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AddReply(428569,"End the illegal occupns!","paul","Blackburn","04/26/09","Article by Prof Plaut: this is the only one i have read on this site; I came trying to find a recommended article on Daniel\'s 70 weeks. But this article came up somehow. Predictably, there is no mention of the Palestinian claim of having been driven out of homes in \'67 (or 48?) which they can still see over yonder. This is not to mention slaughter by the incoming Jews. Maybe this is discussed in other articles. But it seems typical that I did not see it here. Will I now be under the Abrahamic curse for not \'blessing\' Jews? \nPaul");
AddReply(426188,"... and Vakis (24) is pretty good in comparison ...","sk","USA","04/20/09","... to the typical Greek view of Jews & Israel.  He does start with Arabic, though, showing that he is pro-Muslim.\n\nHey, Vakis, do I need to mention \"Turkey\" to you?  What of \"Constantinople\"?  The issue isn\'t Arabs but MUSLIMS, and indeed, ISLAM.  And you offer platitudes about peace?  What do you think the Israelis have been trying for all these years?  Your blather about \"dignity\" ignores the problem that Muslim dignity REQUIRES the subjugation of Jews in Israel.\n\nBTW, there are a whole lot more Muslims in Israel than in Greece (and a lot more Jews there as well). While I greatly admire the heritage that Greece left us, there is NOTHING positive coming from Greece today.");
AddReply(425060,"#42 Jean","Michelle","Vancouver","04/16/09","Thank you, Jean.  I appreciate it.");
AddReply(424973,"38,39 Michelle","Jean","Georgia","04/16/09","Thanks Michelle, for another well-written, factual and calmly stated posting.  ");
AddReply(424919,"Arab claims","irving schaffner.MD","1000 oaks","04/15/09","How does one have an intelligent discourse with ignorant,prejudiced people? Read Samuel Clement\'s (Mark Twain)book, \"Innocents Abroad\" describing the desolate, empty condition of \"The Holy Land\" in the late 1800s. The Arabs were  Bedouins wandering across  the entire Arabian peninsula. History, through the ages, records displacements and replacements of peoples. But there has been a continuous Jewish presence in that part of the world for thousands of years. The specious arguments of the \"Anti-Zionists\" are baseless.  I. Schaffner, MD");
AddReply(424833,"Support the Basques Kurds Waldoons Picts and  Goths","art","jc","04/14/09","Thank you. The fact that there have ALWAYS been Jews in the land of Israel is overlooked. Jerusalem has had a JEWISH majority at least from 1864. despite the Greeks romans ottomans crusaders, etc there have  been Jews in Jerusalem. The Temple mount is a Jewish scared site. It was not the far mosques Jerusalem was under Christian control during mohameds life and there was no mosque there then");
AddReply(424813,"Plaut","Larry","LG","04/14/09","Sometimes he\'s a bit simplistic, like when arguing that Amir had to have killed Rabin without any assistance. Overall, though, his articles hit the spot; his logic is unerring and his humor is sophisticated. Too bad nobody listens to the message.");
AddReply(424658,"And speaking of hypocrisy","Michelle","Vancouver","04/14/09","There are threats of Shiite secession against the Sunni tyrany in Saudi Arabia.  The government\'s response has been a severe crackdown, complete with CHECKPOINTS! \n\nDivide the country because a minority feels unfairly treated?  Only in Israel. Just ask a Saudi Sunni.\n\n\"Saudi government cracks down on Shiite dissidents\"\n http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=102589107 \n\n");
AddReply(424656,"With that having been said...","Michelle","Vancouver","04/14/09","the next point of discussion is why aren\'t Israelis fighting back against this relentless verbal war and implied threats.\n\nThere\'s no day without some foreigner giving Israelis the ultimatum: Two-states-or-else!!! Gone are the days when there was the pretense it was conditional on an end to terror. No other options, no room for negotiations now.\n\nThis - you and I know - is absurd.  There is no legal or moral basis to impose such a thing on sovereign Israel... unless...Israel acquieses to play along.  \n\nAnd that has always been the problem: Israelis got the idea that they needed permission to resettle the land and build housing, to defend themselves; that they needed permission to breathe, to exist. This mindset needs to change. Fast. \n\nSo the logical next stage of discussion should be: How to take back control of your country\'s destiny away from foreigners who don\'t mean well. ");
AddReply(424625,"To Israel: Use Your Arms and Destroy Hamas and Hez","dav lev","Burbank. CAUSA","04/13/09","A history lesson that Israel never seems to learn (or Diaspora Jews especially in the US): in 1938, the German thugs attacked Judaism all over that country. Hundreds of temples, thousands of stores, over 30,000 Jews sent to Dachau, many suicides..were the result. Jews had to pay for the clean-up. Firefighters fought the blazes, but not of Jewish institutions. Soldiers were heard to say, \"Next year in New York\". Well, 600,000 and 20m others helped to prevent that. Many died. But Auschwitz and Treblinka and Sobibor burned Jews until 1944, while Germany was losing. 6m Jews hapless Jews died needlessly..they had no arms, no state, no coordination..let like sheep to gas chambers. Israel has 400 high fusion nukes..aimed at Tehran, Cairo, Damascus..etc. It 600 F15s, F16s, Phantom 2,000, etc. Why does it apologize, find excuses, rationalize? To Israel: destroy Hamas and Hez, ASAP..no excuses.");
AddReply(424617,"#6 - Simple Ibby","Jean","Georgia","04/13/09","Give Australia back to whoever you stole it from.  How can you whine about UN resolutions, but ignore the 1948 resolution.  (Not that Israel needs to base their right to exist on that) ");
AddReply(424616,"not true, 10 mln Arabs, 5 mln Jews in Palestine","zin","","04/13/09","");
AddReply(424599,"#6","Betsy","phoenix","04/13/09","just when I thought I didn\'t care about you guys anymore, I guess I have to at least try.  you need to research for the truth instead of following whatever lies you are told.  stop letting your mind be controlled.  read \"From Time Immorial\" by Joan Peters. a meticulously documentd book by a reporter who started out believing as you do.  give truth a chance, for your own sake. the UN changed the definition of the word refugee to mean any arab living in Israel for 2 yrs before Israel became a state.  most of the arabs living there at the time where migrant workers who flocked to Israel because the Jews came and provided jobs/money, those migrant workers were not living in Israel until the Jews came back in significant numbers and made the desert bloom.");
AddReply(424596,"Good Observation!","Carl","Albuquerque","04/13/09","They will likely never change their mind, nor their conduct. But it is encouraging to those of us in the world who recognize the truth. Shalom.");
AddReply(424515,"True, Brilliant, and to the point.","John","Jerusalem","04/13/09","This article is the best I\'ve read in a while. Bravo.");
AddReply(424498,"#28","Jeff","Atlanta","04/13/09","Correct. Further, if you study German history,you will discover it was the same scenario. In the early mid 1800\'s, the German universities were infiltrated by these same people. Poisoning the minds of the future, Eventually, Germany was bombed into oblivion. !0\'s of millions of Germans dead and crippled. This, by its own leadership. \nSame for Russia. We now in USA live in 1909 Germany.   ");
AddReply(424480,"#24. Are you including Kurds?","D\'veed Natan","Kfar Adumim","04/13/09","");
AddReply(424401,"reason israel is attacked","wb","atl bch","04/13/09","quite simply, it is becuase you are jews. jews are the one group, other than white caucasian males, who can be hated in the new world order. jews are the true canaries in the coal mine. when we see the jews being annihilated once again those of us in the west know that our time too is short. sadly for the west our next major terror attacks will be launched from within our own country, by our very own college students. while the avaerage american abhors muslim terrorist the liberal rich kids on campus have not only adopted the muslim hatred of the jew but actively helps build the jihad from within our own campuses. this same scenario plays out again and again in the west, starting primarily in britain and spreading outward from there. the rich are always the ones in the vanguard when it comes to wanting to do away with the jew.");
AddReply(424377,"The Torah is our only legitimate right to the Land of Israel","mjh","gib","04/13/09","");
AddReply(424341,"History is Mystery","Atilla Karagozo?lu","","04/12/09","to know where to stop, \nit needs to have a right vision !\nto know where to stop,\nbefore to be stopped !\n...\n\nin history !\nthere were a lot people experienced the point.\nand !\nnone of them happly lived forever\n\nOF COURCE ! YOU JEWISH PEOPLE DESERVE A LAND.\nYOU CALL IT AS ISRAEL \nAND\nAND WE ACCEPTED TO CALL IT AS YOU WISH\n\nyou guys are known as wise in all history of world, right ?\nYES.\nYES IT IS.\ndont say No, please.\n\nwise\nto be wise\nto known as wise\n\nlose\nto be a loser\nto known as loser\n\nFROM BEING WISE TO LOSE !\nYOUR HISTORY IS FULL WITH IT.\nDont say No ! please.\nit is.\nYES IT IS.\n\n*\n\n\"yesterday is yesterday, today is today !\" Suleyman  Demirel (an ex PM of my land )\n\nIS IT ?\nISRAEL ! ANSWER ME ! \nIS THAT POINT RIGHT ?\n\nHistory is Mystery,\nlets understand\ntoday is too clear to be read \nlets remember \n\nbrotherhood & freedom \nIT IS FOR ALL");
AddReply(424337,"reply to Bobby","emmess","Canada","04/12/09","Bobby, nobody can get your drift. It\'s on the other side of the looking glass.");
AddReply(424325,"Dignity for all : Jewish & Arabs","Vakis","Athens","04/12/09","Salom. Yes, it is a well written article. But one can find well written arab articles too. As a greek, I do not want to be either pro-israeli , nor pro-arab. I think that both sides have to try hard to think of what defines dignity for the other side. Then, make a step back, and try for peace. We all have to think of the next generations. Hatred should not pass over to them.\n    Let\'s all be brave, human and smart. Lack of dignity, means desperation, then hatred, then blood, for both or any other side in the world. Vakis //Athens // Greece. ");
AddReply(424255,"Ownership","Bernard","Lansing","04/12/09","The question I have that no one seems to think about is who owned the land which gave them the power to decide the resipients. In all cases, the owner of the land had to have been the creator of the land. Because someone occupied the lad doesn\'t not make them owners. The ownership would have to be transfered by the creator. Since HIS word does in deed make that transfer of Ca\'anan to the hebrews then Israel would be the owner. They therefore are not occupying but simply living in the Land of their fathers.\n\nThe only disagreement would come from the seed of Ishmael and GOD covered that. Why is it so difficult to accept.....pride.");
AddReply(424225,"To Yossi: It\'s About Power, Who Wins","dav lev","Burbank. CAUSA","04/12/09","To Yossi: you hit the nail on the head. Some in the US still believe Texas should be an independent state. Others, that the blacks deserve a state of their own, AND compensation for slavery (as if we didnt\' fight a civil war). My state is now almost 50% Hispanic..many illegally here. Over 11m people are in the US without papers..and they have supporters. Tens of billions are spent on their welfare yearly. They replace honest US citizens. They preclude legal immigration. This conflict is NOT about illegal residents, or legal (Arabs), it\'s about Israel\'s existence. Demolishing homes may or may not be prudent, but let\'s not lose sight of the Arab\'s real goal, your demise, no Jews, Judenrein, as the Germans liked to say. \nHad Germany won, 100m slavs would today be toast, after forced relocation to Siberia. \nIt\'s about power and courage.");
AddReply(424223,"To Yosi: Yes, But It\'s Political","dav lev","Burbank. CAUSA","04/12/09","To Yosi: I read your comment with great interest. I am an American born Jew (both parents). Fortunately, none of MY family lived in Europe during the war (WW2) years, having migrated to the US in the early 20s. NO one was killed there, or in Palestine. I am fortunate. However, 6m of my brethren (1.5m children) were brutally murdered as we all know. Where was the world then? The Arabs HAD their opportunities for a state, and blew it by attacking Israel. That negated the partition. As I wrote before, Israel must never discuss it\'s origins, except in a history class, certainly not in politics. Those 500,000 illegals...it\'s like 11m illegals in the USA. They now have Obama on their side..while 11m legals are unemployed. Once in, it\'s hard to get rid of them. Those homes should have been destroyed from day one..now it\'s very contenscious (see Clinton). Good luck. ");
AddReply(424221,"#6","D\'veed Natan","Kfar Adumim","04/12/09","Jewish Palestine is the only one \'occupied\'. Arab Palestine AKA \'Jordan\' and Gaza have NO Jews in them. The Arabs MUST leave Jewish Palestine. UN General Assembly resolutions have no legal force behind them. \"Defenseless people\", as a rule, don\'t walk around with AK-47 assault rifles,  RPG\'s, or fire rockets and mortar shells into neighboring countries. Crazed psychopaths with a penchance towards dysfunctional habitual lying and murder do. I\'ll assume you are a charter life member of the \"Axis of Evil\" and too mentally challenged to realise what you sound like. Seig Heil!");
AddReply(424164,"IF Only The Rest Of The Professoriate Knew Their History!","Adina Kutnicki","Israel,new olah","04/12/09","Steven is one of the few professors who not only knows his history, but respects it.\nMost of the others are merely Phd\'s in revisionism.");
AddReply(424161,"Right on, Professor Plaut!","D\'veed Natan","Kfar Adumim","04/12/09","The \'Axis of Evil\' needs to be put on notice, that, some of us have basic intelligence. As an additional note, some of us are excellent marksmen and relish the chance to help \'pacify\' the situation so \'peace has a chance\'.");
AddReply(424143,"Illegal Occupation","TexJew","Austin","04/12/09","The article is 100% correct. But, sadly, there is absolutely no person or country that could make a difference who cares at all.  Not even in Israel is there anyone who will step up and make the steps necessary.  The 5th column made up of leftist Jews and Arabs will continue to hold the attention of the world as Israel slowly disappears into the abyss of Obama\'s one world gov\'t. There is no place for any sense of nationalism in the new world order, America included.");
AddReply(424138,"Does that include the 500,000 plus arabs","Yosi M.","Gilo-Jerusalem","04/12/09","that Olmert allowed to enter legally and illegally from Jordan, Egypt, Saudi Arabis etc, during his time as prime minister?  And do we have to destroy all their illegally built 3-4 story houses that they have been building throughout the Shomron, Yehuda and around Jerusalem?\nHeck, every day I go into town, I see dozens of these illegal houses being built in Beit Safafa. Barakat, where are you?");
AddReply(424129,"Illegals","Ginger","Highland, CA","04/12/09","Bravo! I couldn\'t agree with you more. An illegal occupation by illegals is something we\'re facing in California...and paying a hefty price for.");
AddReply(424107,"Right On!!! More anti-jew Hyprocisy","Garrett","USA","04/12/09","I imagine all of the anti-zionists, jew haters, etc. are choking on their own venom of hatred as well as their ignorance of \"History\" as Professor Plaut so poignantly points out. Go Israel!!! Shalom!!!");
AddReply(424090,"We have no historic right to Israel","Shlomo","London","04/12/09","-we have a LIVING right to the land! The problem is that many of the old ideas that brought the State of Israel about where false and irrational. \nThe Rabbis have said that if we would occupy Israel for the sake of doing the mitzvot associated with the land we could, atleast justify our presence in Israel even in the time of galut, an attitude shift and we would silence our enemies...");
AddReply(424059,"nice dream","DC","ramat-gan","04/11/09","we are lucky that moshiach will return all of israel to its rightful owners but regarding the rest of the world iv not found much information other than that \"then the nations will say the lord did greatly with the jews\"\n\"and for us (the jews) it was as if we were dreaming\"  please G-D may it happen speedily in our days.");
AddReply(424043,"Brilliant","Tabatha","London","04/11/09","This is one of the best articles on Israel I have ever had the pleasure of reading.\n\n");
AddReply(423996,"Thank You.","Jean","Georgia","04/11/09","For a factual accounting of the history of the Kingdom of Israel,the occupation of the Land of Israel, and the restoration of the State of Israel to Israeli land.  It won\'t make any difference to the purveyors of lies in the media, and the liars in the arab community who are never deterred by the truth.  ");
AddReply(423995,"Amen!","Carl","Albuquerque","04/11/09","Dear Prof. Steven Plaut, Yes? I agree wholeheartedly. Thank you for this superb article. Excellent logic. Shalom friend. If you were a lawyer, I might hire you to represent me. I am a Christian, but love Israel and her blessed land dearly.");
AddReply(423973,"Back to the Beginning","Rifkah","Ventura","04/11/09","Why stop there?  The modern version of Homo sapiens (us), Cro-Magnon, should devolve to Neanderthal, and they both should return to Homo erectus.  Having made that transition, devolution should regress to Australopithecus, then the primates and prosimians, finally turning the planet over to these abused and almost extinct species.  Since man has been unable to make any progress (other than technological) beyond programmed tyranny and social (e.g., economic, religious, value systems) chaos, why not give earth back to the baboons and gorillas?  Humans have been successful in making monkeys of each other (monkey see, monkey do…. or else!) by persuasion, threats, arm-twisting and genocide, to name a few examples.  Rather than submit, it may be easier to survive by living in the trees.  ");
AddReply(423954,"A Strong (er) Israel Will Survive","dav lev","Burbank. CAUSA","04/10/09","This is one of the most articles (and most accurate) I\'ve ever read. To the point, clear, and right on. Years ago, I read (perhaps in an Israeli or US newspaper) that Israel should NEVER discuss it\'s origins for obvious reasons. It\'s in a no-win situation. How many times have we all heard Arab-Muslim-Palis propagandists say, \"They (the Jews) stole our land and homes. How would YOU like to be driven out of your homes\"? What\'s the point? Even if true, and there has always been a Jewish presence in Palestine, the 48, 67 and 73 wars gave title to Israel. These wars changed the partition plan, which the Arabs abrogated. Bottom line: as long as Israel\'s army is stronger than it\'s neighbors..there will be an Israel. One gigantic mistake, and Israel is history...biblical Israel or not. ");
AddReply(423924,"PALESTINE FOREVER","IBBY","MELBOURNE","04/10/09","STOP BEATING AROUND THE BUSH,RETURN OCCUPIED PALESTINE,AND ADHERE TO UN RESOLUTIONS,ALSO STOP YOUR TERRORISTIC MAYHEM TOWARDS A DEFENCELESS PEOPLE,ITS THAT SIMPLE,DO YOU GET MY DRIFT.");
AddReply(423922,"End the illegal occupations","bobtow","Wallaceburg","04/10/09","A bit long winded but to the point. Bravo!");
AddReply(423916,"anti-zionists","steve","us","04/10/09","Prof. Plaut: PLEASE, don\'t confuse the anti-zionist ( read anti-jewish ) haters with the facts. that part of their brains have been overrun by emotion. yasher cho\'ach!");
AddReply(423906,"Humor with truth, truth with humor","Steve","San Francisco","04/10/09","A very effective combination in making a point.  ");
AddReply(423862,"All arabs in Europe,America&Africa MUST retun home!","jew","israel","04/10/09","");
AddReply(423852,"End the Illegal Occupation","Laura","Ashkelon","04/10/09","The best synopsis I\'ve ever read of who belongs where and  who took whose land. Hope this settles all the ridiculous claims, ONCE AND FOR ALL.");

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