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Black flags in Mea Shearim mourn state's founding
Ari Galahar
Published: 13.05.12, 11:51
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1. Ship 'em all out
Sarah B ,   U.S.A. / Israel   (05.13.12)
Black flags are so sad. I don't want these "people" (I use the term advisedly) to live in such a state of constant sorrow. Send them somewhere they won't have to mourn all the time. Teheran. Damascus. Timbuktu. I really don't give a fig where -- if they are so miserable in Eretz Israel, there is no need for them to suffer unduly. Let's help them. Everyone benefits. They can live in endless joy somewhere else, and Israel gets rid of useless trash. Win-win.
2. You ask me-Raise the houses they're flying on to the ground
tom ,   tel aviv   (05.13.12)
3. Let them. Who cares. Just make sure they are paying taxes
rebecca ,   Modiin   (05.13.12)
and not getting anything from our government. But then, the Arabs are allowed to do worse than this, and all the lefties think it's their right. Why not the Haredim?
4. Secular neighborhoods flying black flags
(05.13.12)
Activists from Peace Now who hang black flags in secular neighborhoods and join Arabs in mourning for state's founding should be shipped out and their houses raised.
5. Sorry about this ....
Sarah B ,   U.S.A. / Israel   (05.13.12)
.... and I mean it in the best way possible, but it is "houses razed." "Houses 'raised'" means quite the reverse. Forgive me, but I thought you'd want to know.
6. to 4 and 5 and to all
David ,   Herzlia, Israel   (05.13.12)
Fed up with with leftists, rightist, haredim,peace now, peace later ,arabs and all the rest that do not respect the country they live in. Whoever is not happy in Israel should leave to better pastures.
7. Funny...
YE ,   Toronto, Canada   (05.13.12)
...how these creatures loathe Israel but they are happy to receive funding from the Rabanut, etc, and use ALL the state's infrastructure to survive (water, electricity, etc)... they are the epitome of hipocrisy.. i really think they should be expelled from the country. they are part of the 5th column of traitors.
8. IF U R NOT LOYAL TO ISRAEL, & R UNHAPPY, JUST LEAVE!
Rachel ,   usa   (05.13.12)
9. At first I thought this article spoke of all
Israeli 2   (05.13.12)
the Haredim in Meah shaarim. It spoke about the crazy non-Jewish, anti semitic sect called Neturei Karta. They are NOT haredim! They are imposter Jews. This news article is misleading.
10. naturei karta doesnt represent haredim
ester   (05.13.12)
there r only a few thousands of them and they r crazy
11. @#10 - more like a few dozen
Shalom Hartman   (05.13.12)
12. NK low lives dont represent the bulk of the haredi
zionist forever   (05.13.12)
Neturei Karta are nothing more than low lives who dance and burn flags when the sirens ring on Yom Hazikaron & Yom Hashoa. When the Chabad House in Mumbai was attacked by terrorists and people killed NK didn't offer their condolences they instead sent out a leaflet condemning Chabad for its relations with the: FILTHY DEPLORABLE TRAITORS THE CURSED ZIONISTS THAT ARE YOUR FRIENDS They are not even the good Torah observers they claim to be. I remember seeing on SKY I think it was once it was a protest in London about Iraq or something and it stuck in my mind because of the fact there were a bunch of NK people there throwing their shoes like the Muslims do carrying their banners but it was a Saturday. So instead of going to pray or spending Shabbat with their family they were out at a protest carrying a banners and throwing their shoes to make a point about they don't believe Israel has a right to exist. NK might be the lowest of the low but just because they dress like the rest of the haredi population doesn't mean the rest of the haredi population share their warped ideology and unfortunately the media takes notice of this lot but ignores the law abiding haredi who live very ordinary lives, have jobs & serve in the army ( thousands do ) but they don't sell newspapers NK and their antics do.
13. black flags on rememberance day
e ,   canada   (05.13.12)
let them live within an arab country, they do not recognize israel at all, why are they living there then. shame on them Its disgraceful.
14. Medinat Yisrael REISHIT Geulatenu: GROWTH in size&level.
Jerry ,   The Netherlands   (05.13.12)
15. And we seculars fly the "black flag" all year
William ,   Israel   (05.13.12)
to mourn the parasitic populations who both use State services, State welfare, and work for the destruction of the State,,, you know who you are.
16. Parasites that embed
Mea   (05.13.12)
suck the blood from their hosts. That the general tax paying population of Israel actually pay taxes that support these people is the most incredible factor of all. Their black flags are the nose thumbed, and why Israelis do not demand change is beyond me. Perhaps if the black flags were flown by black people, Israelis would storm the gates and rough them up and kick them out. But they are not black, they are white Jews, so they get a roll of the eyes and a paycheck for the insult. Reality.
17. who cares
Dan ,   Rimonim   (05.13.12)
Let them fly their flags. At the same time, halt their child payments, eliminate the discount on real estate taxes, eliminate their Yeshiva stipend and make them do Sherut Leumi.
18. Curious: Why do NK and live in Israel if they hate her so?
NeutralObserver ,   LA, CA   (05.14.12)
As a non-Israeli and non-Jew i am puzzled by the fact that Israelis have to live with so many people within their own country who hate the state of Israel. You can understand some leftists since they argue that they don't really hate but are trying to make Israel better from their own perspective. But between Arab Muslims who hate Israel for being a Jewish state, Arab Christians who wish it were a Christian state, religious nuts like NK who hate Israel for bieng a state and leftists who wish it were an Arab state it is difficult to see how Israel continues to survive and how it can hope to survive in the future. In the US we have flag burners but much fewer of them and most are far less passionate about their hate for America than anti-Zionists are about their hate for Israel. All I can say is good luck Israel, you'll definitely need it with friends like this.
19.  Chutspah From Heaven?
David Fakheri ,   Los Angles - U . S   (05.14.12)
What power is behind their " Chutzpa " that gives them to behave like this? Do we Can find any country in the whole world that their citizens freely being united with the " Enemies " from the outside which a good number of them already living among us , deny the existence of that state with them , cooperate to destroy it out of historical base of its existence , prefer to be slaves of the other nations than being the masters of their own , and in the meanwhile there hasn't been yet any government("s ) which could have been able to put an end to their actions against Israel who have the best and the most benefit like the " regular residence of the country!" who gave and still giving their lives to prevent another Holocaust to any JEW including those! and still WE the citizens who carry only Israeli Passport and do not believe in any safe heaven except Israel ( Unlike those who have different passports from other countries except Israel ) have to pay taxes to keep them safe and sound as they are like us!.
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