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Netanyahu was preaching to the choir
Omer Benjakob and Roei Eisenberg
Published: 03.03.15, 23:50
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1. Netanyahu
Michael ,   Haifa   (03.04.15)
This piece is so well written. It demonstrates Netanyahu's pathetic character as a human being, without reference to Left or Right
2. Snake Oil
(03.04.15)
Benjakob and Eisenberg slam Netanyahu for "selling snake oil". What is this "snake oil" that so irritates Benjakob and Eisenberg? Netanyahu demand that Iran stop sponsoring terror, Iran stop threatening its neighbors and Iran stop its plans to genocide Israel? Can Benjakon and Eisenberg say what is wrong with this "snake oil"?
3. #1
Simon Marriott ,   ישראל   (03.04.15)
Couldn't agree with you more. I feel sorry for centrist likudniks like the idiots on facebook. What we need is a real right wing government that won't go on and on like a broken record and do nothing about the problem. Lieberman, Bennet this is your chance!
4. This editorial is not only attacking Netanyahu.
Matt C ,   Canada   (03.04.15)
Iran is a country responsible for hundreds of thousands of sectarian deaths in recent years and for using Hamas and Hezbollah as armed proxies against Israel, while engaged in a blatant nuclear arms race. By depicting Iran as being nearly harmless, a country that is aiming for "a chance to host the Olympics" and of no comparison with other extremist groups like IS, these editors are attacking not just Netanyahu, but every victim, in the past and in the future, of Iran and its proxies, as well as every Israeli government that has ever warned against Iran's extremism. It is genuinely scary to me that elements of the left in Israel have become so desperate to win the approval of foreign left-wing leaders like Obama that they are willing to cover for Iran's aggression in front of an international audience in order to do so. After undermining Israel's stance against Iran like this, pretending that it is all some partisan falsehood from Netanyahu, what is the Israeli left going to do if it wins the election and Israel finds itself again the target of aggression from Iran or its proxies? Rhetoric like this is self-destructive and makes it impossible to defend Israel's stance against Iran later. This editorial is right about one thing, however, that there is no comparison between the Islamic Republic of Iran and the Islamic State: Iran is far worse. The Iranians have slaughtered many times more people for sectarian reasons than IS, and present a far greater military threat.
5. Opinion piece on your PM's spech
Alex Slabo ,   Agoura Hills, USA   (03.04.15)
Gentlemen: Your article was very interesting but completely off the mark.. It is obvious that you both do not like your Prime Minister. What he said the American People needed to hear. The people who do not appreciate what he said remind me of the British at Munich
6. Sara did look lovely in the gallery (choir) in her metallic
Rivkah   (03.04.15)
and black dress. Noah's wife anciently listened to her husband's warning about impending disaster (the Great Flood) while people outside Noah's family did not listen and perished. Noah preached about the coming Great Deluge for 120 years and no one outside his family believed him. Did that make Noah wrong? No. It made the nearly 7 billion people on earth at that time, incredibly foolish. A fool says in his heart there is no God. Is PM Netanyahu preaching to fools or to the wise who will listen? Time will tell.
7. The eventuaaly benefits of deciders
ORA ,   JERUSALEM   (03.04.15)
would be news. If they all knew how bad the deal was,before Bibi's speech ,so why did they agree?
8. netanyahu is preaching to the choir
tomer ,   jerusalem   (03.04.15)
Bottom-line of our Master-chef speech before congress: " Ok,i accept iran's nuclear abilities,but i ask to keep up sanctions" Our "master-chef" delivered a brilliant "cooking-class". He boiled "water",with a lot pathos and explanations, added an "egg" and told his audience that this is a "life-saving",nouvelle cuisine approach to cook an egg. A lot of noise for nothing.prime time in israel, in washington working hours. Dear PM ,if you fail to build strong personal,trusted relationships with US president,french president,german chancellor,british PM. you are a nettle to Israel.
9. Congress is NOT choir
Brod ,   USA   (03.04.15)
The Leftist writers are disrespectful of Congress and the Prime Minister of Israel. Congress is the greatest Legislative Body/Parliament in the world. It has the Power of the Purse, Power to declare War, Power to impeach a bad/incompetent President, Power to make Laws, etc. It is an equal governing body of the USA as stipulated by the Constitution.
10. Sing it again Sam...
Walid ,   Spain   (03.04.15)
Netanyahu sings the same song over and over again. We heard it in the nineties and almost every year since 2000. It is his famous politics of fear. As many members of the US Congress (22) and Senat (12) are Jews, of course he was singing for the choir. This speech brings nothing new and it repeats the same slogans about the Jewish experience. I think the Jewish people should be tired of this. It is time for a change in Israel.
11. Ynet good source of news,
Shalom ,   Jerusalem, Israel   (03.04.15)
but useless in the realm of commentary, since it has only one message: hate Bibi. Netanyahu gave a crystal clear analysis of the threat of destruction facing Israel, but instead of ralying round that message with a single voice - the one thing that could rescue us all - his political oponents see only an opportunity for petty sniping. Now THAT is electioneering at the expense of the future of Israel, just what they accuse him of. For shame.
12. Preaching to the choir?
Brod ,   USA   (03.04.15)
The writers do not know what they are talking about. The fact is the Congress is the greatest Parliament in the world. The vast majority of the Congressmen and Senators are Judeo-Christians who worship the GOD of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob (Israel)-the Creator of the Heavens and Universe-the GOD of the Holy Bible. They appreciate the PM talking about Moses or any references from the Holy Bible.
13. You err -
Arn. ,   Sweden.   (03.06.15)
- The Israeli PMs last Word will be a Great ROAR OVER and IN Iran. Arn.Sweden.
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