Comments on: Sen. Leahy likens Palestinians to his Irish ancestors, ‘hunted because they wanted to keep their land’

By: Gert

Gert — Mon, 29 Nov 1999 23:00:00 +0000

18th February 2009 Israeli forces shot a twenty year-old Palestinian farmer as he worked his land in the village of Al-Faraheen, east of Khan Younis in the Gaza Strip. International Human Rights Activists were accompanying the group of farmers at the time as they worked approximately 500m from the Green Line. Mohammad al - Breem, 20, was shot in the right leg as the farmers, together with the international Human Rights Activists, attempted to leave the area having worked on their land for 2 hours in full view of the Israeli forces situated along the Green Line. As the farmers were loading up the parsley and spinach from the agricultural lands shots were fired from Israeli forces on the border. Mohammad was shot in the right leg and evacuated, while still under fire, to hospital.

By: Gert

Gert — Mon, 29 Nov 1999 23:00:00 +0000

Commenting problems here again, sorry if this doubles up.

By: tommy

tommy — Mon, 29 Nov 1999 23:00:00 +0000

Palestinians have inherited the luck of the Irish.

By: Chris Berel

Chris Berel — Mon, 29 Nov 1999 23:00:00 +0000

Leahy is not the first, nor will he be the last, senator to embarass himself with a display of Ignorance.

The Palestinians are nothing like the Irish. The Jews are nothing like the English.

The English inspired accidental genocide of the Irish in the 1840's is nothing like Gaza.

The Irish struggle has no comparison to the Palestinian genicidal cause.

By: Scott

Scott — Mon, 29 Nov 1999 23:00:00 +0000

Wow. This is the most emotionally charged statement on this issue made by a major American politician, ever.

By: Eva Smagacz

Eva Smagacz — Mon, 29 Nov 1999 23:00:00 +0000

There will be no peace in Palestinian Occupied Territories till Arabs will learn NOT to be seen - in the best tradition of 17th century great estates in Europe, where servants could loose their jobs and their livelihood for being spotted by the gentry and thus "polluting" their space.

Shooting at people who you can see is just a way of communicating with Arabs. Ask Israeli Foreign minister, who campaigned under the slogan "Lieberman speaks Arabic".

By: Colin Murray

Colin Murray — Mon, 29 Nov 1999 23:00:00 +0000

I am looking forward to seeing more displays of heroic 'Ignorance' by American leaders. Bravo Senator Leahy!

By: Duscany

Duscany — Mon, 29 Nov 1999 23:00:00 +0000

If this is what Leahy says in public, one can imagine what he really thinks (and what he tells his friends at a party somewhere, after a couple of scotches.)

I used to imagine that the taboo against speaking honestly about Israel would never vanish in my lifetime. Now I'm thinking I might have been way too pessimistic. After all, they speak honestly about Israel in Israel. They often speak honestly in Europe. It's only in America that people are almost across-the-board afraid to say what they really think for fear of being denounced, fired or otherwise ruined professionally. And now it is finally changing. People in power are beginning to speak the truth (or at least nibble around the edges of it).

By: otto

otto — Mon, 29 Nov 1999 23:00:00 +0000

That is a remarkable statement by Leahy.

By: lysias

lysias — Mon, 29 Nov 1999 23:00:00 +0000

St. Patrick's Day is next week.

Way to go, Senator Pat Leahy!