http://mondoweiss.net/2009/06/netanyahu-opted-to-pander-to-the-consensus-most-especially-to-the-settler-base-which-was-his-audience-at-bar-ilan-universi.html The War of Ideas in the Middle East Tue, 14 Feb 2012 14:03:10 +0000 hourly 1 http://mondoweiss.net/2009/06/netanyahu-opted-to-pander-to-the-consensus-most-especially-to-the-settler-base-which-was-his-audience-at-bar-ilan-universi.html/comment-page-2#comment-89442 Koshiro Wed, 17 Jun 2009 09:33:06 +0000 http://d1825805.u264.foliopress.net/2009/06/netanyahu-opted-to-pander-to-the-consensus-most-especially-to-the-settler-base-which-was-his-audience-at-bar-ilan-universi.html#comment-89442 As I've written in a different comment: They may not be a majority - I'm certain that they aren't, in fact. But they are those who make an impression on the Palestinians. Radical, racist settlers are those who go out and reach ordinary Palestinians - with insults, stones and bullets, mostly. If you want to improve your image among Palestinians and everybody else - why not reign them in? As I've written in a different comment: They may not be a majority – I'm certain that they aren't, in fact. But they are those who make an impression on the Palestinians. Radical, racist settlers are those who go out and reach ordinary Palestinians – with insults, stones and bullets, mostly. If you want to improve your image among Palestinians and everybody else – why not reign them in?

]]> http://mondoweiss.net/2009/06/netanyahu-opted-to-pander-to-the-consensus-most-especially-to-the-settler-base-which-was-his-audience-at-bar-ilan-universi.html/comment-page-2#comment-89399 Jake in Jerusalem Tue, 16 Jun 2009 17:26:53 +0000 http://d1825805.u264.foliopress.net/2009/06/netanyahu-opted-to-pander-to-the-consensus-most-especially-to-the-settler-base-which-was-his-audience-at-bar-ilan-universi.html#comment-89399 Read my first statement. "Eva, you are a fool." Nothing in your response has anything to do with what I wrote. Read carefully before replying. Thank you. Read my first statement. "Eva, you are a fool." Nothing in your response has anything to do with what I wrote. Read carefully before replying. Thank you.

]]> http://mondoweiss.net/2009/06/netanyahu-opted-to-pander-to-the-consensus-most-especially-to-the-settler-base-which-was-his-audience-at-bar-ilan-universi.html/comment-page-2#comment-89389 Jake in Jerusalem Tue, 16 Jun 2009 17:24:21 +0000 http://d1825805.u264.foliopress.net/2009/06/netanyahu-opted-to-pander-to-the-consensus-most-especially-to-the-settler-base-which-was-his-audience-at-bar-ilan-universi.html#comment-89389 1) You have failed to make a case against ANY of the facts I posted earlier. 2) Israel HAS given over 90% of the territory in dispute to Arab control. 3) That Gaza is a hellhole (like other fundie territories, e.g. Afghanistan, Pakistan, etc.) is NOT the fault of Israel. Stop blaming Israel for Arab backwardness. 4) That family on the beach... they were killed by Hamas rocket fire. Get your facts straight. Just as Arabs blame everyone else for their own self-induced problems, Hamas routinely blames Israel for it's own goofs. And you swallowed the whole lot. 1) You have failed to make a case against ANY of the facts I posted earlier. 2) Israel HAS given over 90% of the territory in dispute to Arab control. 3) That Gaza is a hellhole (like other fundie territories, e.g. Afghanistan, Pakistan, etc.) is NOT the fault of Israel. Stop blaming Israel for Arab backwardness. 4) That family on the beach… they were killed by Hamas rocket fire. Get your facts straight. Just as Arabs blame everyone else for their own self-induced problems, Hamas routinely blames Israel for it's own goofs. And you swallowed the whole lot.

]]> http://mondoweiss.net/2009/06/netanyahu-opted-to-pander-to-the-consensus-most-especially-to-the-settler-base-which-was-his-audience-at-bar-ilan-universi.html/comment-page-2#comment-89388 Jake in Jerusalem Tue, 16 Jun 2009 17:19:50 +0000 http://d1825805.u264.foliopress.net/2009/06/netanyahu-opted-to-pander-to-the-consensus-most-especially-to-the-settler-base-which-was-his-audience-at-bar-ilan-universi.html#comment-89388 Nothing you posted contradicts (or even relates to!) my posting. Something wrong with you? As for Jews ethnically cleansed by Arabs, tens of thousands of Jews were either killed or expelled by Arabs in what you call the West Bank between 1920-1948. HUndreds of thousands of Jews were either killed or expelled by Arabs in ARAB COUNTRIES, not in Israel. Places like Syria, Lebanon, Egypt, Libya, Morrocco, Yemen and more. You are so confused on the facts I feel bad giving you more facts. You clearly have trouble handling facts. Nothing you posted contradicts (or even relates to!) my posting. Something wrong with you? As for Jews ethnically cleansed by Arabs, tens of thousands of Jews were either killed or expelled by Arabs in what you call the West Bank between 1920-1948. HUndreds of thousands of Jews were either killed or expelled by Arabs in ARAB COUNTRIES, not in Israel. Places like Syria, Lebanon, Egypt, Libya, Morrocco, Yemen and more. You are so confused on the facts I feel bad giving you more facts. You clearly have trouble handling facts.

]]> http://mondoweiss.net/2009/06/netanyahu-opted-to-pander-to-the-consensus-most-especially-to-the-settler-base-which-was-his-audience-at-bar-ilan-universi.html/comment-page-2#comment-89441 Sir_Jack_Gurney Tue, 16 Jun 2009 00:09:04 +0000 http://d1825805.u264.foliopress.net/2009/06/netanyahu-opted-to-pander-to-the-consensus-most-especially-to-the-settler-base-which-was-his-audience-at-bar-ilan-universi.html#comment-89441 In my country, we say: "Pardon?" In my country, we say: "Pardon?"

]]> http://mondoweiss.net/2009/06/netanyahu-opted-to-pander-to-the-consensus-most-especially-to-the-settler-base-which-was-his-audience-at-bar-ilan-universi.html/comment-page-2#comment-89440 Electric_Jesus Tue, 16 Jun 2009 00:07:04 +0000 http://d1825805.u264.foliopress.net/2009/06/netanyahu-opted-to-pander-to-the-consensus-most-especially-to-the-settler-base-which-was-his-audience-at-bar-ilan-universi.html#comment-89440 RE: There's no support in this country to designate America "the Christian state." MY COMMENT: I beg to differ! Oh wait, what 'country' are you speaking of? RE: There's no support in this country to designate America "the Christian state." MY COMMENT: I beg to differ! Oh wait, what 'country' are you speaking of?

]]> http://mondoweiss.net/2009/06/netanyahu-opted-to-pander-to-the-consensus-most-especially-to-the-settler-base-which-was-his-audience-at-bar-ilan-universi.html/comment-page-2#comment-89404 DICKERSON3870 Mon, 15 Jun 2009 23:47:56 +0000 http://d1825805.u264.foliopress.net/2009/06/netanyahu-opted-to-pander-to-the-consensus-most-especially-to-the-settler-base-which-was-his-audience-at-bar-ilan-universi.html#comment-89404 RE: " take my farm and tell me that based on the Bible that my farm belongs to you and is God given" MY COMMENT: But suppose your land lies fallow, and I take it and make it bloom? RE: " take my farm and tell me that based on the Bible that my farm belongs to you and is God given" MY COMMENT: But suppose your land lies fallow, and I take it and make it bloom?

]]> http://mondoweiss.net/2009/06/netanyahu-opted-to-pander-to-the-consensus-most-especially-to-the-settler-base-which-was-his-audience-at-bar-ilan-universi.html/comment-page-2#comment-89403 Sir_Jack_Gurney Mon, 15 Jun 2009 23:42:02 +0000 http://d1825805.u264.foliopress.net/2009/06/netanyahu-opted-to-pander-to-the-consensus-most-especially-to-the-settler-base-which-was-his-audience-at-bar-ilan-universi.html#comment-89403 I believe he was speaking metaphorically. If not, perhaps he is a polemicist. I believe he was speaking metaphorically. If not, perhaps he is a polemicist.

]]> http://mondoweiss.net/2009/06/netanyahu-opted-to-pander-to-the-consensus-most-especially-to-the-settler-base-which-was-his-audience-at-bar-ilan-universi.html/comment-page-2#comment-89401 Electric_Jesus Mon, 15 Jun 2009 23:29:31 +0000 http://d1825805.u264.foliopress.net/2009/06/netanyahu-opted-to-pander-to-the-consensus-most-especially-to-the-settler-base-which-was-his-audience-at-bar-ilan-universi.html#comment-89401 RE: if the Reverend Moon of the Moonies announced that his God had promised him Manahatan, how many New Yorkers would say, "that sounds reasonable?" MY EDICT: I'll be the judge of that! RE: if the Reverend Moon of the Moonies announced that his God had promised him Manahatan, how many New Yorkers would say, "that sounds reasonable?" MY EDICT: I'll be the judge of that!

]]> http://mondoweiss.net/2009/06/netanyahu-opted-to-pander-to-the-consensus-most-especially-to-the-settler-base-which-was-his-audience-at-bar-ilan-universi.html/comment-page-2#comment-89392 Electric_Jesus Mon, 15 Jun 2009 23:22:32 +0000 http://d1825805.u264.foliopress.net/2009/06/netanyahu-opted-to-pander-to-the-consensus-most-especially-to-the-settler-base-which-was-his-audience-at-bar-ilan-universi.html#comment-89392 "...Americans who are largely church-going..." Oh, really? "…Americans who are largely church-going…" Oh, really?

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