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AddReply(422298,"Political cartoons","Samuel Zervitz","Baltimore, MD","04/06/09","Some years back a cartoon appeared in the Baltimore Sun portraying Sharon as a snarling dog growling at the Palestinians. And another of Sharon sleeping peacefully \nwhile dreaming of bombs falling on Israel\'s enemies.\nIn a mainstream publication here I cannot recall a cartoon showing Israel in a positive light. When Islamworld receives demeaning cartoon treatment it attempts to dismantle half of Europe, or so it seems. Maybe the best Jewish response to this is to let others know that we believe in a free press, no matter how one-sided. And that any response or retaliation, however intensely felt, will be a peaceful and resonable reaction, noting at worst the unfairness of the cartoonist\'s work.Hence,the best response is no response. Merely that we point out our unwavering respect for a free press to report without coercion what it wants to report. As long as it\'s not libel or slander.");
AddReply(350143,"Someone Asked What else can we do?","Neshama","Netanya","10/08/08","If you don\'t live in Israel, make plans to make ALIYAH! The most important thing anyone outside of Israel can do if they love Israel and love Hashem is come and LIVE in the LAND!!!!\nIf you can\'t do that pray, pray, and pray. Do mitzvot for the sake of Eretz HaKadosh, give tzdakah to Israeli organiztions especially to feed the poor and also Magen David Adom. It is in Hashem\'s hands, but He still wants to hear our prayers and see us do good deeds. This is our sacrifice.");
AddReply(320671,"Withdrawing money","Daisy Stern","Kiryat Arba","07/04/08","Great that you npublicized that in Arutz 7, Aryeh, That IS your initiative, Just want to remind you - and everybody else too- that the idea ORIGINATED WITH ME  A FEw YEARS AGO, when I distributed flyers in J-m to that effect, and sent out tons of e-mails re: that. There are witnesses to my claim. But Kol Hakavod to you for putting it on Arutz 7! Great idea.Thanks.");
AddReply(320664,"money","Nofia Vered Shem Tov","Yerushalayim","07/04/08","DOn\'t forget this system is so corrupt..it\'s not just about withdrawals and kicking Jews out of their homes. We have judges and social workers who abuse the system to kidnap religious children and put them with Jewish goyim in order to \"deprogram\' them from following the Torah.  We have money-power-hungry evil people in every layer of Israeli society. People who sit and drink coffee all day while single mothers beg for the simplest help from Bituach Leumi ...I\'m all for it. and while we\'re at it, we should refuse to put it back until they rewrite the laws for hotza\'ah lafoal that allow companies to raid your bank account without even turning to a court of law.");
AddReply(320328,"Money boycott.","Alec Saul","Netanya","07/03/08","I would suggest we start with Israel government bonds first, and then move onto the banks. i.e. warn them first");
AddReply(297504,"Crazy Ephriam","Susan","Houston","04/11/08","To suggest killing other Jews is truly worthy of having you committed.");
AddReply(279841,"transdlate this article into hebrew","noa","efrat","02/24/08","and get it published!");
AddReply(279085,"all the money belongs to G-d","dave ","ramat gan","02/21/08","this proposal is far saner than even the author knows.money is the reason that this country is corrupt and if we were willing to sacrifice our money the corrupt elite would become nothing but the sewer rats that they really are.dont forget that the major wealth in this country is money stolen from jews who died @ the hands of the nazis.and these new princes are slaves who would be kings.to bring down the wealthy in this country would be simular to  flushing a toilet that has been broken for too long.much good would come from it. and yes of course it is a sacrifice .the goyim will say this ... the jew will sacrifice antthing eccept his money.... i pray that is not true  and now we shall see if it is .....i aplaude the effort and will do evrything in my power to spread the idea ");
AddReply(278315,"How to Overthrow Olmert in 17 Days--A Simple Plan","Yaacov","Efrat","02/19/08","I have a simpler solution. It takes only 17 days. That is how long it took the Hungarian people to overthrow their government.\n\nHow did they do it? Simple.\nA million people filled the streets, and they didn\'t go home for dinner and back to business as usual after a few inspiring speeches. \n\nThey stayed there day after day. And at last the government folded. The end. It was all over.\n\nAnd it took only 17 days.\n\nHow many Jews does it take to close the Knesset?\n\nHow many Jews does it take to block the Prime Minister\'s office?\n\nNot even a million. Say, 50,000.\n\nWill we have 50,000 Jews overthrow the government in 17 days?\n\nOr, as is happening right now, will we have 17 Jews who will take 50,000 days?");
AddReply(274955,"regarding comment #7","Richard Weinberg","Morrisville, VT","02/09/08","I too would like to read an answer to his question.");
AddReply(272309,"its the best idea that i read","jew ","eretz israel","01/30/08","the problem is that i dont have a bank account...");
AddReply(269191,"Better Yet....","N. Deed","Jerusalem","01/21/08","A lawyer can set up an escrow account for all people living over the green-line in which to deposit their monthly mortgage payments. The respective banks involved would be informed that all monies would be transfered to them upon the enactment of legislation that annexed the west bank to Israel and changed the laws of (tohorat haneshek) military engagement. In this way, the security of individual soldiers\' lives can be achieved and the security of people property and future will be increased.");
AddReply(268972,"I don\'t know if this idea will work ","Shmuel","Wesley Hills","01/20/08","but at least someone is trying.\nI personally think the Olmert regime and all the hard-core leftists are determined to put an end to Israel. They will simply move to some European country and enjoy their wealth there. They have no spiritual attachment to Israel or Judaism.\nIn my opinion, the only solution is to physically overthrow the gov\'t. As unpleasant as that may seem, it\'s better than the alternative-mass suicide!");
AddReply(268887,"Pardon my skepticism","Yitzhak Klein","","01/20/08","but I\'m not convinced it would work.\n\n1. All the households in Yesha don\'t possess 1% of the capital of the Israeli financial system.  Most of that is owned by wealthy people and wealthy institutions, not little guys like you\'n\'me.\n\n2.  The system can deal with much larger capital flows.\n\n3.  The idea has already been implemented--by all the fat cats I mentioned in (1).  The only keep in Israel what they need to function or to invest.  See for example Lev Leviev, who\'s even orthodox, who pulled up stakes and moved to London for tax reasons, because that\'s where his money is.\n\n4.  The Israeli economy is growing fast and adding resources all the time.  The kind of capital movement Zelasko is talking about will just be a hiccup.  The residents of Yesha are not going to do more damage to the Israeli economy than Hassan Nassrallah did in 2006, and the economy took that pretty much in stride.");
AddReply(268847,"To#24: By all means, bitachon Hashem is important...","mike","Vienna, VA","01/20/08","...but we must take the lessons of Torah to heart.  When the Jews cry out to Hashem at the Sea of Reeds, Hashem says to Moshe: \"Tell the Children of Israel: Why do you cry out to Me?  Act!\"\n\nThe problem is that generations of pseudo-rabbis and assorted slaves and slaves-at-heart have corrupted the understanding of Torah among the Jews to the point that we see today.");
AddReply(268767,"You Forgot something essential!!!","Michael","Petach Tikva","01/19/08","If you really want this to happen, you should start a petition and send it to families in Sederot, and in other locations. The purpose of the petition would be that people could feel that they are doing this as a united effort. If you\'re doing it alone, a person is afraid it will have no affect, and that it will only harm them financially. However, if there were also 5000 names of people who stated that they would be doing the same thing, attached to a petition to the government, then this could really have an effect.");
AddReply(268650,"Do NOT put your faith in Hashem, #17 & #22.","sk","USA","01/18/08","mike, VA, will shortly respond that this is simply depending on miracles.  He\'ll be right.\n\nHow many Holocausts would you like?");
AddReply(268508,"Its a smart financial move as well","ace","mercaz","01/18/08","It is widely known that Israeli banks charge outrageous fees and have historically provided mediocre returns on one\'s investment anyway. Placing your investments overseas is easy, safe, legal, and profitable. As well as being a smart pro-eretz-israel move, it would be a positive financial move in its own right.");
AddReply(268294,"# 17 is right on the mark! This is the ONLY solution","Yitzhak","Shilo","01/17/08","Put your COMPLETE faith in Hashem, not the political system. It does not matter who sits in office, they all take thier orders from the USA. If we call out to Hashem, then He MAY answer us IF we are sincere. ");
AddReply(268192,"The Real Solution            B\"H","boruch hoffinger","brooklyn ny","01/17/08","  The real solution is to get out there and teach Torah to Jews.\n  Put tefillin on the men.\n  I teach the 7 Noahide Laws every day to non-Jews as The Lubavitcher Rebbe requested.");
AddReply(268139,"Perhaps a world depression will divert","PatL","USA","01/17/08","the world\'s secular \"Do Gooders\" attention.");
AddReply(268134,"To #12: torah law REQUIRES hard currency and PROHIBITS fiat currency","mike","Vienna, VA","01/17/08","We have the commandment to establish \"an honest shekel\" in Deuteronomy. However, there are serious issues involved.  First of all, a silver shekel (22gm) will be worth on the order of $40.  I do not need to elaborate further on consequences of such a strong currency.  Although, in balance, a shekel note would be a pretty rare item.  Most notes in circulation would be agorot and most coins would be prutot.  It would be ridiculous to quote the price of a carton of eggs in shekels.  \n\nSecond, silver/gold/platinum, even if held in banks and redeemed for bearer notes at will, could easily flow out of the country unless great precautions are made (e.g. requiring exchange into foreign currency when capital flows cross the border).  Third, there is the great difficulty produced by having a tight money supply.  Finally, there is the issue of possessing a large supply of bullion to back the currency in the first place.  Such things are not undertaken lightly.  Adopting Torah currency would be among the last steps in the process of establishing a Torah Republic.  Since the process has not even began, it is premature to speak of Torah currency.");
AddReply(268107,"Great Idea","Larry","Yerushalayim","01/17/08","Fantastic, and wise.");
AddReply(268085,"...no one to rely on, only on our Father in Heaven","Yochanan Ellul","London","01/17/08","Reb Chaim Volozhiner says an interesting peshat on the Mishneh in Sotah [49b]. The Mishneh lists all the things that will happen at the end of time -- during the days of the \'footsteps of Moshiach\'. The Mishneh says insolence will increase, inflation will soar, the government will turn to heresy, there will be no rebuke, the knowledge of scholars will be lost, those who fear sin will be despised, youth will shame old men, the face of the generation will be like the face of the dog, etc., etc. Finally the Mishneh concludes with the words, \"And we have no one to rely on, only on our Father in Heaven\". For a change my brothers and sisters, let us cry out to Hashem as our forthers did in Mizraim. Only Hashem can save us, only in Him we need to trust and only upon Him have we got to rely! Now this is a far simpler and far more effective solution.");
AddReply(268075,"Mammon","Charles Wilson","Connecticut","01/17/08","What you are proposing sounds like a religious war. You are attacking Olmert\'s G-d.");
AddReply(268036,"Aryeh, Publicize in Parasha Handouts","D.Duarte","Jerusalem","01/17/08","It\'s an idea whose time is long overdue. From experience working with non-profits, people respond to articles and appeals in the weekly parasha sheets that they pick up in batei knesset and yeshivot. There are a lot of people out there with assets that could influence this process. May we hear good things soon. ");
AddReply(268003,"A Measure In The Right Direction","Eliezer","","01/17/08","Money.. Shekels, Dollars, Pesos etc., are all units of energy representing either credit or organic capital. Credit or finance capital lays claim to energy or labor into the future, whereas organic Dollars or capital represent an accumulation or repository of energy, labor or wealth from the past. Thus, organic & credit capital are as different as night & day. In this proposal, one must account for both, because the purchasing power & influence of credit or finance capital is greater in a system of fiat or fractionalized banking, than the purchasing power & influence of organic capital. Having said this, the ability to withdraw & withhold ones deposits of accumulated energy from Israeli Banks who may redirect your deposits OF energy & influence against the interests of Jewish people would seem a perfectly valid & possibly an effective measure. Indeed, the laws which govern electricity are immediately transposable unto the laws which govern fiat Dollars, current or \"currency.\" Treat money & Dollars, whether organic or credit, as units of energy, & this will establish a proper frame of mind. Therein, focus your energy towards the place of your greatest treasure. To a significant extent, this is a struggle for the primacy, & often surreptitious influence of credit or fiat currency over the free will sovereignty of organic or earned capital. It does seem rather foolish & short sighted to place ones organic or earned capital into the service of ones demise. A beginning.");
AddReply(267990,"Excellent approach..more steps:","Nethanel","Neve Daniel","01/17/08","Money is THE language understood by the government and leftists alike. Anyone who loves Eretz-Israel should stop supporting anything which is against Jewish values: stop buying newspaper from the media Bermuda-triangle (Idiot, Maariv, Haaretz) and paying the TV tax. I never understood why religious Jews or Jews who care for their children actually pay for brainwashing media with non-kosher pictures and incitement.");
AddReply(267975,"Mint silver coins and use according to price of Ag instead of shekel, fiat money","Dan","Jerusalem","01/17/08","Why not mint something like Ron Paul dollars in Israel.  People could determine its value according to the price of silver.");
AddReply(267964,"OK Talkbackers-Send this article to EVERYBODY !!!!","Zippy","Canada","01/17/08","");
AddReply(267929,"Briliant Idea","Mosheh EliYahu","Adelaide Au","01/17/08","A brilliant idea! However, how can masses of people be motivated to do it? By nature people are self centred (well, until they are pushed to the limit then they work together and I dont think Israelis see that they are approaching a deadly end). Nevertheless, this would work, and very quickly since most of the financials are run by greedy people who would not want to see an end to their empires.");
AddReply(267833,"An immodest  proposal","AubreyWulfsohn","Leamington spa","01/16/08","Nice but Netanyahu won\'t like it (if that bothers anybody except Bibi).");
AddReply(267818,"Is that the best yuo can come up with?","Ephraim ben Baruch","NYC/Kfar Tapuah","01/16/08","Mr Zelasko is right. Demonstrations, elections, and negotiations do not work against the Israeli government. But is monetary withdrawal the best idea he can come up with to fight it? What makes him think this will work? It will only make the poor poorer; as for the MK\'s -- they all have their money in foreign banks. Besides, if you hold the Shekels, you are investing into Israeli economy anyway.\n\nIt is time for a different approach. One that is on the minds of everyone, yet everyone refuses to talk about. One that Gusk Katif people and these 2 outpost people rejected, and subsequently lost. One that is proven to work -- the Arabs have stolen Gaza with it and are a few months away from taking Judea and Samaria. It is not non-violent, nor legal, but it is the last and only hope. Non-violence, anyway, is too overrated, it is Gandhism and Westernism, but not Judaism. Torah is clear -- if someone comes to after you then he is a rodef, kill him first. Well the Israeli soldiers are coming after all settlers. You know what to do.");
AddReply(267804,"A Proposal With Teeth","M.L.","L.A.","01/16/08","Great idea! What can those of us who do not live in Israel or have Israeli bonds do?");
AddReply(267776,"WILL this work?","sk","USA","01/16/08","Does anybody else know enough to answer?\n\nIt is true that if Israel starts shutting down financial transfers to other banking systems, it will get seriously dinged, as the free flow of money is required for a \"developed economy.\"\n\nBut what precisely are you looking for?  The problem is systemic, so what is null and void today might not be so tomorrow.  Don\'t certain institutional changes (e.g. those suggested by Eidelberg) belong in your demands?");
AddReply(267769,"one more question","wrosencratz","","01/16/08","Won\'t liberal churches do the same? You are setting a bad example that could harm Israel economically once it decides to defend itself.");
AddReply(267762,"I have one concern about this","Tracy W","Canada","01/16/08","The rich, the ones who own most of the financial pie in Israel DO NOT CARE, and share Bush\'s vision for a shrunk Israel.\n\nFrom what I see from here, and I could be wrong, it\'s only the nationalists from Judea and Samaria and some other supporters who know what they have at stake from Jewish expulsions to make room for another terror Arab state.  Other Israelis don\'t seem to have understood the implications yet. \n\nDear Aryeh, if you can\'t get your compatriots upset enough to protest the arrest and abuse of children - it will be much harder to make them put their money at risk, lose monthly interest, and so on.\n\nWhile you can give your plan a shot, you could try other strategies at the same time.\n\nAlthough, by living in Canada I\'m not entitled to give Israelis any advice, I think that maybe it would be helpful to approach those Jews in the cities, secular or semi-religious, the ones who don\'t care what happens to you, the ones who think you\'re to blame for terrorism, and explain to them the situation and sincerely appeal for their support. Directly. Invite groups into your towns.  Organize small discussion groups of young people with opposite views.\n\nThere seems to be a great divide between the religious and the seculars in Israel and great ignorance about what you represent.  I have read Jewish talkbacks on Israeli leftist websites about the settlers and the Orthodox that made me cringe in disgust.  \n\nBut somewhere in between the hateful anti-settler fanatics and you, there\'s a great number of Israelis who are simply misinformed, brainwashed by their secular schools and media, and scared.  \n\nSome of them think that you hate and despise them for their lifestyle and would like nothing better than to see you disappear from your towns in Judea and Samaria, powerless and diluted among the general population.  \n\nAppeal to their sense of justice, to their self-respect, to their nationalism, to your common past of European and Muslim persecution.  Reach out to the youth.  Reach out to the genuine compassionate Jews who have fallen for the Arab victimhood myth.  \n\nThe historical facts, your ideals, the lessons learned from the Disengagement, all that and more are on your side.  What you need is to reach out and communicate it to those who at this point are misinformed, and do it personally, from your heart to theirs.\n\nWhat does the government fear the most?  Popular resistance.  That\'s why they arrest and jail peaceful settlers, including little girls.  They try to intimidate them and break their spirit.  That\'s the government\'s weapon against you and it originates in their fear of you and your ideals.\n\nI don\'t live in Israel, so I don\'t have the right to tell anyone there what to do, but A7 is a bridge between you and the Diaspora so I hope you take these comments as being written with true love for Jewish Israel and with hope for your future.  \n");
AddReply(267749,"Wow!","Louise M. Smith","Brandon,Florida","01/16/08","Great idea, however, it is just too logical. In this mad, mad generation logic has no place. Sorry for the downer, but I\'m feeling pretty discouraged these days. People have lost their love for freedom.");
AddReply(267745,"Money withdrawals","Tuvia Schertzman","Betar Ilit","01/16/08","Today I told my bank manager I am doing just that,not having read your article.  IT DID CAUSE A REACTION>");
AddReply(267733,"Wrong proposal","mike","Vienna, VA","01/16/08","It\'s difficult to imagine that Jews in Israel hold enough assets to collapse or even endanger the banking system.  Most of the wealth is held by the Israelis in North Tel Aviv and by corporate entities.  On the other hand, 66% of combat soldiers in the IDF wear knitted kippot.\n\nYou are advertising the wrong \"modest proposal\".");

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