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Palestinians stage Jerusalem bus provocation
Associated Press
Published: 15.11.11, 18:58
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1. Give them what they want
BH ,   Iowa   (11.15.11)
Annex Judea and Samaria. Permits will no longer be required.
2. dumbest act
jj ,   orlando   (11.15.11)
All they demonstrated was just how obtuse and ignorant they are. Demonstrate that you renounce terror. Will not default to it when you have a disagreement or do not get your way then we can talk no restrictions. The barriers are put in place for damn good reason and even if you are peaceful many of your brethren are not
3. Of course they were "dragged of the bus".
Michael Redbourn ,   Arad Israel   (11.15.11)
And only Palestinians try to shoot, stab or blow up Israelis and there businesses. Why would Jews need permits? A needless provocation that generated a non-story.
4. Deport to gaza.
Adam ,   Golan Heights Israel   (11.15.11)
5. PR Stunt
Karla ,   Wash DC, USA   (11.15.11)
"He said Jewish settlers move in and out of Jerusalem, but Palestinians cannot do the same." That's probably because Jewish settlers are less likely to blow themselves up in a public place.
6. Can Jews enter Mecca?
Robert ,   NY USA   (11.15.11)
Not that we would even want to. Oh, but we are the ones who are greedy, right?
7. Dumb
IlanaB   (11.15.11)
After so many bloody terrorist attacks do they really think that they can just enter ? If they could tomorrow terror attacks would occur as hords of terrorists would march in-in their words-thirsty for Jewish blood.
8. shouldn't "journalists" be in quotes?
Danny   (11.15.11)
9. Disobeyers should have their cameras confiscated &
Moshe ,   Usa   (11.15.11)
they & their companions should be put in jail & because these challenges to Israel cost Israel, they & the pally dictatorship should be made to repay the estimated costs of policing these contrarians. Moshe
10. What level of hypocrisy these "activists"can reach?
Keren ,   IL-BR   (11.15.11)
A Jew can not dare putting one foot in their enclaves let alone travel to one of their 20 and plus countries,but these blockheads dare to fill Israel's bags with their idiocies unstop.
11. They're right, but lack so much self-responsibility
William ,   Israel   (11.15.11)
Settlers can move easily around Jerusalem because they're Israeli citizens and Jerusalem is the Israeli capital. It's not uncommon for people to be restricted in a country which they are not citizens of. Plus, "Palestinians" have a habit of blowing crap up or stabbing people when they get into Jerusalem. Settlers aren't known for that. These activists forget that in 1999 there was absolute free movement which dissolved once they started their racist terror war (known to them as "human right of self-defense").
12. Who created the problems?
sk ,   USA   (11.15.11)
All the complaints Arabs have, and I do mean ALL ... were created by them in the first place. The are always instigating and then bitch, moan and groan when they experience the consequences. Arabs appear to be very immature adolescents in many many ways.
13. who were targeted; Palestinians or journalists
observer ,   Egypt   (11.15.11)
it is too stupid for the Israelis to detain the Palestinians and put a stop on their movement. No single world country recognize Jerusalem as not occupied. No single world country believe that the Geneva Conventions deny free movement of people in and out of their occupied land. Those foreign journalists must have been the true target but soldiers mixed things up.
14. Black marchers weren't trying to kill whites, big difference
Bunnie Meyer ,   Los Angeles, CA USA   (11.15.11)
15. comparissons
tiki ,   belgium   (11.15.11)
These "Palies" should STOP comparing themselves all the time with Israel & Israeli's. Israel's Jewish history, Israeli accomplishments & achievements, Israeli intelligence & morality. What Israel has, was and is, Palies never had, were or will be. Palies can only shine Israeli shoes, not wear them!
16. Resisting arrest?
Sarah B ,   U.S.A. / Israel   (11.15.11)
That's a felony. Throw the criminals in prison for a year. See if it doesn't curb their enthusiasm.
17. On to Mecca
Dan ,   Florida   (11.15.11)
Lets get a caravan of over 100 buses and 1500 Camels and head to Mecca claiming that the Prophet Hosea preached there and Mecca is a holy Jewish site. It matters not if the claim is false, only that the media sees that a poor and observant people are denied their rightful place in Mecca, the site of a revered Prophet Hosea.
18. )))))))))))))
(11.15.11)
Had the same happened in Iran or in Palestine (switch the sides) I think even trinity: Allah+Ayatollah+Holy Ghost would not have been able to help those 5 (Jewish hypothetical rebels acting against their government))))))))))))))))))))))). So be happy that it happened in Israel and you were only dragged out of the buses. It was much more compassionate than you could have been treated in any country of your "free" Arab world. In Syria: the king, kills on the spot! In Iran...Oi, I don't even want to know what they would do to you in Iran for the same activity against the government. And you don't either! But you should!
19. Arabs get this:
Vlad   (11.15.11)
Jerusalem is part of Israel, and it will NEVER AGAIN be divided! EU, UN and PA, GO TO HELL!
20. "Israeli-controlled east Jerusalem" in stead of united J-m,
BA ,   Sweden   (11.15.11)
"The Palestinians claim Israeli-controlled east Jerusalem as their capital." How much money does Ynet&Haaretz get from abroad to use this standard-twisted cliché: "Israeli-controlled east Jerusalem", as if there is something hush-hush about The United Jerusalem?!
21. observer no 13
LION OF JUDAH   (11.15.11)
AL QUDS (YERUSHALAIM) will always the capital city of the Jewish state of Israel with or without world approval. Never been Islamic country, only when it was illegally occupied by Jordan,under 0ttoman empire,and the British Mandate. The EU Christian Leaders knows very well Jerusalem is Jewish land,but for political & business interest,they are appeasing Muslims. Jews will never abandon Jerusalem forget it mate
22. #14 - well yeah, that....
William ,   Israel   (11.15.11)
and the referenced Blacks were citizens of the US. "Palestinians" are not citizens of Israel yet they want free access to all Israeli cities, infrastructure, and wealth. They want to be Israelis without the real Israelis being alive to cramp their style.
23. Landbound Floptilla
BEN JABO ,   ISRAEL   (11.15.11)
They couldn't sneak in by sea, now they’re trying to do it with buses Either way it failed to work American Freedom Riders, unlike the Palestinian Pretenders, posed no security risks Nobody worried that the American Freedom Riders were hiding homicidal bomb belts under their clothing
24. no security elements in the American rights?
joel ,   san diego, usa   (11.15.11)
Just as there are Palestinians willing to take up arms to fight for their nation, there were black americans who called for the arming of their people to fight against "the white nation." There was certainly violence between Black and white people, protesters and police, underground "terror" organizations and the goverment in the civil rights movement. No whole people are violent or non-violent, and these palestinians' actions were exactly the same in their level of violence as the american freedom riders. And this should be respected not dismissed out of racism and ignorance.
25. #13 - not one country accepts Jordan's illegal annexation
William ,   Israel   (11.15.11)
which included the Eastern side of Jerusalem, and the ethnic cleansing of Jews from their homes, then flooded with Arab immigrants. It doesn't matter what other countries think. It only matters what is Intl Law and what Israel thinks - and these two coincide. Jerusalem was never divided before, and was never planned to be divided in any previous negotiation on land going back to the 1920s. Intl Law does not view Jerusalem as occupied but rather disputed, which was mirrored in the UNR242. The 1949 Armistice Agreement also forbids the cease-fire line from being a border (or basis for border discussions) - language the Arabs insisted on. Finally, Intl Law is quite clear on the ethnic cleansing of land and flooding of foreign people, which is a war crime that Jordan committed. It requires previous owners to return to their land (Jews now in settlements and Eastern Jerusalem), that foreign invaders return to the homes (West Bank Arabs to Jordan), and purposeful destruction of cultural icons like synagogues, Jewish cemeteries, etc. be returned back to the point just before the war crimes took place. So, in light of the overwhelming Intl laws in Israel's favor, does it really matter what Egypt, Belgium, or Senegal think? No, not really.
26. #24 joel
solomon ,   bklyn   (11.16.11)
Your use of the word 'nation' in different contexts is an obvious way of trying to equalize two unequal set of circumstances. Blacks (African-Americans) are citizens of the US. They did not try to enter another country, let alone a country they were trying to blow up at every opportunity. The “Pals” are not citizens of Israel. Details, details...
27. double standard
laila ,   atlanta US   (11.16.11)
If it is all about security, why no checks and no need of permits for the settlers? After all, a settler was arrested and suspected for writing death threats against a Jerusalem resident a few days ago. Settlers have been arrested for plotting attacks and planting bombs. Wasn't Haggai Segal riding on the very same bus?
28. 27 Laila
BEN JABO ,   ISRAEL   (11.16.11)
If you can point out a single instance where a Jew had boarded a bus and blown himself & innocent others up, I would agree with you Since that has never happened your question is simply idiotic
29. #26
joel   (11.16.11)
well...if the palestinians don't have their own country and palestine doesn't exist, then either the israelis riding that bus are in occupied territory or you have arabs living in israel without the right to vote...which one is it?
30. #27 Double Standard
Netanya ,   Netanya   (11.16.11)
The settlers have not sent hundreds of suicide bombers into any area, in the world. The settlers, in fact, are arrested, even if they throw stones (as seen in today's paper) Israel does not teach that killing an Arab is a way into heaven and does not brainwash the entire population through tv, posters, naming buildings and squares, etc after the people who are criminals. This is the Palestinian way, brainwashing from birth and happily putting on a suicide belt, even on a baby. Even in Germany, where 1/2 the entire population of world Jewry was genocidally killed, the Jews never tried to kill EVERY GERMAN. The Arabs desire our deaths, even if it means taking their own lives, and they have gone as far as building the story that their people will go to paradise for this type of act.
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