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Israel's human rights record 'concerns' UK
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Published: 26.01.13, 15:04
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31. The UK can go to hell
alexi   (01.26.13)
cameron along with the rabidly antiisrael can go to bloody hell. Ashton-we don't want you and blair coming to israel period.
32. look at the british record
zionist forever   (01.27.13)
FALKLANDS - a chain of islands with more sheep than people captured from Argentina by England during its imperial days. Argentina invaded to take it back ( didnt actually kill the islanders ) but the British government went to war to take it. IRAQ - Assuming they legitimately believed there were WMDS in Iraq why go to war? There was no evidence Saddam was going to use them and he certainly couldn't use them against England. LIBYA - The British were desperate to topple Gaddafi and end the fighting because they buy alot of oil from Libya. SYRIA - The British do very little trade with Syria. Assad has killed 60,000+ over a million refugees and its still going on but the moral British don't want to send in the troops to save the poor Syrians. The British are up in arms about the fact that Israel is building homes in Jerusalem because the palestinians want it as part of future state. Gibralter belongs to Spain who want it back same way Argentina wants the Falklands but the British refuse to give them up. They are so concerned about the fact that Israel carried out Pillar Defense Defense to protect its people and although in this case they condemned the palestiians also for firing rockets back. They have never had a word to say about the years that the palestinians have been firing rockets into Israeli towns that never got condemned?
33. England
Drayden ,   NY   (01.26.13)
The UK - slave master of the world is pointing a finger at somebody else. England the world wide oppressor making remarks about others. England burned Washington DC to the ground . England kept Jews in cages on Cyprus.
34. There is a reason for concern
Gee ,   Zikron Yaakov   (01.26.13)
Not about our record on human rights, because we have an outstanding record that is the equal of any democracy in the world and superior to most. The British record on human rights however is something that needs a complete airing. They do not have such a sterling record of protecting human rights - either for it's citizens and especially for it's colonial assets. When the British match us in human rights, they might have something to say - otherwise people who live in glass houses should not be throwing stones.
35. Shallow
Taxpayer ,   Hod Hasharon   (01.27.13)
It looks like the people who invented the concentration camp, went to war over their right tobe drug barons and committed war crimes over Germany have had a very shallow view of the world, they take a dip, then a dip and now it seems they are taking a third dip. The only question is - are we talking about their revolting foreign policy or what is left of their economy???
36. I see..
daniela ,   panama   (01.27.13)
Countries blaming others on Human Rights issues, but I do not see anybody bringing to the Un or any other international organization what terrorist groups do. Never saw anything against Hamas and the treatment of prisoners ( Guilda Shalit), never saw anything about sending missiles against a civilian population, or placing bombs on buses, or the treatment of prisoners (alive or even dead) by Jihad Islami, Hamas, the PLO, Hizbollah, Al Qaeda.. They can do whatever they want, fight with whatever they want but Israel have to use silk gloves.. I would like to ask if the British will be worried about the killing of paquistanis by US drones. or the killing of a Us ambassador and 3 other people in Bengazi.. are they worried about the regime in Lybia? Are they about Syria? or Egypt, the new democracy in the neighborhood? Bunch of hipocrytes.. and not the only ones.. the EU are the same. How I wish to see them in Israel shoes...
37. It's almost amusing...
Arn ,   Yehud, Israel   (01.27.13)
The British bring a Hashemite from Hejaz (Abdullah) to rule over the Palestinians (in Jordan). The lands of the West Bank that they accuse Israel of "stealing" from the Palestinians is absolutely minuscule compared to the territory they effectively stole with no argument from any quarter from the people who lived on that land... the same Palestinians.
38. Does the British gov't really want to go down this road?
BH ,   Iowa   (01.27.13)
39. How is what we do worse then what Prince Harry did in
David ,   Israel   (01.27.13)
in Afghanistan? Where we cannot do anything to protect our citizens on the same land not a distant country. I find it mind boggling how they have experience Islamic terror in the 2005 London bombings yet point a finger at Israel's right in defending itself? Let's not forget it was British Muslims who blew themselves up at Mikes Place in Tel Aviv in 2003. There wasn't any formal apology from the British government for that was there?
40. can you compare?
SA ,   USA   (01.27.13)
Look, being in a state of war with another people puts a country in a potential position to commit acts that may be called 'human rights abuses' (not that I believe Israel has by and large done these). Let's see the UK in a situation with terrorists attacking it at all times and see how they react. You can't compare countries that are mostly at peace with those that are at war. Plus, all the other countries mentioned (Zimbabwe, Belarus, etc.) are ones with dictators who suppress basic rights. You can't lump Israel in with them.
41. Do Israelites have rights too?
al mann ,   Jerusalem, Israel   (01.27.13)
From the days of Edom and Moab, Israelltes have had no rights, There is nothing new in history because it just repeats itslef through the centuries and no one learns anything
42. who speaks ?
michel ,   Ashkelon   (01.27.13)
Compared with the behavior of England in Ireland, Israel is Santa Claus.
43. 51°30′ 26″ N 0° 7′ 39″ W
Paul ,   Jerusalem   (01.27.13)
For whoever is up there, please send the next Tsunami to this address.
44. #14, you gave yourself away
Mahlon Drumgoole ,   Newark NJ USA   (01.27.13)
Antisemites cannot hide their true nature. When you sarcastically mentioned the chosen people, you identified yourself as a jew-hater. Interesting that in your country, the few Jews live in terror because of antisemitism. Jews have been attacked and harmed and the government does nothing. Instead of the UK worrying about a real democracy, they should worry about the treatent of non-Muslims in Islamist countries.
45. 23
zionist forever   (01.27.13)
There are more CCTV cameras in England than there are in the rest of the world combined and parties campaign on who is going to put up the most new cameras. Tony Blair wanted to create a national DNA database and to the best of my Knowledge Cameron hasn't decided to drop the plan. Every email and telephone call anybody makes is recorded. England is going down the toilet.
46. Intedi #14
Eaglebeak ,   Left Coast, USA   (01.27.13)
Arabs have more rights in Israel than they would if they lived in Arab countries. How many blacks served in the government of South Africa during apartheid? There is really no comparison between Israel and South Africa and to suggest that there is makes you look stupid.
47. 33 & 25
zionist forever   (01.27.13)
Drayden They didn't just send them to Cyprus the British also sent Holocaust survivors back to Germany to keep them out of Palestine. Sarah B Sooner Netanyahu is gone the better, he seems to have taken the decision to align himself with the left much more than he needed to do. Need new blood in Israeli politics. Not opportunists like Livni & Lapid or naive idealists like Shelly.
48. Intedi # 14
Charles ,   Petach Tikva   (01.27.13)
Apartheid in Israel ? When Israeli Arabs sit in the same buses ? are treated in the same hospitals by the same doctors and share rooms with Jewish Israeli patients ? Those are only TWO of the many examples of the rights of Israeli Arabs .
49. I feel ashamed to say i am from the UK
peggy ,   uk/Israel   (01.27.13)
before going down this path, they should seriously start looking at themselves. How many countries did they conquer? Lets not forget the slave trade, how much blood was spilt by the Brits, especially the English. They will say thats all history, wriggle their way out, but many do not forget! We cant blame all the brits, and have to calm ourselves and point this towards those that have had the nerve to suggest anything like this against Israel. BTW as I write this I am sitting with both Jews and Arabs in a coffee shop in Israel......definate discrimination!!!
50. #19 The world is aware that....
Robert ,   Australia   (01.27.13)
.....during the middle ages civilisation wasn't as developed as today. Attempting to denigrate Britain because of its actions in the 11th century is a mark of utter desperation. The world, or at least some of it, has progressed since then. It seems Israel has some way to go to catch up. It's concerning that you and other posters here treat Britain's remarks with disdain. It's further evidence that people of your ilk are labouring under a delusion that you are somehow superior to the Palestinian people.
51. Brits have murdered all over the world.
Reuven   (01.27.13)
And many, many Jewish lives were lost because of Britain.
52. The UK, of all countries, has opinions on Human Rights?
Ilya Meyer ,   Gothenburg, Sweden   (01.27.13)
Strangely enough the British Foreign Office report on Human Rights and Democracy makes no mention of Britain's continued occupation of Gibraltar, to which Spain lays legal claim. Or Britain's continued occupation (through force of arms) of the Malvinas/aka The Falklands, to which Argentina lays legal claim. Closer to home, the report makes no mention of Scotland, which has been struggling for decades to push through its national aspiration for devolution - London continues to drain Scotland of its oil revenues and accordingly continues to dig in its heels regarding Scottish independence. As for Britain's continuing foreign presence in Ireland and the ongoing death toll there, that deserves a chapter of its own. Perhaps most alarming of all, the report does not take up the highly troublesome issue of the massive spread of Islamist extremism in Britain's own jails, often referred to as "The Islamic University" on account of the firm stranglehold that Islamist fanaticism has on inmates regardless of their religious affiliations and their right to their own religious beliefs. There's a whole lot going on uncomfortably close to home in the UK that the report does not highlight, better then to trot out the eternal Jew and focus attention there. Trite, worn-out and utterly predictable.
53. Illegal Occupation of Palestine
Trinidad&Tobago   (01.27.13)
A simple way to stop this is to give back all the lands that were stolen to include what balfour gave that was not his to give away then send the jews to america where they belong.
54. The chosen ones
Rose ,   Tel Aviv   (01.27.13)
Have you even visited Israel?- any person living in Israel, Arab, Israeli or Christian are the chosen ones - and have every privilige - look in our hospitals, medical facilities, etc. All religions are practised here - come and see before opening your mouth!
55. Where the Jews came from.
Ron ,   Lawrence, Kansas,   (01.27.13)
The Jews obviously belong where they came from - Israel. But kick the Arabs out of the Gaza Strip and the West Bank, that's part of Israel too.
56. UK cant forgive IL for not following '48 script by being
Alan ,   SA   (01.27.13)
strangled at birth... If UK expected Israel to survive the '48 invasion as scripted it would never have agreed to leave the THEN Palestine! There is such an increase in UK Muslim Population that this attitude to Israel will NEVER change.
57. To #53
David ,   Israel   (01.27.13)
Sure we should all move to the US. But will they help us uproot the thousands of historic artifacts all over the country top to bottom proving Jews have lived and been living here for centuries. When you can show me anything Palestinian dating back as far as anything Jewish in Israel then I'll agree with you. Oh in case you didn't do any history study there never was a Palestinian country, century, period, ever before Israel
58. New Israeli Government
(01.27.13)
I think within 6-9 months there will be another election in Israel, and hopefully this time the right wing party will do better
59. #53 from Trinidad&Tobago
sam ,   La Quinta   (01.27.13)
I was going to ask you if you were retarded for posting what you did, but, I guess the post itself is the answer??? Are you British or English?
60. until human rights problems in Islamic nations are solved ..
Galut ia ,   Selah   (01.27.13)
don't even worry about Israel .... Israel is a saint compared to the nations that surround it .
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