How they feel about peace? You mean designating Israel a Jewish country?
12/3/2014 10:50:45 AM
Overwhelmingly the Israeli media is reporting negative responses to the "Jewish State" bill. The Israeli people do not want it.
12/3/2014 8:03:53 PM
Everybody should watch this... someone embed please?https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=etXAm-OylQQAn honest Israeli Jew tells the Real Truth about Israel
12/29/2014 9:11:10 AM
I've heard that guy before. I saw a video of when he was speaking at UVA and during a comments session he got into a shouting match with a professor. He's well known for not being open to conversation.Take a listen and LOL away at the questions he's asked towards the end of this one (starting at about 47 minutes in). They are so incredibly pointed and biased, and not a single challenge to how he feels about this. His answers are also ridiculous. For example, the questions and his answer imply that the majority of Israelis don't want a 1-state solution and the majority of Palestinians do. He swings the statistic to call Israelis unwilling to give up their "privilege" when really that statistic exists because the majority of Israelis do support a peaceful 2- state solution giving Palestinians their own country and a large number of Palestinians want a 1-state solution that doesn't include Jews.This is also an old video, as he and the crowd he is speaking to are incredibly anti-Netenyahu (as am I), and I'm just surprised how little reaction there has been from anyone that the Israeli people ousted his government and that change is coming.[Edited on December 29, 2014 at 9:40 PM. Reason : -]
12/29/2014 9:29:01 PM
http://www.dailynewsegypt.com/2014/12/29/north-sinai-governor-says-gaza-buffer-zone-increase-5km/Egypt is increasing it's buffer zone on the Palestinian border due to increased threats from "State of Sinai," a terrorist group that has aligned itself with ISIS. Thy evacuated 820 houses already and are planning for 1200 more scheduled for demolition in order to destroy the smuggling tunnels coming out of Gaza.This plan started in October after 30 Egyptian military personnel were killed by terrorists coming out of the tunnels (similar to sneak attacks happening in Israel all summer). I found these statements by Abbas very interesting, as he voiced his support of the buffer zone and spoke out against Hamas and the Muslim Brotherhood (from early December): http://www.haaretz.com/news/middle-east/.premium-1.629397
12/30/2014 6:34:13 PM
Last Friday night, an Israeli and a Palestinian came to my synagogue to tell their stories and how they became peace activists. I wanted to share this with all of you, I found it incredibly powerful. The first few minutes is just introductions, feel free to skip ahead to 4:45 when they start speaking.
1/8/2015 7:57:16 PM
Netenyahu and Abbas were both on the front line of the world leader's march in Paris. Apparently the French government didn't want either of them to show up but I find it sort of touching that they both did and stood so close to each other.
1/12/2015 2:33:32 PM
What happened, did Netanyahu decide that encouraging French Jews to emigrate to Israel to escape France was not a very unifying position?http://www.timesofisrael.com/netanyahu-to-french-jews-israel-is-your-home/(TIL if you have a type when spelling Netanyahu, Chrome thinks you meant to type "Hootenanny")
1/12/2015 3:01:25 PM
Two leaders of opposing governments are actually standing on the same side of something. Can't we take a moment to admire that before you start bashing one of them?It's worth saying that France has cycles of being a really awful place to be Jewish. Modern Zionism started because of how Jews in France were being treated towards the end of the 1800's. It's been bad the last few years and it wouldn't surprise me if a lot of French Jews did start moving to Israel and America if it doesn't change soon.
1/12/2015 3:27:42 PM
then can we criticize him for IDF's deliberate targeting of reporters? it seems like the whole lot of those world leaders are active threats against free speech and journalists
1/12/2015 3:38:10 PM
There are too many people like you on both sides of this. Whenever anything positive happens on either side, instead of using it as a chance to take a step forward you swoop in and take the conversation two steps back.I'm wondering if any of you even took the time to watch any of the video I posted. It's about a man born and raised in Gaza and an Israeli soldier who have been working together to spread peace for both peoples.We can't ignore the negative things that happen but if we don't stop to celebrate the positives then everyone will just continue to hate each other and never acknowledge that there's any hope.
1/12/2015 3:52:21 PM
http://petapixel.com/2015/01/13/jewish-newspaper-photoshops-female-leaders-charlie-hebdo-march-photo/
1/13/2015 3:13:10 PM
The ultra-orthodox don't represent the rest of us.
1/13/2015 3:58:28 PM
1/15/2015 4:10:15 AM
I, for one, am looking forward to Netanyahu addressing Congress. The Muslim Obama is too biased and it will be good to hear from someone with no agenda address the middle east and terror.
1/21/2015 3:34:52 PM
If the Jewish god exists, he'll smite Netanyahoo at the podium and lead his people to the promised land of an incrementally more peaceful Middle East.
1/24/2015 10:48:19 PM
This is perfect, considering Israel's latest plan to build more settler homes in East Jerusalem.
2/8/2015 9:35:58 PM
Video of tear gas shell shot into a playground full--adjacent to the Israeli military camp--of Palestinian children playing.Israeli military says they don't have any record of the incident.https://www.facebook.com/video.php?v=833091286734492
2/11/2015 6:33:18 AM
Based on current polling data here is a look at how the election (17 days from now) could turn out. 61 seats are needed in a coalition to gain control of the governmentRight-wing CoalitionLikud 24 (Netanyahu as Prime Minister)Jewish Home 13Yisrael Beiteinu 6(43 total)Left-Center CoalitionZionist Camp 23 (joining of Labor Party and Hatnuah as of December. Isaac Herzog and Tzipi Livni would rotate as Prime Ministers)Yesh Atid 8Meretz 5(36 total)UnknownsKulanu* 8 (Center, somewhat similar to Yesh Atid)Shas** 8 (Right)UTJ** 8 (Right)Yachad** 4 (Right, Diverged from Shas in 2014)(28 up for grabs)No CoalitionUnited Arab List 13 (on the record that they will not join any coalition, no matter how left-wing the other parties may be)*Netanyahu promised the Kulanu leader a high cabinet position if he publicly allied with Likud, but he refused. Has also turned down meeting with Herzog but openly said he trusts Herzog more than he trusts Netanyahu.**These are the more religiously orthodox parties. Jewish Home, which is "Modern Orthodox," only joined the Likud coalition in the last election under the condition that these groups were left out. Likud didn't need them at the time to get to 61, but this time he will. Shas and UTJ are far too religious and Yachad is far too radically nationalist for any of the other parties to feel 100% comfortable aligned with any of them.Some believe the Right could manage to take on Shas, UTJ, and Yachad without giving up Jewish Home. That would give them enough seats to keep the government. But public opinion has turned against Likud, and Netanyahu's trip to America this week is sure to polarize further. A January poll showed taht 60% of Israelis are more concerned with the economy and domestic infrastructure than with security and foreign affairs. This would be good news for Labor and Yesh Atid, bad news for Likud. Yesh Atid is leading other secular groups to convince the public not to vote for the far-right religious groups who grant special treatment to the more Jewishly observant. If that campaign succeeds, Yesh Atid and Zionist Camp could pick up steam after Netanyahu's trip which they are spinning as toying with foreign relations to gain political capitol.[Edited on February 28, 2015 at 6:02 AM. Reason : -]
2/28/2015 5:54:55 AM
Netanyahu loves America more than Obama.
3/2/2015 10:56:15 AM
Netanyahu is white.
3/2/2015 10:59:36 AM
Netanyahu is liar, criminal, and an oppressor, and should be thrown in the deep sea (or at least in jail for life).
3/2/2015 6:53:06 PM
Th GOP hatred of Obama has reached a point where we invited a foreign head of state to Congress solely for the purpose of condemning our foreign policy. Shame on us for that.
3/3/2015 11:40:30 AM
Yeah, that was pretty embarrassing for all involved. Another example of why President's matter. Mittens would have been standing right next to that assclown.
3/3/2015 12:00:57 PM
"If you take out Saddam, Saddam's regime, I guarantee you that it will have enormous positive reverberations on the region" - Netanyahu in 2002 . LOL he was dead on there Leaving Iraq aside, he has been trying to get his war with Iran for a long time. Overall I think he is full of it and we must leave behind the endless war mindset.[Edited on March 4, 2015 at 8:51 PM. Reason : .]
3/4/2015 8:50:06 PM
3/11/2015 3:35:16 AM
3/18/2015 5:03:24 AM
This is a good read.
5/8/2015 9:25:43 PM
5/9/2015 2:50:45 AM
I already talked about this in the election thread, but it's worth noting that this will be the highest number of seats ever held by Arabs, and was decline in Netanyahu's majority from 68 down to the bare minimum 61. Everyone is expecting this coalition to fall apart pretty quickly, since everything hinges on Kulanu and they won't put up with Jewish Home bullshit. It took Netanyahu until less than an hour before the deadline to convince Kulanu to sign on.In the last election, Right wing parties combined for 46% of the vote. That coalition didn't even make it 2 full years. This one won't do any better.
5/10/2015 1:23:30 PM
Countdown until Bibi calls the Vatican anti-semitic ?
5/13/2015 1:41:31 PM
He'd be late by 850 years
5/13/2015 5:13:54 PM
GG Israeli Settlershttp://www.filmsforaction.org/articles/occupation-schmoccupation-and-propaganda-shall-cover-for-everything-except-the-ugly-truth
9/12/2015 4:21:21 AM
Last week, 5 American college students went to visit the Tomb of the Patriarchs in Hebron. The Waze app brought them through a Palestinian neighborhood where their car was pelted with stones and a firebomb. A Palestinian man came to their rescue and got them out just before the car was torched. He hid them in his home and provided water and emotional support until the police arrived to escort them back into Israel.The Americans and the Israeli Police called the man a hero and a humanitarian. The man said:
9/12/2015 8:07:53 PM
Israel plans to demolish 13,000 Arab buildings in West Bank, UN sayshttp://www.theguardian.com/world/2015/sep/07/israel-demolish-arab-buildings-west-bank-un-palestinian
9/12/2015 9:00:03 PM
Fucking Nazishttps://news.vice.com/article/israel-destroys-palestinian-homes-after-announcing-new-settlementsThey do stuff like that regularly, and then they have the fucking nerve to ask for an apology for this cartoon:http://www.independent.co.uk/news/israel-demands-apology-norwegian-swastika-pizza-cartoon-puts-israel-in-the-same-category-as-nazi-a6673971.html
10/1/2015 12:24:10 AM
Last night an Israeli couple was murdered at gunpoint in front of their 4 children, all under the age of 10. Hamas spokesperson Husam Badran referred to the murder of parents in front of their four children as a "heroic operation."
10/1/2015 7:11:05 PM
^ That's barbaric.But demolishing people's homes, uprooting their trees (their livelihood), blackmailing them (by threatening to release pics of their female relatives taken surreptitiously in changing rooms) into spying on their own people, murdering children minding their own business in cold blood and then lying in the official report saying they were killed in a firefight with terrorists when there were no terrorists around and there was no firefight, not punishing settlers who murder civilians, etc, are far more barbaric.
10/1/2015 8:45:46 PM
When missiles and rockets are fired into Israel the alarms go off in time for everyone to get into bomb shelters. So the terrorists decided to get up close and personal to ensure a body count:August 3: Palestinians threw a firebomb at a passing car in Jerusalem injuring two people.August 6: A Palestinian motorist rammed his car into Israeli soldiers in the West Bank, wounding three before he was shot by Israeli troops.August 15: Two Palestinians attackers were shot after stabbings in the West Bank, one asked for a glass of water and then stabbed a soldier when he turned around to get it.August 17: A Palestinian was shot at a West Bank checkpoint after telling police there that he felt unwell and then pulling out a knife and stabbing an officer.September 14: An Israeli, 64-year-old Alexander Levlovitz, died and two passengers were hurt after Palestinians pelted their car with rocks as they drove home from a meal marking the Jewish new year in Jerusalem. Palestinian rock throwing and firebomb attacks spread from beyond the Old City walls to other areas of Jerusalem.October 1: An Israeli settler couple — Eitam and Naama Henkin — were shot dead in front of their four children, including an 4-month-old infant, as they drove in the West Bank. Israel later arrested five Palestinians it said were part of a Hamas cell that carried out the attack.October 3: A Palestinian stabbed two Israeli men to death and injured a mother and toddler before he was killed by police in Jerusalem’s Old City.October 4: A Palestinian terrorist stabbed and wounded an Israeli teenager before he was shot by police.October 7: Police said a 19-year-old Palestinian stabbed a soldier while taking his weapon in the southern town of Kiryat Gat. The suspect then fled into a residential building, where he followed a local woman into her apartment before police forces arrived and shot and killed him.A Palestinian woman stabbed an Israeli man who then shot and wounded her. Another Palestinian was wounded when he was shot by police after he attempted to run over an officer at a West Bank checkpoint.A Palestinian attacker stabbed an Israeli man outside a mall in central Israel.October 8: A soldier shot and killed an Arab attacker after he stabbed four people with a screwdriver in Tel Aviv. Two Israelis were injured in separate Palestinian stabbing attacks elsewhere.October 9: A Palestinian was shot and killed after attacking police with a knife in the West Bank.October 11: An Arab-Israeli attacker drove his car into a young woman and stabbed three other victims in a terror attack north of Hadera, northern Israel.A Palestinian detonated a gas canister in her car injuring an officer and herself near Jerusalem.October 12: Two Palestinian teens stabbed two Israelis, including a teen riding a bicycle, injuring them seriously. One of the Palestinian attackers was killed after rushing at officers with a knife.A Palestinian terrorist attacked a soldier on a bus in Jerusalem before being shot and killed.October 13: Two Palestinian men boarded a bus in Jerusalem and began shooting and stabbing passengers, while another assailant rammed a car into a bus station before stabbing bystanders, in near-simultaneous attacks Tuesday. Three Israelis and two attackers were killed. Several other Israelis were injured in the bus attack.[Edited on October 14, 2015 at 3:35 AM. Reason : -]
10/14/2015 3:34:11 AM
When a mendacious, sadistic, genocidal, egomaniacal and evil bitch/witch is the country's Justice Minister, what else do you expect?http://www.aljazeera.com/programmes/upfront/2015/10/state-solution-valid-solution-151013081528610.html10 minute video that exposes her lying evil nature.
10/14/2015 7:32:05 AM
Every time an Israeli is attacked or killed, your answers are always variations of "well, they deserved it."
10/14/2015 10:31:37 PM
Depending on what side of history you're on, you're either a terrorist or a freedom fighter.
10/14/2015 10:52:31 PM
I'm pretty sure 99% of the world's population is neither.
10/15/2015 12:43:17 AM
And what is your answer when this happens to Palestinians:
10/15/2015 12:57:56 AM
I've reached the conclusion that this conflict is over... the Israelis have won, and we're just waiting for them to completely wipe out the Palestinians at this point.
10/15/2015 11:29:14 AM
If that was the goal, they would have by now. They have the capability to do so.The PA on the other hand does not have the capability to wipe out Israel, yet continuously tries to do so.
10/15/2015 6:34:16 PM
Israel has been slowly working toward that goal, and have been successful. If they did it all at once, then there would be international uproar. Doing it slowly over decades, like they have been, keeps them out of real trouble.But you can't seriously tell me the Palestinians haven't been decisively losing this war and the borders of Israel haven't been growing. What is this if not a military conquest of another country? Just because they are metering out the victories, we can't call it what it is?In the grand scheme of things, this is what humans used to do fairly regularly, in another 100 years, since history is written by the victors and there's no more Palestine, Israel can say whatever it wants about what happened.
10/15/2015 9:58:04 PM
Considering that the Palestinian population grows quite exponentially each year, the Israelis are doing a pretty bad job of killing them off.There's a difference between losing a war and being strategically wiped out. And you can't call it a conquest either when Israel has several times offered to trade land for peace. in 2000, Ehud Barak offered a 97% pullout from West Bank and 100% from Gaza, and Arafat said no. Then Sharon did 100% disengage from Gaza in 2005, and Israel was thanked with the election of a terrorist organization into mainstream power.
10/16/2015 1:38:24 AM
Both sides have monsters, terrorists, and evil peoplehttp://usuncut.com/world/israeli-police-shoot-13-year-old-ahmad-elmahania“Die you son of a bitch”: Israeli shouts at 13-year-old Palestinian boy struggling for last breathClick link to watch video
10/16/2015 5:48:10 AM
Oh good, I was hoping you would bring up this great opportunity to show how off base the media has been recently.At the top of ^this article:
10/16/2015 12:37:53 PM