Comments on: Jewish State-Sponsored Pogroms

By: Richard Silverstein

Richard Silverstein — Fri, 15 May 2009 19:48:17 +0000

Thanks for that apology. Neither David nor I have been able to confirm the claim of deaths. Though certainly several people have been shot and seriously injured, one of which is specifically witnessed & reported in David’s eyewitness report. When such weaponry is used on unarmed civilians it’s only a matter of time before someone WILL be killed, if they haven’t already.

I have heard no report on any follow up either investigating or punishing those soldiers who participated in these incidents. This troubles as well.

By: orgo

orgo — Fri, 15 May 2009 00:41:57 +0000

my apologies, richard. I should have expressed myself with greater restraint, I regret the disrespect.

your updates are sufficient, & at least you’re trying
to get to the bottom of this. the report has
been posted elsewhere,but none of those posters are trying to check the facts.

By: Alex Stein

Alex Stein — Tue, 12 May 2009 08:52:17 +0000

I don’t gloss over it with a tut tut. Go to my website and you’ll see I frequently draw my readers’ attention to awful episodes such as this. So, once again, for the record, it is awful. But you’re not helping anyone by leaving up an unsubstantiated claim about four people being killed. Accuracy is of the utmost importance.

By: Richard Silverstein

Richard Silverstein — Tue, 12 May 2009 08:15:19 +0000

How tiresome. I’m not “sticking” to any line on this. It’s clear from the updates that David and I are still trying to clarify whether anyone was killed. When there is something definite to report you will see it here. Till then, find something else here to complain about.

You might want to spend a little time considering the substance of this post, which is that Israeli police and army colluded with settlers in a potentially lethally pogrom. That’s something you easily gloss over with a “tut tut” and then it’s on to whatever is really bugging you.

By: Alex Stein

Alex Stein — Tue, 12 May 2009 04:22:29 +0000

Fair enough.
Btw, whatever your updates at the top said, if this story was about Palestinians killing Israelis, you would not be sticking to the line about four people being killed.
Once again, double standards.

By: Richard Silverstein

Richard Silverstein — Tue, 12 May 2009 04:19:07 +0000

I know what your question was. And my answer is precisely the same as it was before. All the IDF/Border Police have to do is confiscate the weapons of any members who live or serve in the area & examine them for discharge. Then they’ll know how many participated. But will they? Once again, if this question exercises you e mail David.

By: Alex Stein

Alex Stein — Tue, 12 May 2009 04:05:39 +0000

My question was how many members of the IDF/Border Police participated.

By: Fear in the lobby | Antony Loewenstein

Fear in the lobby | Antony Loewenstein — Tue, 12 May 2009 03:49:59 +0000

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