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UK considers recognizing PA diplomats
Yaniv Halily
Published: 27.12.10, 09:22
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31. UK . No one here should be surprised
DT ,   TA Israel   (12.27.10)
Since the UK is "home for terorists" and a breeding ground for them don't be surprised that theUK will recognize an organization who wants the extermination of the Jewish State
32. Price tag...
Moshe ,   Jerusalem   (12.27.10)
For having Lieberman and Ayalon as our Foreign Minister and Deputy.
33. #28 ghostq
kiwi ,   NZ   (12.27.10)
If your English was good enough to actually convey information I would probably dispute your version of history, but I have no idea what you are trying to say, apart from the fact that you hate Brits. . By the way, WW2 wasn't all about Jews. It was about saving the entire planet from Nazi domination. You should start by studying Churchill's book ''The Second World War'' Anyone who mocks Britain's initial role in holding the fort all alone in the hope that help might arrive from the US or Russia is an obnoxious idiot.
34. @#6,15,18 et al: While many good men, both British and of ot
Bat Zion ,   Central Israel   (12.27.10)
other commonwealth countries have perished in WW2, they didn't do it to save the Jews but to defend their own homes. Which is indeed admirable, but when Rabbi Weissmandl and other Jews begged that the Allies would bomb Auschwitz from the air, they wouldn't. The Germans didn't have any anti-aeroplane guns there, so even a single airplane could have done the job - destroy the crematoria, damage the railroad leading there, or even only open a hole in the barbed wire, allowing a few Jews escape the inferno - and come home safely. But they said no. As for the famous British contribution to the current situation, well, randomly splitting the remnants of the Ottoman Empire between the French and Brits is at the bottom of it. That and more, the Brits still occupy many parts of the world that don't belong to them - not only The Malvinas, but also Northern Ireland, and even Scotland and Wales. Yes, these are occupied territories, whose inhabitant wish they were free. No, not the British settlers, but the original inhabitants. I suppose the fate of this post will be as usual - Ynet does not publish posts that taunt ol' Blighty cheers from Israel
35. #28 read up some history before you..
Michael ,   Haifa   (12.27.10)
....display your ignorance here. The British declared war on Germany in 1939. The same message applies to you, as my answer to #1....You, he and I plus YNET wouldn't be here today, had it not been for the British
36. I don't see the problem
Giulia ,   Italy   (12.27.10)
As I see it, state or not state, it will just be an arab cuntry like all the others, no democracy, armed gangs, richness in the hands of fiew, sharia, humiliated women ecc, so Israel, let it be, it will be the next Jordan, what do you care? Once they will get their state, the world will forget about them, no resources, no braInsa, another supermarket for saudi money...
37. #34
(12.27.10)
oh yes- the Scots and the Welsh, and even the oppressed sheep of the Falklands cry out for justice and relief from the heavy yoke of the dastardly English overlords ....the whole of Africa is divided up randomly as a result of past European empires ......its ancient history now , so tough- nobody is forcing you to live there.
38. Israel needs to align itself with China
Au. ,   Jerusalem   (12.27.10)
To #5: Agree, and along with Russia - Israel needs to align even more with China.
39. # 33 ghost likes to fart a lot - no knowledge at all
Masogah   (12.27.10)
40. The UK
Ralph Levy ,   USA   (12.27.10)
Israel should consider the UK a enemy state as a policy. Where is Netanyahu and Lieberman the UK is more dangerous to Israel than Iran. Is Bibi just waiting for a miracle. For god sakes Israel do something to defend yourselves. This is a direct result of Barak's Labor and Kadima's appeasement policy.
41. #19
John Cohen ,   Canada   (12.27.10)
I have no sympathy with the British in WWII My grandfather was a American Officer in the war. Maybe in hindsight it would have been better to let the British fall since they were responsible in my opinion for the holocaust. If they had opened not only their borders but that of Pre War Palestine Jewish lives would have been saved.
42. UH OH, WATCH THAT DIPLOMATIC BAG ! ! !
Mark ,   Lodz, Poland   (12.27.10)
43. Israel was forced in Palestine, TIME to force Palestine
Ann ,   UK   (12.27.10)
44. kiwi @ 19, tell it to thousands if not
leo ,   usa   (12.27.10)
hundreds of thousands of Jews who weren't allowed to find safety in Palestine courtesy of British Empire. Whoever so called Commonwealth were fighting it was for their own sake. Had it not been your action many Jews would've been alive today.
45. @#37: Double standards, eh?
Bat Zion ,   Central Israel   (12.27.10)
46. #13 Jarda
Marek ,   Czech Rep.   (12.27.10)
Your optic is a little bit onesided.
47. Marek
Jarda ,   Czech Republic   (12.27.10)
I don't understand your point. How is my optic "onesided"? Weren't Palestinians murdered in Deir Yassin? Weren't they expelled from Lydda? Do you agree with it?
48. to #39 (giggle) the beans in tomato sauce
ghostq   (12.27.10)
is reserved only to British culinary issue, it seems that it is leathal to go to the office in the morning in the UK, and that makes you quit an expert on the Fart matter. ti hi.
49. Good move by UK, but far more UK support is needed
christianpalestinian ,   bethesda, maryland   (12.27.10)
UK is trying to play both sides, like they usually do with conflicts around the world. The UK must do more to support Palestinian independence, considering the huge mistakes they made 62 years ago.
50. Yes, the Brits killed the Jews!
Thomas ,   Dixieland USA   (12.27.10)
The Brits locked up in concentration camps in Cyprus the surviving Holocaust refugees. Next the British Sir John Glubb pasa, commander of the Jordanian Arab Legion, attacked the newly born State of Israel to exterminate the Jews. It was Stalin who armed the Jews trough the Czech to save Israel and to fend off the British. Ever since they created the Arab states they tried to undermine the Jews. No wonder that the British after- markets like N.Z. of Helen Clark keep bashing Israel.
51. Recognize al queda and taliban, they
Don Rosenberg ,   Palatine USA   (12.27.10)
deserve a country like the terrorist arabs living on Israeli land. Any country that upgrades or recognizes the terrorist entity wanting a state is cowardly and giving in to fascism, racism and terrorism period. The South american countries are a disgrace, but remember they helped nazis escape during WW2. no surprise.
52. Jarda
Marek   (12.27.10)
yes, there were Arabs massacrated by Irgun in Deir Yassin 62 years ago. Nobody is trying to deny it. No conflict is black and white.But today is different situation. One small nation Israel is facing threats from all around. And media war too. you can hear e.g. about palestinian genocide. But palestinian population increased 8 times from 1948 to 2010. Is this genocide? And so on....If there will be return to 1967 borders, Israel will turn into indefensible state.
53. Marek
Jarda ,   Czech Republic   (12.27.10)
And have you tried to understand, why Israel faces hostility from all around. Aren't those two points connected?
54. british 'conservatives'
moron ,   galut   (12.27.10)
in bed with lib dems who are as anti-israel as lsabor...pal 'diplomats' will be secure and israelis will be arrested and british with a straight face will see no irony--listen for the warnings in eurabia
55. #25 ghostq
Non-Jew ,   England   (12.27.10)
It's Charles & Camilla, actually, but I do take your point!
56. Jarda
Marek   (12.27.10)
When Israel withdrew from Gaza in 2005, was it for good? It was good will gesture, you cannot deny it. It is not hard to find out, how terrorist attacks from Gaza have increased after this withdrawal. What can you suggest for "peace solution"? I do not know who are you. If you are trying to understand or if you are sure you are right once for all.I understand Isreal faces hostilities from muslim nations worldwide, because for muslims it is unnacceptable to recognise Jewish state in the middle of the Middle East. No matter how State of Israel acts, it is their eternal enemy. As same as for leftists.
57. #33, #28
Non-Jew ,   ENGLAND   (12.27.10)
To a certain extent, both you and ghostq are correct. Britain did play a major part in the defeat of the Nazis, but as ghostq suggests, even when they received clear evidence of the Nazis' activties at Aushwitz-Birkenau, they simply passed the info. to the Americans, who concluded that resources were too limited, and it was not in line with the allies' objectives to bomb the camp. While that was the 'official' line, there was also another (US internal, I believe) document found after the war which stated that the Americans (not sure if the British as well) were reluctant to liberate Jews in Europe for fear they might then have to take them in! Even when there was an allied bombing run on a factory only 4 miles away from the camp, they still, (in my opinion, absolutely unforgivably) failed to bomb Aushwitz's gas chambers. They were asked to do so again later, when the Hungarian Jews began to be transported to Auschwitz en-mass, and again did not act. Around this same time the Nazis, beginning to realise that they were losing the war (they were then fighting on 2 fronts, against the Russians rather than alongside them, as initially) made an offer to the leader of the Hungarian Jews to save 1000 of these Jews in exchange for money for trucks to use on the Russian front . The Hungarian guy managed to fly out to Mandate Palestine to meet with Jewish leaders there, to try to raise the finance for the trucks and/or beg them off the British, but the British military, who also attended the meeting and were the Jews best chance of getting trucks, said they would not submit to Nazi blackmail... and just to put the cap on it, took the guy prisoner because he was Hungarian, and Hungary was under Nazi control! They knew full well that if he didn't go back, and soon, with the necessary finance / trucks, the 1000 Hungarian Jews would be slaughtered. So yes, Britain played a major part in defeating the Nazis, but not with any particular regard to alleviating the fate of the European Jews.
58. UK looking out for its own interest but are still an ally
Alexander ,   NJ USA/Israel   (12.27.10)
It's no surprise that the UK is taking the stance that it is especially given it's sway to be more anti-Israel with the growing Muslim population, one that is becoming increasingly radical I might add. A fair warning to the UK, it's alright to look for your own interests, but where do you draw the lines between them and with what's right. The UK recognizes the rights of the Jewish people to the land and I hope they don't forget this important factor for a peace that may or may not work. This is risky business because if this peace fails it's repercussions can be much worse than anyone is prepared for.
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