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Israel Peace Week sweeps US campuses
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Published: 04.03.11, 16:43
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1. This is all very good . . .
noa ,   israel   (03.04.11)
But it is still naive and apologetic. Why isn't someone shouting! This is an insult to South Africa, which really had Apartheid. Why isn't anyone angry about the misuse of the world? South Africa would have loved to have the so-called Apartheid we have here: Arabs and Israelis in the same hospitals, universities, buses, restaurants, work places. When Palestine becomes a bona-fide country will they be able to boast that Jews and Arabs enjoy equality in their country? Will Jews be allowed in their country? Or will they get away with it and not be labeled Apartheid the way we are? Can any Arab country today boast equality like Israel has? Does anyone from any of these countries or any of their defendents have the guts to answer any of these questions, or will they just pass them by for political convenience?
2. We are with you, brothers and sisters!!! Alu v'hatzlikhu!!!
Jehudah Ben-Israel ,   Qatzrin, Israel   (03.04.11)
3. Great initiative
GOOD ,   USA/IL   (03.04.11)
It's just about time to counter the Jihadi propaganda machine in America's faculties. My prediction is that this is going to get really ugly when the Islamists will try to suppress free speech of the pro Israel groups. I applaud and thank the groups and individuals who are taking part in this good but difficult venture.
4. Invite Liberman he is good propagandist .
Salma ,   Palestine   (03.04.11)
"Israelis" have proven themsleves to be rascist by their well recorded actions over the decades. You may deceive all the people part of the time, and part of the people some of the time, but you cannot fool all of the people all the time.
5. there is no aparthied in Israel. GET IT
Daniela   (03.04.11)
enough is enough.
6. Being a young Israeli, I can't but feel very
Yig'al Shamir ,   Kibbutz Beit Zera   (03.04.11)
proud of hearing about these young Jews in America and Canada finally stating the obvious: We have been wanting to live in peace and security all along. And, the people who have refused to accept our very right to exist in our historic homeland have been the Arabs, the same people who have attempted so many times to erase Israel off the world map. I therefor thank you young men and women. I wish I could be there with you. But, I am on a leave from the army for this shabbat, stationed on the Hermon, in northern Israel. Perhaps after I finish my military service, in a year and a half.
7. Great week of activities at Cornell Univ.
David ,   Rochester, New York   (03.04.11)
The elite school Cornell University hosted a wonderful week of activities for Israel Peace Week.
8. What's missing in this campaign
Raymond in DC ,   Washington, DC USA   (03.04.11)
I've long mocked Israel's message, echoing Peres, as the "Ve vant piss!" campaign. It's never proven successful, and I doubt the Peace Week campaign will do much better. The message that's been missing is that "Israel has rights too, and the right to defend them." It's a more direct response to Palestinian demands for *their* rights, which ignore those of the Jews, and counters the world insisting, "If you really want peace, you'll give in to Palestinian or Arab demands."
9. We do our bit in the UK too, see these videos
Elad ,   London, UK   (03.04.11)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=01SSxbY9HMY and http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tgJQzCZRPWY Thanks, Ynet!
10. #4 Salma
GOOD ,   USA/IL   (03.04.11)
At this point it's difficult to say whether you are stupid, brain washed or just a liar. Israelis are racist? 20% of Israel is non Jewish and mainly Muslims which have equal rights and representation in the Knesset. On the other hand your "leader", Abbas declared that no Jew will be allowed in "Palestine". In Egypt, the Copts are being slaughtered. In Iraq, Christians are being slaughtered. In Jordan (your country) Jews are not allowed to purchase property. That was only the tip of the iceberg of Muslim racism and don't even try to contradict the truth.
11. thnaks, young men and women. we in israel are
gila ,   ashdod, israel   (03.04.11)
certainly behind you. shabbat shalom, ashdod, israel
12. World is now waking up to the lying arabs!
Don Rosenberg ,   Palatine USA   (03.04.11)
People are starting to understand the racist/fascist muslim arabs and their back stabbing lies and madeup history when they have no history. They are the colonialists and interlopers in Israel. They play to the anti-semitism in the World. They racist muslim students should be sent back to their 4th world countries and made to pay back the grant $$$ they most likely receive from the country they hate. GET RID OF THE PARASITES.
13. To Salma
Paul ,   Israel   (03.04.11)
Who are YOU trying to fool? You are the racist ones, hating Jews for just being JEWS. Why is it so difficult for all you millions of Muslims to accept such a small Jewish State in your midst - to the point of distraction that you ignore the basic needs for your own people and obsess about Israel all the time? How are the human rights in Gaza and the West Bank these days? Why did the residents of Bak'a el Garbia act so terrified when they heard of the proposal to transfer the city to Palestinian rule in the event of a peace agreement? Is it because of your flawless human rights record and your thriving economy? You think?? You are the ones trying to fool all the people all the time. Your agenda is not "freedom from occupation and oppression" as you so state, that is just a charade to curry international sympathy and delegitimise Israel. Your true agenda is the destruction of Israel and the annihilation of the Jews in the Middle East. Stop lying to yourselves and others.
14. dear yigal-(#6)
ZIONIST ,   BROOKLYN   (03.04.11)
i cant help but feel proud of YOU-may g-d protect you and all our brothers and sisters protecting the homeland WITH LOVE FROM BROOKLYN
15. #4 Salma you are the anti-semite....
andy ,   orlando   (03.04.11)
by denying the Jewish people their right to exercise self-determination in Israel as a Jewish state. This right is both historical in the bible and UN mandated by th 1947 UN assembly resolution.
16. Encouraging news, outstanding even
Stephen in New York   (03.04.11)
I’d accepted that passivity and resignation were the hallmarks of the Jewish presence on campus. How wonderful to learn that my impression was wrong!
17. To the Hasbara Fellowship students...
seadog1946 ,   Caven Point, NJ   (03.04.11)
don't forget to mention that Israel invented the cherry tomato.
18. Israel does want peace
Leon ,   Ottawa, Canada   (03.04.11)
They want the Palestinians to shut up and accept their lot as third class citizens. If not they silence them with their tanks and their planes. Over 1400 people in Gaza rested in peace after Cast Lead. Graveyards are very peaceful places too. The problem with the Zionist version is that it lacks justice.
19. I hate "Israel", I don't hate Jews !
Salma ,   Palestine   (03.04.11)
"Israel" defines itself as a Jewish State for the Jewish people.......can you tell me what do you call this, if not racist?!!!!!!!
20. Salma, palestine
Abie Dee ,   New York, U.S   (03.04.11)
You are doing an excellent job of fooling all the people all the time. If Israel is racist explain to me why Arabs continue to live in Israel while Jews cannot live in Palestinian areas, or why there are almost no Jews left in any Arab country, or why minorities are treated like second class citizens in Muslim countries, or why homosexuals are threatened with death...and you have the nerve to call Israelis racist...wake up and pull your head out of that desert sand.
21. Definition of Apartheid
Michael ,   California, USA   (03.04.11)
From Wikipedia: "The crime of apartheid is defined by the 2002 Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court as inhumane acts of a character similar to other crimes against humanity "committed in the context of an institutionalized regime of systematic oppression and domination by one racial group over any other racial group or groups and committed with the intention of maintaining that regime."
22. #14 - Even if You Believe the Bible is a Book of
Doug ,   Rochester, USA   (03.04.11)
international law and a factual History Book, you would know the Bible says God promised Israel to the the Seed of Abraham. The Pals are genetically much more the seed of Abraham than the European Jews. And the UN Partition of Palestine excluded Jerusalem, Jaffa, Be'er Sheva, half the Mediterranean cost and most of the Lebanese border from the Jewish State.
23. Definition of Racisim
Michael ,   California, USA   (03.04.11)
From Wikipedia: "Racism is the belief that the genetic factors which constitute race, ethnicity, or nationality are a primary determinant of human traits and capacities and that ethnic differences produce an inherent superiority of a particular race.[1][2][3] Racism's effects are called "racial discrimination." In the case of institutional racism, certain racial groups may be denied rights or benefits, or receive preferential treatment."
24. Salma - Jews are all races how can they be racist as group?
Shame   (03.04.11)
When a nation called the Palestinians is created with the clear aim of destroying another there is a reason when they are not liked. PLO Charter 1964, PLO Phased Plan 1974. These documents clearly state your peoples aim and you call others racist?
25. Doug #14 - League of Nations Mandate for Palestine says it
Shame   (03.04.11)
The land west of Jordan is for Jewish settlement and a Jewish country this is clearly stated in the Mandate which has not been revoked. The UN GA Res 181 is a non-binding resolution which was not accepted by the other side and is not valid. The legally binding document is still the Mandate for Palestine. As a US citizen you should read the American-Anglo treaty in the 1920's which validates the Mandate for Jewish settlement on ALL the land. So you have genetic evidence for the seed of Abraham?? Is there even genetic evidence that he existed?? Bold statements. Jerusalem has been majority Jewish since the mid 1800's when there was only the walled city and hardly anyone lived there.
26. #18 Leon
GOOD ,   USA/IL   (03.04.11)
Why don't you give your home back to the native Indians whom you destroyed? Between 1,200-1,400 people were killed in Cast Lead (depends on who you ask) but Hamas and Al-Aqsa Brigades admitted that 900-1,100 of their terrorists were killed. The rest, 100-300 civilians died mainly due to the terrorists using them as human shields. So, please get educated before the next time you try to spew your propaganda around here.
27. #18 Leon - Name one thing Palestinians have done for peace?
Shame   (03.04.11)
Any other country in the world would have carpet bombed Gaza after 8,000 missiles were fired at its towns. There were much less than 1400 deaths and even Hamas admit most where fighters. It is easy to prove Israel did not target women and children/ nor civilians indiscriminately. Most of the Adults killed were males and, with teens its the same (as many were involved in fighting, again Hamas admits this also), once they get to 13 and below the numbers even out. Stats show this clearly. Secondly can you name another war in the history of the world where so much explosive was dropped on one of the most densely populated places on the planet with such low casualties? The real problem is you support a people whose sole creation was to destroy Israel PLO Charter 1964, they even gave up the right to the land of Gaza, Jerusalem , and WB in the same document as all they were interested in was the destruction of Israel.
28. 19 it's WAY better than islamic oppressive palestinian state
mike ,   israel (formerly usa   (03.04.11)
you know, where jews are forbidden and all other minorities are oppressed by the muslim majority. i'm not jewish but i'll take the jewish democratic state over your apartheid reichlet ANY day.
29. #21 & #23 Michael Sounds Like Israel
World Citizen ,   the world   (03.04.11)
All one has to do is listen to the posters on this site to know that Israel is full of people who approve of apartheid and racism against the Arabs, Muslims, Christians, dark skinned people etc ...you name it. Basically anyone who isn't a Jew. They hate us all.
30. In fact, we do mention that!
Jonathan Dress   (03.04.11)
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