Comments on: First they came for Trader Joe’s. Then they came for Target

By: tree_

tree_ — Mon, 06 Jul 2009 21:06:09 +0000

Andrew, there was a book written in Israel two decades ago by a correspondent from Yediot Ahronoth in Argentina, which detailed this. His name was Marcel Zohar. Tony Greenstein quotes from a Hadashot article of 1990 about this: "The Israeli government could have saved hundreds of Argentine Jews, who were murdered or kidnapped during the rule of the generals between 1976 and 1983, claims Marcel Zohar in his book Let My People Go to Hell, soon to be published by Zitrin. Zohar, who was Yedi'ot Aharonot [an Israeli evening newspaper] correspondent in Argentina between 1978 and 1982, describes how the Israeli government, the Jewish Agency and other official bodies refrained from processing immigration applications from Jews with left-wing background, in order to preserve Israel's good business and political links with the ruling junta. In the same period, arms sales worth about one billion dollars were concluded between Israel and Argentina. According to Zohar, both Likud and Labour leaders shared in the conspiracy of silence. His book recounts the struggle which took place between Danny Rekanati, the immigration official based in Argentina, and the Israeli ambassador, Ron Nergad. Rekanati tried to help persecuted Jews escape from the country, while Nergad, according to the book, complained about his activities. The unwritten instruction was to refuse any help to Jews defined as 'too left-wing'. The late Menahem Savidor, who was Knesset chairman at the time, admitted to Zohar that he had prevented a public Knesset debate on the situation of Argentina's Jews at the government's request in order not to harm Israel's crucial links with Argentina." (From Greenstein's blog: " target="_blank">http://azvsas.blogspot.com/2009/02/arson-at-venez... I believe the original Hadashot article used to be posted somewhere on the internet, but I can no longer find it." ) I find it quite illuminating that the article you linked to mentioned Zohar as a critic but chose not to mention any of the specifics of his charges in its apologia.

By: Jake in Jerusalem

Jake in Jerusalem — Sun, 05 Jul 2009 10:57:45 +0000

Ha! TWO reports of SPITTING in TWO YEARS. Compared to the INTIMADATION, SHOOTINGS and MURDERS of Christians by Muslims, this is nothing! Ask yourself: would a Christian want to live in a Jewish-run society or in a Muslim-run society? The THOUSANDS of LEBANESE CHRISTIANS who sought refuge in ISRAEL tells you the answer… Shingo's MondoBigotry knows no boungs… and no facts, either.

By: Jake in Jerusalem

Jake in Jerusalem — Sun, 05 Jul 2009 10:50:26 +0000

YOu are correct. This HAMAS shell landed on a PALESTINEAN home. It did NOT hit it's intended target. Palestineans kill Palestineans and YOU blame Israel. Typical.

By: Jake in Jerusalem

Jake in Jerusalem — Sun, 05 Jul 2009 10:49:22 +0000

1) Journalists are IN Gaza at this moment, and also enter and leave. I KNOW some of them. It was, ummm, Hamas that KIDNAPPED a British journalist not long ago. Forgot? 2) Israeli "terrorist"organizations are outlawed. "Palestinean" terrorist groups are the govt! 3) there is a difference between kidnap by terrorists and arrest by police. IF you can't tell the difference between raping and being raped (as befits an Islamist-apologist like you) then this is not surprising. 4) I ONLY post facts. This bugs the heck out of you. I'm not surprised. MondoBigot.

By: lovelyisraelis

lovelyisraelis — Sat, 04 Jul 2009 15:13:07 +0000

I don't see it, ed. Naturally, you can point to various influential Jews who had a hand in this, but your thesis obliges you to totally ignore the very powerful non-Jewish actors…like our Sec of State who knowingly laid out the phony "evidence" before the UN security council. That was a giant step in the direction of war—probably the biggest. How about all the phony crap coming out of Downing Street…the dodgy dossier, etc? Was that the work of the Jewish lobby? How about the efforts to destroy those with conflicting data? The yellowcake affair? That was out of Cheney's office. And even the Jews who were involved…I mean, is Judy Miller really a part of this jewish AIPAC conspiracy, or is she just a shitty journalist and pathological liar who HAPPENS to be Jewish?

By: Shingo

Shingo — Sat, 04 Jul 2009 08:59:25 +0000

Hamas make most of their own missiles and liek Israel, they probably don't pay for their wepons.

By: Shingo

Shingo — Sat, 04 Jul 2009 08:58:20 +0000

There is no specific law against bringing anything into Gaza. The blockade is illegal.

By: Shingo

Shingo — Sat, 04 Jul 2009 08:55:12 +0000

1) Correction: Used to live in signifant numbers 2) Correct 3) It's the Jews that are abusing them, not th Muslisms. " target="_blank">http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/pages/ShArt.jhtml?it... 4) Wrong

By: Shingo

Shingo — Sat, 04 Jul 2009 08:49:58 +0000

"When it comes to lies, Hamas rules." Hamas weren't the ones banning froeing journalists from entering Gaza to report the facts. "Would YOU believe a Jihadi terrorist organization with your life????" No more than I would trust an Israeli terrorist organization. "Is their kidnapping and hiding of Gilad Shalit in violation of Geneva Conventions consistent with your "peaceful" description? " Capturing a soldier is much less a crime that capturing a civilian, and Irael has done that thousands of times, including the 2 civlians Israle kidnapped from Gaza the day before Shalit was catpured. "I present facts" You never have and never will. Stop sucking your thumb and remember to stop soiling yourself in public. It's embarrasing.

By: Shingo

Shingo — Sat, 04 Jul 2009 08:46:50 +0000

No it was an Israeli shell. Hamas shells don't hit their targets.