Opinion  Ben-Dror Yemini
Netanyahu scoring an own goal against Israel with Danon appointment
Ben-Dror Yemini
Published: 16.08.15, 13:34
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1. I agree 100% with danon
jerold   (08.16.15)
did you want isis or hamas on the kinneret you imbecile like livni and herzog? Of yes, euorpe would be happy with isis on the kinnert. \begin annexed the golan. The same should be done with judea and samaria. Rabin, sharon and haber were wrong and slow about the west bank and loook at the pressuree europe exerts with every israeli concession forcing israel to feed gaza even though israel is no longer thanks to that shmuck weisglass, a useless legal hack in the mold of olmert. THE only thing that forces israeli to man up is the butchery that arabs visit on israel. \otherwise you would have 6 million herzog livnis and weisglasses.
2. Pals reject Jewish state.
Sam ,   Canada   (08.16.15)
So, what's the difference if Danon rejects Palestinian state. If Palestinians come out and say they would accept a Jewish state for peace then it becomes an issue.
3. Ben Dror Yemini
Ben ,   Greenbaum   (08.16.15)
The logic of a failed leftist appeaser.!!!
4. Wait a minute,
(08.16.15)
didn't Prime Minister Mr. Netanyahu FIRE Minister Mr. Danon? Last August (2014), on the heels of Deputy Minister of Defense Mr. Danon's comments, Prime Minister Mr. Netanyahu said: “While Israel is in the midst of a military operation against terrorist organizations and working determinedly to maintain the security of Israeli citizens, the deputy defense minister (Mr. Danon) cannot sharply attack the leaders of the state,” Netanyahu said. “His harsh statements, which Hamas used against Israel, prove his irresponsibility.” So does this appointment mean, that in less than one year Minister Mr. Danon has successfully completed his re-education and is now rehabilitated to the point that he can professionally and ably represent the State of Israel (us) at the United Nations? Or will we be finding ourselves with an Ambassador making comments "which Hamas will use against Israel?"
5. What difference does it make?
Gee ,   Zikron Yaakov   (08.16.15)
People that hate Jews will continue to hate us regardless how much the government attempts to appease then. Stop grovelling and tell the entire world to go f*ck off. Israel for Israel should be the only answer
6. Bibi and Arik were gifts too
Dan   (08.16.15)
It's the settlements, stupid! They are Israel's big fat gift to its enemies in the Arab world and elsewhere. Sharon and Bibi have undermined the nation, now Danon has been sent to finish us off. Get rid of these traitors.
7. too F** bad we do not cater to israeli haters only getto jew
ralphedmontonshapiro   (08.16.15)
do.
8. Right decision.
Gabe ,   Canada   (08.16.15)
Israel has not made a single positive move since 1967. Being on the defensive has not solved anything. Tongue in cheek diplomacy only encouraged Israel's enemies. It is time for talking straight and tough, then act on it.
9. Danon has the guts to tell the truth!
Chaim ,   Israel   (08.16.15)
It is way past time for Israel to stop paying homage to evil fictional "Palestine". Damon is a great appointment. He has the guts to tell the truth!
10. Every living Jew
David ,   UK   (08.16.15)
is a wet dream of the Israel haters. Those ppl don't hate a state, but the ones who created them and live there and the ones who support them. U can't please a Jew hater!
11. I applaud the appointment
Arn ,   Yehud, Israel   (08.16.15)
Our present ambassador to the UN, Ron Prosor - an educated, brilliant and straight talking representative of Israel - had buckets of slop dumped on him whenever he made the case for our country. Well if the UN and its formal committees have set the rules there is no one better than Danny Danon to repay in kind. Of course they will snub, ridicule and condemn him but Danny Danon has the thickest skin and the largest teeth. Netanyahu took the leash off and we're in for a great ride. I applaud the appointment.
12. If the radical left are complaining it means
David Joshua Wiener   (08.16.15)
Danny Danon is the right man for the job.
13. Danon is with the Yachad 'Centralists'
Zechariah   (08.16.15)
Danon is a wild appointment and reflects Netanyahus anger re the Iran Deal. Israel will not annex area C and will improve conditions for the Palestinians as in proportion to violence against Jews and also lethal price tags by the Sicari.
14. Israel haters
Bertram ,   London, UK.   (08.17.15)
As each day passes it would appear that those who wish for the elimination of Israel are increasingly taking control of the country's political apparatus and agenda. The appointment of Danon seems to be just one more example of this process. Hezbollah, Hamas and Islamic Jihad are becoming redundant. They should simply sit back and watch Israel implode as it lurches towards self-destructive lunacy. The Zionist pioneers must be turning in their graves. How sad and depressing.
15. time for Israel to act according to its
jk ,   nyc USA   (08.17.15)
interests and not according to what others can or will say. Your suggestion is so irresponsible as it represents cowardice and capitulation to what our enemies may say. It's time to be an adult nation say and do what we need to say and do for our interests and that is exactly what it seems that Netanyahu is doing which is commendable.
16. Livni was right...
Esser Agaroth ,   Jerusalem, Israel   (08.16.15)
Livni was right... http://esseragaroth.blogspot.co.il/2015/08/livni-stating-obvvious-and-netanyahus.html
17. Ynet vrs Israel
Larry ,   LA (formerly)   (08.17.15)
Although most Israelis side with Bibi, some how no one has told Ynet that we low life Israeli slobs actually like Bibi's performance and especially his stand up against Obama's horrendous give away to Iran.
18.  GOT A SURPRISE FOR YOU, YEMINI !!!
FO ,   Belgium   (08.17.15)
It's because of YOU and your ALIKE, all so-called "journalists, politicians, jurists, professors, etc" that Israel is scoring since years goals against itself, and as result being considered a rogue state, hated as one of the worst countries, together with North Korea and Iran. A surprise, a shock reading above words, Yemini? Who invested soul and energy to conceal recent Jewish history, who concealed Jewish-Israeli rights in International Law? Who concealed, Yemini, the fact that so-called "Left Zionism" disowned the Jewish State as offered on a golden plate by ALL the 51 members of the League of Nations, pretending that a Jewish state was not part of the Zionist program? (Nahum Sokolov). Who is concealing the fact that the refusal of a Jewish state opened the way for Hitler's Final Solution? Who, if not you, Yemini and your alike? Who, if not you and your alike, have inflamed world opinion against Israel with fake notions as "67 borders", "occupied territories", "Palestinians etc", just to hide the catastrophic behavior of your predecessors that brought upon the Jewish people the biggest tragedy of its history? I applaud the nomination of Danny Danon, and hope he will have the guts to proclaim what has to be proclaimed, including that all anti- Israeli resolutions taken as well by the UNGA as the SECURITY COUNCIL are in violation of ARTICLE 80 of the UNITED NATIONS CHARTER! Article 80, that one of its authors was Benzion Netanyahu, the late PM's father, but whose son, BIbi, never had the guts to mention!
19. Netanyahu is courting disaster for Israel
Mark Jeffery Koch ,   Mount Laurel, NJ USA   (08.17.15)
Netanyahu is doing everything he can to not only anger the President of the United States, divide American Jews, and cause worldwide opinion of Israel to descend to depths previously not thought possible but he is also coming dangerously close to having his right wing Republican allies in Congress finally say "enough!" The deal with Iran has met the approval of the past three heads of the Shin Bet and Mossad. Today's Ynet has a column about the IDF saying they can live with the deal. American admirals, generals, and the past five Secretary's of State have all endorsed the deal. One person is shouting from the mountaintop trying to undermine the President of the United States and who refuses to listen to the advice of his military and intelligence agencies. That person is the Prime Minister and if the Israeli people allow him to continue he is going to lead Israel into the abyss. American public opinion about Israel is taking a nosedive due to Netanyahu's behaviour. No American, unless they are far to the right, likes seeing their President undermined by a leader of a foreign country. The result of Netanyahu's war with the President will cause Israel great harm in the future. Israelis can hate Obama all they want but Americans of all political persuasions are reaching their breaking point with the Israeli Prime Minister. He is causing far more harm to Israel than Iran ever could or ever will.
20. #19. Polls show most Americans oppose Iran deal!
Chaim ,   Israel   (08.17.15)
#19 Pompous Mark Jeffery Koch; do you ever tire of posting brain dead B.S.? Polls show at least 58% of Americans oppose the totally evil Iran nuclear deal. Most of the Arab world even opposes this abomination. Your constantly repeated mantra denying the danger of Iranian nukes is pure lunacy.
21. Funny article, as if Bibi ever cared the price Israel pays
Shachar ,   Eilat   (08.19.15)
for his survival antics. Bibi has always feared his enemies from within even when they are illusionary. Pushing Danon off to the UN makes his life easier, what else matters??? And after appointing a neanderthal like Miri Regev to the Culture Ministry and a Philistine like Danon to the UN you can't say Bibi doesn't have a sense of humor....
22. TO SHACHAR, EILAT # 21
FO ,   Belgium   (08.19.15)
Read # 18, NEANDERTHAL YOURSELF !!!
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