Amid anti-Semitic storm, Europe’s Jews stand for Israel http://jta.org/ENTRY_PERMALINK_HERE/amid-anti-semitic-storm-europes-jews-stand-for-israel/ Confronting a rising storm of anti-Semitism as the conflict in Gaza intensifies, European Jews are turning out for rallies in support of Israel. But they are dwarfed by the size and number of anti-Israel rallies in Europe. en-us dspritzer@praguepost.com Copyright 2009 2009-01-13T;18:47:00-05:00 Comment by Jake Jones tancred63@yahoo.com If I were a Jew living in Europe right now, I wouldn’t feel particularly safe, especially in the UK, France, Sweden and Germany.  Look at what happened with the police in Germany last weekend. http://www.israelconflicts.com/old-habits-die-hard-germany-bans-israeli-flags/ http://www.israelconflicts.com/update-to-old-habits-die-hard-germany-bans-israeli-flags/ If I were a Jew living in Europe right now, I wouldn’t feel particularly safe, especially in the UK, France, Sweden and Germany.  Look at what happened with the police in Germany last weekend.
http://www.israelconflicts.com/old-habits-die-hard-germany-bans-israeli-flags/
http://www.israelconflicts.com/update-to-old-habits-die-hard-germany-bans-israeli-flags/

]]> 2009-11-08T;12:53:00-05:00 Comment by No Dreamer rpogatchnik@gmail.com Once again you see the true europeans emerge, hating Israe. Hindy, you refer to the “battle of pubic opinion”.  You mean the one where the world hates the Jews?  Europe will be all Muslim in 50 years. It wil be a 5th world region.  Hope you Israelies are getting the message.  If you listen to world opinion you will be wiped from the face of the eatrh. When Obama gets in you will get “NO” help. God help us all! Once again you see the true europeans emerge, hating Israe.

Hindy, you refer to the “battle of pubic opinion”.  You mean the one where the world hates the Jews?  Europe will be all Muslim in 50 years. It wil be a 5th world region. 

Hope you Israelies are getting the message.  If you listen to world opinion you will be wiped from the face of the eatrh.
When Obama gets in you will get “NO” help.

God help us all!

]]> 2009-11-08T;12:53:00-05:00 Comment by hindy abelson hindyabelson@hotmail.com I am generally extremely pro Israel.  However, I believe that the time for Israel to have launched a major PR initiative would have been months ago, before they launched their offensive.  It would have been relatively easy to get sympathy from the western world if they showed graphic images of Israel’s victims along with interviews of ordinary people living in the line of fire of Hamas rockets.  Now, unfortunately these pictures pale in comparison to the images of injured and dead children coming out of Gaza.  It would also have been helpful had Israel turned to the west for sympathy and diplomatic assistance prior to going it alone.  Even if the world didn’t help, the PR campaign would have shown the legitimacy and lack of choice for Israel’s actions.  Unfortunately, the time for any country to simply go off and attack another on their own is over.  Look at what happened to Bush and America’s image abroad as a result of him playing the Lone Cowboy in Iraq.  Unfortunately Israel may win the physical battle but she has definitely lost the battle of public opinion.  The special tragedy here is that civilians - unlike Lebanon, have no place to run to.  Somehow Egypt is getting off scott-free for refusing to open its borders in order to save civilian lives.  I’m not questioning Israel’s justifications for defending itself against Hamas terror.  I’m questioning the faulty and shortsighted PR tactics that Israel has launched understandably much too late for the world.  At this moment its understandably become impossible to justify the feeble images from Israel with the horrific ones from Gaza. I am generally extremely pro Israel.  However, I believe that the time for Israel to have launched a major PR initiative would have been months ago, before they launched their offensive.  It would have been relatively easy to get sympathy from the western world if they showed graphic images of Israel’s victims along with interviews of ordinary people living in the line of fire of Hamas rockets.  Now, unfortunately these pictures pale in comparison to the images of injured and dead children coming out of Gaza.  It would also have been helpful had Israel turned to the west for sympathy and diplomatic assistance prior to going it alone.  Even if the world didn’t help, the PR campaign would have shown the legitimacy and lack of choice for Israel’s actions.  Unfortunately, the time for any country to simply go off and attack another on their own is over.  Look at what happened to Bush and America’s image abroad as a result of him playing the Lone Cowboy in Iraq.  Unfortunately Israel may win the physical battle but she has definitely lost the battle of public opinion.  The special tragedy here is that civilians - unlike Lebanon, have no place to run to.  Somehow Egypt is getting off scott-free for refusing to open its borders in order to save civilian lives.  I’m not questioning Israel’s justifications for defending itself against Hamas terror.  I’m questioning the faulty and shortsighted PR tactics that Israel has launched understandably much too late for the world.  At this moment its understandably become impossible to justify the feeble images from Israel with the horrific ones from Gaza.

]]> 2009-11-08T;12:53:00-05:00 Comment by Doyle Bays doylebays@ymail.com I wonder if anyone who listens to AlJazeera actually thinks they are hearing the truth. You want both sides of the story, just watch Israeli news services and news from most of the rest of the world. From Israel you get the Israeli view. From the rest of the world, including unfortunately America (at least for the next few years to be renamed Obamerica), you will get the views of the Islamic terrorists (not militants) who are in power in Hamas. And please remember, Muslims are allowed by the Quran to lie if it furthers the cause of Islam. I wonder if anyone who listens to AlJazeera actually thinks they are hearing the truth. You want both sides of the story, just watch Israeli news services and news from most of the rest of the world. From Israel you get the Israeli view. From the rest of the world, including unfortunately America (at least for the next few years to be renamed Obamerica), you will get the views of the Islamic terrorists (not militants) who are in power in Hamas. And please remember, Muslims are allowed by the Quran to lie if it furthers the cause of Islam.

]]> 2009-11-08T;12:53:00-05:00 Comment by Fernando fernando_fernald@videotron.ca I wonder if Europe Jews listen to AlJazeera.... you know, just to get both side of one story, and not be like Japan and Germany during W.W. II, believing what Hitler and the Emperor were telling their own people. . I wonder if Europe Jews listen to AlJazeera.... you know, just to get both side of one story, and not be like Japan and Germany during W.W. II, believing what Hitler and the Emperor were telling their own people.
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]]> 2009-11-08T;12:53:00-05:00 Comment by richard dent drumguy123@gmail.com As if we needed more evidence of the need for a Jewish state. As if we needed more evidence of the need for a Jewish state.

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