May 26, 2012
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Israel expelled a Swedish MP of Turkish origin who had been on a Gaza-bound aid ship intercepted in May by Israeli commandos, the interior ministry announced on Sunday.
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with your actions,lucky you are plane landed in Isreal and I
wonder if your plane landed in Iran.?As for Dror Feil,you had
relinquished your Isreali citizenship and don't test your luck
as it maybe not good the next time and you are also lucky as
the Isrealis were still resonable with you and if you are in
Iran,you'l be arrested as a spy.
Most of these people are attention seeking idiots.
settlement between the Kurdish People and Turkey.?If you are
successful in bringing an honourable peace to The Kurds then
perhaps the Isrealis would then roll out a red carpet for you,the next time.
Trying to make Mehmet Kaplan look like the victim when he is really the perpetrator.
They did a similar charade with Dorrit Moussaieff (Isaeli born) the wife of the President of Iceland. They Staged a event , happened to be cameras, giving her a ruff time at pass port control in Tek Aviv. I call Dorrit Moussaieff the real Queen of Terror!
So which side do they people really works for!
Perhaps Israel is finally learning it cannot treat the citizens of other countries with the same brutality it treats its own citizens and neighbours. Does Turkey, once Israel's only friend in the region, allow Isreali militiary flights access yet? T
Keep the pressure up, Israel is finally learning how to behave ina proper way. International politicians might soon be able to meet their Israeli counterparts without having to hold their noses and wipe their hands.
i support israel in this regard otherwise death and torture will come to israel .
Please show me one credible source that Israel is "killing thousands" of civilians, and "making millions homeless". Otherwise admit that you're just talking nonsense.
However, I could easily find you examples of what you said, for countries like Turkey, Syria, Pakistan, China, Russia and even America - all of which you never bother to criticize. I guess that would make you a liar and a hypocrite.
Where are all the loonies and the people who reply back and forth with the loonies?
:-D
@ GefleFrequentFlyer - Wonderful!!!!!!!
Robinhood, I am visiting Israel for Business and meeting very smart people I could never meet in other countries....and I can tell you that I never saw that the Israel Police, Army or politicians are abusing, killing or treating brutally their own citizens or their neighbours. Once I saw how foreing medias are motivating young palstinians to light fire over soldiers waitting for their buss in a bus station in order to get home safetly.....
That is why you should first learn before you are expressing your self with wrong and brainwashed comments.....you are worng!!!
Things have changed so much here in Scandinavia since a century ago! They don't fight for a peace of soil as you do in Israel!
@GefleFrequentFlyer
Unless Gaza and all international waters belong to Israel!!
Malmo is for Sweden no country including Iran is allowed to wander there. But Gaza is not for Israel. BESIDES the ship was not even in Gaza territory , it was in international water! You're just funny with your cheap comparison!
@MC7669
Discrimination and racism exists in Israeli laws, not just in their police behaviours. For example Arabs in Israel don't have the same right as non-Arabs. Arab Jews cannot go to the same school as others. This is 100% racism!
Dpes all these rights activists support opporession of the Kurds?
Why do they not goto China and protest in Tibet?
Why do they not goto Uganda and protest against abuses against minorities there?
Why do they not goto Iraq and protest against attacks on minorities there?
Why do they not goto Afghanistan and protest against hwo they treat women?
Why do they not goto Saudi Arabia and protest against the executions?
Simple, Israeli's are jews.
If they were muslims, silence would be golden as when these activists goto Turkey.
I hope the Israeli government seriously takes a good look at buying some torpedo's.
First ,Israelis are not necessarily Jews. Second, the government of Israel is not Jewish. It is a political entity like all other countries.
None of the countries you mentioned have occupied more than 10% of their size beyond international borders.
None of them have racial laws like Arabs are not allowed in some schools or they should go through different confession for loyalty!
None of them their army doesn't blow up UN schools and it.
None of them attack others in international areas.
But yes they have many other things in common like brutality and killing of innocent people in particular the minority! But as long as they are US ally like Saudi Arabia, it's ok!!!
What is so surprising is how a person can have such low moral values to participate in Israeli Army. There was a person who was speculating about that the other day!! This is your choice and you're free. But get ready to kill kids!
unfortunatly thats the only solution and time will prove that, hassan 2 the king of morocco in the seventies told the palestinians that they should accept the plan israel sugested back then, all arab leaders made a scandal of his suggestion, today palestinians are hoping for 20% of what Israel was offering at that period...
its difficult to admit but thats their luck, the chosen nation has the power
We are defending ourselves. Arabs and Muslims don't wanna live in peace with us and they always attack us. We will do anything to keep our land and our heritage. Or do you want Jews and Israelis go back to Europe to be burned in Germany while Swedes stay neutral and silent and doing nothing...
Give Scotland back to the Scottish.
Give North American back to the American indians.
I could continue, but you get the idea.
I keep wondering why people keep concentrating on Israel.
what is their point? i don't hear them speaking out against hamas' attack on the gay community, free press, etc.
You stated that Arabs do not have the same rights as the Jews.
Prove it.
You cannot, due to it not being true.
You also stated that "Arab Jews cannot go to the same schools as others."
I understand that you have taken this from the incident in which a relgious school did not want Spharadi children attending school with their Ashkenazi children. This was disgusting, and is certainly not common.
As for Israeli schools, this is simply not true. My children happen to be what you call Arab Jews, my wife's family being of Morroccon origins. This is simply not an issue. My son attends school with what you call "Jewish Arabs", Ethipians, Yemenites, Russians, Arabs and a Swede or two.
but I know where you get your news from, and yes this can be an excuse for your ignorance, but it is no excuse for your racism, or blind Hatred.
in my last visit in Israel my host (Israeli Jewish religios) did everything he could to help me to visit Beth lechem....suprise I as a tourist could get in but he as a Israeli Jewish he could not get in because it was too dangerus for him to get in. I couldn't understand....when the Arab Taxi drive pick me up on the Beth Lechem side I asked him why Israelis can't go in and Arab could go out and traveling to Jerusalem he said it is too dangerous for Israeli jewish they risk their life!!!
Most of the Israeli Arab citizen don't pay Taxes to the Israeli authorities....
All Israelis Arabs and Palestinians from the Palestinian authority teritories are allowed to get free services in all Hospitals in all the countries, no Israelis can get into Palestinian teritories because their life will be in high risk.
Yes there is check point monotoring people to prevent terrorists to get in to the Israelis cityes to prevent sucide bomber it to shoping malls and what for "for the occupation" to you believe this story!
any country in the world would tolerant this kind of primitive and barbaric acts....
what are you talking about!!!? you must be a naive person braindwashed by some radicals primitives ....wake up young guy!
Ok, how about Aland for example. Imagine if random boats from some unfriendly source showed up carrying who knows what. Sweden and Finland would take interest.
The fact is, Gaza is a conduit for hamas/hezbollah attacks on Israel. It's in Israel's security interest, and rightfully so. Read: Incirlik Air Base and the Cuban Missile Crisis.
Feiler has "relinquished his Israeli citizenship", so why another publicity stunt? How does it serve his cause?
What does Snow White and the seven dwarfs, think about this:
http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-3981882,00.html
Recent studies in neurology have shown that when people learn things, the process trains a certain set of neurons and lets others die off. Therefore, when you tell them something that contradicts their knowledge, it's not that they don't believe it, it's more that they literally can't even hear it, because the neuronal networks needed to support that information were never developed. This is why brainwashing works so well, and why it is impossible to have any kind of dialogue or debate with Muslims.