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European Jewish group fears Israel-Iran backlash
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Published: 25.04.12, 14:37
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1. Painful truth: Jews shouldn't be in Europe.
Chaim ,   Israel   (04.25.12)
I fully appreciate that some Jewish families are well integrated into Europe. They own property, have good jobs there etc. The same was true of Jews in pre-Hitler Europe. However, the painful truth is that Jews shouldn't be in Europe. Somebody has to tell the truth, no matter how uncomfortable it may be. Thousands of years of history prove this. We can't allow Iran to build nuclear bombs to use against Israel; due to European Jewish fears.
2. VERY TRUE! IF ISRAEL STRIKE= WE ARE ALL DOOMED !
Secular_Liberal ,   EUROPE   (04.25.12)
3. Why can't Moslems live in fear on Europe's streets?
Alexander ,   Tel Aviv, Israel   (04.25.12)
And why can't Jews arrange groups of Jewish fighters beating up and attacking Moslems a few times a week? There must be balance in everything.
4. "Dramatic increase of attaques on EU-Jews
tiki ,   belgium   (04.25.12)
in case of Israeli attack on Iran. Jew haters & angry European Muslims don't need 'any excuse for attacking Jews. Mr. Cantor with his (still) galut mentallity hasn't understood that IF Israel is bombed away by Iran (G-d forbid), THAN there will be a dramatic increase of attaques on Jews world wide, called Holocaust 2.
5. #3 Alexander
Steve ,   USA   (04.25.12)
Exactly what I was going to write, you beat me to it! These European Jews need to stand up like men and take the fight to them. Haven't they realized that we are not sheep anymore? That is why we have Israel now and for always. Jews here in America are the same. Voting for Obama so they can 'fit in'., not 'make waves'. Shameful.
6. #2 from EUROPE
David Israel ,   New York, USA   (04.25.12)
Does it mean that it is better to give up all the western values and freedoms that western democracy and civilization offers out of fear from Iranian extremists? Doesn't the western / European civilization democracy and liberties have enough value worth fighting for and be preserved? The French revolution also had a stiff price and sacrifices but the results are the democracy and freedoms that French enjoy today. These liberties are what s on the stake for Europe under the Iranian and fundamentalist Islamic threat.
7. MEANS TO SAY...ISRAEL LAY DOWN AND DIE
aL   (04.25.12)
as long as we Jews in Europe may live in peace. Move on...Isreal must do what it has to do to survive. If you want to stay in the golus you do so at your own risk.. Now move on...
8. islime
jeff ,   MIAMI/JERUSALEM   (04.25.12)
self defense is a commandment, when someone rises to kill you, rise up and kill them first. forewarned is forearmed. might makes right in this world. the mud slimes have lost every war they started. get your head out of the ghetto and defend yourself and your people
9. TIME TO SPREAD THE BURDEN
LAWRENCE ,   SAFED ISRAEL   (04.25.12)
Israelis have been living in fear of terror and war for the past 64 years and european jews can now get a taste of living in fear .I could care less about the anxieties and concerns of european jews. So they expect Israel to be sacrificed just so that they can enjoy a peaceful life ? .Europes' jews can think again .
10. TO EUROPES' JEWS
DA URBAN POET ,   SAFED OPERA HOUSE   (04.25.12)
Thats' YOUR problem ,not mine. Time for you all to grow a pair.
11. LET ME GET THIS STRAIGHT
DA URBAN POET ,   SAFED OPERA HOUSE   (04.25.12)
So Europes' jews do not care if Israel gets nuked by Iran but Israel is supposed to be concerned about europes' jews ?
12. WHY SHOULD I CARE ?
DA URBAN POET ,   SAFED OPERA HOUSE   (04.25.12)
European jews do not even come into the equation as far as I am concerned .Israel must do whatever is necessary in order to survive and if european jews do not approve they can go take a running jump.
13. Jewish group fears Israel-Iran backlash
David ,   Germany   (04.25.12)
Don’t worry about us my brothers and sisters. No matter what, we have your back! Just do what needs to be done to protect Israel! Us European Jews have caught a lot of shit over the last thousand years and we are still here!! If things get too hot we know how to go back home.
14. No need for Iran for antisemitism!!!!
Anna M Sedda ,   Rome-Italy   (04.25.12)
Hitler did not kill 6 million Jews because Israel was attaking Germany;it is an illusion of the Jewish congress to think that if Jews "behave well" people will not bomb sinagogues... Mussolini did not hate Jews because of Israel;the evil antisemitism against Jews has not a reason,is pure hate for no reason...
15. Moishe Kantor, what's the name of your shtetl, again??
tom ,   tel aviv   (04.26.12)
16. Naive Jews, that is exactly what Israel wants
:)   (04.26.12)
its good for aliya.
17. ACTION -> REACTION
Frank-el ,   Seattle USA   (04.26.12)
An attack on Iran by Israel is an act of war against Iran and Iranians regardless of how you spin it... If Israel says it's the "Jewish state" then "Jews" attacked Iran... Therefore it is reasonable to expect retaliation against Jews by Iranians regardless of where either group lives. Now this doesn't mean it should happen or is right but it is an inescapable conclusion. The same applies to the US...if we attack Iran I would anticipate suicide bombings in American shopping malls and airplanes...just one of many reasons I don't want the US to attack. The short answer is of course not to attack Iran and provoke a state of warfare against Jews or Americans. An attack should be expected to incite retaliation and should not be characterized as "anti-semitism" but rather retaliation against an enemy that attacked their country. Remember Pearl Harbor? Remember 9/11 and the Taliban? Rockets hitting southern Israeli towns? You just don't go and bomb a country and not expect something in return. If Israel bombs Iran, expect Jewish casulties worldwide despite how righteous or justified you think the cause. Regardless, I'm not too worried because it won't happen...just a bunch of strategic deceptive and diversionary sabre rattling.
18. What did he do to stop Israeli warmongering ?
split ,   US   (04.26.12)
Nothing !!! Just like the others Israel firsters keeps pointing finger and bitching ,...
19. WASTE OF TIME
JERRY ,   USA   (04.26.12)
DEBATING .FACT ISRAEL WILL DO NOTHING BECAUSE IT HAS BEEN ORDERED NOT TO BY THERE SUPREME LEADER OBAMA .IT WILL SCREW UP HIS RE ELECTION
20. naive jews
GKL   (04.26.12)
who continue to vote for liberal governements who support Muslims by fear instead of supporting their only natural allies in Europe, nationlists movements
21. If one Hair is harmed
Sarah B ,   U.S.A. / Israel   (04.26.12)
on one Jewish head in any country of Europe, we will bomb that country immediately. There is no other response acceptable. This will ensure any government that does not do EVERYTHING to protect my people will suffer a hundred times over.
22. #14 How do you know he killed 6 million
Sarah B ,   U.S.A / Israel   (04.26.12)
I believe he killed at least double that, we just need to count smarter.
23. Damned if we do and damned if we don't!
Mark ,   Lodz, Poland   (04.26.12)
SO WE HAVE TO DO IT!!! Doesn't 'never again' ring a bell?
24. 23 - Damned if we do and damned if we don't! ,...
split ,   US   (04.26.12)
"we" ??? - ID chalenged ???,...
25. Israel, Iran backlash
Ike ,   Chicago, USA   (04.26.12)
As if the Europeans ever needed a reason or excuse to be anti-semetic !
26. Don't make the obvious mistake
Iranian Jew ,   LOS ANGELES, CA   (04.26.12)
Only if USA knew the extent of deceit and evil of Iranian mullas, not one moment would be wasted waiting. Only if they knew, IMMEDIATELY, they would destroy every single one of them. In my opinion, this should be continued to include every remaining follower, family, wife and children, even infants. These creaturest are anti-Semitic from age one ! AMEN
27. consequences
Paul ,   Sarasota, USA   (04.26.12)
The creation of Israel resulted in the ethnic cleansing of 100,000s of Jews across the ME, as well as the deaths of many who didn't escape. Should Israel not have been created because of the consequences to the Diaspora?
28. "don't dare to defend yourself, or i kill you!" says ahmed
tom ,   toronto, canada   (04.27.12)
29. just to set the record straight
tom ,   toronto, canada   (04.27.12)
the retaliation, if there is one, will NOT be from iranians living in europe, but from algerian and pakistani and turkish moslems, whose connection to iran is about as non-existent as their attachment to the "palestinians". basically, any excuse is enough for a determined anti-semite. but most iranians, and especially those who fled iran and the islamist revolution, have no sympathy for the mullahcracy, and little or no hatred of jews.
30. Anti Jewsih Backlash, that's new?
Baruch ,   Houston/Israel   (04.27.12)
Look up alyah, try it you might like it.
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