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Gandhi’s grandson has a message for Israel
Yulia Karra
Published: 19.03.19, 23:32
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31. get over it
Larry Liss ,   usa   (03.20.19)
most young germans and israelis have the current constant denial of arabs to accept the 1947 UN creation of israel is there fault . just as india and pakistan needs to GET OVER IT
32. this man is an ignorant fool
C   (03.20.19)
arabs and jews never lived in peace.
arabs murdered jews already in the ninteen thirties in hebron and
elsewhere.

jews cannot forget the holocaust when entire families were wiped out.
in many families only one person survived while a hundred others
were slaughtered, including babies and small children.

israel is surrounded by hundreds of millions of arabs all of whom want
to destroy the jewish state. yet this man blames the jews for lack
of peace.
33. First solve India Pakistan issue?
Avram Goldsmith ,   Toronto -Kiriat Gat   (03.20.19)
Live your suggestion for your Indian historians , as you are not eligible to suggest to Israel what to do or not with all respect ! This is from frame from what Israel standing and as you see Israel is the fact for what descendes of Holocaust are able to create from ashes of Holocaust which is the motive th show AM ISRAEL HI, depites all the odds, as your Grandfather was against Israel
": Mahatma Gandhi believed the Jews had a good case and a prior claim for Israel, but opposed the creation of Israel on religious or mandated terms.] India voted against the Partitioning of Palestine plan of 1947 and voted against Israel's admission to the United Nations in 1949."
34. Luck of understanding of the us and our neighbors.
Rephael Rechitzky ,   Toronto   (03.20.19)
Sorry, but Mr. Gandhi does not understand the Jewish people, the Arab people and the Israeli people. We can not forget the loss of millions of us, because we want to make sure it never happens again and we can see what happens in Europe and America now. He claims that without letting go of the past, there won't be future. Israel is the miraculous future that could not happen without those millions lost in Europe.
As to the Arabs, it is hard to do anything with people who hate everyone and can not even get along with their own people. Look even to the lousy peace treaties with Egypt and Jordan. Go to India Mr. Gandhi. There is enough for you to do there. They are not perfect either. They treat the 130 millions Muslim a lot worse than Israel does. How to treat minorities is one thing Israel can teach the world.
35. My message to Mr. Gandhi
GB ,   Canada   (03.20.19)
Please don't come into our house and criticize the interior. Maybe the Hindus should make peace with their Muslim neighbours in Pakistan and stop looking into their rear-view mirror carrying a centuries old "grudge" against the Sikhs?
36. ISRAEL DOES NOT NEED PEACE
TEL EM STRAIGHT ,   SAFED HONESTY   (03.20.19)
Israel does not need peace and in fact never has. It just needs to survive ! and folk like Gandhi have a hard time understanding this simple truth.
37. A message for Israel
Sjoerd van der Velde ,   Hoorn Holland   (03.20.19)
With all due respect Israel does not need such lecturing. Tell the same message also to the other party in the conflict and of course to India and Pakistan
38. To Gandhi : MIND YOUR OWN BUSINESS
TEL EM STRAIGHT ,   SAFED HONESTY   (03.20.19)
39. Everyone preaches to the Jews what to do.
n   (03.20.19)
India occupies most of the Kashmir, that should be independent, and went to 2 wars for the occupation. They even developed nuclear weapon to keep the hold on Kashmir. In this case, if someone should free himself from something, it is Indians that should free themselves from their outdated anti-imperialism sentiments and fake "non-alignment".
40. A message to the people of Israel from a soldier of India
Man ,   Mumbai, India   (03.20.19)
"Hello Israel, Jews have faced 2500 years of exodus, genocide, Holocaust, wars & terrorism. You don’t need a message from anyone. If I ever visit, I will pay homage at Yad Vashem. I will salute your land & your spirit. I will learn from you. Mazel Tov" - An Indian Soldier (and i agree with him).

Shalom
41. another adviser....
tiki ,   belgium   (03.20.19)
Israel must free itself from the 'chains of the Holocaust'.
It did....it build the 8th strongest country in the world!

Israel must make peace with palestinians.
Pity than that palestinians don't wan't to make peace with them.

Promoting a bestselling book doesn't mean one understands the realities.
42. He's as stupid as his forefathers were.
Nitin ,   Meerut   (03.20.19)
I am from India and we know him and his forefathers very well. They'd go to any length to rule with their dynasty politics and their policy of bootlicking of the Muslims. You guys(Israelis) are doing a very commendable job at keeping these rats at bay. Don't give them an inch, otherwise they'll take a KM.
43. A lesson for the Palestinians
Ed ,   USA   (03.20.19)
He could have brought a message of non-violence to the Palestinians. Instead he takes the message to the victims.
44. What an ignorant comment
Talula ,   Tel Aviv   (03.20.19)
His grandfather will be turning in his grave.
45. MANNERS MAKETH MAN
ENGLISH GENT ,   LONDON   (03.20.19)
Please do not enter the house of another ,or the country of another, and start preaching and lecturing, if you don't mind.
46. lf
larry ,   LA (formally)   (03.20.19)
If the holocaust were a one time thing in our Jewish history, and if the Goyim did not have such hatred for us, then he might be right. But to give us advice with out understanding our situation is borderline ignoramus......
47. don o
frankinstien ,   h   (03.20.19)
i love lamb curry but i wish curry munchers would stick to making curry
48. Forget..like it never happened?
Tim ,   Brighton   (03.20.19)
NO

To put it in context...the Holocaust was the most evil and horrific and incomprehensible occurence of industrial mass murder the world has ever seen decimating 6 million of the entire worlds Jewish population

Followed only two years later by the 20th centuries largest mass expulsion...of Jews from the Arab world from many communities that predated Islam

The whole gamut of emotions the pain, the guilt, the shame, the rage is ingrained into my very soul a generation on...and try as I might to forget..todays anti semitism, the threats of a new holocaust from the most vile Iranian Shia Regime the NEW Nazis of the 21st Century are a stark reminder that FOR THE SAKE OF ALL THOSE WHO PERISHED and as GUARDIANS of their memory we must forever be on our guard, never let the world forget and never allow it to happen again
49. Seek peace with the "Palestinians"?
E   (03.20.19)
And what exactly have the Jews been doing for decades? I would suggest to all foreigners who stick their noses in Israeli affairs, to actually know what's really going on before spouting nonsense.
50. Great comment by a person who really knows.
E   (03.20.19)
51. seek peace with the Palestinians
ex Oleh Chadash   (03.20.19)
They don't want.
52. Miss
Renee   (03.20.19)
What rock is he living under. Does he not realise antisemitism is on the increase all over the world. He should rather take a page out of his grandfather's book. In any casppe the "Paleztinians are the ones that dont wantpeace. Gaza where they live is governed by a terrorist organization
53. Strength in Numbers
Joel   (03.20.19)
So easy for him and his grandfather to tell Jews to only peaceful protest/if someone says they are going to kill you, let them, when they are the largest group of people on earth. They have confidence in their cause largely because they inherently know they can afford to lose a few people
54. To Dr Gandhi :
DA RAP ARTISTE ,   SAFED RAP HOUSE   (03.20.19)
Forget the holocaust you say ? you can go forget yo mama .
55. Mr
Joel ,   Ossining   (03.20.19)
His father suggested that the Jews in Europe should have embraced martyrdom.and passive resistance - he thought it would be a beautiful lesson for the rest of the world. We don't need moral lesson from that family.
56. What a dope
Nicholas Jagdeo ,   Trinidad   (03.20.19)
Gandhi’s responses to the questions and understanding of Jewish and Israeli history and the Israeli-Palestinian and great Israeli-Arab conflicts is minimal; he parrots a few ideas fed to him, and, as such, should stay quiet about these issues. He literally knows nothing. Saying that Israeli focuses too much on the Holocaust? That Palestinians and Israelis once lived peacefully on the land? The man is an absolute moron and riding on the coattails of his grandfathers fame. He’s a complete waste.
57. reply
GB ,   Canada   (03.20.19)
Ahh, my friends, yes living in Canada after being born in Israel and serving as an officer in TZAHAL. Your anticipated apology, is accepted. Toda!
58. Painfully obvious
Raoul Schur ,   Herzliya   (03.20.19)
It is painfully obvious that this man has NOT come to learn or understand ANYTHING, but only wants to lecture to us. Crazy. Who would want to sit through a talk of his?
59. As we say in Yiddish: "noch eine huchem" (another wise guy)
(03.20.19)
60. Doomed to Repeat the Past
TimeWarpWife ,   U.S.A.   (03.20.19)
The Jews are right to keep on reminding the world about the Holocaust because as the old adage says, "Those who forget the past are doomed to repeat it." Especially in this age of what can only be described as 1930s Nazi-like anti-Semitism going on around the world and it's now afflicted the Democrat party of the U.S. Literally, God help us.
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