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US intelligence opposes Israeli entry into Visa Waiver program
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Published: 19.04.14, 11:32
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1. Reciprocity
Mark ben Josef ,   USA   (04.19.14)
Reciprocal treatment of Israeli passport holders would also make sense. Treating Israeli passport holders like Arab Americans and Liberal American Jews get treated at Ben Gurion could not be faulted as inappropriate. The US has been in a state of war for over a decade. We too have security concerns.
2. Are there no EU countries spying on the US?
Steve ,   Atlanta USA   (04.19.14)
When Germany and the rest of the EU raised hell about NSA spying in Europe, the State Department noted that many EU countries routinely spy on the US. Almost every EU country is part of the Visa Waiver Program. The US intelligence community's opposition to Israel entry into the Visa Waiver Program is either anti-semitism or retaliation for seeking Pollard's release. US Jews who think that America will always be safe for Jews should think again.
3. What does America Have That Israel Wants?
(04.19.14)
NOTHING, by all accounts If Israel sent spy's into the USA, it would be to monitor arabs, track all the stolen money being sent back to the Middle East and Terrorist organizations like hizbullah and hamas, I'm sure b.H.o. Doesn't have a clue What's Going On The USA, he's to busy Tearing Down The Fabric Of The Nation who elected him for Change. And boy did he Ever Change things, Gay marriage, women in the military to Serve on the front line or battle zones, he has isolated the country in Geopolitical Circles, he is Decimating Military Budget, he is mired in Domestic Scandels and he has created chaos in North Africa and the Middle East!!! And this is just common knowledge! All in all b.H.o. Never considered Israel and ally!!! This move makes sense, if you Understand b.H.o. Intentions!!!
4. Just special treatment for the Jews
Cynic ,   USA   (04.19.14)
In the meantime: 1. Illegals flood across our border every day 2. Terrorists, like the Boston bombers, enter the country with no problem 3. The Muslim Brotherhood is welcomed by Obama And on and on.......
5. Israeli spies? Idiotic!
US Patriot ,   USA   (04.19.14)
Israel spying on the US is the LEAST of my worries. Israel is not an enemy of the US. Any information it obtains from us is for Israel's defense and self preservation. The notion that Israelis may spy on the US is absolutely a false argument.. I say give them any information they need to stay one step ahead in a sea of Islamic intolerance, Islamic hate and Islamic bigotry.
6.  :-)
Matilde   (04.19.14)
Well, at least israelis spies that are not mossad agents, got tourist visas approved by the U.S,!!! Hahaha!
7. No 2 Is Totally Correct
John Smith ,   UK   (04.19.14)
Jews will never be safe anywhere in the world even in the USA .
8. steve i see you are still in atlanta.
david ,   boston   (04.19.14)
ok, i thought again what do you think i should do?
9. Visa waiver
graczek ,   Maryland, USA   (04.19.14)
No "Israeli" of any sort should be allowed into the United States. His or her passport is that of an illegally existing state.
10. Good and understandable U.S. decision
Vered, Israel   (04.19.14)
First of all, where I'm from in the States, we had LOTS of Israelis working illegally at kiosks to earn money for their travel year. Secondly, if all Israelis were given automatic visa waivers simply by holding a valid Israeli passport, this opens the door for Arabs also to come right in. It would not be long before any number of terrorist groups would see an easy way into America, and focus on that angle. Good choice, America!
11. Israeli spies! What a laugh!
David ,   Hartford USA   (04.19.14)
Obama has placed so many Muslims of questionable integrity in sensitive positions that there is nothing Israel could do that might be worse. The ONLY reason the administration wants these restrictions is so that Israel can't tell the USA which of its Muslims ARE spies for the Muslim Brotherhood and much much worse organizations. Remember that MB design is to destroy America from the inside- via political intrigue.
12. Burn Notice...Israel false flag ops draw US into Israel wars
Steve Benassi ,   Silver Bay, MN USA   (04.19.14)
...like Bush administration Jewish neocon yellowcaking Iraq to justify a war of choice. "A burn notice is an official statement issued by an intelligence agency to other agencies. It states that an asset or intelligence source is unreliable for one or more reasons, often fabrication. This is essentially a directive for the recipient to disregard or "burn" all information derived from that individual or group."
13. VISA 's
Max ,   Washington DC   (04.19.14)
Each Country has a right to protect itself and issue VISA's. Look what a great job the unlimited VISA'a to Saudi's resulted in! I would be more worried about VISA's issued to the EU and other Middle East Countries than Israel which has similar terrorist concerns as has the American People.
14. The Pollard Penalty
Cameron ,   USA   (04.19.14)
Decades in a cell if we catch 'em playin' spy. Beware!
15. tradition
Arn ,   Yehud. Israel   (04.19.14)
The Americans are great believers in tradition. This was set when FDR refused to permit the SS. St. Louis with the 900 Jewish refugees fleeing Hitler entry into the US. Look it up. He had the ship returned to Europe and the refugees to Hitler's ovens.
16. Amnesty for illegal Mexicans, no visas
ASTRONAUT ,   SC, USA   (04.19.14)
for Israelis. Propose to Induct illegal Mexicans into the U.S. military as part of "the dream," but deny visas to citizens of our closest, most reliable ally in the ME. Roll out the red carpet to mexi-drug cartels free access to US cities, but bar educated Israelis. Yep. Makes complete sense to me...
17. Burn Notice...US false flag ops draw Israel into US wars
Steve Benassi ,   Silver Bay, MN USA   (04.19.14)
18. Tevye says...
Susan ,   USA   (04.19.14)
There will never be a visa wavier program just like there will never be the culmination of the embassy act. When our so-called 'friends' fail us, how can we expect more from those who (wink wink) pledge to always be our friends. It can't happen because the tender feelings of certain neighbors and their appeasers mean more. (Today, yesterday and always!!) It can't happen because of the age old 'obsession' which trumps all reality, truth and honor. (Period. End of story.) Tevye: "Traditions, traditions. Without our traditions, our lives would be as shaky as... as... as a fiddler on the roof!" ....and therein lies the rub!
19. American spies do get to enter Israel with no Visa
Steve Benassi ,   Silver Bay, MN USA   (04.19.14)
20. This is not about spying, spies have ways to enter US
Steve Benassi ,   Silver Bay, MN USA   (04.19.14)
Visa or not.
21. Obama doesn't want Israel to spy on Muslim terrorists in US
Steve Benassi ,   Silver Bay, MN USA   (04.19.14)
22. the US has always been an anti semetic country
k ,   US   (04.19.14)
if you think the US went to war in WW2 to help save the Jews, you need a history lesson, based on the inaction of the US and laws that they past they have as much responsibility of the Nazis, this is another racist and anti-semetic act by the #1 country of racism the earth has ever known, the USA
23. David # 11
Eaglebeak ,   Left Coast, USA   (04.19.14)
Remember that MB design is to destroy America from the inside- via political intrigue. They don't need to. Obama is doing the job for them.
24. front door, back door
donsaliman ,   nahal Oz Israel   (04.19.14)
They worry about spies coming in the front door but leave the back door open to let spies in. Confusing to me.
25. 17,19,20,21 not mine.
Steve Benassi ,   Silver Bay, MN USA   (04.19.14)
Fan club.
26. "America", the United States and Israel.
Sjoerd van der Velde ,   Hoorn, Holland   (04.19.14)
In fact America is the entire continent of North-America, Central America, Caribean Area and South-America. The United States is/are a country situated in America, just as Germany is situated in Europe and Israel in Asia, for example. America is named after Amerigo Vespucci, who discovered much of that coninent. We also can speak of/about the United States American people and the Canadian American people and so on. May Israel not/never cease to exist!
27. Of course we could ...
Sarah B ,   U.S.A. / Israel   (04.19.14)
... if we wished, ban American Christians from traveling to Israel to walk where Jesus walked. The cost of protecting them, and other foreigners, who descend upon Israel like a swarm of locusts at Christmas and Easter, is staggering. The money is far better spent elsewhere. Besides, they could be spies, right? Obama logic. Does he think that Israel is the only country that dispatches spies to the United States? That's plain immature. Besides, it's not as if the Untied States doesn't have its own cadre of spies in Israel. Of course, their work is hampered by the fact that Israel knows exactly who they are, but that's America's problem. OBAMA = One Big Assed Mistake, America.
28. what does Israel want from America
al ,   us   (04.19.14)
You can simply ask Pollard who is rotting in jail for spying for Israel against US interests.. If Israel does not need anything from America, just return all these billions of dollars worth of aids Israel and its friends lobby every administration to keep increasing.
29. 7, "Dwell alone" Jews will never be safe anywhere, integrate
Steve Benassi ,   Silver Bay, MN USA   (04.19.14)
...into the society you benefit from, and stop acting like Mafia, Cosa Nostra, "Our Thing". Stop acting solely for the benefit of Jews, at the expense of the larger non-Jewish society.
30. NO to pushy kiosks jews.
USA   (04.19.14)
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