Comments on: Knesset Deprives Arabs of Right to Purchase State Land

By: Richard Silverstein

Richard Silverstein — Sun, 16 Dec 2007 08:20:30 +0000

Ad hominem attack? Really. What exactly in my attack was ad hominem? Anyone who celebrates the death of someone who dies a slow death by cancer epitomizes a low down cur of a man. If you don’t like it, tough luck. Next time, think twice before you show your vicious side in public.

By: Rafael V. Rabinovich

Rafael V. Rabinovich — Sun, 16 Dec 2007 06:45:12 +0000

Since when is such a lowly ad-hominem attack a response to the argument I presented?

By: Richard Silverstein

Richard Silverstein — Thu, 30 Aug 2007 04:33:06 +0000

It’s important to know the thoughts of people like Mr. Rabinovich so we can understand the perspective of the thoughtless racists who man the ranks of Israel’s nationalist right-wing. So thanks for letting us see the ugly underbelly of Israeli racism.

And as you’ve celebrated the death from cancer of Tanya Reinhart in a comment I’ve deleted, you’re banned from this site. Try coming back when you can muster enough decency to be a human being instead of a low down cur of a man.

By: Rafael V. Rabinovich

Rafael V. Rabinovich — Thu, 30 Aug 2007 03:50:28 +0000

Why on Earth would anyone see the Keren Kayemet LeYisrael’s decision to sell land only to Jews as “racist”?
First of all, Jews are not a race, nor are Gentiles a single, distinguishable race.
Second, it is apaling that not a word is said regarding the Arab’s death penalty on any of their own who decides to sell to Jews (death penalty for Jews selling to Arabs is non existant!). Yet, when the Jewish National Fund acts in a way absolutely necessary to save the Jewish State and the Jewish Land from becoming lost to an Arab entity who’s aim, who’s raison de etre, is precisely to eliminate all trace of Jewish belonging to the Land of Israel.
Calling the KKL’s decision “racist” is indeed a thoughless insult.
It would be enlightening for the author of that note to review the very foundations of the KKL, and what even today defines it as an institution.

By: John Yorke

John Yorke — Mon, 23 Jul 2007 04:46:58 +0000

So, the ever present and all-pervading issue of land and its ownership presents itself yet again. It seems it is now within the gift of the Israeli Knesset to determine who is and who is not entitled to such ownership. Of course, in a country that is almost exactly the size of Wales – the smallest principality here in the UK – the land itself does hold and retain this emotive and historic linkage to a great many things.

Well, if so much importance is attached to it, then why not allow that single and supreme circumstance to become the deciding factor in this ongoing saga?

In the end, the cause of all this conflict may contain within itself its own internal remedy.

http://yorketowers.blogspot.com

John Yorke

By: Ira Glunts

Ira Glunts — Mon, 23 Jul 2007 00:30:24 +0000

Sol,

Thanks for the link.

Ira

By: Jeanne Capozzoli

Jeanne Capozzoli — Sat, 21 Jul 2007 14:19:57 +0000

Richard, although you were once my student in 1967, you have been my teacher for the past 40 years. Your sense of justice (and your brilliance) has not diminished. I recently had lunch in the same New City shopping area where all of us celebrated Israel’s victory in the 6 Day War. Little did we know that Israel would break our hearts with the occupation and settlements etc. and now racist legislation such as this. My lunch friend (who is Jewish) brought up her great disappointment with Israel, and I told her how my one night out with students was a joyful celebration of Israel 40 years ago in this same little shopping plaza. By the way, when you 6 teenagers discovered that I had never eaten a bagel (there were no bagels in South Dakota), one of you jumped up, ran to the bagel store and came back with a bag of bagels. I am still enjoying bagels; Israel is another story. I should not say Israel, rather the right wing governments of Israel — as I know that there are significant numbers of Israelis who are also broken hearted at what Israel has become. Let us hope that someday-very soon-wiser heads will prevail. However, racist legislation such as this is not hopeful.

By: Sol Salbe

Sol Salbe — Sat, 21 Jul 2007 09:56:56 +0000

In answer to Ira;s Question regarding Dr Ka;adan and his family. According to Friday’s Hebrew Haaretz haaretz.co.il/hasite/pages/ShArtPE.jhtml?itemNo=884230&contrassID=2&subContrassID=21&sbSubContrassID=0
Dr Ka’adan has recently completed obtaining the last building permit from the authoroties. In about a fortnight he hopes to commence building with a grandiose ceremony.

Sol Salbe
Melbourne Australia