paabrhm http://jta.org/user/profile/25354 en-us marcus@infolink.com.br Copyright 2009 2009-11-22T;22:02:00-05:00 The real question is WHY does JTA publish the garbage and filth that comes out of 'Aliwat's finger tips. Just what is the role of the comment reviewer if not to keep idiots like this hate filled person from creating a stench on the JTA web site 2009-11-22T;22:02:00-05:00 AMEN to David. 2009-11-22T;22:02:00-05:00 Under what law was Israel authorized to 'annex' that land? It, like so much that Israel does under color of law, was one of it's many unilateral actions Israel has taken in violations of all RECOGNIZED INTERNATIONAL LAW and Conventions. Jerusalem's 'green spaces' and 'city plans' are nothing more than a cover for Israeli's continued ethnic cleansing of those thousands of Palestinians who have refused to leave their homes and their land, notwithstanding the misery they had had inflicted upon them, and their children by their occupiers. 2009-11-22T;22:02:00-05:00 Once again a US politician proves he will do anything for campaign money from Zionist apologists regardless of international law and accepted norms. Huckabee has no shame in groveling to those who create universally condemned provocative actions, belligerently funded by Moskowitz and his ilk. It is totally disgusting. 2009-11-22T;22:02:00-05:00 Unbelievable that this is the lead article on a day when settler/colonizers are rampaging thru the West Bank stoning Palestinian cars and burning and uprooting their olive trees. How blind can the JTA be? 2009-11-22T;22:02:00-05:00 To Will and sylvia: What to do with the Palestinians who are living on the land their ancestors lived on, shoot them? Imprison them even more than they are now? Exile them to Palau? What G-d gave either of you the right to condemn an entire nation to extinction in the name of political Zionism? Your racism is no less offensive than that of the maniac who attacked the Museum in DC. 2009-11-22T;22:02:00-05:00 So why doesn't the headline read "Jewish TERRORIST' kills Arab man in Jerusalem? If it had been a Palestinian who had done the killing for sure he would have been labeled a terrorist. 2009-11-22T;22:02:00-05:00 The article also fails to note that the housing is 'affordable' because of the deliberate policy of the Israeli government to subsidize the illegal colony. Israel could build subsidized housing inside the Green Line if it chose to. It deliberately and provocatively does not. Just because these so-called religious settlers have large families, is no reason why they are REQUIRED to stay in the illegal colonies. The Israeli government could plant them inside Israel proper it they chose to. Perhaps they are not the sort of neighbors Israel want INSIDE it's boarders! 2009-11-22T;22:02:00-05:00 Those settler/colonists aren't 'activists" They are TERRORISTS, anarchists rarely punished by Israeli security forces for the horrors they freely commit on innocent Palestinians. Where's the 'security' for the vast majority of Palestinians who simply wish to live out their lives in the face of these spoiled, coddled 'religious' thugs? 2009-11-22T;22:02:00-05:00 If what GayBrown says is true, all it shows is paucity of good materials concerning the important subject of racial awareness.. We should all mourn the fact that our local US Police Departments have to stoop to using the propaganda of the Wisenthal Center as a resource to broadly address racial awareness. What a pity. Ari is correct. The irony is remarkable. 2009-11-22T;22:02:00-05:00 It doesn't matter what BIBI says; it matters what he does. By his appointments one can not call him a man of or for PEACE. Speaking of a possible alliance with Arab States while still not uttering the term Palestinian State shows he continues to talk out of both sides of his mouth. Tho' this time perhaps it's out of a place lower than that. 2009-11-22T;22:02:00-05:00 So much for Israel's 'democracy.' Apparently, the only 'dialogue' to be allowed by the tourism demigod is 'dialogue' he controls. What a sham. Hopefully the Pope will have the courage and wisdom to see and speak with ALL elements of Israeli society:Jews, Christians and Muslims. Surely the Pope will be 'permitted' to at least meet with those Christian 'citizens' of Israel who are his coreligionist. Oops! I forgot, only Jews are full citizens of that so called democracy. "Tourism Minister" what a JOKE!!! His racist example should embarrass all the Jews of the world. 2009-11-22T;22:02:00-05:00 Why the JTA prints the racist filth that spews from Tamar is beyond me. It is that type of knee jerk hate that exacerbates the conflict. 2009-11-22T;22:02:00-05:00 If the 'rule of law' were open and fair that would be one thing. But the facts belie any such assumption. When was the last time you reviewed a list of permits actually GRANTED to Israeli "Arabs" who asked, no begged, to be allowed to build on their own land or even to add onto their existing home? Time to shed light on the discriminating way the"legal system" in Israel operates. 2009-11-22T;22:02:00-05:00 More garbage from the right wing nuts. Anyone who dares to criticize actions of the Israeli govenment is smeared by zealots who believe "Israel can do no wrong" and if you dare to speak up you are obviously a selfhating Jew or an anti-semite. Will this very capable and respected professional be yet another victim of the McCarthy-like character assassination that has become such a characteristic tactic of the "pro-Israeli lobby" ? 2009-11-22T;22:02:00-05:00 Interesting isn't it? When it comes to fascists who run for office in Israel advocating a form of ethnic cleansing, " American Jewish Leaders" are mum. BUT when it comes to Palestinian's electing whom they choose to elect ( e.g. Hamas), they see no contradiction is demonizing the results. Leiberman and his party are blights on Israel and it's blind mum supporters. He and his supporters should be called for what they are: racists, advocating ugly ethnic cleansing. Or are the " American Jewish Leaders" saying: terrorist/occupation resisters are bad and must be wiped out local politics, but terrorist/ ethnic cleansers are good and must be welcomed into the political process? What hypocrites!! 2009-11-22T;22:02:00-05:00 BRAVO, Congressman Ackerman and thank you for having the courage to speak the truth. Hold on, the crazies will be out to get you just for speaking a truth they are more comfortable denying. May God give you the good health you will need to protect yourself from the truth haters and smear mongers, many of whom have commented here. 2009-11-22T;22:02:00-05:00 I wonder if Rabbi Schneier would judge Israel as unstable because of how the Jewish majority treats its Arab minority, both Christian and Muslim? 2009-11-22T;22:02:00-05:00 Dennis Ross has too much baggage to be a credible or effective 'envoy' for the United States, especially in the delicate US/Iran arena. His unapologetic parroting of 'the Israel line' with respect to Iran is disqualifying on its face. If President Obama wants to succeed in Iran he would be foolhardy to appoint Ross. 2009-11-22T;22:02:00-05:00 Absolutely!!! The settlers should be allowed to stay right where they are as citizens of the State of Palestine. They should be given the same rights, privileges and benefits in Palestine that Palestinian Israelis enjoy in Israel. Seems far to me. 2009-11-22T;22:02:00-05:00 Bravo Mr. Simon and CBS for having the courage to speak the truth and finally showing it to a US audience. 2009-11-22T;22:02:00-05:00 Typical, Rob. Any criticism of Israel is morphed into an 'anti-Semitic' lie. Your problem is not with me but with Olmert. He inadvertently exposed Israels arrogant certainty of immediate and uncritical access to political power in the US generally, and Bush and the Congress specifically. A bad PR move for Israel, but the truth nevertheless. 2009-11-22T;22:02:00-05:00 Am I the only one sick to death of Israel dictating US policy? And, here, a thoroughly corrupt politician, voted into office by 'the only democracy' in the Middle East, brags about it as Israel continues its murderous attacks on everyone in Gaza. Incredible! 2009-11-22T;22:02:00-05:00 Why is the JTA silent about the complete blackout Israel has imposed upon foreign media access to Gaza? When the US government tried to keep reporters out of Iraq there was a huge outcry. Yet when Israel does it there is only silent acceptance. How can Israel claim to be a democracy when there is no freedom of the press to expose the truth about Gaza. It's way past time for the IDF to stop controlling the flow of information about scope of the atrocities being inflicted upon the whole of Gaza. 2009-11-22T;22:02:00-05:00 You neglect to mention that these "West Bank communities" are ALL illegal colonies under International Law, including the so-called Jerusalem 'suburb' of Modi'in Illit which sits on Israeli appropriated Palestinian land, on the East side of tthe 1967 Armistice line. What is Israel doing in that area, other than provoking even more violence by it's continued military occupation and indiscriminate 'vigilante tactics against anyone it deems a 'militant'? 2009-11-22T;22:02:00-05:00 How cleaver of you to use the term 'patriarch' to describe a Palestinian Elder. Was it you intent to indirectly defame the religious Patriarchs of Palestine? Is this 'story' designed to reinforce the ugle Anti-Arabism so often practiced by this publication? Shame on you AND your racism. 2009-11-22T;22:02:00-05:00