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West Bank: Arabs burn Jewish holy books
Yair Altman
Published: 10.06.11, 17:13
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1. Do the arabs realise...
Adam ,   Golan Heights Israel   (06.10.11)
....that this war will result in the ethnic cleansing of the land between the Med and the Jordan of arabs?
2. Thugs and Beasts
Sarah B ,   U.S.A. / Israel   (06.10.11)
Those who burn books, burn knowledge. They are unfit residents of Medinat Israel. Throw them away somewhere. Gaza comes to mind, where they will doubtless find many "people" of a similar bent.
3. This is inadmissible!
Keren ,   IL-BR   (06.10.11)
Frankly,now IDF should go after them and punish them in a way they will not forget. This is a precedent that must not be admitted. I have read absurds,but this kind of absurd I haven't known to happen in Israel since 1929. These arabs ,yes ,should be killed because they are poison threating to kill us!
4. #1 May it come to pass very, very soon. Amen
(06.10.11)
5. Go ahead # 1, try that one
Jon ,   Baltimore US   (06.10.11)
You will see a situation develop that all the US threats to world governments and the UN veto will not be able to protect you. That will take you from closet racists to open bigots and the world is tired of apologizing for your actions because of something that occured 70 odd years ago. Just because something terrible was done to the Jewish people by an extremist government in the 1940's, you do not have the right to perpetrate terrible acts against people today. Two wrongs do not make a right.
6. You destroy their mosques...
Michael Steiner ,   Bahrain   (06.10.11)
...they'll destroy your "prayer corners." Did someone say "price tag"?
7. To: No. 1 Alevai!
Sarah B ,   U.S.A. / Israel   (06.10.11)
8. #2, -- what are you talking about?
Jay Engelmayer ,   Modiin   (06.10.11)
not even the Israeli government considers the land that the outpost was on to be a part of the State of Israel. And burning the books could have been incidntal, a result of the tent being burnt - don't rush to judge that they purposefully burnt the books. FACT IS the outpost was illegal - you get what you pay for.
9. These people cannot build, just destroy
carlos ,   San Diego U.S.A.   (06.10.11)
Not in 6,000 years they will achieve what Israel acheived in 63 years. With this violence and hate the Arabs show a deep inferiority complex and envy.
10. waiting for Arab and world condemnation
Eddie ,   UK   (06.10.11)
Will Arab leaders , the US sec of State; ad Abu Maazen condemn this attack on Jewish prayer books? If not, then they should keep their filthy mouths shut when a mosque gets burned down too.
11. its legitimate
Golan ,   Modiin   (06.10.11)
if we can do it to them with legitimacy and protection of the law.
12. yet if..
Gabriel ,   Netherlands   (06.10.11)
Some american even talks about burning 1 qu'oran the whole middle-east is immersed in a foaming rage
13. If Jews trample on the Torah & make abominable sick parades
BB   (06.10.11)
in the Jewish land, Arabs didn't do anything wrong by burning the Torah immoral Jews want to get rid of.
14. Bats and Iron Bars do so make it...
Gideon Reader ,   USA   (06.10.11)
...a sheepshagger story of another flavor. Premeditated arming of one's self and actual use use of those implements (bats and iron bars, etc.) in a hostile action of criminal assault against the "Hilltop Youts" to say nada of the destruction of an outpost and it's religious center, no matter it's size or composition, moves the situation into one of the "Hilltoppers" having to repel such life threatening and potentially deadly assaults. Defense via appropriate mechanical means is most likely called for and supported by Israel law; certainly Halachic law. Greeting further ssaults by the Arab residents, wether they call themselves "Palestinians", "Southern Syrians", "Eastern Egyptians", or "Western Jordanians", or "Wandering Desert Gypssies", matters not. They are an potentially fatally assaultive force, and the passing of lots and LOTS of small bits of copper covered lead, moving at high speed through their bodies, seems to me to be entirely rational, reasonable and possibly even a mild reaction. Now as far as the alleged "Security Force"s and "Law Enforcement Employees" of the nation; fellas? Do your freaking job.
15. Thanks God also Arabs can afford to defend themselves
Yuuki ,   Thailand   (06.10.11)
I am against people who burn and provoke religious conflicts ,, But Israel is number one .. Provoking Muslims , Terrorist , abusing Arabs ,,Killing them ,,Its good this time that Arabs can afford to use such means to defend their land . Now which ever outpost you destroy tell them to tell their prime minister - failed work thats all
16. Amen to @1 and 4 !
Trumpeldor   (06.10.11)
17. Palestinian PRICE TAG
Sabih ,   London   (06.10.11)
I hope you now realise how the palestinians feel.
18. Re #5
Andrew Brehm   (06.10.11)
Forget the Holocaust. This is about the Arab attacks against the Jews, about stealing jewish property all over the ME, about destroying synagogues and killing Jews. It hasn't stopped, as you see. And it has nothing to do with Germany or the Holocaust, except in as much as the Arabs were inspired by them and it. The only people who keep bringing up the Holocaust are the antisemites. Zionism has nothing to do with the Holocaust and it wasn't middle-eastern but European Jews who died in the Holocaust.
19. To those preaching reciprocity:
Adam ,   Golan Heights Israel   (06.10.11)
Please provide one actual piece of hard proof of Israeli Jews attacking mosques. All the so-called pricetag attacks on mosques are false flag ops by the arabs themselves, perpetrated to justify this attack today on Jewish people. It will not pass. Barak the traitor will not be able to lock up enough zionists to prevent the backlash. Hopefully by that time Barak will have become a victim of his own treachery.
20. #17 palestinians???
Michael Levy ,   Jerusalem, Israel   (06.10.11)
Where, in London? Or you talking about Amjad Awad - the baby killer?
21. they shouldn't build Synagogue on stolen land
observer ,   Egypt   (06.10.11)
If you don't want your synagogues to be burnt do not build them on stolen land. illegal West Bank outpost by Israel's own definition means that built on Private Palestinian land (nickname of stolen land). Golda Meir, famous for peace when they love their kids more than they hate us, said: "There were no such thing as Palestinians". little addendum here, Meir only said this in 1968 when she resided in the West Jerusalem Talbalyya house owned by Palestinian Hanna Bisharate. Golda Meir received the house from the Foreign Ministry which was occupying the house since 1948 after kicking out its owner Palestinians. Halacha strictly forbids living in house built on Shabbat, but there is controversy about those those built on stolen land.
22. #5 johnny boy Sorry To Say But Anti-Semites
Wondering   (06.10.11)
like YOU are Insignificant as are your PATHETIC comments. Go Back and crawl back UNDER THE ROCK from whens you come. FYI Israel and Jewish people are probably the MOST ACCEPTING people on the planet. Makes Sense Doesn't it? Just Wondering? Shabat Shalom
23. The government should order the arab
jason white ,   afula, israel   (06.10.11)
illegal settlement razed to the ground. All the illegal arab settlers exiled to gaza, but first break both arms of all the men. Then build a Jewish town on the site. All Jewish settlements should be protected by armed members and make sure the right to open fire is eased to stop rioters and invaders.
24. #5, ignorant pillock, the Shoah has nothing to do with it.
Jake ,   USA   (06.10.11)
The West Bank is within the historical borders of Israel. PLO Arabs are squatting land-thieves and must submit to the will of the Jewish owners of the land, or be expelled. FYI -- The mass Jewish re-settlement of Israel began in the 1800's, learn some history before spewing nonsense.
25. To Mr's Sarah B
Luiz F Haddad ,   Niteroi, Brazil   (06.10.11)
Dear Mr's Sarah B. I endorse your indignation. The ones that destroy religious books deserve heavy penalties. Exactly because of these misdeeds, and others, I support a firm and honoured peace among Israel and Arab Palestine, through redrawed frontiers (not before 1967) and defined territories. Forgive me, but I desagree about "annexing Judea and Samaria" and about "Arab repatriation to Jordan". International opinion will never accept it and the Jewish State is founded into dignity and humanism. I repeat, with all my heart, that I admire Israel too much and I make suggestions as a permanent friend. I repeat, also, that, if the "other side" refuses a good agreement, and continues to hostilize Israel, she will have the right to selfdefence, through all necessary means. I salute you and your family.
26. Theres so much hate on both sides....this isnt the jewish wa
Oren   (06.10.11)
27. @5 no one is destroying mosques!
Joe ,   St louis usa   (06.10.11)
Do you have any IDEA how many functioning mosques are in Israel? In tel aviv, Jerusalem, Ako, in Bedouin settlements in the Negev, in Haifa there are HUNDREDS of mosques all over Israel! Why? Because Israel has a Jewish majority but protects freedom of religion for all minorities. Now compare this to the number of synagogues or churches in Bahrain or Yemen or Iraq. Try practicing Bahai in Iran. See what happens.
28. open fire
mike ,   phila USA   (06.10.11)
if someone, anyone threatens the well being of my family or my home i will open fire, not to wound but to kill. the settlers should've done the same
29. To: No. 8
Sarah B ,   U.S.A. / Israel   (06.10.11)
Oh yes. The finjon accidentally burned down the tent and took the holy books with it. Permit me to remind you of something: in times past, when synagogues were burned (as they frequently were), Jews lost their lives rushing in to save the Torah and the other holy books and scrolls. I think I'm going with rushing to judgment here. Jews would have risked their lives to save the books. You are a disgrace. Of COURSE this was a deliberate act with malice aforethought! And -- by the way -- there is no such thing as an "illegal" outpost anywhere in Medinat Israel, Judea and Samaria. Shabbat shalom.
30. To: No. 5
Sarah B ,   U.S.A. / Israel   (06.10.11)
I remind you that Israel is a nuclear power. I remind you further that the words "Never Again" resonate rather loudly with us. Neither the United States nor anyone else is going to make us file passively into gas chambers or the present-day equivalent. We will not go gently into that good night alone. We will take much of the world with us, and make the rest uninhabitable for the next 300,000 years. Trust me on this one.
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