Comments on: Meet Rahm Emanuel, ‘Self-Hating Jew’

By: John Pospisil

John Pospisil — Thu, 27 Jan 2011 23:22:31 +0000

I run a tech site in Australia and use my name John Pospisil to advertise my site techblorge. I am proud of my family name Pospisil because the name dates back to the first Jewish “settlements” of Australia. Australia pretends to be Jew friendly but in reality Australia is anti-semitic. I no longer practice the faith in which I was reared and am now an atheist. People often ask me if I am Jewish because I have very Jewish features. I simply say “yes” but I am not a practicing Jew.

By: Norman Cone

Norman Cone — Sun, 19 Jul 2009 14:54:40 +0000

You really believe that Hamas and Fatah are just interested
in removing the settlements ? They are talking not just about
“returning the refugees or restitution payments” but about
“returning the refugees AND restitution payments”. I really unable to find out, if you “progressives” are just stupid, or
stupid AND self-hating Jews.

By: Norman Cone

Norman Cone — Sun, 19 Jul 2009 14:48:08 +0000

“what was done to Palestinian Israelis in 1948″. What was done? Have the Arabs (the “Palestinians” of 1948 were the
Jewish residents of Palestine) attacked the Jews, or have
the Jews declared war on the Arabs and sent troups to Egypt,
Transjordan and Syria ?

By: amir

amir — Sun, 12 Jul 2009 17:16:33 +0000

The settlers are a heterogeneous group of people. If you read the wikipedia entry on Igal Amir you would notice that even his Hesdaer Yeshiva was not in the territories. Personally I don’t consider any of Eretz Israel as “occupied territory” but the difference for me is that for a true peace settlement I’m willing to make a compromise.

By: Richard Silverstein

Richard Silverstein — Sat, 11 Jul 2009 19:59:19 +0000

I don’t know whether Amir was living in Herzliya or a settlement when he murdered Rabin. But the key issue is the ideology which motivated his hate and that derives lock stock & smoking barrel from the nationalist extremist settler movement.

By: amir

amir — Sat, 11 Jul 2009 18:53:11 +0000

I was merely pointing out that Igal Amir was from Herzliya, not a settler. Settlers didn’t kill Rabin any more than Jews sunk the Titanic.

By: Richard Silverstein

Richard Silverstein — Sat, 11 Jul 2009 08:08:35 +0000

Ha ha. Didn’t you or some other right wing commenter here once point out that Tel Aviv University sits on the site of a former Palestinian village. As if to prove what point, I’m not sure. The real point is that an injustice has been done to the Palestinians and it must be made right. There are ways to make it right short of doing to Herzliya’s current residents what was done to Palestinian Israelis in 1948.

So if you want to engage in snark and point scoring that’s one thing & no one here will give you the time of day. But if you want to engage in a serious discussion about these issues, that’s another thing entirely. I’m waiting for something serious.

By: amir

amir — Sat, 11 Jul 2009 05:19:09 +0000

I guess you and the Palestinians agree the Herzliya is occupied territory.