Comments on: J Street Poll: American Jews Prepared for U.S. to Pressure Israelis, Arabs to Attain Peace

By: Richard Silverstein

Richard Silverstein — Mon, 04 Aug 2008 05:33:54 +0000

@Steve:

Oh Steve. You’ve cut me to the quick. How can I ever recover & lead a normal life after being put in my place so??

My dreams of Israeli Palestinian peace will never die. But why so angry, Steve? Is yr version of Judaism so hateful toward yr fellow Jews? Unless, that is, you’ve excommunicated me fr. yr religion.

By: Steve

Steve — Mon, 04 Aug 2008 05:18:56 +0000

What a bunch of losers and sick human beings. Sad state of affairs. Pathetic angry old white men. Bye and may your dreams die for the sake of all humanity.

By: Richard Silverstein

Richard Silverstein — Mon, 04 Aug 2008 04:38:33 +0000

@rykart:

Go drown yourself, Steve.

You’re banned, Rykart.

By: Richard Silverstein

Richard Silverstein — Mon, 04 Aug 2008 02:11:28 +0000

@Steve:

You play with peoples lives as a sport.

No, that would be the IDF soldiers who provoked teenage Palestinian boys armed w. stones to attack them & then killed several of them with live fire as Chris Hedges so memorably memorialized them. That would be playing w. people’s lives as sport.

If arm chair critics aren’t taken seriously that would include you, wouldn’t it?

And I must say that yr criticism cuts to the quick. I simply don’t know how I can go on after such devastating comments as yours. You’ll find much more conducive company at Jewlicious, Israellycool, Little Green Footballs, Atlas Shrugged, Pajamas Media & the like. Sorry we troubled yr complacency here.

By: rykart

rykart — Sun, 03 Aug 2008 17:23:02 +0000

Yeah. We’re hate filled. This, from a citizen of the state that attacks children on their way to school with rocks and clubs, which mercilessly beats journalists for exposing Israel’s sickening, racist crimes against old women, children, anyone who can’t defend himself.

Sure.

We’re the hateful ones.

Go drown yourself, Steve.

By: Steve

Steve — Sun, 03 Aug 2008 11:41:24 +0000

This isn’t a fishing expedition. You play with peoples lives as a sport. Take a hard look in the mirror and you will see that arm-chair critics are at best not taken too seriously. Critics on the issues are fair game. But to fill a pot full with hatred and call it “meant to be deliberately provocative & sure enough, Steve rose to take the bait.” is a bit sick.
Sorry but I really had hoped your blog would have been a bit more honest and serious in nature. It unfortunately turns out to be just another space full of hot air.

By: Richard Silverstein

Richard Silverstein — Sun, 03 Aug 2008 05:42:25 +0000

Rykart’s statement was meant to be deliberately provocative & sure enough, Steve rose to take the bait. I’d say a tad defensively. Any reasonable person would realize there are many non-racist, peace-seeking Jews in Israel–regardless of what Rykart says. Even Rykart prob. concedes that. But he’s certainly correct in the sense that there are not enough of such Israelis–at least not yet.

By: Steve

Steve — Sun, 03 Aug 2008 04:22:51 +0000

This is a very hate filled and narrow minded bunch of idiots. You are not interested in the truth. You can’t handle the truth. Thank the gods there are only 20 of you alive on this planet.

By: rykart

rykart — Sat, 02 Aug 2008 15:30:26 +0000

It’s true. There are still nearly 20 non-warmongering, non-racist, peace-seeking Jews in Israel.

Maybe they can act as a counterweight to Israel’s latest monster-in-waiting: Netanyahu?

By: Richard Silverstein

Richard Silverstein — Sat, 02 Aug 2008 05:54:53 +0000

@Steve:

Do you really believe for a moment that Israelis really care what American Jews do trying to change policy in the US.

Smart ones do, but I guess not every Israeli is smart. Israelis like you who think that U.S. policy has little or not bearing on Israel are foolish. And if you think that American Jews have little or no bearing on that policy you are even more foolish.

until you “risk” your life and make a stand here all of you will be seen as arm-chair critics or supporters with little weight given to your actions.

I find it amusing that so many Israelis take their own narrow views as emblematic of what all Israelis believe. And this is such a tiresome line of argument which has been dusted off & tricked out in new clothes by so many who find the views of Diaspora Jews inconvenient to them.