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Protesters: We want education, not war with Iran
Gilad Morag
Published: 23.08.12, 21:33
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1. social justice demands strip middle East of WMDS
zionist forever   (08.23.12)
Is there anything Mr Social Justice does not demand? They demand houses, they demand free childcare, they demand lower taxes and now they demand a Middle East free of weapons of mass destruction. These idiots are a bigger threat than Iran because all these protests and talking about a region free of WMDS risks turning global debate from what is the world going to do about stoping Iran from getting nukes to disarming Israel. t We look like a bunch of cowards who are terrified of the idea of a wars of any kind and the end result is arabs lose any fear they once had for us and increases the chances of them starting a war because they think we will fight back by protesting. All this dialogue not bombs, what do they think the US has been trying to do since George Bushes second term? Maybe they think that if we ask real nice and tell them we want a Middle East free of weapons of mass destruction Iran will say of course agree with you 100% lets get rid of our nukes and then have a big hug. Social justice demands you go home and stop thinking about Iran or your next protest stunt.
2. Naivete'
EC ,   Washington DC - USA   (08.23.12)
"Another protester, who lived in Iran before moving to Israel, said 'I believe the Iranian people do not want a war either.' " Perhaps they do not, but the mullahs and Ahmadinejad are the ones with their fingers on the trigger. You may have noticed their increasingly bellicose language toward Israel lately. Do you think they're going to blind you with the lights from all the power their nuclear reactor generates or they have another, more nefarious intent? People like this protester cannot afford to be so naive.
3. Soo enlightened
2Mad ,   צרפת   (08.23.12)
Welfare, education, kittens, puppies, booze, schmooze, toasting marshmallows around a campfire - and to draft all the Haredim !
4. STUFF EDUCATION ,BRING ON WAR
MR CYNIC ,   SAFED OPERA HOUSE   (08.23.12)
5. Every day!!
Ron M ,   South Tel Aviv   (08.23.12)
we are treated to these top headline stories about 2 dozen people protesting this or that. I can get you 2 dozen people to protest the fact that Avocados are ripening too fast.. Yediot, can you give us some real news please?
6. Only Dozens ??!!!
Rube Vogel ,   Jerusalem   (08.23.12)
But there must be thousands of suicidal lunatics in Israel? They can't all be taking their medication?
7. A little Israeli garbage
michael Pielet ,   israel   (08.24.12)
This garbage should be tried for treason. Then shot.
8. Wake up you leftys
Use your brain   (08.24.12)
NO ONE WANTS WAR but our existence is constantly threatened by a radical Islamist leader in Iran with nuclear bombs WE HAVE NO CHOICE....we couldn't stop the holoucaust but we can stop this one. Your not going to have social justice when Iran launch a nuclear bomb which they believe is the way to the messianic redemption
9. Reminds me of England in the 1930's
Steve   (08.24.12)
Churchill, who warned of the Nazi threat, was a war-monger; a scare-monger until German bombs fell on British cities, London, Coventry, etc.
10. these protesters will get an education if irun
jerome ,   basalt, colorado   (08.24.12)
gets a nuke bomb
11. If five people protested the strike Ynet would cover it
Daniel ,   Formerly Israel   (08.24.12)
and if they brought 20 dogs with them, the headline would be "dozens protest". It was "hundreds" at one point, but most of them apparently had work to do, so now only "dozens" are left (We ae conveniently not told how many dozens). This has gone beyond media bias into really just pathetically desparate propaganda. Dear YNET editorial board, just come out and say you're against attacking Iran, no one will be surprised, no one will change their reading habits, and you might actually come off as a little less pathetic.
12. O wow!!
Belinda ,   Texas, USA   (08.24.12)
Talk about useful idiots!!
13. #1 - Zionist forever
Helene ,   Merkaz   (08.24.12)
Could you please tell me in which part of Israel you live. Haifa, Jerusalem, Sderot ??? Thank you
14. High economic growth & low unemployment compared to Iran's
Avi   (08.24.12)
...remarks that Israel must be destroyed at all costs, leaves no shred of doubt these guys are complete morons.
15. Social justice's completely flawed logic
Alexander ,   Tel Aviv, Israel   (08.24.12)
Israel's economy may be ailing now -probably as a result of the ailing Israeli foreign trade and exports due to an ailing world economy, but Israel's economy has been going strong for years - and yet Netanyahu and Barak talked of the possibility to strike Iran - in the absence of internal/domestic economic problems. That's flawed logical nr 1: according to "social justice", Israel's leadership wants war with Iran not because Iran is developing nukes and has threatened to annihilate Israel from the face of the earth but because Israel is currently suffering from an ailing economy. But how do they explain that Netanyahu and Barak were talking of attacking Iran even when Israel's economy was very strong? Flawed logic nr 2: Iran's conflict with Israel is about "social justice". Oh really? Does Iran really need to deny/glorify the Holocaust, portray the Jewish native and historical population of Israel as "European colonialists and imperialists", and deny Israel's equal right to exist among the nations merely because of our Jewish ethnicity? What has "social justice" got to do with Iranian nuclear genocide on 6 million Jews in Israel? Flawed logic nr 3: If Israel attacks Iran - meaning dismantles Iran's nuclear program and destroy's Iran's leadership, then Israel is heading for "ruin". Question: if Israel destroys the very Iranian leadership that intends to destroy Israel, you essentially destroy the people fanning the hatred for our country. How can they harm us if they are destroyed? If Israel destroys the Iranian nuclear program, how can Iran wipe out Israel? How is that leading Israel to "ruin"? Flawed logic nr 4: Stripping Middle East of weapons of mass destruction would include Israel. If Israel no longer has nukes to defend itself, Israel would be an easier target of racist anti-Semitic genocidal ideologists, terrorists and mass murderers all over the Middle East and the world. Our nukes is what make our enemies cautious of pushing us too far. Essentially every point "social justice" suggested is deeply flawed and contradictory. What else to expect from traitors and left wing extremists?
16. Protestors
Miryam ,   Ontario, USA   (08.24.12)
Did these people go to school to learn to be stupid are were they born stupid. Also, these people need to get the hell out of Israel.
17. Education and not war
lyran Dunghill ,   USA   (08.24.12)
What a shame we did not have these chowderheads crying this idiocy at the beginning of the holocaust. For sure, if there had been more education, Hitler would definitely not have bombed Britain and slaughtered over 6 million Jews. Who digs these clowns out from underneath of giant ant-hills anyway?
18. Well they certainly do take this whole issue lying down....
Henry from New York ,   USA   (08.24.12)
19. Iran is laughing at us
Chaya ,   Bat Yam   (08.24.12)
Iran is laughing at those foolish people.
20. # 7
Ehud ,   Tel-Aviv, Israel   (08.24.12)
You are advertising your extreme stupidity .
21. Idiot leftists threaten Israel with nuclear holocaust.
Chaim ,   Israel   (08.24.12)
Once again, idiotic leftists, who've been infallibly wrong about every major issue since Israel's establishment, threaten Israeli lives. However, this time the threat is bigger than ever. These cretins want Israel to do nothing as Iran's genocidal maniac leaders build nuclear bombs. Ignore them. Destroy Iran's nukes NOW!
22. #15 'Flawed logic nr.3'
(08.24.12)
Because Israel can't destroy Iran's leadership. Unfortunately Israel couldn't even destroy the leaderships of Hamas and Hisbollah in the last war. A war would temporary weaken Iran's military capabilities, but it would strengthen its long-term terrorist determination. But there's a bigger danger in my opinion: the possibility that Iran really isn't building nukes. If Israel starts an escalating war with many casualties, involving the US against their will, rising oil prices, crashing economies in Europe and the US (the economies would have gone down anyway, but they will give Israel the fault); and if it then turns out be that Iran used its nuclear programme peacefully or at least Israel can't prove the opposite, then Israel's international standing would go down to a dangerously low level and this actually could lead to "ruin". A war needn't escalate in this way and I think that it is more likely that Iran IS building a bomb, but it's not mandatory. Did the US already find Saddam's WMDs? No? But they were so sure...
23. Real social justice would mean an end to
jason white ,   afula, israel   (08.24.12)
welfare. We need to defend Israel and not take care of those that refuse to work. Many of us are sick and tired of paying others to stay at home while we go to work. We are also fed up paying for those that do not serve in the I.D.F. We need to be able to strike iran and destroy their weapons.
24. To nr 22
Alexander ,   Tel Aviv, Israel   (08.24.12)
Why can't Israel destroy Iran's leadership? If you target their institutions and offices without a warning you may target many of them. Israel can destroy the leadership of Hamas and Hizbollah. Then problem is that Israel's leadership has been unwilling to do so for whatever reason. As far as intelligence and intelligence gathering regarding Hamas and Hizbollah leaders' location is concerned, and military resources and strategic and tactical abilites, Israel has the resources. But the IDF cannot act without the green light from the government. The government sets the policies, the IDF executes the orders. The possibility that Iran isn't building nukes and that the world will blame Israel for an unnecessary military action is nil. Iran has repeatedly threatened to annihilate Israel. From the point of view of international law, threatening to destroy another country/nation is casus belli - reason for war. Israel has the full legal right to attack Iran. As far as Iranian nukes are concerned: Israel doesn't believe Iran is developing nukes. Israel KNOWS Iran is developing nukes. USA, the EU and IAEA know too. Would the Iranians develop civilian nuclear technology for medical use deep in the mountain and to refuse international inspections and to erase evidence of some nuclear installations? Not likely. It's for military use allright. Israel will not involve USA "against their will". Israel can do this alone and Israel has the capabilities to take out Iran. A war with Iran would not strenghten its long term terrorist determination for the simple reason that a weakened Iranian leadership would embolden civilian Iranians to fight their regime. Second: Iran is in dire straits. Rebuilding destroyed nuclear facilities will cost a lot.
25. When does the world destroy Israel's nukes?
IF ,   NYC   (08.26.12)
Seems that the world has such a right, correct? Is Israel a peacekeeper or troublemaker? Seems self-evident to most.
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