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Report: Israel's treatment of asylum seekers lacking
Omri Efraim
Published: 24.05.12, 22:50
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1. Ignore the State Dept!
Amichai ,   Huntsville, US   (05.24.12)
It's run by Hillary Clinton - just one step above the mental capacity of Joe Biden. Ignore those idiots & do what's right for Israel or you'll be knee-deep in illegal immigrants like we are!
2. Maybe we should become more like the
Robert Haymond ,   Israel/Gush Etzion   (05.24.12)
USA with its ten million illegal Mexicans and provide them with free education, social welfare benefits and medical services. As a result, the state of California cannot hold all its criminals in prison. When an illegal (infiltrator) is caught driving a vehicle without a license, nothing happens. When an american citizen is caught in the same predicament , however, he/she is arrested, the vehicle possessed and, a fine and/or jail sentence imposed. The U.S. State Department,a body almost independent from the American political system, would have us destroy ourselves just as its witnessing the destruction of American society.
3. Uncle Sam---bo
ber ,   yahud   (05.24.12)
By all means Obama gov't. If you're so complacent, why the hell didn't Uncle Sam take European Jews 70 years ago??? More than that, with you wanting to cram us into the 67 borders, it's not like we have 50 states from sea to sea or anything like that (plus Alaska half the size of Europe). By all means take them if you want them Obama. Maybe half of them have the same daddy as you anyways????
4. US duplicity,60.000x45=2.7 million Sudanese admitted to US?
ab   (05.24.12)
(US is 45 times bigger than Israel populationwise )
5. DEAR STATE DEPARTMENT
DA URBAN POET ,   SAFED OPERA HOUSE   (05.24.12)
FYI : Israel owes these ILLEGAL Inflitrators from Africa absolutely NOTHING , zilch ,nada. True ,we should treat these unfortunate people with dignity and respect but Israel is a home for jews only. So ,with due respect MIND YOUR OWN BUSINESS.
6. Hey America! Take a look in a mirror
disgusted ,   Tel Aviv   (05.24.12)
We have more humanity in one finger than you have in your entire country. Electical double walls against Mexicans trying to get work in the United States. Deportation of parents leaving children abandoned. How dare you have the nerve to criticize Israel. Look at yourselves and be careful about throwing stones.
7. U.S. is the model on how NOT to handle illegal immigration
Scott ,   Ramat Gan, Israel   (05.24.12)
The U.S.'s to illegal immigration is to essentially do nothing, provide no assistance - except for schooling & free hospitalization & let profiteers create and underground economy whereby illegals are paid slave wages & pay no taxes.
8. And why does USA choose who Israel deems its enemy
Moshe ,   Usa   (05.24.12)
USA, stay out of Israel business. Just keep sending Israel cash so it can defend itself. Israel doesn't say anything about the Mexicans border jumping USA as do several state governors who round them up & call them infill traitors. Like the spelling of infiltrators, do you ? Then they put them in jail. Which is worse than what Israel does. obummah, go back to heaven. You are " the one ", right ?
9. Just like pre ww2 the U.S. Dept of State
Rod ,   Fargo N.Dakota   (05.24.12)
Would turn back a minimal amount of European Jews who were truly fighting for their lives.Hitler offered to send Jewish refugees to any country that would accept them.Where was my country? Don't lecture anyone Dept of State Hypocrites.They even turned back a ship off Florida's coast filled with with Jewish refugees from Hitler.The majority of ships Jews ended up dead. Now they let in Muslims and millions of Mexican illegals.Hey State Dept you have always been anti Jewish
10. Every Mexican coming across the border to the US is an......
Drama 101 ,   Israel   (05.24.12)
assylum seeker? Same thing here. No way the US of A is going to buy that. Nor would they treat them any differently. You come across illegally? You get sent back.
11. the country of first arrival is Egypt!
(05.24.12)
go pick on them!
12. Give st dept people foreign passports, then fly to America!
Brian Cohen ,   Judean Peoples Front   (05.24.12)
Talk about braindead bureacrats! I say give the authors of this report a foreign passport, then have them fly into America with an i undotted or t uncrossed on their visa. Let's see how they like it when the INS officer insults them, then arrests them and holds them without access to a lawyer or fair trial, all the time telling them they are lowlife scum who are trying to illegally enter America to live there. "Lacking"?!?!?! Shows how far the Americans have not come, and probably why they are going down the toilet as a nation.
13. #3 sad comment
Sanders ,   Earth   (05.25.12)
You are full of venom and spite Yahud. Nobody can help you with your ethnocentric issues but at least you should refrain from biting the hand that feeds you. Without the US, poor little Israel would have just vanished decades ago.
14. State DEpartment. How do you treat Mexicans Eligals?
George ,   Metula   (05.25.12)
Since Obama came to power more than 70.000 eligals were returned to their countries, most of them from Mexico. In manu cases leaving their children behind since the children were born in the States. That's human? That's not descriminatory? These gringoes have the nerve to critisize other while at home they are much worse than what Israelies do. What we call infiltrators you call eligal. Most of them are not aylium seekers. So maybe we call Mexicans or central americans asylium seekers since in their countries the violence is in every corner. The killings of inocents is daring. So why not clasify Mexicans or Central Americans as Asylium seekers. The double moral standard of The State Department is amazing
15. where were they
Michael Pielet ,   Israel   (05.25.12)
Where was the state department when the germans and their collaborators were exterminating 6 million Jews in Europe. Where were they?
16. #13
Logic ,   Israel   (05.25.12)
I support strong USA-Israel ties, but it is an inconvenient fact that Israel managed quite decently without much American assistance during her first few decades of existence. During the War of Independence, the US supported the arms embargo if I'm not mistaken, requiring Israel to scrape up weapons from the Czechs. Eisenhower was frigid towards Israel and forced a withdrawal from Sinai in '57. Also, Israel made due with French Mirages and few US arms. It was only after the '67 war when the US saw it had a rising force on its hands that the ties grew stronger.
17. Many are just illegal economic migrants
Ilan   (05.25.12)
Yishai is criticized for making a statement of fact. There is a clear increase in crime, both theft and violent crime, with the influx of illegal migrants. There is also a real threat of disease as well, as if HIV isn't a epidemic in Africa. As to not taking refugee seekers from countries in a state of war with Israel. That is just chutzpa coming from a country that put its Japanese citizens into camps.
18. IRRELEVANT/VERY RELEVANT
David ,   New York, NY   (05.25.12)
US State Department IRRELEVANT. VERY RELEVANT: "Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it." (George Santayana) The haredim VERY RELEVANT problem began, as we know all too well, with Ben Gurion's decision to admit a mere 400 haredim to The State out of sympathy for their plight. This decision and the initial 400 have mushroomed into a gigantic problem for the nation with a looming disaster in sight. One must be incredibly myopic due perhaps to a blinding adherence to some mistaken ideology to miss the obvious parallel with the "refugees" and not foresee yet ANOTHER disaster looming in the Nation's future. WAKE UP!
19. illegals
Eric Apoe ,   USA   (05.25.12)
the Government has NOT done enough to deport these people....it was not safe to be at the Central Bus Station when I was there in 2011...and all I hear is it is worse now.....rape robbery ....does Israel need to IMPORT this? in the name of Humanity...???? give me a break liberal idiots....TAKE THESE GUYS HOME with you and be the bleeding heart you want to be HOME...where YOU HAVE TO LIVE with it ...get a life losers.....do follow the crap the US has with this phony garbage
20. ha ha ha ha ROFL the USA calling the kettle black
Jhan   (05.25.12)
No pun intended - you have -GOT- to be kidding me, the USA? Which has had a 100% dysfunctional non-operative immigration non-policy and zero border controls since the late 1960's? Please stop it already!
21. Don't Follow The US On Immigration
ACortez ,   Anaheim, CA, USA   (05.25.12)
I've watched my country allow endless streams of immigrants from south of our border and our country is worse for it. I could understand if they came to America to become American but with political correctness and the idiocy of the leftest teaching they're making my country a toilet like the one they left. Israel should wise up and only allow immigrants into the country that want to be Israeli. Otherwise they'll destroy you from within like they're doing to my beloved USA.
22. FOLLOW THE US AND BE THE JOKE
ADAM ,   london england   (05.25.12)
OF THE AMERICAS .
23. after hearing all these comments
Benjamin Milikofsky ,   Miami Florida   (05.25.12)
the U.S. should stop giving the $ 3 billion a year foreign aid to Israel
24. To: BO & HILL: ISRAEL is NOT ARIZONA.
Israeli 2   (05.25.12)
25. US state dept hates Jews, loves arabs, so shut up already.
Bunnie Meyer ,   Los Angeles, CA USA   (05.25.12)
26. State Dept a bunch of ...
HG ,   USA   (05.25.12)
Hey,where were you when Jews tried to get in during WWII???? So before you lecture Israel, look in the mirror!!
27. The refugees must be returned
Ron ,   OC US   (05.25.12)
Israel is not the US. It is the planets only Jewish state. There are many African/Moslem states where these refugees/infiltraters will do better.
28. #13 sanders Why Don't You Advocate
(05.25.12)
For african's To african's? There is darfur, s.sudan just for starter's. How is the opec countries NEVER DONATE for the less fortunate and victims of there african and n.african government? Something Stinks in this story? Quote b.H.o. I Got Your Back Israel? His mouth Never Moved but the side of his neck was break dancing! Please sander's What Earth Do You Live on?
29. AMERICA'S TREATMENT OF MEXICANS "LACKING"
AMERICAN ,   WASHINGTON, D.C.   (05.25.12)
GIVE ME A BREAK!
30. I suggest to ship them to NY and to EU.
Vardina   (05.25.12)
To all criticizerts of Israel: don't just talk. Receive them in your countries. There is more room at your places than in Israel. We have refugees of our own: those survivors of 6 million victims whom you had "assisted" to pass to the other world either actively or passively by not interfering. Israel should provide shelters for Jewish refugees only .
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