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'A field trip to the Jaffa Port in Palestine'
Shiri Hadar
Published: 13.06.12, 21:11
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31. Israel is no neighbor but an ILLEGAL occupier
lydia ,   Brisbane   (06.14.12)
Nothing to come of lying to children. The children on both side of the conflict deserve to learn the truth ie that 250UN resolutions condemns Israel illegal occupation.. That not a grain of sand outside Israel unilaterally declared borders belongs to Israel and that Israel uses armed est. Euro migrant to thugs to steal Palestinian land.
32. 29 Israeli kids sent message on missiles
lydia ,   Brisbane   (06.14.12)
The Israeli kids were not so long ago sending messages on the missiles to Palestinians. Israel dropped cluster bombs wp and du on unarmed civilians corralled in the Gaza ghetto, resulting in the death and mutilation of some 4000 Palestinians men, women and children. Nobody cares about Israel nationhood as long as its is not on stolen Arab land.
33. Golda Meir on Palestinians
observer ,   Egypt   (06.14.12)
Golda Meir said: "There were no such thing as Palestinians. Meir only said this in 1968 when she resided in the West Jerusalem Talbalyya house owned by Palestinian Hanna Bisharate. Golda Meir received the house from the Foreign Ministry which was occupying the house since 1948 after kicking out its owner Palestinians.
34. #16 tom,....lol!
Mark ,   Lodz, Poland   (06.14.12)
35. Lydia,worry about Oz Ghetto for refugees ,surrounded by barb
ab   (06.14.12)
ed wire in the Outback or on the barren island of Nauru .. Or have you participated in the Hunt for refugees who had broken out of the Camp in the dessert,bringing your dogs with you as requested by Authorities ?
36. And financial help for these
Istvan ,   BUDAPEST HUNGARY   (06.14.12)
improductive peoples goes on undisturbed from EU. Greece, Spain etc are to collapse, a quarter of european population live in poverty, but there is enough money to finance these terrorists.
37. To: No. 32
Sarah B ,   U.S.A. / Israel   (06.14.12)
Oh, the Arab gift of inflation! A little over 1,200 people in Gaza were casualties of Cast Lead. Eighty percent were terrorist combatants. The rest were utilized as human shields by the terrorists or were not allowed to evacuate areas that Israel had informed well in advance were due to come under bombardment. The Israeli kids who wrote those messages on missiles had been traumatized by missile fire from Gaza and from Lebanon for YEARS. Besides, if you had half a brain, you would know that NATO troops in Iraq wrote messages on bombs which were then dropped upon Iraqi civilians. I'm fairly certain that Iraq never fired missiles on innocent civilians in any NATO country. Your point? Finally, it is the Arabs who stole Jewish land! Don't you know any history at all?
38. To: No. 31
Sarah B ,   U.S.A. / Israel   (06.14.12)
There is no such thing as ersatz "Palestinian" land. It all belongs to the Jews. The ersatz "Palestinians" come from the Hejaz in the Western Arabian desert. DNA has proven that beyond any shadow of a doubt. The only real Palestinians are the Jews. You need look no further than Ottoman and British Mandatory census reports to realize this. But you're not interested in the truth, are you? Wasn't Brisbane built on stolen aboriginal land? So -- when are you planning to restore Brisbane to its rightful owners?
39. forget leftists fancy words. we are dealing with barbarians
ralph   (06.16.12)
40. And yet...
Ian ,   Newcastle upon Tyne   (06.18.12)
...the appeasers and apologists in the west try to organise boycotts against ISRAEL'S educators and educational establishments. I wonder if they realize that they are supporting child abusers. THREE CHEERS FOR ISRAEL!!!
41. #34 observer, not so fast
Jake   (06.19.12)
First of all, Golda Meir did not live in Talbiya in 1968, but only in the 1950's. The villa in question, which was known as the Harun al-Rashid villa, had belonged to the Bisharat family, but they moved out in the early 1930's and leased it to officers of the British Royal Air Force. The Bisharat family were already outside of Mandate Palestine, when Israel declared independence on May 14 1948. No blood was shed in taking the Villa Harun al-Rashid during the 1948 War, and no one was expelled. The departing British officers simply handed over the keys to the Haganah. But don't take my word for it. Here is an article written by Ibrahim Bisharat, Hanna Bisharat's grandson. http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2003/05/18/IN206581.DTL&ao=all
42. My post addressed to #34 was directed at #33
Jake   (06.19.12)
43. #41 thanks!, the linked article strengthens my point
observer ,   Egypt   (06.20.12)
may everyone read it.
44. # 19
Zaba ,   Calif.   (06.24.12)
'James': What were the borders of this land you refer to as 'palestine'? Can you name and describe some palestinian leaders (five is good) prior to Yasser Arafat? Go as far back as you need to go. Way back......
45. amos@avitan.ws
Amos Avitan ,   Canada   (06.25.12)
As usual. The Palestinians and their supporters rely on lies to garner more support. Trouble is, the truth told by the few of that are well read and knowledgable can not be heard when so many ignorants are shouting enough lies. I always believed that Israel needs a more effective, loud PR system to teach world of Israel history and it's connection to Judaism. That Israel must counter these lies so that the Palestinian children grow up questioning their learnings. We, the human race are a result of our memories and they shape who we are. The Palestinians are attempting to create new memories and shape a new reality and as long as Israel does not aggressivly counter that, what will the future hold?
46. #2 - are you saying this report is incorrect?
William ,   Israel   (06.25.12)
Because there are plenty of pictures and videos that would support the article. And Britain, Norway, and Swiss aren't in the habit of tying their name to fictitious events through the UN. I get the feeling you'd rather have the world ignore these very real events which are extremely abusive to youth and ensures future tensions and more bloodshed.
47. #33- Golda Meir said there was no such thing as "Palestinian
William ,   Israel   (06.25.12)
which was echoed by even PLO leaders in the early 1960s, and other Arab leaders following the 1948 war. Are they wrong as well? And what proof do you have that the owners of her house were thrown out, or even legally owned it? Hazem Khalidi admitted most Arabs ran without ever seeing a soldier due to the mistakes of the Higher Arab Committee and many Arab leaders, such as those in Syria, just after 1948 said Arabs are the reason for the refugee crisis. Arabs were certainly the reason for the continued problems for the next 60 years, threatening those who would return to Israel to become loyal citizens and end aggression as per UNR194 which Israel accepted following the war. Arab continue to this day to threaten those who would normalize ties with Israel.
48. #31 - when did Israel unilaterally declare borders?
William ,   Israel   (06.25.12)
the 1967 lines were infact 1949 Armistice lines which the Arabs declared, and further stated that they can never be future borders nor a basis for negotiations. The larger and legal borders of Israel were deemed in 1922 through the Balfour Declaration. Again, not by Israel and not unilaterally. In the North and in the South, the UN has already accepted Israel's borders so it's not unilateral. What IS unilateral are the borders and leaders of Arab State placed by European powers, the declaration of ownership of land Arabs stole from Jews but still can't find documentation to prove their tie to it. Abbas when to Ankara to get Ottoman Turkish land records to prove "Palestinian" ownership to the land and came back empty-handed. Trying to prove ownership over land they never ruled and Arabs only privately-held to 4.7% will only get him a black-eye. But atleast they have you, Lydia.
49. #32 - TO Hizbullah, not the Lebanese people
William ,   Israel   (06.25.12)
You failed to make that distinction because it torpedoes your agenda.
50. #32 - Israel didn't drop cluster bombs on Gaza
William ,   Israel   (06.25.12)
You're getting your propaganda mixed up. Israel dropped cluster bombs on Lebanon, in uninhabited areas against guerrilla troops, according to Intl Law which governs their use. Another fact you failed to admit is that Israel was never found guilty of violating that law. And even those that are against cluster munitions admit that, so instead are working to end the use of these munitions the same way they work to end the use of mines....which Hizbullah planted en masse in the same area, and cause damage to civilians and livestock periodically.
51. "Nobody cares about Israel nationhood"
William ,   Israel   (06.25.12)
Actually, the majority of the global nations DO care about Israeli nationhood. That's why they continually say "Israel's security is a justifiable need" - US, UK, even Putin mentioned it. How many votes did the "Palestinians" get for nationhood in the UN? Not enough, as it's just not important.
52. #43 - I read the article
William ,   Israel   (06.25.12)
but it still does not prove the existence of a people called "Palestinians" (unique from generic Arabs who were in the region), nor does it prove that Arabs were forced from their homes. The author clearly stated "forced or fled (from the terror of war) but its ambiguity clearly shows nothing definitively different than the admissions by Hazem Khalidi of the Higher Arab Committee of their own mistakes which caused a wave of a panic among Arabs based on fictitious claims of barbarity by the Jews, like the tale of Deir Yassin. Golda Meir did not claim Arabs did not exist nor that they were not welcome in the State. Indeed they were but those who choose terror or refused to be loyal peaceful citizens of Israel were not. Many made the right choice, many others did not. And history resulted from that.
53. # 33 biased observer !
J.K. ,   Brooklyn USA   (06.27.12)
In 56 Egypt kicked out the small Jewish community from Egypt and stole their properties valued at $65 Million,so,why do you complain ?.
54. # 31 & 38
(06.27.12)
Sarah. U r a genius,every sentence, every word makes sense please continue
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