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The disgrace of the Zionist Left
Ben-Dror Yemini
Published: 01.04.18, 23:38
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1. Gaza Violence
Sam ,   Dallas   (04.02.18)
If you live in a concentration camp called Gaza no wonder you want out and want to be free. The Palestinians are in fact Semitic people an are the descendants of the ancient Israelites. The fact is that they are the natives of Palestine and they deserve to live free and in peace. The one who builds walls around other people and imprisons them is the guilty side in the equation. It is about time the truth to be said.
2. Zanberg is right
Dan   (04.02.18)
Yes, the Palestinian intent is racist, provocative and hate-filled. But has the author never heard the saying 'Sticks and stones may break my bones but words can never hurt me'? The Palestinians can huff and puff as much as they like — and we all know they like to — but until they actually threaten either harm or invasion, Israel has no justification for shooting them. Doing so has only given Hamas exactly what it was looking for and reinforced Israel's international reputation as an oppressive bully. The best thing Israel could have done was let Gazans harmlessly vent their artificial rage. The failure to understand this only shows how stupid, and how unqualified for government Lieberman and Netanyahu are.
3. no wonder UN critical they compete with our own critics
jossrec ,   la   (04.02.18)
they must not have a life
4. real nut job; don't know what side she is on
josrec ,   la   (04.02.18)
5. Israel has the right to secure borders...
sober left ,   Israel   (04.02.18)
1. There is a defined border between Israel and Gaza.
2. Israel has the international right to defend that border.
3. Israel has the responsibility to all of her citizens to defend that border.
4. Hamas is a terrorist organization whose sole purpose is to destroy Israel.
If all of this is true then why would any self-respecting leftist defend what is wrong?
6. The naivity and stupidity of these people beggars belief
Yakov ,   Afula   (04.02.18)
The Palestinians do not want peace with Israel, they want Israel, not peace. Almost 60 years ago a very wise and knowledgeable person said to me that the USSR has 30,000 tanks lined up on their western border and the moment that they believe that the opportunity is ripe they will give the command that those tanks move all the way to the coast of France at the English Channel.
To paraphrase that, if ever they get the chance the Palestinians will move all the way to Israel's Mediterranean coast and on the way there they will slaughter, rape and plunder. They have one aim in life, not to build their own successful state, not to gain freedom and independence but to eradicate Israel and in the process to annihilate as many Israelis as possible.
Zandberg, Meretz and all the lefties are naïve fools and I feel sorry for them.
7. I am here in London, it is very hard to defend what we did
Eyal Molcho ,   London   (04.02.18)
8. The Zionist left is no longer Zionist/Jewish/Israeli/Hebrew
NadavKatz   (04.02.18)
That which was Hashomer Hatzir / Mapam is no more. Its party, Meretz, has become an extension of the PLO at the Knesset. How shameful!!
9. "The disgrace of the Zionist Left" - why do you ...
leo ,   usa   (04.02.18)
... call them "Zionist"?

Please replace "Zionist" with "Israeli".
10. It is safe to say, that Leftism as ideology is disgraces all
(04.02.18)
over this blue planet.
In our (Meretz& Co) case it borders on immoral treachery.
11. the left in Israel is Stalinist, not Zionist
C   (04.02.18)
it is financed and propagandised by foreign elements.

ever since obama appeared on the scene, the left has become a radical
marxist nihilist phenomenon.
12. micheal oren means well, but he is disconnected
ed   (04.02.18)
if anything, Israel should keep the press out since their bias is obvious. embedding journalists with soldiers is a bad idea. what the world understands very well is force of arms and decisive actions. trying to get the world to favor Israel is an impossible task since most of the world could care less about Jews.

so right now, Lieberman is doing a good job. there is no need for oren to start sweating on diplomatic missions. just stay patient and let Lieberman and the idf take care of business. as for France and the UN and their concerns, they can both go to hell.

Arabs understand force and nothing else. diplomacy preached by oren means victory for them. so forget about it.,
13. What Meretz and the Left don't understand is that
barbara ,   Haifa   (04.02.18)
when the Palestinians succeed entering the country, they will kill
every living being within, be they Leftists, or Merezt Party or Jews or
non-Jews. They won't care as long as they fulfill their passion for
killing.
14. TO SETTLE THE CASE OF MERETZ....
FO ,   Belgium   (04.02.18)
We should settle Meretz' case once and for all! Meretz is the ideological successor of the Hashomer Hatzaïr, the Marxist Movement who was an implacable opponent of the creation of an independent Jewish state as proposed at the San Remo conference and put in a juridical structure at the League of Nations' "Mandate for Palestine" in 1922. As Iraq, under the same Mandate System, that became independent in 1932, a Jewish state could have been born in the early thirties. Even at the Biltmore Conference in New York, in 1942, with the start of Hitler's Final Solution, the Hashomer Hatsaïr furiously opposed a request to the Allied Powers, asking for an immediate creation of a Jewish independent state. It is obvious that the refusal of a Jewish state, that dates back already before the end of WW I, brought upon the Jewish people the biggest catastrophe of it history, the Shoah! This is history that should be declassified! So, no wonder that Tamar Zandberg, still loyal to her outdated Marxist ideology is requesting an inquiry that will result once again in a condemnation of the State of Israel. Disgusting!!!
15. TO SETTLE THE CASE OF MERETZ....
FO ,   Belgium   (04.02.18)
We should settle Meretz case once and for all! Meretz is the ideological successor of the Hashomer Hatzaïr, the Marxist Movement who was an implacable opponent of the creation of an independent Jewish state as proposed at the San Remo conference and put in a juridical structure at the League of Nations' "Mandate for Palestine" in 1922. As Iraq, under the same Mandate System, that became independent in 1932, a Jewish state could have been born in the early thirties. Even at the Biltmore Conference in New York, in 1942, with the start of Hitler's Final Solution, the Hashomer Hatsaïr furiously opposed a request to the Allied Powers, asking for an immediate creation of a Jewish independent state. It is obvious that the refusal of a Jewish state, that dates back already before the end of WW I, brought upon the Jewish people the biggest catastrophe of it history, the Shoah! This is history that should be declassified! So, no wonder that Tamar Zandberg, still loyal to her outdated Marxist ideology is requesting an inquiry that will result once again in a condemnation of the State of Israel. Disgusting!!!
16. Bad news for Israel?
tiki ,   belgium   (04.02.18)
The delusional anti Zionist left might have shot itself in the head, but isn't dead.....and 'that's bad news for Israel.
17. The Left in Israel is colluding with the Ayatollahs
Ezekiel Haim ,   London   (04.02.18)
The marches in Gaza have been instigated by IRAN rulers.The left is helping Iranian propaganda.I have posted a comment about that and Ynet has boycotted it.Is Ynet a mouthpiece for the left.Could IRAN be helping the Israeli Left.
18. Ben Zig Zag Yemini he's only here for the money
OpportunistColumnist ,   Jerusalem Israel   (04.04.18)
19. New Israel Fund wanted to use Israelis as Social Experiments
MadeUsGuineaPigs ,   Jerusalem Israel   (04.04.18)
Ten years ago the head of the New Israel Fund was interviewed
on Army Radio he said the purpose of the NIF was "to
use Israelis in pilot plans for progressive social experiments
(i.e to use Israelis as Guinea Pigs) and IF IF IF these social
experiments succeeded here they would then export them
to the rest of the world" Is it any wonder the educational,
societal, Media and political systems of Israel are in chaos because
these programs in the secular society were employed
that the Leftist Israeli Media is screaming in their defense
should be enough for all of us to fear and fight their attempts
to make the Jewish Homeland a thing of the past and return
us to the "kindness of the non Jewish world"
20. Jewish left is motivated by a very sick death wish
Chaim ,   Israel   (04.04.18)
Yemini makes some good points in this article. The Jewish left is totally predictable, when you understand that it is motivated by a very sick death wish. Jewish leftists invariably support whatever "cause" is most destructive for Israel and the Jewish people.
21. Good, but...
Tuvia Fogel   (04.05.18)
Good piece with one wrong statement: "Zandberg is not stupid".
22. Ben-Dror Yemini you disappoint me.
Stan ,   Israel   (04.05.18)
Our PM unjustly attacked the NIF by claiming that it played a part in Ruanda's cancellation of the deal with Israel, so you too decide to attack the NIF.

I demand : That if you have evidence showing that NIF criticized our army for killing Palestinians last week, send a comment with that proof.
If you were mistaken, then be a man and admit it.
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