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Amos Oz defends gift to Barghouti
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Published: 03.04.11, 07:55
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1. Thank you Amos Oz
Abraham Nachmias ,   Petach Tikva IL   (04.03.11)
Thank you for making me understand! Now I have it clear!!! There is no connection between being a good author and being intelligent! Or, maybe being a laureated author works over your ego and make you believe that you know better and that your theories are more important that the State of Israel. It's true, you don't make peace with your friends, but you don't make peace with assassins!
2. OZ will therefore be forever blotted from
Israeli 2   (04.03.11)
my book list. I remember the Peace & Love generation of the 60's. They ruined our lives. So will OZ with his wizardry and illogic mindset.
3. another myopic, morally obtuse, silly, old fool.
dante ,   uk   (04.03.11)
would this silly old fool have sent a book to himmler? why not? peace is made with enemies, right? DON'T BE STUPID.
4. "Fully conscious": if so, then no words can describe
tom ,   tel aviv   (04.03.11)
the nausea I feel at your moral rot and intellectual dwarfism. Your kind is the one that truly reminds one of humanity's hopless fight against Evil ,Stupidity &Darkness. I am positive that you shall feel no shame or remorse, because you are too full of youself. No Siree Bob : you won't even have your "Goldstone-Moment" !! Tfoj und Pfoj !!!
5. "A Tale of Love and Darkness" is a
Robert Haymond ,   Israel/Canada   (04.03.11)
sentimental and inferior work which has no place in the pantheon of great, or even good, novels. Amos Oz once wrote an excellent book, "Unto Death" but he's lost it since. It's also obvious that his judgement in matters is impaired. His "friend", Bargouthi, has not, and will not, change his stance. Killing Jews and removing us from our own land is his "raison d'etre". At least Bargouthi, unlike Oz, is a truly honest enemy. In return, in the face of such an evil man, Bargouthi should be removed and without pity. Only a sentimental fool like Amos Oz would try to "make friends".
6. You too must understand the story of the Palestinian society
Salma ,   Palestine   (04.03.11)
Amos Oz, if i could dedicate to you a novel , it would be "The Palestinian Comedy " written by Palestinian poet and author Ibrahim Nasrallah.
7. Barghouti will read and repent. LOL
Bunnie Meyer ,   Los Angeles, CA USA   (04.03.11)
8. Peace is made with FORMER enemies!
Logic ,   Israel   (04.03.11)
That's what the 1992 Labor party got wrong and why we're in the situation we're in today.
9. The Palestinian student murdered by Palestinian terrorists
Shalom Freedman ,   Jerusalem Israel   (04.03.11)
The story contains an error. The student was murdered by Palestinian terrorists who thought he was a Jew.
10. Oz's insensitivity to the families of victims of Terror
Shalom Freedman ,   Jerusalem Israel   (04.03.11)
Oz seems to have forgotten that the ones most effected by his action are the families of the victims of Terror.
11. Only WAR is made with ENEMIES! Amos, shut up!
Eli ,   Haifa   (04.03.11)
Amos the scarecrow of Oz, has no brain!
12. Convicted murderers are his peers
Ilan ,   Ariel   (04.03.11)
Put them all in the same cage and keep the door locked.
13. Amos Oz
Lou ,   Rishon le-Zion   (04.03.11)
Mr Oz - I will never read your books again. I will throw all the books I have of yours in the rubbish. You have the mentality of a galut Jew. Maybe, you should move to live with the so-called Palestians. P.S. I will see that none of my family and friends overseas will read your books.
14. re the inaccuracy in the article:
Bruce Kodish ,   Pasadena, CA USA   (04.03.11)
Shalom Freedman pointed out a rather significant error in your story, this which I quote: "The publication of the Arabic version was funded by a lawyer from an Arab Jerusalem family, whose son was killed by a Jewish terrorist in 2004 while running at the Hebrew University's Mount Scopus campus, where he studied law." If you recall the story, an Arab terrorist killed the Jerusalem Arab man thinking he was a Jew. He committed some more mayhem before he was stopped, if I remember it correctly. Don't you have people proofreading and fact-checking your stories before you put them out. Don't you realize how much damage your little mistake could do?
15. Oz defends gift to Barghouti
Grynpas ,   Brussels, Belgium   (04.03.11)
This fine writer does not know history. The powers at the beginning of the 19th century made peace with the French Restoration; Napoleon was defeated and exiled away. In the 20th century the peace with Germany was signed with the Weimar Republic and for the second world war, the peace was signed with Adenauer but not with any nazi. Mr. Oz is in the "cognitive dissonance" like most of the left. It is a pity.
16. dont forget to all the people involved in planning of 9/11
zionist forever   (04.03.11)
This book isn't even worthy of being used as toilet paper.
17. "advance an understanding between the sides"
Reuven Brauner ,   Raanana, Israel   (04.03.11)
But, I do understand them. They want to throw me into the sea. What is so hard to understand about that?
18. #5: YES! He is a SENTIMENTAL FOOL
Israeli 2   (04.03.11)
19. Goldstone, Eichman, and Oz
Eddie ,   london UK   (04.03.11)
Three articles in today's news in succession. Whereas Goldstone finally sees the folly of his ways, Eichman is reported to have had no regrets for his crimes. Of course, Oz cannot be compared to the Nazis, but his friends like Barghouti can. Oz is the supreme arrogant man, who is dishonest in his malice.
20. *6 Salami - what was 'palestinian' society before 1964?
Lee ,   Manchester UK   (04.03.11)
Amos Oz is a hack! An opportununist sucking the tit of arab olil wealth. Immoral and disgusting just like Richard Goldstone, that always repent when it's too late. So back to Salma the jihadist - what is 'palestinian' society and culture prior to 1964 - who were your Kings and governors - what did the 'palestinians' contribute to world history .... answers on a postal stamp please! TAQIYA SALMA, you view the world with the ignorance of yourselves. You have no future
21. the irony is the book won't change the amount
ghostq   (04.03.11)
of victems who died by pali prisoner Barguti, he is still murderer who killed innocent people who just walked in the street, and amos oz sadly giving a gift to murderer is as if he will give any other murderer present for bad behavior. kinda stupid.
22. to #6 his son was murdered by pali.
ghostq   (04.03.11)
we all call it the stockholm syndrom, meaning sypethizing the tormentor. sadly amos oz pain over influence his rational thouts.
23. Our partners in peace
Carl   (04.03.11)
As pointed out by two others the Arab jogger was killed by Arab terrorists. When they found out that the victim was an Arab, they apologized to his family and explained that they thought that he was a Jew; our partners in peace
24. #20 Do You Wanna Know?
Salma ,   Palestine   (04.03.11)
read the same novel "The Palestinian Comedy " by Ibrahim Nasrallah, an epic novel covering 60 years of Palestinian history, from late 19th century to 1948, believe me it´s very interesting novel u must read it.
25. #24 Salma - when did Palestinians arrive in the Holy Land?
Eddie ,   london UK   (04.03.11)
The peopel who today are known as Palestinian arabs are themselves settlers of illegal Arab and ottoman occupations. Now, whatever their excuses, it was known to all occupiers that this Land belonged to the Israelites/ Hebrews and was stolen by the Romans. You have to be honest now and return out stolen land to us.
26. A Tale of Love and Darkness is a masterpiece
Rika Chaval   (04.03.11)
and anyone here who swears that he will bin Amos Oz books surely hasn't read one single line of it nor if any of Oz books. Amos Oz is great writer, a great man, to great perhaps for small Israel, and much to great for the talkbackers here anyway. Surprising that you even know how to write ...
27. #26 " Love and Darkness"
PFK OU ,   USA   (04.04.11)
is written by a submissive coward. He is the useful idiot, aged, tired and showing the signs of dementia. Willingly kissing up to his killer & executioner.
28. to #24 you mean a fiction, I think that
ghostq   (04.04.11)
said it all.
29. Did the "Wizard Of OZ" think of sending
BEN JABO ,   ISRAEL   (04.04.11)
a gift to Gilad Shalit ?
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