Comments on: Israel are not the bad guys http://www.london-student.net/2008/10/07/israel-are-not-the-bad-guys/ Europe's largest independent student newspaper - the voice of 120,000 students Sat, 19 Mar 2146 04:22:11 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 By: Joe http://www.london-student.net/2008/10/07/israel-are-not-the-bad-guys/comment-page-1/#comment-16821 Joe Sat, 14 Feb 2009 07:23:24 +0000 http://www.london-student.net/2008/10/07/israel-are-not-the-bad-guys/#comment-16821 the comments left here...u guys are complete morons What's so difficult to understand is why the media wants to ignore the truth, ie., that Hamas was shooting rockets at Israel for a long time before Israel made a move, until Israel could ignore it no longer ... AND how Hamas is using its people, INCLUDING ITS LITTLE CHILDREN, as human shields. This was also one of Huzzbalah's tactics in Lebanon and there again the media blamed Israel when innocents and children were killed and did not fully report on Huzbollah's tactics. Spelling may be wrong but you know what it says. Israel bows to world pressure, which she did not need to do, by the way, and hands over Gaza to the Palestinians causing much pain to her own peoples living there. And what do the Palestinians do with this piece of land? Instead of developing it and making a home there for their people, they use it to shoot rockets at Israel. There are about 1 million Arabs living in Israel. You don't see them leaving Israel in droves. If Israel was mistreating or torturing them would they not wanting to get out of Israel? On the contrary, Palestinians, in particular, are applying for jobs and trying to get into Israel by the thousands. If Israel opened the borders to the Palestinians, there might be none living in Gaza and the Palestinian occupied lands except the terrorists. What does that tell you about Israel? Would the Arabs and Palestinians want to be living in Israel, if Israel was such an ogre? The truth is the Palestinians would be prospering if their leaders weren't spending all the money they get, on ammunition and arms and also probably socking much of it away in private bank accounts like Yasser Arafat did. People should investigate what God has to say about the Jews and Israel before they speak against them. I find it amazing that no one takes time to go look up the history of anything, they take the media facts and believe it as if it were the truth like "sheep"being lead to slaughter!! I often wander why people want to remain so ignorant! Get your fact straights and stop listening to the dam media slandered facts, you idiots! the comments left here…u guys are complete morons

What’s so difficult to understand is why the media
wants to ignore the truth, ie., that Hamas was
shooting rockets at Israel for a long time before
Israel made a move, until Israel could ignore it
no longer … AND how Hamas is using its people,
INCLUDING ITS LITTLE CHILDREN, as human
shields. This was also one of Huzzbalah’s tactics
in Lebanon and there again the media blamed
Israel when innocents and children were killed
and did not fully report on Huzbollah’s tactics.
Spelling may be wrong but you know what it says.

Israel bows to world pressure, which she did not
need to do, by the way, and hands over Gaza to
the Palestinians causing much pain to her own
peoples living there. And what do the Palestinians
do with this piece of land? Instead of developing
it and making a home there for their people, they
use it to shoot rockets at Israel.

There are about 1 million Arabs living in Israel. You
don’t see them leaving Israel in droves. If Israel
was mistreating or torturing them would they not
wanting to get out of Israel? On the contrary,
Palestinians, in particular, are applying for jobs
and trying to get into Israel by the thousands. If
Israel opened the borders to the Palestinians, there
might be none living in Gaza and the Palestinian
occupied lands except the terrorists.

What does that tell you about Israel? Would the
Arabs and Palestinians want to be living in Israel,
if Israel was such an ogre?

The truth is the Palestinians would be prospering
if their leaders weren’t spending all the money they
get, on ammunition and arms and also probably
socking much of it away in private bank accounts
like Yasser Arafat did.

People should investigate what God has to say
about the Jews and Israel before they speak against
them.

I find it amazing that no one takes time to go look up the history of anything, they take the media facts and believe it as if it were the truth like “sheep”being lead to slaughter!! I often wander why people want to remain so ignorant!

Get your fact straights and stop listening to the dam media slandered facts, you idiots!

]]> By: Mike http://www.london-student.net/2008/10/07/israel-are-not-the-bad-guys/comment-page-1/#comment-8455 Mike Thu, 22 Jan 2009 00:38:59 +0000 http://www.london-student.net/2008/10/07/israel-are-not-the-bad-guys/#comment-8455 "The priorities of the IDF don’t end here, as the value of life is also treated with the utmost importance. How could an army whose ethical code states that “its soldiers are obligated to protect human dignity” because “every human being is of value, regardless of their origin, nationality, gender, status, or position” be believed by so many to be the aggressive instigator?" If they say so, it must be so - A patently ridiculous, facile argument. “The priorities of the IDF don’t end here, as the value of life is also treated with the utmost importance. How could an army whose ethical code states that “its soldiers are obligated to protect human dignity” because “every human being is of value, regardless of their origin, nationality, gender, status, or position” be believed by so many to be the aggressive instigator?”

If they say so, it must be so – A patently ridiculous, facile argument.

]]> By: Alison http://www.london-student.net/2008/10/07/israel-are-not-the-bad-guys/comment-page-1/#comment-5352 Alison Wed, 14 Jan 2009 14:21:42 +0000 http://www.london-student.net/2008/10/07/israel-are-not-the-bad-guys/#comment-5352 Why is that Muslims are always portrayed as 'terrorists'? Is the disproportionate use of violence by Israel Justifiable? 1000 Gazans have been killed ( 40% women and children) compared to 13 Israelis ( 3 civilians ) - Everyone can see that this is unjust and must end - so how can you even defend these actions? Why is that Muslims are always portrayed as ‘terrorists’? Is the disproportionate use of violence by Israel Justifiable? 1000 Gazans have been killed ( 40% women and children) compared to 13 Israelis ( 3 civilians ) – Everyone can see that this is unjust and must end – so how can you even defend these actions?

]]> By: pat leslie http://www.london-student.net/2008/10/07/israel-are-not-the-bad-guys/comment-page-1/#comment-3435 pat leslie Fri, 09 Jan 2009 16:31:17 +0000 http://www.london-student.net/2008/10/07/israel-are-not-the-bad-guys/#comment-3435 Wow. I know that you can choose to write what you like from any angle, but this argument has to be one of the most unilateral, pig headed angles you could possibly take on the balance between Palestine and Israel. I can't believe you would consider the fact that the Israeli Defence Force has "defence" in its name a legitimate reason to conclude that Israel is the blameless guardian of its people. In the light of Israel's most recent use of disproportionate aggression, it is easy to say that hindsight is a wonderful thing. It's possible that you have changed your mind on the subject since the Gaza Strip invasion. At least I hope so. Wow. I know that you can choose to write what you like from any angle, but this argument has to be one of the most unilateral, pig headed angles you could possibly take on the balance between Palestine and Israel.

I can’t believe you would consider the fact that the Israeli Defence Force has “defence” in its name a legitimate reason to conclude that Israel is the blameless guardian of its people.

In the light of Israel’s most recent use of disproportionate aggression, it is easy to say that hindsight is a wonderful thing. It’s possible that you have changed your mind on the subject since the Gaza Strip invasion. At least I hope so.

]]> By: Samantha http://www.london-student.net/2008/10/07/israel-are-not-the-bad-guys/comment-page-1/#comment-3075 Samantha Fri, 02 Jan 2009 12:57:54 +0000 http://www.london-student.net/2008/10/07/israel-are-not-the-bad-guys/#comment-3075 If you are involved in a conflict, for whatever reason, you are responsible for that conflict. There is a cause and a continuation coming from all sides. Someone will have to begin and end, maybe by letting them finally fight it out. Or realize that there is such a strong sense of animosity (a feeling of hatred arousing active hostility) between the groups, one side will have to let it go. There is also the element of gossip in the world that loves this type of drama and feeds off of it. It is unfortunate that entire civilizations are fighting as the world watches. How Sad. If you are involved in a conflict, for whatever reason, you are responsible for that conflict. There is a cause and a continuation coming from all sides. Someone will have to begin and end, maybe by letting them finally fight it out. Or realize that there is such a strong sense of animosity (a feeling of hatred arousing active hostility) between the groups, one side will have to let it go.

There is also the element of gossip in the world that loves this type of drama and feeds off of it. It is unfortunate that entire civilizations are fighting as the world watches. How Sad.

]]> By: Sofia http://www.london-student.net/2008/10/07/israel-are-not-the-bad-guys/comment-page-1/#comment-1972 Sofia Wed, 17 Dec 2008 11:32:28 +0000 http://www.london-student.net/2008/10/07/israel-are-not-the-bad-guys/#comment-1972 Rosie Marshall, what planet do you live on? If there were a foreign security force bombing houses in Britain just because they think they belong to terrorists (who cares about the family who lives there), cutting off your water and electricity, keeping 80% of your population in poverty and holding people in prison with no charges under administrative detention and you concluded that this constitutes valuing human life I'd be very surprised. Poor Israel who had to fight a war 1 day after it threw half a country out of their houses, poor Israel who is being attacked while 6 million Palestinians live in refugee camps. Please, some measured opinion would be nice. Rosie Marshall, what planet do you live on? If there were a foreign security force bombing houses in Britain just because they think they belong to terrorists (who cares about the family who lives there), cutting off your water and electricity, keeping 80% of your population in poverty and holding people in prison with no charges under administrative detention and you concluded that this constitutes valuing human life I’d be very surprised. Poor Israel who had to fight a war 1 day after it threw half a country out of their houses, poor Israel who is being attacked while 6 million Palestinians live in refugee camps. Please, some measured opinion would be nice.

]]> By: Harry White http://www.london-student.net/2008/10/07/israel-are-not-the-bad-guys/comment-page-1/#comment-1573 Harry White Sun, 14 Dec 2008 18:21:49 +0000 http://www.london-student.net/2008/10/07/israel-are-not-the-bad-guys/#comment-1573 It seems that the IDF's respect for life has diminished since the first Intifada, when they restricted themselves to smashing the arms and legs of Palestinians throwing stones at them. Now they simply shoot them. It seems that the IDF’s respect for life has diminished since the first Intifada, when they restricted themselves to smashing the arms and legs of Palestinians throwing stones at them. Now they simply shoot them.

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