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'I felt they wanted to murder me'
Lior El-Chai
Published: 26.02.12, 13:33
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31. Jerusalem post says "it wasn't nationalistic"
Guest ,   Guest   (02.26.12)
the attack, and maybe they're right.
32. #4 what are you trying to say that they deserve ...
David ,   Israel   (02.26.12)
To get beaten because they aren't religious? The country isn't divided by religiousness the country is divided by people like you who think you can tell them how to live their lives
33. This was not an isolated case, not the first, not the second
Jehudah Ben-Israel ,   Qatzrin, Israel   (02.26.12)
and not the third!! The Arabs in Israel, sadly, are cutting with their own hands the branch of tree on which they sit and enjoy the benefits of being Israeli citizens. If their leaders don't come out and publicly condemn these acts and focus on educating their young of peaceful coexistence with fellow Jews, it will not be long before the public in Israel will demand, and rightly so, to expel these people from society and from the country. I suggest to the Arab leadership of Israel - political, religious, educational leaders: act now before it is too late!!
34. NOT SHOCKING AT ALL
Mark from Georgia ,   USA   (02.26.12)
The excuse maker's are out in force I see! Imagine if this incident was reversed, and Jewish mobs had attacked two young Arabs. All we would be reading right now is about the deprvity of Israel and the Jewish people. From the same people who are now pretending that somehow the story really isn't true, or that...some information is being held back...how silly! First it is the Arabs that always stage, fake and exagerate stories to elicit undeserved sympathy (Pallywood). Nobody has ever been able to point to any story even remotely similar from Israel, yet the same fools keep accusing Israel the their free press of what the Arabs have been caught doing...lying...literally dozens of times. Go figure?
35. #4 & 5 Shabbat is a day of rest......
Vicky ,   Ashkelon Israel   (02.26.12)
From WORK and toil, To enjoy as you like. They were out to enjoy. Your type rest all seven whilst shut up in yr little yeshivah world. These boys deserve more respect for putting themselves on the line so you morons can do just that. This is the land of ISRAEL not ISHMAEL! kick any Arab and their families out for such acts. and sod the rest of the world.
36. time for the Jewish Defense League, isn't it...
Chaim ,   Israel   (02.26.12)
37. Arab "Hooliganism"? I don't think so!
David ,   Karmiel, Israel   (02.26.12)
Hooligans don' t ask if you are Jewish! This act is another example of the Arabs in the North of Israel falling under the influence of MKs Tibi and Zoabi and others who quite OK with being payed by the State of Israel but side with those who want to destroy Israel and kill Jews!
38. Jewlywood
:-)   (02.26.12)
Jews beat each other up and then blame the Arabs.
39. VIOLENT ATTACK, WITHOUT REASON.
SJOERD RUURD ,   PLANET EARTH   (02.26.12)
WHEN I HAVE TO CHOOSE BETWEEN FOR EXAMPLE: AL QAIDA, ISRAEL, ISRAEL IS MY CHOICE THEN. NO CALIPHATE-DICTATORSHIP. EVERY PEOPLE SHOULD BE FREE TO DECIDE FOR THEIR OWN GOVERNMENT...
40. Jewish state
michaelpielet ,   israel   (02.26.12)
this is a disgrace. Arab thugs beat up Jews in the Jewish state. this is only the beginning of irredentist arab terror against Jews. I want to thank all previous governments for allowing the arab population to grow to 1,600,000. Way to go.
41. 35 Vicky, Ashkelon: Shabbat is a time devoted to HaShem.
Rivkah   (02.26.12)
Buying and selling food or wares or going to entertainments is not part of HaShem's instructions for Shabbat. That is anathema for Shabbat. From sundown Friday to sundown Saturday, people should not do those things. Rabbi Yehoshua said it is lawful (with HaShem) to do good on the Shabbat. The military and hospitals cannot shut down for Shabbat, but stores and restaurants and entertainments should shut down. The word Saturday comes from the weekly festival of Saturnalia anciently which was to descecrate the Shabbat of HaShem, making the Shabbat of HaShem a day of revelry and rebellion against HaShem instead of a day of devotion to Him. The seventh day should be called Shabbat not Saturday. The Spanish language still calls the seventh day Sabado but most languages such as English defile the name of the seventh day.
42. it is gang matters
gang ,   gang   (02.26.12)
it is gang matters
43. n 1
aline silverman ,   israel   (02.26.12)
It does not matter why they were assaulted . The assault itself is a BARBARIC act and these people should be investigated and locked in...By the way no one has said the the Arab population in Haifa is implicated. So hold your horses!!!!
44. n 9
aline silverman ,   Israel   (02.26.12)
What's the matter with you? siding against the victim...? I hope for you, you won't be the next to be attacked!
45. #9I have over 30yrs of marial arts training
Rod ,   Fargo N.Dakota   (02.26.12)
Served in the U.S. Navy most elite unit and am a pretty large and muscular person. Yet despite all that if i was attacked by 20 bat and club wielding garbage I too would fear for my life..
46. attack in Haifa
naim ,   miami florida usa   (02.26.12)
Human life is above any race ,color or religion because is the creation of the Most High , i despise those who committed such act , i am an evangelical christian arab and want them in jail
47. enough jurisprudence
marcel   (02.26.12)
after the trial, all involved in the assault against the arabs should be taken to prison and there stripped, whipped, assaulted and then let loose among certain violent inmates who would then liquidate them. jewish blood must be understood to be expensive and the arabs must understand that and pay their debt. Prison stays in general are too comfortable for criminals. Eldad's ideas of what to do with the arabs makes a lot of sense.
48. attackers
real vision ,   united States   (02.26.12)
why didn't the security guards shoot the attackers
49. Avi # 9
Eaglebeak ,   Left Coast, USA   (02.26.12)
I have a suggestion for you Avi. Stuff it.
50. Whats with the word lynching
Mark ,   U.S.   (02.26.12)
Whats with the word lynching all of sudden, what is this, some new coined phrase by Israeli media and Jews to bring in sentiment based on how this word was used in the Americas and their racism towards people of color. Israel you are so telling when you perpetrate. These are nothing more than incidents of criminal activities and bad social behavior, mainly intolerance of two people who don't know who they are. Will there be a lynching at the water cooler on the 3rd floor in the Knesset between Arab Israeli MKs and Jewish MKs, please give us a break with the lynching sh-t. Thank You
51. if Israel was a binational state this would happen more
Golan ,   modiin   (02.26.12)
and it would be more gruesome.
52. Mark#50
Antimark ,   SF, USA   (02.26.12)
When 6 attack 2 with intent to kill and scream anti____ words, fill in the blank with whatever you favor, it is an attempted lynching. Lynching is defined as an extrajudicial execution carried out by a mob. So you are right on semantics, no lynching occured since thank G-d, the intended victims were saved, but wrong on substance. Lynching was attempted here.
53. Racism
Farouk ,   Jerusalem   (02.26.12)
It is funny how some talk backs say how racist this attack was and condemn racism when they recommend even more racist solution. The words Arab and Jew when used by the other party is racist, when you say Jewish blood is expensive that is double racist. You disgraced your religion and created an opposite result to what you wished for, Jewish blood is expensive = other blood is cheap = we are better than the whole lot of you on the planet, you would think God's chosen people were modest, a virtue in good people.
54. I did not intend to recommend #9
Dshap ,   Miami USA   (02.26.12)
I had no intention of recommending #9... I intended to post a talkback advising him that I consider his statement to lack intelligence. What is he thinking? I wonder how he would react to defending himself against even one attacker, much less a mob with weapons. My guess is he would find the nearest shelter and cry like a baby. As for these two young soldiers, I thank them for their service and wish them speedy recovery from injuries.
55. Teach Arabs Isarel is not an Arab state where they can kill
over a camel!   (02.26.12)
56. #10 david
solomon ,   bklyn   (02.26.12)
Deir Yassin was a tragedy. Yet that is the only one on the list. The list of massacres, bombing, killings, by arabs of Jews is very, very long. And Deir Yassin pales by comparison to the Holocaust. Your relatavism, relevantism and justice meters need to be adjusted.
57. I felt they wanted to murder me
nazy ,   LA   (02.26.12)
Is the judge an Arab? What kind of a justice is it for these innocent soldiers? Where is the justice in such a politically correct society for the Jewish people in their own homeland?
58. Mickey Mouse
Norman Beck ,   Ottawa   (02.26.12)
Whatever has happened, it is a Mickey Mouse army if the two soldiers will not come back to the house with their army buddies and correct all the wrongs!
59. #21, Are you saying that 20 Arabs didn't attack 2 Jews
AK   (02.26.12)
and almost lynched them, but for the help from the hospital guards? Are you claiming that the story is an invention?
60. #31, It wasn't nationalistic? Perhaps only antisemitic.
AK   (02.26.12)
Oh well, it makes me feel so much better.
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