It is the Iranification or Talibanization of Israel.
39. to John#36: dont believe RADICAL ATHEIST LEFTIST YNET!
Jason   (12.07.10)
its all about arabs trying to take over without a war!
40. #1 what happens when a Jew sells house to an Arab?
observer   (12.08.10)
religious Zionists will kill the Arab.
41. Apply to non-orthodox Jews & Christians, 99.9% of world
Bloodyscot ,   Dallas, Texas   (12.08.10)
This is all about religion, if you are not Jewish enough then it applies to you too and 99.9% of the people in the world
42. LOL
different pal ,   Haifa,palestine   (12.08.10)
decide first who is a jew ,then call me . i dare ANYONE ON THIS POST to give me a definition of who is a >>> jew .in 2 sentences .. i am glad that the gentelmen in the picture has agreed on something ...LOL. palestine from river to sea . agree with brother # 6 ,they do need a shower .
43. to #37
Dave from Brazil ,   S   (12.08.10)
I go your point. But if the Arab sells his land to a Jew than this Jews is not an occupier. He does not occupy land of another person because he bought this land. The fact that you don't want any Jews living among you shows how racist you are and how you want to ethnically cleanse the Palestinian territories. And like I already said what this rabbis are saying do not represent Israel.
44. who are the "people" in the bible?
observer   (12.08.10)
residents of village, a sect, an army, a group were called people in the bible. But never does the word people has an adjective related to Jews. nothing like Jewish people!
45. Great work Rabbis - you're the best "delegitimisers" ever!
Kim ,   Australia   (12.08.10)
Keep up the great work Rabbis! You are doing a better job of "delegitimising" Israel than any one in the Palestine solidarity movement could ever do! Every time your racism hits the news, you expose once again the inherent racism of the Zionist ideology and the inherent racism of Israeli society. Well done and thank you!
46. To #44 Biblical Jews
John DeLancy ,   Alaska, USA   (12.08.10)
Observer: first, please capitalize Bible; like Torah, Koran or Tibetan Book of the Dead, it is a unique work and a proper name. That minor grammatical point aside, the Bible has a word used for the Jews. It is Judah. This is one portion of the kingdom of Israel, the part that remained faithful to YHWH longer and because of this, lasted longer before going into the Exile. The Jews of today are the children of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob, and as the descendents of Jacob, are also called the children of Israel. Currently, the land of Israel includes not only descendents of Jacob's children Judah, Benjamin and Levi, but also of other tribes. For example, the remnants of one of the Ten Tribes who went into captivity first were found in India, close to Burma. This is an example of the faithfulness of YHWH, Who promised to restore the children of Israel to the Promised Land. If you are living in Israel, you are seeing millennia-old prophecies being fulfilled, and you can share in the joy of the faithfulness of the Almighty toward His chosen people, the Jews. Or you can be bitter and deny the word of God even as it's being fulfilled in front of you. The choice is yours.
47. For Shame
Solomon ,   Bklyn   (12.08.10)
This is one of the tests of the phrase, a 'democratic and Jewish' Israel. It lies exactly on the dividing line between the two. It cannot be Jewish without being democratic. All citizens should be allowed to live where they want. Most will stick to 'their own kind', be it Jew or Arab. But to restrict Israeli citizens dooms Israel to hatred and decline. The rabbis are wrong. Let them turn from Shammai and turn back to Hillel; let them look at reality and humanity instead of ignoring them. We are "chosen" to be an example to others. Our being "chosen" does not mean we are better than anyone else. The rabbis have forgotten this...or never knew it in the first place.
48. are those 50 Rabbis also affiliated to global municipality?
observer   (12.08.10)
to ban renting Jewish house within Jewish neighborhoods abroad.
49. Religious Freaks and Racial Hatred
Alan Smith ,   UK   (12.08.10)
In any real democracy these relligious freaks would be prosecuted for inciting racial hatred, but in the Israeli theocracy they get the nod, wink and a mild rebuke from the government - that's the difference between a democracy and a theocracy.
50. Yet another sad step backwards...
Rafi ,   US   (12.08.10)
... for Israel. Guess who should be ostracized?
51. #34: We stand by with our rabbis on most issues
Israeli 2   (12.08.10)
Norwegian. On this issue we do not stand with them...however ANTISEMITIC you are to begin with.
52. Hitler would've been proud of them.
Dave ,   Canada   (12.08.10)
The Jewish people has finally see that his ideas apply to all nations.
53. These 'rabbis' should lose their positions!
Chaya ,   Tel Aviv   (12.08.10)
They are going against the law and against the Declaration of Independence! They should be brought in for questioning and warned that if they don't rescind this so-called ruling, they will no longer be allowed to serve as a municipal rabbi!!
54. And if Petrol Stations say no petrol for this group?
Roland Seener ,   London England   (12.08.10)
Naive.ty at its worst !..What you do in private is your own affair.By publicising ,it becomes a matter of public and government concern.
55. To those in the USA - just BUTT OUT!
Israeli ,   Israel   (12.08.10)
Not your business - you don't have to live each and every day with these Plebs and Cretins and their disgusting statements - concentrate on what's going on your own front door step - butt out of ours.
56. #55 Israeli
Solomon ,   Bklyn   (12.08.10)
Which Plebes and Cretins? I can only assume you are speaking of most of the current crop of haredi Rabbis. And we can't and won't butt out. Many of us have lived in Israel; true, we are not there now and may not 'understand' as much as you, but we understand more than you know. We also cannot butt out as that would kill the entire purpose of these TB's. :-)
57. #55 - I don't see the Israelis butting out of US politics...
Dorothy Friend ,   Tel Aviv   (12.09.10)
...I'm old enough to remember the late Yitzhak Rabin endorsing Nixon in '72!!!!
58. #57 and a good thing it was because Nixon helped in 1973!
(12.10.10)
do you remember that too? Nixon provided Israel with gas for our planes during the 1973 Yom Kippur War and that saved our behinds! remember?
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