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Supermarket adopts racist policy?
Danny Adeno Abebe
Published: 29.07.11, 10:15
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1. What a nonsense?!!
Tamir ,   Jerusalem, Israel   (07.29.11)
I buy in Rami Levy and Arab and Jewish workers all sit together. Even during smoking cessation, all smoker sit together.
2. That's a strange story? Can the facts be verified?
tom ,   tel aviv   (07.29.11)
Sure makes a great example as to the Jew being the Bad Wolf, doesn't it?
3. Rami Levi broke the law
Deebo_ ,   Holon   (07.29.11)
What tends to happen with these stories is people run with it and twist it as Israeli official policy, just because there are some idiots out there with racist tendencies. Let's remember 2 things. 1) When it happens, it's news. Therefore it must be out of the realm of normal. 2) Rami Levi is in direct violation of subsection 2(b) of the Equal Opportunities Law 5748-1988 as follows: Prohibition of discrimination. 2. (a) An employer shall not discriminate among his employees or among persons seeking employment on account of their sex, sexual tendencies, personal status or because of their age, race, religion, nationality, country of origin, views, party or duration of reserve service, within the meaning thereof under the Defence Service (Consolidated Version) Law 5746-1986, in any of the following: (1) acceptance for employment; (2) terms of employment; (3) advancement in employment; (4) vocational training or supplementary vocational training; (5) dismissal or severance pay. (6) benefits and payments for employees in connection with their retirement from employment. (b) For the purposes of subsection (a), the making of irrelevant conditions shall be regarded as discrimination.
4. Rami Levi Stores
Ariel Ben Yochanan ,   Kfar Tapuah, Efraim   (07.29.11)
B"H There is a terrible atmosphere at Rami Levi due to the roaming young Arabs he employs in his stores. For this reason I avoid going there altoghether: If Levi wants to facilitate Arabs, well, it's his business, literally, but as Jews, halachicly, we meant not to facilitate them on the Land and as a customer I don't want to be a part of this.
5. What it sounds like...
Moshe ,   Jerusalem, Israel   (07.29.11)
the parents want Rami Levy to do the job of parenting that they are failing at themselves. If they were good parents, they would not have such concerns.
6. Ariel #4, your racism hurts your cause
JewishHeart   (07.29.11)
Ariel, I support the settlements and Greater Israel. I will always support this. However, there is a difference between settlers like YOU, who are racist and use halacha to defend racism....and between settlers like in Efrat who try to reach out and have good relations with Arab neighbors who have proven they are not hostile. We have many Palestinian terrorist enemies, but lets not make those who are not hostile into enemies as well....lets reward them with friendship when they have proven good neighbors and track them down with a strong fist when those who are violent.
7. I hope it is true ! But I don' t think so
(07.29.11)
8. It is a fact of life : different races - different traits
Moshe ,   Usa   (07.29.11)
TO BAD WE CAN’T ACCEPT THAT EACH RACE OF PEOPLES IS DIFFERENT. I REALIZE THAT WE THOUGHT WE LEARNED OTHERWISE FROM THE HOLOCAUST. WE THOUGHT THAT THE GERMAN ARIAN SUPREMACY & SELF AGGRANDIZEMENT WAS WRONG & YES IT WAS. HOWEVER, WE WOULD NEVER HAVE DONE TO OTHERS WHAT THE GERMANS DID TO US, NOR WHAT mooslums DO TO OTHERS SUCH AS IN ISRAEL & CHRISTIANS MOST NOTEABLY IN DARFUR. BUT ALL RACES ARE DIFFERENT. WHY IS IT THAT JEWS ARE GIVEN MORE NOBEL PEACE PRIZES IN MEDICINE & SCIENCE THAN IS OUR PROPORTIONATE PERCENTAGE OF EARTHLY POPULATION. WE ARE MORE H-SHEM LIKE THAN OTHER PEOPLE & MORE PEACE SEEKING & OF MORE SERVICE BENEFICIAL TO MANKIND. arubs WILL NEVER GIVE US PEACE WITHOUT THEIR DRAMATIC CHANGE & THIS CHANGE WILL COME SO SLOWLY, AS IF TO BE NEVER. IN THE MEANTIME, WE SHOULD CONFRONT THEM & THEIR MURDEROUS WAYS & KICK THEM OUT NOW FOR MORE PEACE & SECURITY. MOSHE
9. #4 Ariel, Where does it say in halacha?
JewishHeart   (07.29.11)
Ariel, Where does it say in halacha Jews are not supposed to fascilitate non-Jews on the land of Israel? Should non-Jews have a seperate economy then? Should we have an apartheid store system? One for Russian half-Jews? One for Christian Arabs? One for Muslims? One for foreign resident professionals? Where does the apartheid stop? I support you living in Tapuach, wish I could join you, and stand with you ideologically in building settlements. But I can't stand with you on your supposed apartheid halacha saying we can't fasciliate (or hire or buy from) Arabs on the land of Israel....this is plain racism and nonsense.
10. Rami Levi
Arieh ,   Tel Aviv   (07.29.11)
"Boycott" Rami Levi - racists are not in our Jewish faith.
11. as an israeli I hope this isn't true!
Liron ,   Israel   (07.29.11)
and #4 please stop your ugly racist speach! we are not all like him...
12. Rami Levi to court
Ahava ,   Haifa   (07.29.11)
Rami Levi should be taken to court with millions of dollars to compensate the Arab workers.
13. If this is true....then it is a racist policy
Israeli 2   (07.29.11)
14. Reason for firing
sk ,   USA   (07.29.11)
The reason for firing is using a gullible girl for his own ulterior ends, in this case using her as a source of money for his expensive purchase of the phone. Friendship was only a means to get the ridiculously expensive phone! There must be something in company policy for getting him fired. This is not about race but something is wrong in the picture.
15. #6 &9 One state solution?
Raphael ,   Netanya   (07.29.11)
Please stop interfering with racial or religious matters. The question is 1) economic: aren't there enough jobless Jews in Gush Etzion? So why bring in Arabs coming from 30km? 2) Political: Do you really want a colonial society wherer menial jobs are done by foreigners?
16. #1 Tamir - IT' S NO SO SIMPLE
BEN JABO ,   ISRAEL   (07.29.11)
The fact of the matter is that HE induced her to steal HER father's credit card to use it for HIS benefit Plus he didn't keep HIS PROMISE to repay the cost of the phone This whole situation was done in a very underhanded way The result was HE moved to Jordan & SHE lost her job "All smoke together", do they all take their parents Credit Cards and use them without permission ?
17. #3 DEEBO CAUSE & EFFECT
BEN JABO ,   ISRAEL   (07.29.11)
Let's start from the beginning The fact is that she STOLE her fathers Credit Card in the first place, using it without his permission All that resulted after that was due to the initial theft What the store had was one thief, the Girl, who used the card, and a second one, the Male, who was the recipient of stolen goods Both should have had their employment terminated once the theft had been established She stole from her father; the store could have been her next victim As for him, he received stolen goods, making him ineligible for continued employment
18. #6 Jewish Heart (bleeding?)
BEN JABO ,   ISRAEL   (07.29.11)
What about one of the parties inducing the other to steal Would you call that racism or theft ? Which in effect makes them both criminals
19. i'm shocked! I don't know if it's true but...
Ilana ,   Israel   (07.29.11)
if it is true than he is a racist and i won't buy from him any more. shame on him...
20. toke Levi to court! there is no place for racisem in israeli
Sarah ,   Israel   (07.29.11)
society!!!! I would like him to tell us if it's true and if it's true he sould apologize to them publicly!!!
21. Re: # 6, # 9 and the rest of the "anti-racist" crowd here
Ariel Ben Yochanan ,   Kfar Tapuah, Efraim   (07.29.11)
B"H Torah does distinguish between Jews and non Jews and between the Land of Israel and the rest of the world. The idea is that G-d gives the Land of Israel to the Jews, exclusively, so that they can be a distinguished and holy nation on it, separated from the negative influence of the outside world. As Jews, it is our duty to implement Torah and this is why we too have to distinguish. One of the sources I found for this is Avodah Zarah 20a: "You must not give them any consideration as Deut. 7:2 says: "Do not give them a foothold on the Land". Only equalitarians would call this "racism". For Jews, this is just simple, down to earth Judaism and the fact that there are some of us who adopt the "racist!" line of the nations only shows how low we sank in ignorance and in immorality. The Jews who preach a permissive attitude toward foreigners and toward their foreign ideas, ideology and idols, as if it was Torah, should be aware: It is not, and what is more, shouting "racist!" to the Jew is itself a classic anti-Jewish and therefore racist line. Don't forget, many millions of Jews were burned alive over the centuries in the name of this, so to give me the "racist" is NOT innocent.
22. In apartheid states this is what happens
(07.29.11)
Israel is losing it's way as a "light unto the nations".
23. # 19
eitan ,   israel   (07.29.11)
if he was a racist he never would have hired them in the first place,my gripe is why hire them all together,there are many jews who need jobs and we have to look after our own first,and if thats a problem then i dont know why you live here.
24. # 20
eitan ,   israel   (07.29.11)
stop siding with these arabs and going against jews,there is no place for that either,the reason why this arab came friendly with her was to get her money,did you think about that and maybe more
25. GAAA!!!! This calls for immediate discussion!!!
Brian Cohen ,   Judean Peoples Front   (07.29.11)
Arab guy at my local Rami Levi befriends Jewish girl, suckers her into buying him expensive toy. This is a "friend"?!?!? Daddy finds out, blows a gasket. Heck...if an Arab father found out that his Arab daughter stole his credit card to buy her Israeli boy "friend" an iPhone, waddya think would happen? Get real, folks. Moussa sounds like quite the operator. B sounds like quite the ditz (and she could easily be charged with theft and fraud!). Rami Levi invested millions in the gush etzion store, and instead of hiring only Jews, hires both Jews and Arabs similar to the store he operates in the Shomron. If you don't believe it, then get off your lazy butt in Tel Aviv or Haifa and go there and see for yourselves. He's no racist. The only racists are the lazy talkbackers here like Ahava who shoot from the lip instead of checking their facts (including that joker #4 who pretends to use "halacha" in his sinat chinam).
26. I am a Jew and I am Racist.
Eli ,   Israel   (07.29.11)
I dont care what the world says, you are all insane. I want to LIVE, I dont want to be stabbed in the back, I dont want my daughters being raped, I dont want my daughters marrying out of the Faith only to regret it latter on in life, I dont want to live with 3rd world Africans or Muslims which all have high crime rates and low I.Q. I am a racist and I am proud. I want to live with Jews like myself and be a proud Jew. I am tired of Multiculturalism and I a tired of the word Racist. I think it would be best if we just ban the word Racist because it has been hijacked and is being used all over the world as a means to destroy healthy western societies. I have concluded Racism is Good.
27. LMAO @Rami Levy!
(07.29.11)
What he wants it both ways? He wants cheap labor and he also wants to control the nature of people working together. For goodness sakes its called co-existence! Just get over yourself Mr. Levy (and your politics and your economics)!
28. what a minute....
(07.29.11)
a Jewish woman stole her father's credit card, used it and now the Arab guy gets fired? What's that all about?
29. Ben Jabo
LebanonPride ,   Canada   (07.29.11)
Where in this article does it say he didn't pay her back? It clearly states he made monthly payments to pay her father back. So.... Try again. Another thing, he didn't force her at gunpoint to do anything. She was simply helping out a friend, who was paying her back.
30. #18 Ben Jabo
JewishHeart ,   Israel   (07.29.11)
Ben Jabo, It may be very well that this particular situation was an Arab worker financially taking advantage of a Jewish young woman. My comments were not about this situation, but about the overreaction of #4 and his racist statements. There are wonderful stories about settlers and Palestinians getting along, and its people like #4 who ruin it.
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