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Posted in: Palin on settlements: Jews 'flocking' to Israel need a place to live
Mr. Evans, your grasp of history leaves a lot to be desired. The "Mexicans" did not live in the areas you describe, except as conquerers. The Spanish came to the area now known as Mexico, an area their ancestors had no connection to, and later went in search of gold/silver to the areas you believe should be Mexican. Jews lived in the area of Eretz Yisrael as a free, self governing people until they were forced out by the Romans. Perhaps you will deny that there ever was an independent Jewish State in the area now known as Israel. Just go on ebay and you can buy coins minted by the Jewish rulers of Eretz Yisrael. Better the support of Gov. Palin than the promises of eternal support from Obama.
Posted in: Bolton: U.S. should quit U.N. Human Rights Council
The U.S. should not pull out of the UNHRC but should cancel all funding of this committee until it becomes a fair and balanced organization. The funding should be cancelled and not just withheld until in the future it can be donated once again.
Posted in: Goldstone's motivation
Why should Israel have provided Goldstone with excuse that we spoke with representatives of Israel when publishing his "fair" report? It has been reported that when Israeli individuals met with Goldstone and his cohorts, they were treated discourteously and one woman who testified about the situation in Sderot, reported that Goldstone could not stay awake during her testimony. Goldstone should be treated as the pariah he is.
Posted in: Abbas the collaborator
Heilman should not eat the mushrooms he collects. If it wasn't the mushrooms, the author should take a basic course in Journalism and one in Logic. His article would fit a lot better as a reply in Haaretz.
Posted in: NCJW, Reform urge Senate GOP to move nominees through
It seems that, "What is good for the goose is good for the gander," is not an admonition followed by the NCJW among others. What is done ideologically against the Left is evil, against the Right, just. "As ye sow, so shall ye reap."
Posted in: Jewish groups, clerics back Obama peace efforts
There is no doubt that almost all Jews want peace. It is just a matter of how the peace will take place, what the guarantees are that it will be a true peace actually happening or just false signatures on a piece of paper. As to the list of organizations supporting Obama and his vision of peace, there is an old Hebrew refrain, "Mah nishtanah?" The VAST majority of Israelis have little or no faith in Obama as one who can be trusted to preserve the State of Israel as an independent Jewish State.
Posted in: Canadian university reinstates High Holidays classes
It appears that for 34 years no one has suffered with the cancelling of classes. It would also seem that the number of classes that students attended were not lessened because of the days off. This will not be the case now. If a Jewish student has a subject class on the days of the Holdays he/she will have to decide whether to miss the classes or practice his/her religion. This seems highly unfair and anti-Jewish. The fact that the professor making the complaint is Jewish leads me to believe that he is Jewish by circumcision only.
Posted in: Palestinian teen accuses Israel in The Hague
It is interesting that no one has mentioned that it is a 15 YEAR OLD that has gone to the ICJ. She must either be one smart individual or else is a front for those opposed to Israel. I would say that I would allow the intelligence of those posting remarks to choose which one it is but this may be lacking in many of those writers.
Posted in: Irish NGO curtails West Bank activity
Since it is a Catholic charity, why aren't they supporting the Christian Arab families who are increasingly being discriminated against by their Arab Moslem brothers? They are getting very little or no support from the Vatican because it will endanger Christians throughout the Moslem world.
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Updated 11/22/09 @ 05:02PM EDT
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- Turkey has given Israeli defense contractors 50 days to deliver 10 promised drone aircraft.
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Posted in: Ben-Ami responds to Foxman
11/20/09 06:59 PM
If Ben-Ami and his J-Street are so Pro-Israel, why at their convention did they give their college groups permission to not use Pro-Israel as part of their slogan? J-Street and Ben-Ami (I cannot remember hearing anything from anyone except Ben-Ami re J-Street) are great at building "Straw Men" to point to in support of their positions.