Comments on: J Street seeks to undermine BDS

By: Which countries must have consequences for disregarding the international community and which don’t?

Thu, 10 Dec 2009 15:50:46 +0000

[...] exchange seemed especially ironic in light of J Street’s repeated efforts to undermine the grassroots boycott, divestment, and sanctions mov… to hold Israel accountable for at least 42 years of Israeli intransigence in the face of the [...]

By: Citizen

Citizen — Sun, 22 Nov 2009 13:05:37 +0000

Sounds like the same modus operandi the Scientologists employ in their Sea Org.

By: Citizen

Citizen — Sun, 22 Nov 2009 12:55:07 +0000

Right, carnas, and 9/11 had nothing to do with USA foreign policy; they did it because they hate us and are jealous of us, pure and simple.

By: Victor Kermit

Victor Kermit — Sun, 22 Nov 2009 03:21:02 +0000

Has anyone mentioned that Walter Williams is one of the biggest Uncle Toms in the history of the United States? He’s right up there with Clarence “Uncle” Thomas, “Uncle” Thomas Sowell, Larry “Tom” Elder, Armstrong “Shine” Williams, LaShaun “Aunt Jemima” Barber, and other “prominent” so-called “Black Republicans”. Of course they can support the indentured servitude of a race of people – they advocate it every day for African-Americans!

By: bigbill

bigbill — Sun, 22 Nov 2009 00:32:19 +0000

Shmuel, that religious-are-wussies attitude is changing. The Nahal dudes have shown themselves willing to kick @ss with the best sabras out there. As long as y’all are willing to bend a little on religion and let them be a little more observant in the IDF it seems like they would happily cleanse Israel of all the Amalekites. Their fundamentalist rabbis have gone or record preaching that preemptive extermination of sheigetz men, women, and children is OK, haven’t they? Including that rabbi in Minneapolis a few months ago.

By: syvanen

syvanen — Sat, 21 Nov 2009 23:55:31 +0000

I share your fears. I wish we had the ability to stop Israel dead in its tracks but unfortunately we do not. It remains official US policy to back Israel. This policy can only be changed slowly. It appears that Israel is now escalating its land seizures and increased oppression for the reason that they fear US policy could change. It is better, from their perspective, to seize as much as they can now before it is too late. These efforts by Israel are also exposing their true intentions and may, let us hope, help accelerate the discussion here in the US. There are many plausible scenarios where this will end very badly for the Palestinians but there is only so much we can do for them now.

By: VR

VR — Sat, 21 Nov 2009 21:57:40 +0000

syvanen, there is something that keeps gnawing away at me, and I hope my fears are unfounded – but what is the purpose of this Israeli escalation of assault on the Palestinians both inside Israel and the OT? The Israeli government continues it march to officials now in government who are patently fascist.

I see all of the precursors to the attempted extermination of our community during the Nazi era enacted against the Palestinians. This last assault on Gaza (Operation Cast Lead) carries with it the distinct markers of a lost conscience of the Israelis, who range from being oblivious to what is taking place under their nose and the polls taken which reflected a 90% plus approval of the massacre.

I am beside myself, what scares me is the accuracy of my calls both domestic (USA) and foreign (Israel as well as elsewhere). I am desperate to be wrong in what I see as an inevitable march toward further atrocities, to reach to an immoral climax. If we do not stop Israel dead in in tracks now, and allow them to continue with impunity, it will be beyond tragic. The Goldstone report was the watershed, its dismissal is the signal of worse to come.

By: potsherd

potsherd — Sat, 21 Nov 2009 21:52:41 +0000

A lot of these workers (as in the Intel plant) are Haredi women whose rabbis make them work for substandard wages under substandard conditions, lest they get uppity. The nearest thing going to a captive workforce.

By: Shingo

Shingo — Sat, 21 Nov 2009 21:34:00 +0000

“Every major high tech company opens up a branch in Israel because of the abundance of skilled workers. ”

Some are closing down and what’s more, most of Israel’s skilled workers are deserting Israel and moving overseas to work in real economies. All that wil be left are the poorly educated religious nuts.

By: carnas

carnas — Sat, 21 Nov 2009 19:40:32 +0000

“Hate does not come from a vacuum, hate is created when people commit injustices to one another. ”
Sorry, wrong. Hate can stem from many sources which have nothing to do with actual injustice. Misplaced blame, for example, fanned by religious ideology. Sound familiar?