Comments on: Avrum Burg’s Latest: ‘The Holocaust is Over’

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By: Avraham Burg: Israel's new prophet

Avraham Burg: Israel's new prophet — Thu, 02 Apr 2009 22:55:09 +0000

[...] Silverstein, on his blog, Tikun Olam has an interesting and revealing discussion and comments on Burg and his new [...]

By: Myrna

Myrna — Thu, 02 Apr 2009 22:19:50 +0000

Here is a link to an interview that Avrum Burg had with Charlie Rose on the Charlie Rose Show this week. I wonder how anyone who is truly interested in peace for all could not love what Burg is saying. Who cares what he was like 10 yrs ago if he didn’t have the same consciousness that he does today. We are supposed to grow by the day so I would never be surprised nor judge when someone shows more compassion and love than he or she did previously if that in fact is true in Burg’s case.

I applaud him for where he is today, indeed a role model that I am inclined to follow.

http://www.charlierose.com/view/content/10187

By: GT for January 26 - February 1 « Greener Times

GT for January 26 - February 1 « Greener Times — Wed, 28 Jan 2009 18:19:53 +0000

[...] is a former member of the Knesset (Israeli parliament) but found it easier to just direct you to a better review than I could write. Well worth reading if you are interested in the conflict within the Jewish [...]

By: Richard Silverstein

Richard Silverstein — Mon, 02 Jun 2008 18:57:19 +0000

@bar_kochba132:

If as you claim the information you provide below is accurate it should be very easy to get it published in a reputable journalistic source. Unless/until you do that, you alone as a source are not credible. I’m still waiting for confirmation of anything you’ve claimed.

I have never felt Burg set himself up as a “super moral prophet.” That’s all your overblown partisan rhetoric at work. Burg’s book sold like hotcakes in Israel as it will in its English language edition. It was & is a sensation. His ideas have currency & impact. That’s all that I ask for from him. I’m glad you try to tear him down. It only reflects on you & yr partisan prejudices certainly not on him.

By: bar_kochba132

bar_kochba132 — Mon, 02 Jun 2008 16:59:53 +0000

I never claimed Burg was a convicted criminal. He, like Olmert and many others in the “elite” of which he says he is a part, operates on the edges of the law. I know people who work at Ashot-Ashqelon. Burg’s group offered 11 million shekels for the firm and this offer was accepted. Auditors pointed out that the land alone was worth more, not to mention the company’s assets. The worker’s union got together and told those in the Finance Ministry that they would outbid Burg’s group. They were told that they would have to offer something 85 MILLION because that was the real worth of the company. Burg’s “friends” in the Finanace Ministry arranged this very nicely for him. Fortunately, as I stated above, the State Controller stepped in and cancelled the deal at the last minute. Burg was investigated for his connections with his partners from organized crime and AS I STATED ABOVE, he was found not to have been aware of their backgrounds. Happy is he who believes.
The point I am making is that Burg, (remember the “ballot box stuffing”?) sets himself up as a super-moral “prophet”. He is no such thing, and hardly anybody in Israel, including the “progressives” view him as such.