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UN envoy say Israel tried to bar him from pre-Easter rites
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Published: 19.04.14, 23:37
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1. If you don't like Israeli law ....
Sarah B ,   U.S.A. / Israel   (04.19.14)
.... stay home.
2. SHOVE IT !
Chris Rettenmoser ,   Bayerisch Gmain Germ   (04.20.14)
Plain & simple.
3. Serry
Nitirootman ,   Canada   (04.20.14)
Being an "employee" of the morally bankrupt UN should not confer any special status on this dupe. The line "so what" is totally apt for the situation. Mr. Serry can get in line with all the other visitors and wait his turn .
4. Promote Israeli officer who said, "So what?"
Steve ,   Atlanta USA   (04.20.14)
5. Sounds like Serry pulled the old...
Malone ,   Hfx   (04.20.14)
..".Do you know who I am line" and the officer laughed in his face...nice,love it
6. Israel, Very good, Very good..:-)
Beary White ,   Norway   (04.20.14)
Whhy the heck should these Israel hates have special rights?? Do they think they are superior?? Pls put a finger in their ass' when they leave Israel, might be they try to smuggle some prickly pear up there.....
7. UN -Sperry and other diplomats false claims.
mimi jacques ,   oob,usa   (04.20.14)
The Ring of Fire is for Orthodox Christians (Russian and Greek)- for their Easter celebration- they take the fire in lamps to be distributed all over in Europe,Russia etc. From no on- people have to have 'tickets' to attend- Mr.Sperry shoed poor judgement in trying to get ahead of mere mortals.
8. Serry is a typical UN professional provocateur
Steve Benassi ,   Silver Bay, MN USA   (04.20.14)
9. Fascist country
Why   (04.20.14)
10. Thousands of Christians
GS ,   Germany   (04.20.14)
peacefully celebrate their ritual. And there comes one UN-troublemaker...! This man really has to apologize. No excuse for his arrogant un-christian behaviour.
11. perceived entitlement. he is no better than others in my eye
ralph   (04.20.14)
Lower. Don't like it. Don't come back. You won'tbe missed. In fact just leave and ddon't come back. What a waste of a life. Looser person like that loser people.
12. Mr. Serry
Shalom ,   Jerusalem, Israel   (04.20.14)
needs to learn that his fancy title does not entitle him to jump to the head of every queue. When it comes to the Holy Sepulchre, he is just one worshiper among many and must wait his turn humbly like everyone else. "So what?" was the correct answer to his attempt to pull rank.
13. "I'm Mr. Moon's 'special envoy".
tiki ,   belgium   (04.20.14)
Instead of sending him back to the end of the line for this improper behaviour, the officer gave the only proper answer "so what"! It's about security, not about special treatment for big ego's. Mr. Serry, as the 'special UN envoy, was only trying to provoke..... again!
14. So what if a redundant UN trouble maker
Reality   (04.20.14)
gets impatient? So what if this thug and hate monger gets impatient? So what if he is an envoy? Meantime, for his safety and benefit he should should stick to the laws of the country he visits whether he likes it or not. IN THIS CASE, ISRAEL. What a disgusting behavior !
15. SO WHAT?
lucifer69   (04.20.14)
Mr. Sperry, you should have previously requested a written permission for the visit from the police if you were really serious. Everybody in Israel uses the "you know who I am?" trick.
16. UN-apparatchik: the more reason to keep him waiting!
tom ,   tel aviv   (04.20.14)
17. more on the 'obsession...'
Susan ,   USA   (04.20.14)
Evil Jews, right. Well, well, we won't talk about how much money Israel has poured into the daily security and maintenance of the Holy Sepulcher church all these years, will we! I vote to move it to Syria (whose love for antiquity Bashar al-Assad's terror squads have all but destroyed) or to Bethlehem. (where rumor has it, one day a mosque will be built atop Manger Square.) Yes indeed their love of Christians surely trumps that of Israel. When I hear crybabies go on and on about how Christians are in peril in the ME, I don't flinch because those same mainstream Christians wouldn't stand up for me for anything. This my friends is exactly how those 'obsessed' like Robert Serry continue to fan the flames in keeping the longest living hate on earth alive and well. In the mean time continue to keep that (empty) chair of Yasser Arafat in full view at Christmas eve mass in Bethlehem so the haters will hate us even more.
18. He should have pulled out a Benjamin
Joe Fraser   (04.20.14)
That is how you cut the line, ROFLMAO
19. Red carpet
Gita ,   Kibbutz, Israel   (04.20.14)
Sure he would expect a red carpet, also in a security situation, but only for himself. Those small people will forever stay small.
20. Fewer world problems if UN not corrupt
Norbus ,   Jerusalem   (04.20.14)
Falk, Goldstone, Serry, Banki Moon ........... None would hold a job in such a biased, bigoted club, under the power of forces we thought were defeated in 1945, if they were not corrupt themselves
21. And you wonder
Caroline Glick   (04.20.14)
Why the whole world hates you. Israel is in self destruct mode.
22. NATO must displace IDF in Palestine, protect Arabs from Jews
Steve Benassi ,   Silver Bay, MN USA   (04.20.14)
23. Clearly, the man looks for trouble and eager to accuse...
N.L.Katz ,   Qatzrin, Israel   (04.20.14)
...Israel, even when Israel allows for free worshiping to all. Note, the crowd about which the man talks consisted of Christians, not Jews, from around the world, who came to attend a special event that has been taking place in a very tight space. His complaints is yet another indication to us, Jews, that the man is not an envoy of peace but rather one of conflict against the sovereign nation-state of the Jewish people. Shame on you!!
24. if a diplomat wants VIP service...
Lemmings Hotline ,   sd usa   (04.20.14)
he needs to register before hand with the authorities, not show up in the throng and ask the crowd control to see a superior. The soldiers are busy controlling the crowd preventing a stampede or terror attack. They dont have time to check his status or look up his name. Israel should file a complaint with the UN.
25. Real danger from huge crowds in Church
CrowdControlAmust! ,   Jerusalem Israel   (04.20.14)
Israeli police are always caught in a dilemma here each year as tens of thousands try to crowd into a space big enough for at most 2000 people then the stampede begins to get to the "holy fire" that comes from the tomb fights break out and in the past several dozens of people have been trampled to death during these services as for the sanctity of the services it is not uncommon to see people carried on peoples backs into the church to "grab" the "holy fire" before anyone else I hope the Israeli police have a video to show what really goes on with those huge and unruly crowds , if there were people trampled guess who would the world blame and especially this guy he would lead the blame charge!
26. Try to do that in Ukraine or Cyrimea
Vladimir   (04.20.14)
you would be shot at!
27. no. 22 - NATO is afraid of Russia in Ukraine, IDF stronger
(04.20.14)
28. When Serry tried stirring trouble in Crimea last month he
Steve Benassi ,   Silver Bay, MN USA   (04.20.14)
was kicked out.
29. NATO SHOULD...
lucifer69   (04.20.14)
Displace arabs from Judea and Samaria, to protect jews from terrorists.
30. no. 22 - NATO deployed all its 126 troops to Poland, no more
(04.20.14)
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