Opinion  Ronen Bergman
View from Morocco
Ronen Bergman
Published: 09.01.13, 10:23
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1. If they care so much about the poo poo Palestinians
Vlad   (01.09.13)
Why not offer them citizenship?
2. Few and Far Between
EGGM ,   Petah Tikva, Israel   (01.09.13)
It may be true that Morocco would like to have relations with Israel and can't because of the Palestinian issue, but countries like that are few and far between. There are maybe a dozen in total (a high estimate), like Malaysia, Indonesia, Mauritania, etc. and we saw many of these on the eve of the Oslo Accords. However, getting ties with a few third world countries is not nearly worth it for the compromises they expect us to make. We have enough partners in the other ~190 countries that we don't need these to be successful.
3. #2, Damn, you are so right!
msh ,   Haifa   (01.09.13)
4. you must be joking
m ,   the gulf states   (01.09.13)
we don't love palestinians as much as you think we do and we don't hate you as much either.
5. Arabs could care less about Palestinians
Rachel ,   US   (01.09.13)
This is just an excuse for continued hatred towards Israel. What have the Arabs done for the Palestinians in Syria? Nada.
6. THERE WILL BE A DAY
Keren IL-BR ,   Israel   (01.09.13)
Where we will say Morrocons, Saudis, Qataris en masse en Tel Aviv beaches, buying our technologies and being friends with us. i ask myself... Why are we loosing so much money with all these prospective clients and tourists? Because of 500 thousand crazy settlers? Is not the time alreday to leave the West Bank and become a normal and respected country? I am for a Palestinian State alongside Israel.
7. Both ISRAEL and MOROCCO need to roll back ARAB IMPERIALISM.
Jerry ,   The Netherlands   (01.09.13)
8. Funny
Gee ,   Zikron Yaakov   (01.09.13)
It seems to me that the ethnic cleansing of 3/4 of millions Jews from that racist regime might also be an issue. The Arabs have been committing war crimes against us for 1,400 years, but the only problem is their "Palestinians". So typical
9. To No. 8 Gee
Bertram ,   London, UK   (01.09.13)
"It seems to me that the ethnic cleansing of 3/4 of millions Jews from that racist regime might also be an issue." It seems to me your ignorance might be an issue here. At its height, in the 1940s, the Jewish population of Morocco was little more than 250,000 - so 3/4 million is arrant nonsense. The fact is that significant emigration to Israel took place at the behest of Zionists, despite the fact that the Moroccan regime did not make it easy for such emigration. Consequently, there is still a Jewish population of around 5000 in Morocco which is well-represented throughout society. By no means has Morocco been free of antisemitic activity - but ethnic cleansing? You clearly do not know the meaning of the term.
10. Why the palestinian issue, and not the Western Sahara issue?
Jake   (01.09.13)
Perhaps Israel should bar travel to Morocco until that issue gets solved.
11. #6 Contents of your post are bogus, just like your "name"
Jake   (01.09.13)
Keren IL-BR is another talbacker, and it is not nice to write false flag posts under others' names. You do know that on the wall maps in Saudi Arabia, Qatar, and Morocco, there is no Israel, only "Palestine", and Tel Aviv is regarded as a settlement.
12. #9 Bertram, you are bereft of knowledge
Jake   (01.09.13)
and just a typical propagandist. Jews were ethnically cleansed from Morocco and other Arab countries as a consequence of fear and terrorism to which they were subjected in a series of bloody riots and anti-Semitic pogroms and slaughters. Incidentally, what do you think would happen if the Jews whose properties and assets they left behind, i.e. confiscated by the regimes of the Arab countries in which they lived, decided to demand compensation for their stolen and looted assets, to their current values adusted to inflation?
13. #6. Are you crazy? Can you read a map?
Chaim ,   Israel   (01.09.13)
#6. Not only does Judea and Samaria legally belong to Israel. Judea and Samaria make Israel viable. Do you want Israel to have a 9 mile (15 minute tank ride) waist? Are you crazy? Can you read a map?
14. #4. Most Arabs are fed up with "Palestinian" poseurs too.
Chaim ,   Israel   (01.09.13)
This article is B.S. The idea of Israel ceding our ancestral heartland and trimming Israel's waist to 9 miles (15 minute tank ride) is plain lunatic. Israel is fed up with "Palestinian" poseurs. So are most Arabs. Poster #4 is far from unique, in the Arab world, in their view about "Palestinian" poseurs. Arab leaders are too wise to invest their money on Fictional Palestine.
15. What Morocco could gain
Elie Abitbol ,   Canada   (01.10.13)
How about what Morocco could gain from establishing a formal relation with israel. All those tourists who were going to Turkey will go to Morocco at a gain to Morocco of millions if not billions of dollars in revenue and thousands of jobs. Using Israel's agricultural knowhow would stop the rural exodus and create revenue for thousands of workers in farms etc.. Using Jewish goodwill around the world would favour investment in Morocco from manufacturing to high tech products.... etc... All of that if the Moroccan government would remember that they too were invaded by the Arab armies and stop thinking they are part of the Middle Eastern mess
16. you win some, and you lose some
Cipora Julianna Kohn ,   Z   (01.10.13)
israel has relationships with the entire world, except the muslim world. so, who cares.
17. #9 Bertram - I misspoke
Gee ,   Zikron Yaakov   (01.11.13)
Only 1/4 of million Jews were ethnically cleansed, hummm does that make it all better to you? If 3/4 of million is unacceptable and 1/4 of million is acceptable where is the cutoff point, 1/2 million? Still a crime against humanity in my book As for the 'Zionists' that is so much BS. Zionists have been working on getting Jews from around the world to immigrate home and yet the vast majority came from Arab states. Your argument is total moronic nonsense. Yes 5,000 Jews remain out of 250,000. That means only 99.8% of the population was driven from their homes that they had since BEFORE Islam and their fascism. The special taxes, the rapes, murders, thefts and threats drove the Jews of Morocco from their homes. Just like England has done. I have forgotten more about the term anti-Semitism than a idiot like you will ever learn. I have heard the screams of 'Kill the Jews'. Little stupid boys like you have no place in adult conversations.
18. Bergam Stirs up Trouble wherever he goes
IsraeliHallofInfamy ,   Jerusalem Israel   (01.11.13)
Bergman has earned his place of "honor" in the " Anti Israel Israelis Hall of Infamy." Selling anti Israel propaganda to the world is big money He is probably going to make a big award winning money making anti Israel film soon.
19. To No. 17 Gee
Bertram ,   London, UK   (01.11.13)
"As for the 'Zionists' that is so much BS. Zionists have been working on getting Jews from around the world to immigrate home and yet the vast majority came from Arab states." Between 1882 and 2011, the number of immigrants to Israel: 1. From Muslim lands (Africa, Asia & Middle East) - 882,251 2. From (non-Muslim) Europe - 2,227,089
20. good
hachemite moroccan ,   morocco   (01.11.13)
think u for this a lot of true in this article.we r open minded in morocco and we hope for peace in the middle east
21. #19 Bertram
Gee ,   Zikron Yaakov   (01.11.13)
Try again - over 50% of our population has come from ARAB countries not Europe. The IBS disputes your very claims. I also noticed that not one of my questions was addressed. Very telling.
22. To No. 21 Gee
Bertram ,   London, UK   (01.11.13)
I hope you are not a teacher of statistics. If so, your students would be getting a raw deal. Pay attention. The population structure does not equate with the pattern of migration since births and deaths are also involved. In other words, accepting that 50% of the Israeli population does not necessarily contradict the figures I gave (from Israeli sources). Your other points are based on unsubstantiated assumptions and falsehoods e.g. 'The special taxes, the rapes, murders, thefts and threats drove the Jews of Morocco from their homes'. Source?
23. It's not the case in Morocco
ilyas ,   Essaouira, Morocco   (02.27.13)
You know that Morocco gave some confidential informations before the war against Arabs.It shows the friendship between the both countries.
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