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Loach to Palestinians: Divided you will fail
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Published: 13.01.11, 08:32
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1. Chutzpah!!!
aline silverman ,   israel   (01.13.11)
How dare he????
2. a 'brutal and harsh reality from the 'Wall
tiki ,   belgium   (01.13.11)
The man should take his car, cross the Channel, drive from Utrecht to Amsterdam and he will see the same 'Wall. The Dutch put it up as a 'sound barrier. The 'Wall is much ado about nothing and merely a 'propaganda tool. There are hundred of 'Wall's like that all over the world and nobody even notices them.......but a 'Wall in Israel, to protect themselves from viscious terror attaques by those peace loving and o so poor Pal's, who by the latest polls prefer to live in Israel than under 'Pal governance in a 'Pal state.....That's scandalous, how dare they!
3. UN involvement.
Jules   (01.13.11)
I am not sure whether Mr. Loach realizes that or not, but any direct UN involvement into the conflict will be an equivalent of the declaration of war against Israel.
4. Ken Loach: A completely unreasonable person
Scott ,   Australia   (01.13.11)
You can write lots about someone like hot shot Ken Loach...but why bother?
5. So some self-righteous British windbag doesn't like us...
Tahl ,   Ashdod   (01.13.11)
I would hardly lose any sleep over this cockloach. Whoever even heard of him anyway?
6. So rare to hear intelligence on this web site!
Ken ,   Burma   (01.13.11)
7. just another irrelevant RADICAL ATHEIST LEFTIST!
Jason   (01.13.11)
8. This guy actually believes the UN will "enforce change"???
Brian Cohen ,   Judean Peoples Front   (01.13.11)
Wow, Loach must be on some pretty heavy meds if he thinks the UN's job is "to uphold the law". Forget his pathetic leftie quip about facing down the Americans, and look at Loach's warped view of reality. There is nobody in the world outside of overpaid UN employees who thinks that the UN is an effective solution to any problem. The UN's track record is so pathetic (Bosnia, Rwanda, Darfur to name recent debacles) that nobody expects the answer to come from there. Nobody except Loach, that is. Then again, he stands in front of an Arab audience and calls for enforcement of the Geneva Convention? Crikey, has this guy never visited any other Arab country to see the human rights miseries in each and every Arab state? What a sad, silly man he has become.
9. Feh
Shai ,   IL   (01.13.11)
These artsy fartsy types are just trying to show everyone how sensitive they are. It's all a show - just them looking in the mirror.
10. shocked by brutal and harsh reality of the wall
Salma ,   Palestine   (01.13.11)
True Indeed.....an eyewitness is better than hearsay, "heard" is good; " saw" is better. Ken Loach , Thank you for your kind and supportive words, I really do appreciate them.
11. Good question
Fredrik T ,   Gothenburg, Sweden   (01.13.11)
"How long can the world ignore the Geneva Convention?" he asks. Well I think he should take that question with him and check out the rest of arab/muslim states and see what's going in those countries. Perhaps he might admit, even to himself that "The reality of it is so brutal and harsh and so illegal that it made us feel angry." But I suspect he really doesn't care that much about what's going on in Sudan, Syria, Iran, Lebanon or any other islam controlled place as long as he can spend his time bashing Israel. He's seems to be a typical leftist slime bag.
12. Why do you censor german translation of "piece of sh...t" ?!
tom ,   tel aviv   (01.13.11)
13. Dear Mr. Cockroach
Cynthia ,   USA   (01.13.11)
The wall is a non-violent, effective solution to Palestinian terror. Watch a video recording of a suicide bombing for the shocking reality of what you support. Israeli filmmakers are taking home international commendations and awards while you travel to Ramallah to find viewers. So much for your pathetic boycott!
14. to loach
d ,   Israel   (01.13.11)
you dont live here everyday so you dont know the real situation, keep your mouth shut. old man
15. hypocrite
yussi ,   lakewood nj   (01.13.11)
Look at the torture and abuse of the muslims to there woman. Look at the Iranian abuse at anybody who opens there mouth against the regime. The only reason the walls there is to protect israel from rockets and terrorist. And who's the problem israel?
16. UHM...THIS IS A TOUGH ONE
LAWRENCE ,   SAFED ISRAEL   (01.13.11)
I have to choose between being blown to smithereens by some hateful bastard or offending the delicate sensibilities of Mr .Roach ,,I mean Loach .What shall it be ??
17. Dear Ken Loach
LAWRENCE ,   SAFED ISRAEL   (01.13.11)
The wall you referred to is an eyesore but has saved countless lives .It is an unfortunate and needed barrier. In the Garden of Eden ,we will not need such walls but this is the " Brutal and Harsh Reality " of the middle east .You don't like this reality ? so kindly piss off back to rainy old blighty and mind your own business and produce films.
18. One-sided shock
Geoff ,   London (UK)   (01.13.11)
I don't recall Mr. Loach ever expressing shock at 'the harsh and brutal reality' of suicide bombings.
19. E=mc2
beenthere saw it too ,   Germany   (01.13.11)
Well my friend every thing is relative, as Albert Einstein (just another "jew"...) said. the wall is really bad at first sight, but after u think of all the people who died or injured from your people's suicide bombers and knowing that all !!! of that stopped after they build the wall. Well... yeah i think its not that bad...
20. So Salma, tell us to take down the wall. Easy!
Brian Cohen ,   Judean Peoples Front   (01.13.11)
Salma, if you don't like the wall, then take it down. Simply tell Hamas and Islamic Jihad to openly declare (in Arabic, please) that they are officially stopping any suicide bombing and car bombing attacks on Israel, and are willing to negotiate a peace treaty with Israel. Once they do that, we Israelis will be convinced that peace truly is at hand and will be happy to take down the wall. However, Jamas and Jihad are both opposed to peace, and both support "armed liberation." In other words, the ugly wall stays up to keep out your ugly suicide bombers.
21. 90 years later
Raphael ,   Netanya   (01.13.11)
There are security walls splitting Belfast Catholics from Protestants. If this hypocrit wants to give us lessons, let him start resolving the irish problems. Of course, it is more popular to spit on Jews.
22. CAREFUL MR. LOACH ,BOYCOTTS
LAWRENCE ,   SAFED ISRAEL   (01.13.11)
Can work both ways.
23. I will tell you where he should go
Lioness ,   Israel   (01.13.11)
He should go th the cemetries where Jewish victims of Arab suicide bombers are buried. Thank G-d for the wall it SAVES lives.
24. Who is he.
John ,   Uk   (01.13.11)
Nobody.
25. #5, #16, #17, #22
Mike Carmel ,   Rishon le Zion   (01.13.11)
Tahl and Lawrence - well said chaps!
26. but he's NOT Shocked by BRUTAL TERRORISM???
David P. ,   Capitola, CA   (01.13.11)
the inauthentic shock value of security
27. Right about the Wall, Wrong about Boycott
Ussishkin ,   Tel Aviv Israel   (01.13.11)
The wall is everything Loach says it is, and we didn't need him to tell us how divided we are - we know, even if we're fed up with it and don't want to face the facts. But he's wrong about the boycott. We are already paranoid and a boycott would only produce a circling- the-wagons response it won't convince us to take the wall down. We do need reminding of its heinousness and boycotting any produce from settlements is a good way to do that. It is facile to draw comparisons with N Ireland, even though there are walls between communuties there still. But no one ever proposed boycotting the protestants to force them to cease discriminating against catholics and no one suggested boycotting the republic to stop them nurturing the IRA. BTW the Wind That Shakes The Barley is OK - not great but OK - but I wouldn't boycott it because Loach wants to boycott us.
28. Take them to meet the victims !!!!!!!!!
TaketoMeettheVictims ,   china and israel   (01.13.11)
Does anyone ever think to take these delusionals to meet the victims of the bombings to see the memorials all over the country and to visit a few graves of whole families Is anyone lucid here in our PR programs at all ???!!!!
29. He justfys European Antisemitism
SickAntiSemite ,   china and israel   (01.13.11)
On the wikepedia site he is recorded as saying Antisemism is understandable because of Israel's actions naturally he is the winner of numerous film academy awards from Cannes Venic and....Berlin just like our sicky film makers are.
30. Next we can expect a powerhouse - production company
tom ,   tel aviv   (01.13.11)
headed by Mr.Loach and the venerable Mr. Mel Gibson
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