Comments on: Hate crimes, discourse and extremism

By: troll hunter

troll hunter — Sun, 26 Jul 2009 18:12:30 +0000

Fuck off

By: S Jonathan

S Jonathan — Sun, 26 Jul 2009 16:31:09 +0000

I am a proud Briton – my family has been making money here for decades.

So it breaks my heart to leave Britain.

On the other hand, once Nir Barkat has cleansed East Jerusalem of the Arabs, we will – however reluctantly – escape from Britain, which is being overrun by muslims.

I will find it very hard to go, but it is our historic destiny, a people without a land moving to a land without people.

By: Hiho

Hiho — Sun, 26 Jul 2009 14:58:42 +0000

Within living memory there were fearless and outspoken pro-Israel MPs – and I do not necessarily mean the Jewish MPs like Mikardo and Janner.

Are there none now?

By: Another Penny

Another Penny — Sun, 26 Jul 2009 14:22:14 +0000

I’m hoping to go back to Israel for a few weeks next year on a fly-drive-kibbutz type holiday.

Initially, I was going because a) it’s been too long since I last visited and b) seeing Israel is a long-term wish of the friend who is coming with me. Of late, though, the reasons are shifting a little; I think I’ll be doing a little more than sight-seeing.

By: Jonathan H

Jonathan H — Sun, 26 Jul 2009 10:15:59 +0000

Look at the list of witnesses the Foreign Affairs Committee called. Iain Scobbie is the PSC’s favourite lawyer.

By: Israelinurse

Israelinurse — Sun, 26 Jul 2009 09:17:15 +0000

Now Westminster wants to talk to Hamas:
http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-3752059,00.html

By: Israelinurse

Israelinurse — Sat, 25 Jul 2009 23:45:23 +0000

Wow, Jonathan -there’s no limit to their bare-faced nerve is there? This surely must fall into the category of interference in the internal affairs of another country. I’m afraid I haven’t mastered twitter, but I’ll see what else I can do.

By: Jonathan S

Jonathan S — Sat, 25 Jul 2009 21:25:42 +0000

Israelinurse:
I don’t disagree. I will find it very hard to move but hope I manage it.

You asked earlier in this thread why the UK embassy in Israel funded Breaking the Silence. Here is their response to me when I put that question to them (on twitter):

“@jonsac Shavua Tov. We fund them for the work they do in Hebron as we feel they raise awareness of impact & suffering caused by occupation”

What rubbish.

Am currently arguing with @ukinisrael on there. I encourage you all to do the same if you ‘do’ twitter.

By: Israelinurse

Israelinurse — Sat, 25 Jul 2009 20:57:26 +0000

Jonathan S -I understand your sentiments entirely as I too feel very sad at writing this country off, but I have come to the conclusion that it is not the same place as my nostalgia would lead me to believe.
There are many things I will miss when we go back to Israel next spring, but none of them can outweigh the feeling which one can only have in Israel of being amongst one’s own people -being home -with all the feelings of safety and security which only home can give.
For my children and I the past two and a half years spent in the UK have been a real life lesson. We return to Israel even more convinced than ever of the need for a safe Jewish homeland and knowing that those ‘post Zionists’, who claim that the dangers faced by the Jewish people decades ago which led to the establishment of the state are a thing of the past, are seriously mistaken.
To be honest, I have come to the conclusion that Britain no longer deserves or merits its Jews, so I wish you and many, many others a speedy and successful aliyah. It isn’t easy, and there will be days when you seriously ask yourself if you’ve done the right thing, but just knowing that your children and grandchildren will never have to deal with anti-Semitism and that you can be yourself, whatever your own personal interpretation of Judaism, is more than enough compensation for the trials and tribulations involved in making that big step.
We can lament what Britain has become as far as the attitude towards Jews is concerned, or we can take our energies and channel them into the positive action of continuing to build our real homeland for future generations -there’s still plenty of work to be done and challenges to be met.
I vote for the latter, of course.

By: antisemitism action

antisemitism action — Sat, 25 Jul 2009 18:24:26 +0000

antisemitismaction@hotmail.co.uk

@another penny please email me