Comments on: Israel and Construction in East Jerusalem

By: Shifra

Shifra — Tue, 21 Jul 2009 23:44:37 +0000

Excellent post by Maynard. Gives a concise and informative background to the Middle East conflict, just in case you find yourself arguing with a Left-wing ignoramus spouting the usual drivel. I just read that the Israeli newspaper, Ha’aretz (btw, pronounced ‘hah-AH-retz,’ and means ‘The Land’) quotes Benjamin Netanyahu, who called David Axelrod and Rahm Emmanuel “self-hating Jews.” I guess Netanyahu was “just sayin’ ”

I would add ‘Exodus’ with Paul Newman and Eva Marie Saint to Tinker’s movie list. And isn’t it interesting that when the Eva Marie Saint character inquires about the Paul Newman character, she is told, “He’s a young Palestinian” !!! Meaning, the Jews who lived there before ’48 were called Palestinians……

By: Tinker

Tinker — Tue, 21 Jul 2009 15:42:46 +0000

Great post Maynard. This is why it’s so important to teach history, which is so lacking in our schools today (every child is left behind) From the beginning the Jews wanted only to live in peace…. they did everything they could to maintain it and to avoid war, to the point of risking their own destruction. Everyone should rent “A Woman Called Golda” it was a tv movie starring Ingrid Bergman as Golda Meir, who was a Russian Jew- her family immigrated to America when she was a child… she later moved to a kibbutz around 1920 or so and through her efforts saved Jewish lives, raised money in America, and eventually was elected Prime Minister. She was one of the most pivotal figures in those early days of the creation of Israel. ( She even saved David ben Gurion’s life when a terrorist threw a grenade at him. )

This amazing movie is about the life’s work and calling of a great leader who just happened to be a woman, but it also is an accurate portrayal of the history…. I watched it recently and realized and that a movie like that could never get made in today’s politically correct climate. I saw the movie as a kid and it added to what I was already being taught at home…. great, educational tv movies are a thing of the past I’m afraid. They used to be a staple of our cultural diet.

There was also another great American Jew who is due much credit for Israel’s early military success… a name that should be honored– David “Mickey” Marcus. Look him up. He was a WWII veteran and Israel’s first great general— led them in the first war in ’48. He’s the father of the great Israeli military that still exists today.
Kirk Douglas played him in a movie “Cast a Giant Shadow” … not a great movie, but still you get the idea.

America has been Israel’s greatest friend, bound by our history and our values. I pray that continues.

By: HughM.

HughM. — Tue, 21 Jul 2009 05:00:57 +0000

The m0dern nation of Israel has been so shamefully treated by her “friends” at times, (Great Britain and the USA) that I would wish Obama and Hillary would apologize for our historical mistreatment and subterfuge concerning modern Israel, and not all the idiotic crap that liberals think is wrong with the US.

I know Israel could not have come into existence without the US and Great Britian. And it was a miracle of timing and personalities that brought her into nationhood. But God forgive us, our national leaders have treated Israel shamefully and cowardly at times since then. I would wish the US, as international policy, would have the guts to totally support Israel 100% of the time or just completely turn our backs on her, so at least Israel would know what to expect from us. Our little scheming games behind the scenes to try and make the Arab world “happy” with the US and still act publicly like we were “friends” of Israel has not bought us one bit of respect from the Arab/Moslem world. Our gutless, craven, behind the scene ass-kissing of Moslem terrorists has not solved the Middle East problem one tiny bit and must really be confusing to a friend (Israel) who truly could use decent relationship.
I know there are millions in the US that love Israel, which is why I detest the way our “few” national leaders have treated her most of the time since 1948. Israel’s existence is not the problem. Our national gutless, lukewarm policies concerning Israel is the problem.

Lukewarm, look it up in your Bible dictionary and see what happens to lukewarm fools. At least the Moslem terrorists aren’t lukewarm.