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Keep our Israel Jewish
Yoav Keren
Published: 23.05.12, 18:03
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61. 56 Moslem nations but they choose Israel!
bob k ,   orlando usa   (05.24.12)
I agree, it is a demographic question ultimately and it must be dealt with Now. objectively and compassionately. Israel is too small to be the preferred destination for Africa's refugees and economic migrants. They come from all over Africa to be in the best country they can reach BY FOOT. If they could walk into Europe they would. So, let's be calm and objective. Food, medical aid, clothing and temporary shelter in refugee and migrant centers until they can be repatriated or moved to larger host countries. Moslem migrants should go to Moslem countries. Israel must not be afraid to say it cannot be Africans destination. Israel must remain overwhelmingly Jewish or face demographic extinction. In this regard it is the Arab minority which is the primary threat.
62. you are no different than your killers..
simurg ,   in a peaceful place   (05.24.12)
..when you begin to talk in this way. what you are trying to say isn't different than what Hitler said. when you mention inferior-superior cultures, it has no end. in the same way, what your Nazis did your ancestors isn't different that what Hitler did at all. what you did have been just killing Palestinians and taking their lands-so called your "given" lands. you will be drowned in innocent Palestinians' blood unless you stop this cruelty.
63. Motivated by Racism?
David Greenberg   (05.24.12)
Diversity is a wonderful thing. You should embrace people of other cultures living in your land, and enriching your culture. That seems a pretty racist sentiment man. I don't want to call you a racist because I don't know you, but that does seem like something a racist would say. Frankly considering Israel is a nation of refugees to begin with, it shouldn't just be your duty to take in people from other lands who are in trouble, you should be honoured to do so. You should welcome them into your homes and lives, and make arrangements on behalf of them to assist their families to move as well, so they aren't broken up. If you don't do these things, I'm not going to say you're a racist, but you're probably a racist.
64. #56: Israel not multicultural? You have no clue!
Yitzhak ,   Israel   (05.24.12)
So, this morning I got on the bus to Jerusalem for work. The bus driver is Bedouin, the conductor is a Jew from Iraq, the passenger in front of me is an Ethiopian Jew and her children, the couple behind me are Arab Muslims from a nearby village, the two soldiers a few seats back are Druze, and several Hasidim in the back are reading their prayer books. Naw. Israel knows nothing about multi-culturalism.
65. Keep Israel Jewish
A Jewish Zionist ,   Israel   (05.25.12)
Thanks for saying Aloud what a lot of us feel! Arrived as an Ola hadasha a few moments I have already accountered Appalling experiences! I found out that Jews have less rights than Non-Jews. A contradiction in itself. Staying at an absorption center I saw a majority of non-Jews granted accommodation for months even Years! Now,more non Jews are planned to arrive at the absortion centre"to study medecine" like we need more foreign Doctors in this country. As a result all Jews and whole families have been told the Absorption centre. I am not talking about myself by the way! I already left. But I feel so sorry for those hard working olim going to oulpan regularly, polite while others are granted rights they should not have like celebrating Xmas and Easter at a center run by the Jewish Agency and of course not studying, having a good time and getting extra money from the Government! That has to STOP! I know I will not be listened by the staff running the J. A since I already tried on a lower level and their reaction. Any one having experienced this situation? What a let down!
66. Israel should remain Jewish
To 46 ,   Israel   (05.25.12)
We are not talking about a small amount of people coming ti Israel but HORDS who thrash the country, live on welfare.It. Has nothing to do with just Religion But Respect to the Holy Land. In case you wouldn't know ONLY 65% of the Population in Israel is Jewish and predicted LESS in the Years to Come! Pretty Small Majority wouldn't you say?
67. Jewish Definition
Zivron   (05.25.12)
There are many defines of the JEWISH soul a better one is tough humanitarianism with many definitions of the Creater Tough and Severe security is a must and a humanitarian behaviour of post shoah Judaism demands. temporary refugee for innocents fleeinng genocide and destruction in numbers higher than our world population percentage which is one in a thousand there are about fifty million refugees fifty thousand is our moral obligation.
68. Yeah and keep Mississippi and Alabama White!
John Robey ,   Austin, Texas   (05.25.12)
69. Illegals Out Now!
Shlomo Geldmeyer ,   Tel-Aviv, Israel   (05.26.12)
Israel has a chance here to set a good precedent for the rest of the Western world, which is besieged currently by the same kinds of violent criminals and subverters. There is no good reason to allow these criminals to stay here to become drains on the system and form dangerous neighborhoods. There are numerous examples of this happening in Europe and the United States, and in China as well. It would be impossible to help the poor of the world through humanitarian immigration, if they really be refugees fleeing war. Watch the youtube video "gumball immigration" for proof. There is also nothing wrong with a nation securing its existence. A nation is more than its land and flag, it is made up of its people.
70. Keeo Israel Jewish?
Keith ,   David   (05.28.12)
Amen....
71. Keep Israel Jewish?
Keith David ,   hoduim@yahoo.com   (05.28.12)
Thou Shall Love the Stranger who is amongst thee...for thou were Strangers in the Land of Egypt.......I think somebody is forgetting his Torah Lessons........
72. Keep our Israel Jewish
Laura ,   Dallas, Texas   (05.28.12)
I completely agree with your observation: Israel will cease to exist as a Jewish nation, if it continues down that path. However, in the United States, your very own kin, the Jewish community, has managed by “hook and by crook” to change the social landscape of this nation, which will have a tremendous impact on the political landscape. This has been a tremendous DISASTER for all of us, which will, once again, deliver nasty ramifications for the Jewish people, in the not too distant future. “Those that do not learn from History are bound to repeat it,” Santayana dixit. Multiculturalism (Diversity) DOES NOT WORK and WILL NEVER WORK in Israel or the United Sates! Keep Israel Jewish and tell the Socialist-Communist Jewish community to STOP wanting to take control of how my country should move forward, for their own benefit. I have nothing against the Jewish people, but EVERYTHING HAS A LIMIT. Thank you.
73. Keep Israel Jewish
Yosi ,   Baltimore, USA   (05.28.12)
@6 and every other Israeli living abroad, that agrees with 6 on this issue. You say that the African immigrants should be deported from Israel and that Israel should remain a Jewish majority state! Yet it is ironic that you say that while living in someone else's homeland in order to make your life better fianancally. But I guess an African has no right to seek a better life for him/herself . Such an statement about someone Jewish could be labeled as Anti-Semitic. So, the question is; are you a others who agree with your views, Xenophobic Hypocrites and Anti-Hametic? If I remember history correctly the same thoughts, feelings and conversations as the one in this artical were accruing in pre-WWII Germany amongst the Germans about the Jews. It's amazing how we only see and hear the actions and words of others but not our own and how we can speak about how we've been wronged by others but not how we've wronged others. And if I also remember the Torah correctly, Leviticus 19:34 reads; Foreigners living among you will be like your own people. Love them as you love yourself, because you were foreigners living in Egypt. I am the LORD your God. And Exodus 22:21 reads; "You must not mistreat or oppress foreigners in any way. Remember, you yourselves were once foreigners in the land of Egypt. Peace to the peace makers in beretz Israel!
74. jared #8 I think
arne ,   chicago usa   (06.18.12)
your a little mixed up --one thing's got nothing to do with the other. At one time or another changes could be made with land swaps or whatever--the problem with the africans over time will not and cannot ever get straight-en out. they are a blyte to what-ever society they they invade-- I'm from Chicago and I know.
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