Reflections of an American-Israeli-Palestinian Jew http://blogs.jta.org/ENTRY_PERMALINK_HERE/reflections-of-an-american-israeli-palestinian-jew/ The Israeli activist who went to Gaza by boat from Cyprus, flouting Israel’s blockade of the Hamas-ruled territory, wrote an account of his arrest by Israeli authorities upon his return to the Jewish state. The activist, Jeff Halper, says he was given honorary Palestinian citizenship in Gaza, making him probably the only American-Israeli-Palestinian Jew in the world (Halper is a native of Minnesota). Here are some of Halper’s reflections: To be honest, we Israeli Jews are the problem. The Palestinian years ago accepted our existence in the country as a people and are willing to accept ANY solution – two states, one state, no state, whatever. It is us who want exclusivity over the “Land of Israel” who cannot conceive of a single country, who cannot accept the national presence of Palestinians (we talk about “Arabs” in our country), and who have eliminated by our settlements even the possibility of the two-state solution in which we take 80% of the land. So it’s sad, truly sad, that our “enemies” want peace and co-existence (and tell me that in HEBREW) and we don’t… When I was in Gaza everyone in Israel – including the media who interviewed me – warned me to be careful, to watch out for my life. Aren’t you scared? they asked. Well, the only time I felt genuine and palpable fear during the entire journey was when I got back to Israel. I went from Gaza through the Erez checkpoint because I wanted to make the point that the siege is not only by sea. On the Israeli side I was immediately arrested, charged with violating a military order prohibiting Israelis from being in Gaza and jailed at the Shikma prison in Ashkelon. In my cell that night, someone recognized from the news. All night I was physically threatened by right-wing Israelis – and I was sure I wouldn’t make it till the morning. Ironically, there were three Palestinians in my cell who kind of protected me, so the danger was from Israelis, not Palestinians, in Gaza as well as in Israel. Your thoughts? Feel welcome to comment below. en-us uheilman@jta.org Copyright 2008 2008-09-04T;18:59:42-05:00 Comment by laura33@gmail.com What a silly pathetic lie coming from a poor guy trapped ih that FAKE “PEACE” MOVEMENT, say again: “the Arabs have accepted Israel”?, when did that happen? All I see on Arab TV is the usual filthy genocidal racist Arabism and bigoted Islamism (which is the source of the entire conflict) that all of the land is “Arab land” or “Muslim land” and no Jew allowed. As long as the Arab Muslim parents and teachers continue to be ISLAMOFASCISTIC and teach their kids that non Muslims, especially Jews are not human (apes and pigs), no “peace process” can ever be achieved. What a silly pathetic lie coming from a poor guy trapped ih that FAKE “PEACE” MOVEMENT, say again: “the Arabs have accepted Israel”?, when did that happen? All I see on Arab TV is the usual filthy genocidal racist Arabism and bigoted Islamism (which is the source of the entire conflict) that all of the land is “Arab land” or “Muslim land” and no Jew allowed.

As long as the Arab Muslim parents and teachers continue to be ISLAMOFASCISTIC and teach their kids that non Muslims, especially Jews are not human (apes and pigs), no “peace process” can ever be achieved.

]]> 2012-02-09T;19:12:00-05:00 Comment by info@socialistproject.ca I am in complete agreement with this letter from M. Garfinkle. I am in complete agreement with this letter from M. Garfinkle.

]]> 2012-02-09T;19:12:00-05:00 Comment by mgarf@gmail.com Ruth Tenne (Sept. 12 comment) disseminates a great deal of misinformation on behalf of her Israelophobic group. It is time that she was held accountable for this less than savoury practice. I have for many years studied the mentalities of anti-Jewish Jews and have found that they all have one thing in common - an abnormal desire to ingratiate themselves with the enemies of beleaguered Israel. Resorting to falsities is one of the pathways in this process. Thus, it is not Israel which receives $4 billion in aid from the USA. Rather, it is Arab Egypt. Israel is not a client state of the Americans, but Saudi Arabia is. Jews for Justice for Palestinians is mostly a Marxist group, spouting the Stalinist - Krushchevian propaganda lines against the existence of a Jewish state (even though they hypocritically championed one in Birobijan). JFJFP is funded by the Palestine Lobby in the UK. None of their monies go to projects to improve the lives of Israelis. Rather, their funding goes to notorious Palestinian NGOs and Israeli Marxist organizations. As for Jeff Halper, anyone can see through his shenanigans. He has just published a polemical book. It has no audience. So, to sell books, this anti-Vietnam War draft-dodger dreamt up a publicity-stunt to sail some boats to Gaza and marshall some international press coverage for his book. He is now trying to drum up sales in Scotland, a hotbed of Marxist Israelophobes. I do wish Ruth Tenne would get back to her knitting and enjoy her retirement instead discrediting herself as a disloyal Jewess. But if she wishes to be in the public eye, let her deploy the truth, and nothing but. Ruth Tenne (Sept. 12 comment) disseminates a great deal of misinformation on behalf of her Israelophobic group. It is time that she was held accountable for this less than savoury practice. I have for many years studied the mentalities of anti-Jewish Jews and have found that they all have one thing in common - an abnormal desire to ingratiate themselves with the enemies of beleaguered Israel. Resorting to falsities is one of the pathways in this process.

Thus, it is not Israel which receives $4 billion in aid from the USA. Rather, it is Arab Egypt. Israel is not a client state of the Americans, but Saudi Arabia is. Jews for Justice for Palestinians is mostly a Marxist group, spouting the Stalinist - Krushchevian propaganda lines against the existence of a Jewish state (even though they hypocritically championed one in Birobijan). JFJFP is funded by the Palestine Lobby in the UK. None of their monies go to projects to improve the lives of Israelis. Rather, their funding goes to notorious Palestinian NGOs and Israeli Marxist organizations.

As for Jeff Halper, anyone can see through his shenanigans. He has just published a polemical book. It has no audience. So, to sell books, this anti-Vietnam War draft-dodger dreamt up a publicity-stunt to sail some boats to Gaza and marshall some international press coverage for his book. He is now trying to drum up sales in Scotland, a hotbed of Marxist Israelophobes.

I do wish Ruth Tenne would get back to her knitting and enjoy her retirement instead discrediting herself as a disloyal Jewess. But if she wishes to be in the public eye, let her deploy the truth, and nothing but.

]]> 2012-02-09T;19:12:00-05:00 Comment by ruthtenne@hotmail.com Unlike US client state - Israel- which receives more than 4 billion dollars per year (excluding the millions given by American donors and the $10 billion loan guarantees ) , Jews for Justice for Palestinians does not receive any support from the EU, or for that matter from any other organisation. On the contrary, JFJFP donates a large amount of money to many projects in the Occupied Palestinian Territories and to Israeli peace organisations such as Breaking the Silence, Refusniks and other Israeli groups which work for peace. Jews for Justice for Palestinians signatories include many well-known British Jews from the world of literature, arts, law , medicine , journalism and academia. If you want to see the real facts about JFJFP please go to its website (http://www.jfjfp.org) rather than get your information from unreliable sources. Ruth Tenne (member of Jews For Justice for Palestinians ) Unlike US client state - Israel- which receives more than 4 billion dollars per year (excluding the millions given by American donors and the $10 billion loan guarantees ) , Jews for Justice for Palestinians does not receive any support from the EU, or for that matter from any other organisation. On the contrary, JFJFP donates a large amount of money to many projects in the Occupied Palestinian Territories and to Israeli peace organisations such as Breaking the Silence, Refusniks and other Israeli groups which work for peace. Jews for Justice for Palestinians signatories include many well-known British Jews from the world of literature, arts, law , medicine , journalism and academia. If you want to see the real facts about JFJFP please go to its website (http://www.jfjfp.org) rather than get your information from unreliable sources.

Ruth Tenne (member of Jews For Justice for Palestinians )

]]> 2012-02-09T;19:12:00-05:00 Comment by ruthtenne@hotmail.com In reference to the comment made by Mideast roundup -The Telegraph, I would like to add the follwing : Unlike US client state - Israel- which receives more than 4 billion dollars per year (excluding the millions given by American donors and the $10 billion loan guarantees ) , Jews for Justice for Palestinians does not receive any support from the EU, or for that matter from any other organisation. On the contrary, JFJFP donates a large amount of money to many projects in the Occupied Palestinian Territories and to Israeli peace organisations such as Breaking the Silence, Refusniks and other Israeli groups which work for peace. Jews for Justice for Palestinians signatories include many well-known British Jews from the world of literature, arts, law , medicine , journalism and academia. If you want to see the real facts about JFJFP please go to its website (http://www.jfjfp.org) rather than get your information from unreliable sources. Ruth Tenne (member of Jews For Justice for Palestinians ) In reference to the comment made by Mideast roundup -The Telegraph, I would like to add the follwing :
Unlike US client state - Israel- which receives more than 4 billion dollars per year (excluding the millions given by American donors and the $10 billion loan guarantees ) , Jews for Justice for Palestinians does not receive any support from the EU, or for that matter from any other organisation. On the contrary, JFJFP donates a large amount of money to many projects in the Occupied Palestinian Territories and to Israeli peace organisations such as Breaking the Silence, Refusniks and other Israeli groups which work for peace. Jews for Justice for Palestinians signatories include many well-known British Jews from the world of literature, arts, law , medicine , journalism and academia. If you want to see the real facts about JFJFP please go to its website (http://www.jfjfp.org) rather than get your information from unreliable sources.

Ruth Tenne (member of Jews For Justice for Palestinians )

]]> 2012-02-09T;19:12:00-05:00 Comment by abaldal@gmail.com Israel is the ghetto for the Jews who are building a wall to keep the rest of the world out they think. It is the other way, Europe funds the wall to keep the Jews IN. The world supports Israel out of fear that the Jews may return to where they came from. Let the Jews pay the Palestinians a fair price for what they stole from them and stop the silly fanaticism based upon myths and sects. Israel is the ghetto for the Jews who are building a wall to keep the rest of the world out they think. It is the other way, Europe funds the wall to keep the Jews IN. The world supports Israel out of fear that the Jews may return to where they came from. Let the Jews pay the Palestinians a fair price for what they stole from them and stop the silly fanaticism based upon myths and sects.

]]> 2012-02-09T;19:12:00-05:00 Comment by MIchaelbf51@yahoo.com This is typical of apologist mentality. It takes the vantage point of the wrong doer and turns it on it’s head.  To some extent those who want to believe that those in a weaker postion hold a moral higher ground simply because thier position is weak are wrong.  Morality is earned by the intention of ones actions.  The arab intent is clear, repeatedly articulated and carries one single message - the destruction of Israel and the jews who live within its borders.  To suggest that Israel is not interested in finding a way to a true and lasting peace would negate the repeated proposals offered by Israel, that, short of giving Israel over to the arabs through the “right of return” provide a pathway to some degree of peace and stability for the region Jew and arab alike. Halper and his like are not interested in finding mutually agreeable solutions, only to pushing a twisted agenda with the assured end to the state of Israel This is typical of apologist mentality. It takes the vantage point of the wrong doer and turns it on it’s head.  To some extent those who want to believe that those in a weaker postion hold a moral higher ground simply because thier position is weak are wrong.  Morality is earned by the intention of ones actions.  The arab intent is clear, repeatedly articulated and carries one single message - the destruction of Israel and the jews who live within its borders.  To suggest that Israel is not interested in finding a way to a true and lasting peace would negate the repeated proposals offered by Israel, that, short of giving Israel over to the arabs through the “right of return” provide a pathway to some degree of peace and stability for the region Jew and arab alike.

Halper and his like are not interested in finding mutually agreeable solutions, only to pushing a twisted agenda with the assured end to the state of Israel

]]> 2012-02-09T;19:12:00-05:00 Comment by ruthtenne@hotmail.com I am appalled to see that someone is using my name to spout extremist comments against Jeff Halper. Anyone who reads my articles , letters and signed petitions ,which were published by the world press and various international websites, would know that I am a staunch supporter of Jeff Halper and his organisation -the Israeli Committee Against House Demolitions (ICHAD). I suspect that pro-Israeli activists try to cause a serious friction in the peace camp and thus using my name for posting deplorable comments against other Israeli peace activists and the Palestinian cause Ruth Tenne - (member of Jews for Justice for Palestinians ) I am appalled to see that someone is using my name to spout extremist comments against Jeff Halper. Anyone who reads my articles , letters and signed petitions ,which were published by the world press and various international websites, would know that I am a staunch supporter of Jeff Halper and his organisation -the Israeli Committee Against House Demolitions (ICHAD).
I suspect that pro-Israeli activists try to cause a serious friction in the peace camp and thus using my name for posting deplorable comments against other Israeli peace activists and the Palestinian cause
Ruth Tenne - (member of Jews for Justice for Palestinians )

]]> 2012-02-09T;19:12:00-05:00 Comment by winfamly@bigpond.net.au I seem to recall that it was the Jews in Gaza that were removed without being given the option of becoming Palestinian citizens. I believe that the term Yahud means Jews and it is not Zionists but Jews whom the Arabs want to slaughter. I think that I remember that on Arab maps there is no Israel and the official position is that all Jews who migrated after 1914 would be expelled from a future Palestiine. I distinctly hear reverberating Hamas’ covenant that affirms the truth of the Protocols of Zion forgery. I suspect that the people of Sderot might be a tad dubious about the good intentions of Hamas. It is most fitting that the Hamas regime has bestowed citizenship on that Jew by accident, Halper. I seem to recall that it was the Jews in Gaza that were removed without being given the option of becoming Palestinian citizens. I believe that the term Yahud means Jews and it is not Zionists but Jews whom the Arabs want to slaughter. I think that I remember that on Arab maps there is no Israel and the official position is that all Jews who migrated after 1914 would be expelled from a future Palestiine. I distinctly hear reverberating Hamas’ covenant that affirms the truth of the Protocols of Zion forgery. I suspect that the people of Sderot might be a tad dubious about the good intentions of Hamas. It is most fitting that the Hamas regime has bestowed citizenship on that Jew by accident, Halper.

]]> 2012-02-09T;19:12:00-05:00 Comment by ejon1@live.com.au The anti-Halper comments above are a quintessential reflection of the pathology into which tribalism has brought much of the Jewish community. Israel’s root and branch criminality is one thing. But the self-deception of the defenders is on a par with the Communist faithful defending indefensible Stalinism. Go Halper. The anti-Halper comments above are a quintessential reflection of the pathology into which tribalism has brought much of the Jewish community.
Israel’s root and branch criminality is one thing. But the self-deception of the defenders is on a par with the Communist faithful defending indefensible Stalinism.
Go Halper.

]]> 2012-02-09T;19:12:00-05:00 Comment by rtenne@yahoo.co.uk Before Halper became an agent of the murderous Palestinians, he wrote a book called the Jewish Yishuv in Jerusalem or something to that effect. It was a terrific book, showing that Jerusalem since the 1800’s always has had a majority Jewish population and describing in detail the 1834 pogroms by the Palestinian Arabs against the Jews living in the Old City. He also proves in this book that the Jews are the native people of Israel and that Palestine always had a Jewish presence in it since the Roman destruction of the Second Temple. I think it high time that the Government of Israel and Jewish leaders in the Diaspora broadcast the contents of this book, published in 1990, in all the media to put paid to the vicious propaganda lies of the Palestine lobby and their Jihadi capitalist financiers in Riyadh and Teheran. The world will then realize that the imperialist Arabs are the real occupiers of the Middle East and that their presence in Palestine since 638 AD is entirely due to colonial settler imperialism. Before Halper became an agent of the murderous Palestinians, he wrote a book called the Jewish Yishuv in Jerusalem or something to that effect. It was a terrific book, showing that Jerusalem since the 1800’s always has had a majority Jewish population and describing in detail the 1834 pogroms by the Palestinian Arabs against the Jews living in the Old City. He also proves in this book that the Jews are the native people of Israel and that Palestine always had a Jewish presence in it since the Roman destruction of the Second Temple.
I think it high time that the Government of Israel and Jewish leaders in the Diaspora broadcast the contents of this book, published in 1990, in all the media to put paid to the vicious propaganda lies of the Palestine lobby and their Jihadi capitalist financiers in Riyadh and Teheran. The world will then realize that the imperialist Arabs are the real occupiers of the Middle East and that their presence in Palestine since 638 AD is entirely due to colonial settler imperialism.

]]> 2012-02-09T;19:12:00-05:00 Comment by portage@uwyo.edu My greatest fear is that the American Republican frat boys are setting Israel for a fall. My greatest fear is that the American Republican frat boys are setting Israel for a fall.

]]> 2012-02-09T;19:12:00-05:00 Comment by efialkov@gmail.com MIGHT I ADD, THE NAME PALESTINE WAS GIVEN TO THE LAND THAT IS NOW ISRAEL BY THE ROMANS AFTER THEY DESTROYED THE SECOND TEMPLE AND SENT THE JEWS TO EXILE, TO TRY TO ERASE OUR NATION AND IDENTITY FROM THE FACE OF THE EARTH. THE ARABS THAT MOVED INTO THE LAND TO FILL IN A VACUUM NEVER IDENTIFIED THEMSELVES AS PALESTINIANS UNTIL YASSER ARAFAT AND HIS ARAB SUPPORTERS INVENTED THE CONCEPT OF A PALESTINIAN NATIONAL MOVEMENT IN THE 1970’S TO TRY TO DESTROY ISRAEL. “PALESTINE” WAS NAMED AFTER THE PHILISTINES, WHO HAD THEIR ORIGINS IN GREECE, NOT IN THE ARAB OR MUSLIM WORLD, SO PLEASE DO NOT SENSOR MY FACTUAL COMMENTS THAT THERE WAS NEVER A NATION CALLED PALESTINE AND THEY DO NOT HAVE A LEGITIMATE CLAIM TO THE LAND, IT IS JUST THAT ACCORDING TO ISLAM, THEY HAVE A MANDATE TO CONQUER THE ENTIRE WORLD, CONVERT EVERYONE INTO ISLAM, AND CONVERT EVERY SYNAGOGUE, CHURCH, AND ANY OTHER TEMPLE INTO A MOSQUE. THAT’S WHAT THEY DID IN JERUSALEM ON THE TEMPLE MOUNT, THAT’S WHAT THEY DID IN ISTANBUL WHEN THEY CONQUERED IT FROM THE BYZANTINES, THAT’S WHAT THEY DID IN PERSIA, INDIA, NORTH AFRICA, INDONESIA, AND MANY OTHER PLACES. MIGHT I ADD, THE NAME PALESTINE WAS GIVEN TO THE LAND THAT IS NOW ISRAEL BY THE ROMANS AFTER THEY DESTROYED THE SECOND TEMPLE AND SENT THE JEWS TO EXILE, TO TRY TO ERASE OUR NATION AND IDENTITY FROM THE FACE OF THE EARTH.

THE ARABS THAT MOVED INTO THE LAND TO FILL IN A VACUUM NEVER IDENTIFIED THEMSELVES AS PALESTINIANS UNTIL YASSER ARAFAT AND HIS ARAB SUPPORTERS INVENTED THE CONCEPT OF A PALESTINIAN NATIONAL MOVEMENT IN THE 1970’S TO TRY TO DESTROY ISRAEL.

“PALESTINE” WAS NAMED AFTER THE PHILISTINES, WHO HAD THEIR ORIGINS IN GREECE, NOT IN THE ARAB OR MUSLIM WORLD, SO PLEASE DO NOT SENSOR MY FACTUAL COMMENTS THAT THERE WAS NEVER A NATION CALLED PALESTINE AND THEY DO NOT HAVE A LEGITIMATE CLAIM TO THE LAND, IT IS JUST THAT ACCORDING TO ISLAM, THEY HAVE A MANDATE TO CONQUER THE ENTIRE WORLD, CONVERT EVERYONE INTO ISLAM, AND CONVERT EVERY SYNAGOGUE, CHURCH, AND ANY OTHER TEMPLE INTO A MOSQUE.

THAT’S WHAT THEY DID IN JERUSALEM ON THE TEMPLE MOUNT, THAT’S WHAT THEY DID IN ISTANBUL WHEN THEY CONQUERED IT FROM THE BYZANTINES, THAT’S WHAT THEY DID IN PERSIA, INDIA, NORTH AFRICA, INDONESIA, AND MANY OTHER PLACES.

]]> 2012-02-09T;19:12:00-05:00 Comment by semis20280@mypaks.net Frankly it’s NOT the Palestinians in Gaza who pose Risk to Americans or Israelis...consider the following report just out today for example: “Communications cut off, a meeting with a prime minister, the threat of getting shot at while cautiously approaching an international border with hands high, one hand clutching his passport. Dr. Bill Dienst, 49, says he is now trapped on the Gaza Strip and has asked for help from the U.S. government after being turned back at the border by both the Israeli and Egyptian governments. The doctor has worked for more than two decades in his own small way to bring attention to the plight of Palestinians. In 1985, he went to the West Bank and Gaza and volunteered for Palestinian health-care organizations, including the Palestine Red Crescent Society. He returned on trips sponsored by the Gaza Community Mental Health Programme, the Washington Physicians for Social Responsibility to Israel/Palestine and the Palestine Medical Relief Society.” Dr.Dient’s troubles are from the same bureaucracy that denies medical care, travel, education, or other exits by Palestinians. Over 200 gravely ill, elderly patients, pregnant mothers or sick babies die at Erez exit; too many examples of shooting first by the ‘unilaterally disengaged Israeli govt”.  Dr.King said it best: We must learn to live together as brothers or die together as fools.” Frankly it’s NOT the Palestinians in Gaza who pose Risk to Americans or Israelis...consider the following report just out today for example:
“Communications cut off, a meeting with a prime minister, the threat of getting shot at while cautiously approaching an international border with hands high, one hand clutching his passport.
Dr. Bill Dienst, 49, says he is now trapped on the Gaza Strip and has asked for help from the U.S. government after being turned back at the border by both the Israeli and Egyptian governments.
The doctor has worked for more than two decades in his own small way to bring attention to the plight of Palestinians. In 1985, he went to the West Bank and Gaza and volunteered for Palestinian health-care organizations, including the Palestine Red Crescent Society. He returned on trips sponsored by the Gaza Community Mental Health Programme, the Washington Physicians for Social Responsibility to Israel/Palestine and the Palestine Medical Relief Society.”
Dr.Dient’s troubles are from the same bureaucracy that denies medical care, travel, education, or other exits by Palestinians. Over 200 gravely ill, elderly patients, pregnant mothers or sick babies die at Erez exit; too many examples of shooting first by the ‘unilaterally disengaged Israeli govt”. 
Dr.King said it best: We must learn to live together as brothers or die together as fools.”

]]> 2012-02-09T;19:12:00-05:00 Comment by semis20280@mypaks.net The bulk of Americans believe the HASBARA in US media about Palestinians because there is NO balance. No humanizing reports, stories or history provided. There exists another WALL...that of stony silence covered with mythology.  Most people have no knowledge about Palestine or Gaza except what they hear from FAUX news which spoonfeeds/sustains anti Muslim anti Arab bigotry which PERMEATES US MSM. Thanks to disinformation campaigns that CAMERA, LGF, and other disseminators of fear and hate recycle continuously. Not only does Jeff Halper think that we can and do walk safely in Gaza, he knows it. Anyone who has studied this issue and BEEN THERE, knows that it is NOT Judaism but Zionism that is despised. Flag waving segregationist biased racist bigotted anti-Palestinian hatred is what maintains this never ending cycle. If one truly wants to make peace then one has to build bridges.  There are many other Jews like Halper who get it.  Tragically, Israelis continue to listen to the war mongers/haters.  Take the trouble to find out for yourself, and become part of the SOLUTION, as so many already have.  I guess you have to believe that people are NOT that different no matter who or where OR ELSE we are all doomed to never ending war.  You KNOW the truth in your kishkas. The bulk of Americans believe the HASBARA in US media about Palestinians because there is NO balance. No humanizing reports, stories or history provided. There exists another WALL...that of stony silence covered with mythology.  Most people have no knowledge about Palestine or Gaza except what they hear from FAUX news which spoonfeeds/sustains anti Muslim anti Arab bigotry which PERMEATES US MSM. Thanks to disinformation campaigns that CAMERA, LGF, and other disseminators of fear and hate recycle continuously.
Not only does Jeff Halper think that we can and do walk safely in Gaza, he knows it. Anyone who has studied this issue and BEEN THERE, knows that it is NOT Judaism but Zionism that is despised. Flag waving segregationist biased racist bigotted anti-Palestinian hatred is what maintains this never ending cycle.
If one truly wants to make peace then one has to build bridges.  There are many other Jews like Halper who get it. 
Tragically, Israelis continue to listen to the war mongers/haters.  Take the trouble to find out for yourself, and become part of the SOLUTION,
as so many already have.  I guess you have to believe that people are NOT that different no matter who or where OR ELSE we are all doomed to never ending war.  You KNOW the truth in your kishkas.

]]> 2012-02-09T;19:12:00-05:00 Comment by ZenFromCA@webtv.net That a true son of Israel~ Giving credence to the killers who live in Gaza. . How Israel will ever continue to exist with such brains that have turned into Gefilte fish is par for the the course for the Far Left. . In San Francisco~ Jews are harassed and the liberals are ap proud to wear masks like those in Gaza. But nobody cares that rockets fall in Israel. Jeff should become Muslim and live Gaza. And how sad that JTA even covers such a law-breaker! Peace will not come to Israel via the Jeffs of the world. . The Jews know exactly what they need to do to have peace. It will not come from PM’s or any human being. The Torah tells Jews what their destiny is.But I guess folks no better than G-d. What a tragedy! . That a true son of
Israel~ Giving credence to the killers who live in
Gaza.
.
How Israel will ever continue to exist with such brains that have turned into Gefilte fish is
par for the the course for the Far Left.
.
In San Francisco~ Jews are harassed and the liberals are
ap proud to wear masks like those in Gaza.
But nobody cares that rockets fall in Israel.
Jeff should become Muslim and live Gaza.
And how sad that JTA
even covers such a law-breaker!
Peace will not come to Israel via the Jeffs of the world.
.
The Jews know exactly what they need to do to have
peace.
It will not come from PM’s or any human being.
The Torah tells Jews
what their destiny is.But I guess folks
no better than G-d.
What a tragedy!
.

]]> 2012-02-09T;19:12:00-05:00 Comment by ekravis@excite.com Tell Halper that I have a friend in Santa Rosa, Ca., 70+ years of age. a Jew. born and raised in what has been Israel, since 1948 and has family still residing there. His passport says, PALESTINE. the same passport as the late Jew murderer, Grand Mufti Husseni, the ally of Hitler. Tell Halper to learn his history before he opens his mouth. HE WHO DOES NOT LEARN FROM HISTORY IS CONDEMNED TO REPEAT IT. Tell Halper that I have a friend in Santa Rosa, Ca., 70+ years of age. a Jew. born and raised in what has been Israel, since 1948 and has family still residing there. His passport says, PALESTINE. the same passport as the late Jew murderer, Grand Mufti Husseni, the ally of Hitler. Tell Halper to learn his history before he opens his mouth. HE WHO DOES NOT LEARN FROM HISTORY IS CONDEMNED TO REPEAT IT.

]]> 2012-02-09T;19:12:00-05:00 Comment by efialkov@gmail.com Jeff Halper is a traitor to his country and to his people. He is also a naive fool to the highest degree. How much land does Israel have to give up before it realizes that the Arabs want to destroy Israel and kill all Jews? They got southern Lebanon and they sent missiles into Israel from there. They got Gaza and they sent rockets from there. They got big chunks of the Judea and Samaria (West Bank), and they plan and execute terrorist attacks from there. The Arabs that live in East Jerusalem got free access to Israel, and they run over Israelis in Bulldozers from there, as well as planning and executing other numerous terrorist attacks from there. I could go on and on and illustrate hundreds of historical facts to illustrate the point that Arabs want to destroy Israel and kill all Jews, and even the ones that are not actively pursuing those goals support the same policies. This goes for Arabs that hold Israeli citizenship.  They help and support terrorist activity and directly and indirectly assist terrorist attacks against Israelis.  And Israel tolerates this for the sake of world opinion and democracy that these Arabs really do not deserve.  Nobody else would tolerate this. And they would not do the same for Jews.  If a Jew in Iran, for example (I know Iranians are not Arabs, they are Muslims, but there are no other examples of Muslim countries with such a large Jewish population), assisted anyone in an attack against Iranian targets inside Iran, the Iranian government and people would kill Jews by the thousands (there are over 20,000 Jews living in Tehran). To Israelis and to Jews around the world, the “Peace Process” was and still is a genuine desire to live in peace. Jews are not people that like war and conflict, and history over the last 3,000 years has shown this, we just want to live in peace and prosperity and just to be left alone. For Arabs, it is just a process by which they get land for nothing, keep doing what they are doing, that is killing Jews and doing everything they can to destroy Israel, and using the land that they acquire from Israel through this fake “Peace Process” to weaken Israel, to attack Israel, to kill Israelis, and to choke Israel in its indefensible borders until they achieve their ultimate goal, which is to destroy Israel and to kill all Jews. Why did Egypt only started the “Peace Process” after it lost the Yom Kippur war (a war that it fought in a very dirty way when it attacked Israel on its holiest day, Yom Kippur; Imagine if Israel attacked during Ramadan; the world would go nuts and start condemning Israel left and right, if not jumping to assist the Arabs, even if they don’t like them, just to punish the Jews). The “Peace Process” proved to be very profitable for Egypt; they got back the Sinai, with its oil and its tourist hot spots, they got back the profitable Suez Canal, they got billions of dollars from the Americans, and benefited economically from trade with Israel. They have not done anything in return.  They wouldn’t have attacked Israel anyway because it proved to be too strong militarily even though Israel was severely outnumbered and outgunned during the Yom Kippur War.  After all, Syria hasn’t attacked since the Yom Kippur war either, without any “peace” agreements, and has used proxies, like Hezbollah, instead.  Egypt has done similar things by supporting Palestinian terrorists, even if it was indirectly. The Egyptians were smart enough to realize that the way to destroy Israel was to pretend to want peace, strip Israel of its lands, reduce it to a tiny size (as if it’s not small enough already; like Arabs don’t have enough land and oil as it is) and indefensible borders, weaken it over time, let the Arabs with Israeli citizenship and Palestinians to weaken it from within, choke it into submission and wait until it is weak enough to destroy. More Israelis have died since the “Peace Process” began than did in the decades previous to it, so how many more lives does Israel has to sacrifice to satisfy world opinion??? Besides, nobody cares when Jews die anyway, nobody cared during the holocaust, even though it was well known it was going on since early 1942; everyone just condemned it after it was finished, and everyone pretended that they were horrified after it happened, nobody except a few righteous gentiles ever did anything about it, everyone was just happy that it was someone else that did it so they didn’t appear to be evil. The same is happening with Iran now, which shows how people don’t learn from history, and everyone is trying to stop Israel from defending itself by saying how negatively it will impact oil production and the world economy. Nobody cares if millions of Jews die and if Israel is destroyed, they will probably be happy, since everyone thinks Jews control the world. If Jews really controlled the world, Israel would not be facing so many problems constantly and there wouldn’t have been so many holocausts and other mass murders of Jews throughout history (remember that Hitler’s holocaust wasn’t the first one, just the latest one and the most murderous and well-planned holocaust). Just because there are a few Jewish millionaires and billionaires doesn’t mean that Jews control the world, after all, the Saudi Royal Family has more wealth than the wealth of all Jews in the world combined, and they have much more power because of their oil. I am not a “religious Zionist”, or an “extremist right-wing settler”, or any of the other terms that people use to describe Jews who rightfully reject the FACADE of the peace process, I am just a realistic Jew that can see through all the bullshit of the Arabs and their supporters for what it really is. I am a businessman, and from experience, I can see through people’s bullshit, including what everyone says (including Muslims and non-Muslims alike, even some Jews and Israelis) about how Islam is a peaceful religion and that Arabs want peace and that it is the evil settlers who are pushing terrorists to the extreme. Actions speak louder than words, in business and in politics. SHOW ME, DON’T TELL ME!!!!!!!! SHOW ME THAT ISLAM IS A PEACEFUL RELIGION AND THAT ARABS WANT GENUINE PEACE WITH ISRAEL! DON’T TELL ME THAT IT IS THE SETTLERS’ FAULT! Israel removed thousands of settlers from Gaza and look what happened! STOP TERRORIST ACTIVITY! STOP SPRAYING ISRAEL WITH ROCKETS! STOP THE IRANIAN NUCLEAR PROGRAM! STOP THE ARMS BUILDUP IN SYRIA AND IRAN! STOP TEACHING AND INFLAMING HATE FOR JEWS AND ISRAEL IN YOUR CHILDREN! COMPROMISE! Israel has compromised way too many times and all the Arabs can say is “it’s not our fault that another armed Arab or Palestinian group carried this murder or this terrorist attack or fired this rocket on Israel” THEN I WILL BELIEVE THAT ARABS WANT GENUINE PEACE! Jeff Halper is a traitor to his country and to his people.

He is also a naive fool to the highest degree.

How much land does Israel have to give up before it realizes that the Arabs want to destroy Israel and kill all Jews?

They got southern Lebanon and they sent missiles into Israel from there.

They got Gaza and they sent rockets from there.

They got big chunks of the Judea and Samaria (West Bank), and they plan and execute terrorist attacks from there.

The Arabs that live in East Jerusalem got free access to Israel, and they run over Israelis in Bulldozers from there, as well as planning and executing other numerous terrorist attacks from there.

I could go on and on and illustrate hundreds of historical facts to illustrate the point that Arabs want to destroy Israel and kill all Jews, and even the ones that are not actively pursuing those goals support the same policies.

This goes for Arabs that hold Israeli citizenship.  They help and support terrorist activity and directly and indirectly assist terrorist attacks against Israelis.  And Israel tolerates this for the sake of world opinion and democracy that these Arabs really do not deserve.  Nobody else would tolerate this. And they would not do the same for Jews. 

If a Jew in Iran, for example (I know Iranians are not Arabs, they are Muslims, but there are no other examples of Muslim countries with such a large Jewish population), assisted anyone in an attack against Iranian targets inside Iran, the Iranian government and people would kill Jews by the thousands (there are over 20,000 Jews living in Tehran).

To Israelis and to Jews around the world, the “Peace Process” was and still is a genuine desire to live in peace. Jews are not people that like war and conflict, and history over the last 3,000 years has shown this, we just want to live in peace and prosperity and just to be left alone.

For Arabs, it is just a process by which they get land for nothing, keep doing what they are doing, that is killing Jews and doing everything they can to destroy Israel, and using the land that they acquire from Israel through this fake “Peace Process” to weaken Israel, to attack Israel, to kill Israelis, and to choke Israel in its indefensible borders until they achieve their ultimate goal, which is to destroy Israel and to kill all Jews.

Why did Egypt only started the “Peace Process” after it lost the Yom Kippur war (a war that it fought in a very dirty way when it attacked Israel on its holiest day, Yom Kippur; Imagine if Israel attacked during Ramadan; the world would go nuts and start condemning Israel left and right, if not jumping to assist the Arabs, even if they don’t like them, just to punish the Jews).

The “Peace Process” proved to be very profitable for Egypt; they got back the Sinai, with its oil and its tourist hot spots, they got back the profitable Suez Canal, they got billions of dollars from the Americans, and benefited economically from trade with Israel.

They have not done anything in return.  They wouldn’t have attacked Israel anyway because it proved to be too strong militarily even though Israel was severely outnumbered and outgunned during the Yom Kippur War.  After all, Syria hasn’t attacked since the Yom Kippur war either, without any “peace” agreements, and has used proxies, like Hezbollah, instead.  Egypt has done similar things by supporting Palestinian terrorists, even if it was indirectly.

The Egyptians were smart enough to realize that the way to destroy Israel was to pretend to want peace, strip Israel of its lands, reduce it to a tiny size (as if it’s not small enough already; like Arabs don’t have enough land and oil as it is) and indefensible borders, weaken it over time, let the Arabs with Israeli citizenship and Palestinians to weaken it from within, choke it into submission and wait until it is weak enough to destroy.

More Israelis have died since the “Peace Process” began than did in the decades previous to it, so how many more lives does Israel has to sacrifice to satisfy world opinion???

Besides, nobody cares when Jews die anyway, nobody cared during the holocaust, even though it was well known it was going on since early 1942; everyone just condemned it after it was finished, and everyone pretended that they were horrified after it happened, nobody except a few righteous gentiles ever did anything about it, everyone was just happy that it was someone else that did it so they didn’t appear to be evil.

The same is happening with Iran now, which shows how people don’t learn from history, and everyone is trying to stop Israel from defending itself by saying how negatively it will impact oil production and the world economy. Nobody cares if millions of Jews die and if Israel is destroyed, they will probably be happy, since everyone thinks Jews control the world.

If Jews really controlled the world, Israel would not be facing so many problems constantly and there wouldn’t have been so many holocausts and other mass murders of Jews throughout history (remember that Hitler’s holocaust wasn’t the first one, just the latest one and the most murderous and well-planned holocaust).

Just because there are a few Jewish millionaires and billionaires doesn’t mean that Jews control the world, after all, the Saudi Royal Family has more wealth than the wealth of all Jews in the world combined, and they have much more power because of their oil.

I am not a “religious Zionist”, or an “extremist right-wing settler”, or any of the other terms that people use to describe Jews who rightfully reject the FACADE of the peace process, I am just a realistic Jew that can see through all the bullshit of the Arabs and their supporters for what it really is.

I am a businessman, and from experience, I can see through people’s bullshit, including what everyone says (including Muslims and non-Muslims alike, even some Jews and Israelis) about how Islam is a peaceful religion and that Arabs want peace and that it is the evil settlers who are pushing terrorists to the extreme.

Actions speak louder than words, in business and in politics.

SHOW ME, DON’T TELL ME!!!!!!!!

SHOW ME THAT ISLAM IS A PEACEFUL RELIGION AND THAT ARABS WANT GENUINE PEACE WITH ISRAEL!

DON’T TELL ME THAT IT IS THE SETTLERS’ FAULT!

Israel removed thousands of settlers from Gaza and look what happened!

STOP TERRORIST ACTIVITY!

STOP SPRAYING ISRAEL WITH ROCKETS!

STOP THE IRANIAN NUCLEAR PROGRAM!

STOP THE ARMS BUILDUP IN SYRIA AND IRAN!

STOP TEACHING AND INFLAMING HATE FOR JEWS AND ISRAEL IN YOUR CHILDREN!

COMPROMISE!

Israel has compromised way too many times and all the Arabs can say is “it’s not our fault that another armed Arab or Palestinian group carried this murder or this terrorist attack or fired this rocket on Israel”

THEN I WILL BELIEVE THAT ARABS WANT GENUINE PEACE!

]]> 2012-02-09T;19:12:00-05:00 Comment by drumguy123@gmail.com Does Halper really think any ordinary American or Israeli can walk safely in Gaza?  Miriam, do you? Does Halper really think any ordinary American or Israeli can walk safely in Gaza?  Miriam, do you?

]]> 2012-02-09T;19:12:00-05:00 Comment by jerab29@yahoo.com This man is a dupe. he should be given a fair trial ( guilt as charged) on charges of being a traitor to the state of Israel. if he is a citizen he should be given a life sentence. If he s not a citizen he should be trnansported to Antartica where he can preach his special brand of anti Israel and anti semetic B S . This man is a dupe. he should be given a fair trial ( guilt as charged) on charges of being a traitor to the state of Israel. if he is a citizen he should be given a life sentence. If he s not a citizen he should be trnansported to
Antartica where he can preach his special brand of anti Israel and anti semetic B S .

]]> 2012-02-09T;19:12:00-05:00 Comment by hrosenfeld@gmail.ca Jeff Halper should long ago have been incarcerated for his disloyal activities against Israel. He should be fined as well and deported to the USA where he holds dual citizenship. We know that he is an active agent of the Palestine Lobby and that Israel gave him refuge when he fled the vietnam draft in the USA in 1966. Jeff Halper should long ago have been incarcerated for his disloyal activities against Israel. He should be fined as well and deported to the USA where he holds dual citizenship. We know that he is an active agent of the Palestine Lobby and that Israel gave him refuge when he fled the vietnam draft in the USA in 1966.

]]> 2012-02-09T;19:12:00-05:00 Comment by semis20280@mypaks.net There’s nothing “new” here-Uriel. Halper reports the facts as he lives them. He surely is NOT the “first” Palestinian Jew...there are other informed, observant and courageous activist who recognizes that instead of being the problem we must actively seek solution-- in partnership with our Palestinian brothers and sisters in resisting/ending the brutal immoral illegal occupation and expropriation of indigenous land.  As we ALL should be doing, Halper seeks peace with justice.  Deuteronomy directs us ALL—“Justice justice thou shalt pursue!” If not now, when? if not I, who?--Hillel… or.."The day is short the task is Great..it is not your duty to complete the task but you are not free to desist from it!” Pirkei avot. Where are all the “biblical literalists”??? Embedded with evangelical Christians who pray/work towards armageddon/rapture. Doesn’t THAT make nutzo rightwing zionists SUICIDAL fanatics?? There’s nothing “new” here-Uriel.
Halper reports the facts as he lives them.
He surely is NOT the “first” Palestinian Jew...there are other informed, observant and courageous activist who recognizes that instead of being the problem we must actively seek solution-- in partnership with our Palestinian brothers and sisters in resisting/ending the brutal immoral illegal occupation and expropriation of indigenous land. 
As we ALL should be doing, Halper seeks peace with justice.  Deuteronomy directs us ALL—“Justice justice thou shalt pursue!”
If not now, when? if not I, who?--Hillel…
or.."The day is short the task is Great..it is not your duty to complete the task but you are not free to desist from it!” Pirkei avot.
Where are all the “biblical literalists”???
Embedded with evangelical Christians who pray/work towards armageddon/rapture.
Doesn’t THAT make nutzo rightwing zionists SUICIDAL fanatics??

]]> 2012-02-09T;19:12:00-05:00 Comment by Rachelg@rachelgolem.com Of course, Israel is an evil country with an evil government, based on an evil political system, surrounded by people who desperately want peace. And of course it is the burden of the Jewish people to make every Arab in the world 100% happy. And we must have an unfair advantage, because we aren’t all dead yet. And of course President Achmadinajad is ready to start a nuclear out of a genuine concern for the happiness of Palestinians. And of course, there are the good Jews, who live in Alaska and vote for Ralph Nader and spend their lives complaining about how just a “Small minority of Jews who are ruining the world”. Of course, Israel is an evil country with an evil government, based on an evil political system, surrounded by people who desperately want peace.

And of course it is the burden of the Jewish people to make every Arab in the world 100% happy.

And we must have an unfair advantage, because we aren’t all dead yet.

And of course President Achmadinajad is ready to start a nuclear out of a genuine concern for the happiness of Palestinians.

And of course, there are the good Jews, who live in Alaska and vote for Ralph Nader and spend their lives complaining about how just a “Small minority of Jews who are ruining the world”.

]]> 2012-02-09T;19:12:00-05:00 Comment by steve@israelseen.com Jeff Halper may be living in Israel but one needs to check his motivations for leaving the US in the first place. It has been suggested on the internet that in order to fulfill his opportunity for promoting anti-Zionist and anti-Israeli political objectives living in Israel provided him legitimacy. If he is so unhappy with a Jewish State then I seriously suggest he go and live with his new found friends, Hamas, in Gaza. They could use the help. There is no peace because no one has the strength of leadership nor the trust to move forward. This is a situation that will only continue until the educational system in the PA stops spreading violence as a theme towards Israelis and Jews. We are ready for peace with compromise when we have a honest PA broker that is willing to accept the reality of our present situation. But for Halper to preach this fantasy rubbish about the peaceful and filled enemy reminds me of a story about a salesman that is selling the Brooklyn bridge. Any takers? Jeff Halper may be living in Israel but one needs to check his motivations for leaving the US in the first place. It has been suggested on the internet that in order to fulfill his opportunity for promoting anti-Zionist and anti-Israeli political objectives living in Israel provided him legitimacy. If he is so unhappy with a Jewish State then I seriously suggest he go and live with his new found friends, Hamas, in Gaza. They could use the help.

There is no peace because no one has the strength of leadership nor the trust to move forward. This is a situation that will only continue until the educational system in the PA stops spreading violence as a theme towards Israelis and Jews. We are ready for peace with compromise when we have a honest PA broker that is willing to accept the reality of our present situation. But for Halper to preach this fantasy rubbish about the peaceful and filled enemy reminds me of a story about a salesman that is selling the Brooklyn bridge. Any takers?

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