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  • Isn't Israel full of American immigrants who came there for religious reasons?

  • I PRAY GOD YOU BUILD EAST JERUSALEM. MAKE MORE AND MORE HOMES FOR THE PEOPLE OF ISRAEL!!! JERUSALEM IS THE CAPITOL OF ISRAEL, HAS BEEN SINCE THE TIME OF KING DAVID AND IT WILL BE ETERNALLY. JERUSALEM IS THE ETERNAL CITY AND JEWS ARE THE BELOVED OF THE LORD ETERNALLY!!!!

  • after they robbed and betrayed their "compatriots", these (uneducated but greedy) jews from argentine,uzbekistan,russia,ir­an,... fly to "israel" where they are assigned their places in the zionist caste system (the ashkenazis on the top) and alltogether they participate in the nazi occupation of palestinian land.

  • sooner or later israel will be history i have this feeling

  • creation of the jews a fantastic read ,,,,israels history is forged like so many other countries re written ...

  • i hope peace will exist for both sides one day

  • I like this report. Its like the Jewish lady said. We should rejoice all holidays. I have Muslim , Christian and Druse freinds. We don't care about the racism from EU & US anglos. None of us respect them. But we all work together here in Israel and don't have problems. Gaza & Hizbullah is different. Like the IRA or Bask Region , Black Panthers , etc etc. There are always extreme groups. Share some Schwarma and be "Sababa"

  • 6 MILLION MORE AND MORE AND MORE

  • kind of amusing at the begining the one says that they only want there 7 million jews in there country then they close the door and have finished the work seems like hardline fashism 4 a population that still has not covered since the Holocaust?^.- ironic world i really don't know on wich side to place my voice israel or palestina....for the dream of israel is aceptebel but under these sircumstanses and the fact they simply want to keep the rest out of there affairs it seems mysterious?

  • israel doesnt advocate killing non jews. it just wants it's people home. 51 muslim countries, countless christian countries, one jewish homeland. at least let us have that in peace

  • The fact that there are a lot more muslims or christians is NOT an excuse to kick people out of their homes, call them whatever you want, they are still people, otherwise we can use your "logic" to justify mass murder, we would have to accept the idea that the nazi were right , because there are many countries and only a single german one, therefore they had right to get rid of jews. israel for jews then germany for germans

  • germany is for the germans as israel is for the jews? no. germany is for the germans as israel is for the israelis. germany is for the whites as israel is for the jews. but the UK, italy, france, dutch, belgium, austria, swiss, and so so many more are for the whites as israel is for the jews. but we are not kicking people out. jews invited 4-6,00,000 arabs during the early 20th century to israel and only faught them when they started attacking the jews.

  • yeah you behaved so well!!, so sweet!!, so kind!! to the arabs!!. Poor guys you!!! your confidence was betrayed, you invited them, you gave them everything you had and what did you get out of it? hate and terror! oh you are such an innocent creatures!!! and everyone criticizing you is a anti-semite or even a self-hating jew.

    I guess you must repeat this to yourself evryyday and night and everytime and everywhere. yeah you re a brainwashed guy trying to brainwash others. Fanatic!!!

  • @fairplaynow wow, you said all that which was unrelated to my statement about israel not advocating murder. fanatic? i am a peace activist! your statements are far gone extreme and self deceptive but you are so deep in hate and bitterness that talking to you would lead nowhere and only fustrate and put down. so i will block you

  • @fairplaynow

    @ArthuretExcalibur

    Who is racist against Arabs I never said a single bad word in my life against Arabs.I respect Arab people and I admire Arab language,which was with Hebrew thae native of my granparents.

    Islam is not a race.Islam is an ideology Get it?

    I won't be ''politicaly corect'' with Islam ever!

  • dont worry those jews will go back soon

  • Great propaganda, but it is not true!!! We are coming home!!! A message to Aljazeera from a jew.

  • It is interesting to note, most people don't register the connection between Israelis & Jews. The average person responds more positively to discussions about Israelis than they do about Jews. Why?

    It is as Theodore Herzl said, wherever you go that is foreign you will create animosity. It is the same for any race and any religion. The people respect Israelis because they are uniquely their own. Jews, as in the Diaspora, refuse to acknowledge their host culture or their own.

  • its funny as soon as you post a video about israel or jews in generall, you get 10000s of racist coments, but if you post a video of arabs cutting the heads of innocents people remeins silent!

  • @sjunnpremirotjavoar

    Well I think people just expect that from Arabs.But Israel being victim to pass crimes are suppose to be better.

  • What a bunch of stupid bugs these zionist are..Makng a phoney nationatilty to steal Arabian peoples land ! Wait till the welfare runs out and you little parasites find yourselfs in the Arabian desert alone,you will eat them gadgets you so proud of and cry blood. You little parasite zionist be aware you going to pay for every Arab child you murdered under this criminal occupation. i tell you many times when you see the Arab nations freeing themselfs .RUN or Swim but get the fu$K out.

  • arabian land? do you homework, first of all, former palestine was shared by jews and arabs, and jews are the native population of israel AND current palestine!

  • I Did my homework . It clearly Arab land. Judism is not even a nationality you bug. Maybe one day Arabs will sit down with them world zionist organistion parasites and work something out for you yiddish pig eaters to visit once in a while. Sjunn....: I dont know you and i dont want to call u names.The facts are Apartheid Israel is a "Oligopoly" Several Zionist Family( maybe 5) and a few other Org. earn Up to 20% of the profits. its like a 1st class,2nd class, etc. type sociaty .

  • LOL Sjunnpremirotjavoar, European Jews are not the 'native' population of Palestine. We are Ashkenazi converts to Judaism from the middle ages and about as semitic as your average Eskimo. This is a stolen homeland of the actual Semitic Jews, Muslims and Christians who are indigenous to the land. You are wandering around U Tube posting nonsense comments here and there that do no more than point to your own lack of knowledge. You're a little cockroach that slithers around meaninglessly.

  • When did i say anything abou european jews? Dont put words in my mouth, and yes jews were there first but you're not a jew you're an arab or someting!

  • @JudithStone

    You fillty Islamic whore Read genetic studies for begining

  • @JudithStone majority of israelies are midlestern jews almost 60% never left middleast you forget that befor british mandate these were all the same country ottoman empire. it is obvious you feel the need to speak for all of us but you don't have that right in any case i think you are an imposter moslem fake jew

  • 1 jews are chicken shit people all u mfs arabs will take back PALESTINE kaebbar kaebarr ya yahood gaeish MOHAMMED saya ood read history arabs where the first people to live in palestine dont forget that moses led bani israel out of eygpt and back even before that dawood led bani israel back they are all our prophets of allah shwt

  • Ha. Muhammed was a pedo and Israel beated the shit out of poor pathethic country;s like Syria.

  • "god" typo lololo

  • got bless all jewish people  , thay are his people and we should all support them

  • The best policy for Israel is open borders, and multiculturalism, as well as an end to apartheid ethinc Jewish only immigration, segregation among its Arab minority, and an end to current paleo-xenophobic anti-miscegenation laws. With the rabbi's daughter fucking the Arab guy nextdoor, it will begin a process of peace, racial blending, and an end to the absurd concept of race, altogether.

  • Lol u r right!

  • No. Since arabs get 6.2 childeren per person it would change demographics. when muslims are a majrority they etnicly cleanse all non muslims.i doubt Israel wants that to happen.

  • Ah, here come the racist stereotypes. It's not at all a matter of the Palestinians being against you. It's a matter of you being against them. And 60 years of Palestinian oppression at that. Most people, even Americans, understand that you have no right of return to that land, whatsoever. You stole it. In two generations the Palestinians will outnumber the so-called Chosen of God. Get used to multiculturalism. Soon you'll be related to the people you love stereotyping.

    Scared bigot.

  • So what makes Palestine diffrent from lets say Western pakistan where hindu's were driven away? Clean answer, they adapted to the situation and thrived.

    And no i wont be related t othsoe who are being stereotyped. my country is already lost within 60 years.

  • This is wrong, Isreal was supposed to be for a place of refuge not a country club for jews at the expense of the US taxpayer.

    How many jews in New York are being oppressed based on there jewishness? NON!

    Israel is going to defeat itself , if the common taxpayer in the US knew that they are paying approx $7 million per DAY to the charity state things may be different.

    I am going to convert next summer so i can get a free trip to israel on the USA tax payer.

  • palestinianse have a right to retune to there own countries . open the map for gods sack and look what r you talking about!!!!!!!!!

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  • Nakba is Jewish for Miracle. Allah is Jewish for Al-lah. or Lawless. Al=lacking lah=law. lol.

  • YES

  • YES

  • Isn't that the truth

  • Being a jew is a religion, not a country. The way those jews treat the palistinian people is terrible. what if I came to your neighborhood, declared it my 'holy land' and killed anybody who didnt agree? How can anyone justify invasion in the name of God?Zionism thought is absolutly insane if you actualy think about it.

  • There are Jews the controllers and worse than some fascist ways against the world at large. No one likes them. Hebrew is the religion and Jews fill its ranks so I guess its all the same

  • Hebrew is a language, not a religion. the rest of what you say is a bit confused.

  • I knew Hebrew was a language. In Fort Worth Texas, I was inquiring in the only synagogue there at the time, about becoming a Jew. I did not know any other way to ask. I was told on the way to meet the one that had to approve if my motive for joining was acceptable to him. I don't think she referred to him as a rabbi, but straight away she told me not to say Jew they were Hebrew and with that I never returned. I don't know the different factions of faith that would apply beyond that.

  • johnknoefler 2: I thought the word Jew stood for a faith. I know in my Christian bible they are referred to with many names. Hebrews is a name often used. There is a Hillel group and the opposing one plus? As a Christian in the 70's through 90's I would have done anything possible for Israel and its true people of God. Now that I know more, I no longer care. I now see them as the Lobbyist Abrams, CBS, ADL, ACLU, TIKKUIN?, the rabbi that swore to Christian destruction. It is a selfish group

  • NOHELPWANTED I suggest your Christian faith was weak and unformed and based on much misguided pseudo christian teachings. If you asked to convert to Judaism then you certainly are misguided. Did you really study Romans 11 without trying to "interpret" it to fit your world veiw? Are you so easily dissauded that a little adversity causes you to abandon your faith? Jew is a vulgarization of the word used to describe the tribe of Judah. Which became Judea. and so on and so on.

  • You guessed wrong. I didn't say I asked for conversion. The question asked to the synagogue was "AS a Christian could I be taught the religion as Israel is as much of Christianity as Christ is. They more I could learn the more insight I would have had into the Christian faith for discussion and interpretation. You have a sour note of religiosity. When I used the word Jew it was not rude but they did not like it. I know where it came from. I am in need of recommitting but I know the WORD.

  • NoHelpWanted I understood you perfectly. "I was inquiring in the only synagogue there at the time, about becoming a Jew." You did not say you wanted to learn about the Jewish faith as a subject of study. You said you asked about becoming a Jew. It is not my comprehension that is at fault in this case. It is your honesty. Either you were practicing deception with these people by disquising your motives or you are now lying about what you actually just wrote. Stupid lie as I can look down and see.

  • Hey if you wrote something that was what you actually meant to express then at least admit it. Don't try to say you wrote something else. Man up, Boy!!

  • "You have a sour note of religiosity" What because I see your obvious confusion and try to help you. Some of your posts are almost completely incomprehensible. ANd I simply challange your faith. For that I am accused of being sour? At least I am not lying. Perhaps you would do better to go to a Mosque and seek how to dissemble better. They would accept you much more readily.

  • There is so much to say and so little room. I rewrite a given text so many times to make it fit, that I over look the flow of thoughts. In addition, if I don't watch closely I meander a bit and it's because I trying to cover too much territory at once. Therefore, I often just revert to one-liners. That makes one have to read each point as a stand-alone and that is not desirable. I will continue this and if there is a question, I will address it specifically. I am not a good Christian right now

  • I apologize I did write "become Jew". I try to fit too much into the 250 characters and I rewrite many times to fit statements in and made a bad mistake. I would not ever leave the Faith in the Living God Jesus. I only asked them, (her), if I could learn their ways AS a Christian. She was not hospitable at all but was walking me down to meet whom ever approves of such things, he was the head man (Rabbi? I don't remember the title, it was 1983). I walked out before meeting him, never returned

  • long live israel

    it is our land

  • Good, now bye

  • the u.s lies! only america attacks people and they use scare tactics and fly planes in to buildings to get our support! america is a joke!

  • Is it tough being a looser?

  • Islam is not a future for anyone. It is as backward as the Catholics. Catechism is only what Constantine threw together from the available pagans. Islam is as pagan as you get. The God of the Israelites is the only God and Jesus is his name. They don't like it ether but that's the way it is.

  • Regarding Jews in Iran...that is nearly laughable. There does remain a small community. There are more Iranian Jews in the US and Israel. Many recently escaped. But Jews are loyal people and Iranian Jew are enculturated as are Sephardim and such.  Even the Morannos after the Crusades kept some culture.

  • Paulo I don't know how someone who has such a big mouth has so little knowledge of the near past. But, that is so true of many of the Palestinians who are educated through Hamas and Hezbollah. There are at least 3 sides to this story...and those who do not know Jews earned their right to Israel do not know truth. Yes, the Israelis, especially those that are older are frightened of the hate of the Muslims, they lived through hell...and yes, the Mufti welcomed the Nazi's.

  • Are you saying that Jews earned the right to kick everyone out of their homes/kill/discriminate against them/commit human rights violations/violate UN resolutions? Because that's what they're doing. Paulo isn't Palestinian so I don't see how he could be getting his education from Hamas - why not leave the personal insults aside and respond to what he's saying? & there is no Pope-figure in Islam - no one knows which imaginary Mufti you're talking about.

  • No, I don't think Israelis earned the right to kick everyone out of their homes any more than I think the massacres at Hebron in the 30's was a "right." I didn't say anyone was getting an education from Hamas or Hezbollah but from the Islamic propaganda which is extensive and on their TV and in their schools..like the stupid Farfur cartoons. And if you don't know of this Mufti during the time of Hitler you are proving my point. You don't know what happened after the Crusades.

  • Islamic propaganda? And the Jewish propaganda that sets out the state of Israel as for the Jews and denies millions of non-Jews their freedom and self-identity because they believe their god gave them this land for them to control. Tell me again about religious extremism !

    I know of the Mufti, as I said he is an idiot, he is dead, and he is irrelevant. As for what happened after the Crusades I know what happened, to prove to me that what I wrote was wrong. You cant!

  • There are only 14.5 million Jews in the whole world and one Jewish country. There are only a billion or more Muslims and 22 countries that they control. They have many, newspapers, tv stations and control these outlets. They are currently hanging Korans on doorknobs in certain areas of the US, creating

    a garbage nuisance. They advertise all over the world..they pass out pamphlets quoting Koran, etc. Israel only has Israel as a safety net as Islam threatens them.

  • Hanging Korans on doorknobs! LOL! You just get crazier and crazier - I recommend getting back on the medication!

    Again I dont understand your reasoning, do you think that the Christians of Portugal are just as at home with the Christians of Korea! You're stupid if you think Muslims are one monolithic body.

    As a safety yet! Yet most Jews dont actually live in Israel!

  • There are no Pope-figures in Islam. They have no "position" or holiness, they just teach what they've learned in their study of religion and people can choose to take their advice or not - so what one of them thought or did is irrelevant to this discussion. You are defending Israel and its actions staunchly and you're turning a blind eye to those massacres and the dispossession of the Palestinians by continually deflecting the talk to stupid things like cartoons.

  • They've been oppressed for 60 years, of course their cartoons aren't going to be happy. If you give people a reason to hate you then they are not the ones to blame - hate to break that to you.And the State of Israel is an Apartheid state with a history of massacres and crimes that started way before its birth. I'm sure there are good people there, I'm sure most of the Jews not living there or participating in those actions are great people, but you defend it blindly.

  • Palestinians are educated through Hezbollah? Give me a break there is no way the Sunni Muslims of Palestine are being guided by Lebanese Shia - I have been to Palestine and have heard first hand the terrible stuff they say about the Shia.

    I dont care about the Mufti - he is an idiot and dead! Speaking of invites wasnt it Israel who welcomed the massacring forces into the Palestinian refugee camps of Lebanon!

    I know so little! Then tell me what I said is wrong and with fact! I dare you!

  • Paul, I don't think you argue for all as I think your anger lies exclusively to the Jews and Israelis and that you feel no compassion from them. Never did and never will. You may even agree with Bin Laden and his way of thinking. BTW, I see him as a strong face of Islam, not a person.

  • This is your own ignorant assumption but let me declare categorically that Jews, Muslims, Christians should live under equality in Palestine/Israel.

    Israel is a discriminatory state.

  • Israel is not discriminatory. The IDF contains Jews, Muslims, Christians, Atheists, etc., all of which have different backgrounds, European, Middle Eastern, American, etc., and they manage to get along quite well, which is what makes Israel an amazing country, since it has so many different cultures that work together, in harmony I might add, and that includes many Palestinians. May God Bless You All, my friends.

  • Israel does discriminate - it does so in its welfare provisions, in the allocation of land and of course in its citizenship.

  • Here's some food for thought for everyone to contemplate. If the Palestinians controlled Palestine do you think they would allow people to freely visit Holy sites, like Jerusalem, which is what Israel has done, or, would they block everything, like Saudi Arabia has done with Mecca and Medina. Also, religion plays a major role in this conflict, so this is quite a good thing to contemplate. Peace and May God Bless You All.

  • As long as there is animosity between both sides there will never been freedom to visit holy sites - for you to claim Israel allows Muslims free access to those inside Israel is a complete lie and you know it! Hence I argue that all religions should have an equal standing.

    Mecca and Medina? You do realise that they are holy only to Muslims. Why do you argue they be opened up to Christian and Jewish worshippers?

    Your problem is that you are ignorant and peddle lies that you know to be lies.

  • Since when has Jerusalem been off limits to anyone, while Israel has held it? Mecca and Medina should be open for anyone to visit, just like Jerusalem. If a Hindu wishes to visit them, they should have that right. Israel allows free access to all Holy sites for anyone, whether they be Jews, Muslims, Christians, Atheists, or anything else, but Saudi Arabia does not, and I believe the Palestinians would do the same. May God Bless You, my friend.

  • Are you serious in asking me who Jerusalem has been off limited to since its been occupied by Israel? Are you really that stupid?

    Again I dont understand why you think Mecca and Medina should be open to non-Muslims. Its not a tourist site but one of pilgrimage and prayer for Muslims. Perhaps Saudi Arabia can install coined turnstiles upon entry just like the Vatican City.

  • Jerusalem is divided into quarters taken care by Jews, Muslims, Christians, and Armenians, but a person can tour the whole city if they wish, those groups just take care of different areas. I would like to go to Mecca and Medina, and I'm willing to bet many others would as well, since it could teach people things. A person could also see different cultures by visiting the Holy sites and seeing how they have impacted the world. May God Bless You, my friend.

  • Again you are stupid enough to tell me that anyone can visit Jerusalem. You know this is not true.

  • Is that all you can say, my friend, is that I am wrong, I am sorry for being blunt, but that does not disprove it. Anyone could get on the internet and get a plane ticket to Israel, then take a tour of Jerusalem on a bus and/or walk through the Holy city. May God Bless You, my friend.

  • So if I am a Palestinian Christian from the West Bank and want to visit my family I can visit them in Jerusalem?

    Names aside you know this is not true. Not even the Catholic Bishop of Bethlehem is allowed this.

  • I can visit my Palesinian family who now lives in Jerusalem. Maybe my name does not have any antiIsrael action against it.

  • The self-hating Palestinian who has adopted an Italian family name and changed her nationality to that of Zionism's biggest ally can now visit Jerusalem! What a pathetic being you are.

  • I married an Italian and my last name is now Italian. I became Israeli when I was forced out of Bethlehem by Muslims/Jordanians/Palestinian­s.

    Get it, get the truth. So called Pals impose their hate and terrorism on some who care to stay neutral as they do when the launch rockets from peoples front yards and hide behind children. They moved into my church for meetings, they demanded we hide arms. It was not our choice.

  • So you were forced out of Bethlehem by Palestinians? Now the majority of people in Bethlehem are Christian so you are telling me that the Muslim minority was able to expel its fellow Christian Palestinians in this town? I may be young but I certainly know when something does not add up.

    So Palestinians hide weapons in Bethlehem's churches, hide behind young kids as they launch rockets from people's front yards as mum is preparing dinner. Yawn! I am suddenly so bored and think I need a nap.

  • Bethlehem is not mostly Christian, anymore. It is a West Bank city dominated by Muslims. You are young and not too aware of what is happening today. Yes, Pals do hide in Churches. They did it more when Arafat was alive. Yes. They made Church going quite scary. Please don't tell me what I lived. They often urinated in the church and sometimes defecated, especially during the time that the area was considered Jordanian. I meant launching rockets from Gaza...sorry, my space was short.

  • EXACTLY! Bethlehem is not mostly Christian, anymore! You said it not me! I know many many Christians in Palestine and the Vatican have even come out openly and asked Israel to end the exodus of Christians from the area and give them their freedom!

    Palestinians urinated in churches under Jordanian rule? You know this is not true! Bethlehem's churches are the only ones in the world where you will see Muslims and Christians together in mass.

  • I left Bethlehem because the Muslims made our life hell on earth. Paulo, you are going to be blocked, speaking to you is like speaking to a 5 year old. Under Islamic rule, the Western Wall could NOT be visited by Jews, you fool. You biased fool. I know that Muslims not only urinated in the church but deficated. I know because I SAW it. You...only hear the propaganda of the oil rich MUSLIMS who hope to rule the world and fight all that aren't.

  • Under Islamic rule! It was under Islamic rule after the Crusaders that allowed Jews back into Jerusalem! FACT!

    Im a biased fool! I am asking for the equal status of all religions! You are spreading tripe that Muslims go into churches and sh*t on the altar!

    Its easier for you to think Im an idealist European but the truth is I am well educated, have money, am internationally trained and am already more successful than you. Your claim to relevance is having been f*cked by an Italian.

  • Who controlled the Temple Mount and the Western Wall after the formation of Israel until 1967?

    You know nothing of my education, nor my husbands, nor our backgrounds other than our country of birth and current choice citizenship.

    Our sexual history and preference is of no relevance but most cultures would consider you

    somewhat a fool for your vapid comments regarding your own state of being as well as

    assumptions about ours. I experience what I did, if you doubt this, it is your choice.

  • Yuck I dont want to know about your sexual history. As for your education spare me the details because I dont need to know, it wasnt a good one.

    Block me like you said you were.

  • You Paul brought up sex and education. I did not respond with one. I do have you blocked on here. You are the one who brags about your education. I haven't and won't. I really know about yours...it is limited. It certainly lacks a cultural broad base.

  • English is my third language, you think someone that has a limited education and lacks a cultural base has such a command of English.

    Keep fooling yourself into thinking I am a feeble little boy on the keyboard as it may help you sleep better at night.

  • Yes, they did. Yes, you need a nap. Yes, you need to grow up. Bethlehem is a horror and a starting point of many attacks against Jews in Jerusalem...thus there is now protection. Yes.

    it is protected. And, that is why and why my parents left. And Muslims are not fellows of Christians...NEVER were and never will be. JUST propaganda in that area...Arafat hated all but came to Christmas mass for propaganda. Real Christians knew the truth.

  • Bethlehem is protected? You mean by the big brick walls that cut through farms and schools and deny the people of Bethlehem connection to medical attention & vital markets for their own economic development!

    Muslims are not fellows of Christians! Liar! Bethlehem is the only place in the world where you will find members of Hamas at Xmas mass with the Christian population!

    Real Christians! Real Christians resisted Israel alongside Muslim Palestinians! You literally got f*cked by an Italian!

  • If you are an Israeli, yes. If you are an American. Yes. But if you are a Jew you cannot visit any place that the Muslims have control and if you have visited Israel you can't either.

  • You fail to mention that Jerusalem was divided into these quarters and became a multicultural place under Muslim rule. Today, however, one must be either Jewish, a rich Westerner or a very lucky person who has a western passport in order to get to see it. Palestinians living 20 minutes away from it are denied entry.

  • And it's cheap to bring up Saudia Arabia - the dictatorship that opresses it's won Muslims citizens, but anyway Mecca and Medina are only Holy to Muslims and many have to wait on lists in order to get the chance to go there since so many Muslims from around the world need to preform what is considered a religious obligation/one of the five pillars of their faith. So it doesn't make sense for them to allow tourists when there's already an overflow of people doing their pilgrimage.

  • I am a Christian born in Bethlehem. Being rich doesn't change my experience. Neither does it change what I saw. Nor the fact that I married an Italian. Our age does change what we lived and possibly what access we have to some worldly happenings. Yes, some Muslims suffered, so did some Jews and some of us Christians. Some Muslims accepted Israel, some went to War. Some Muslims have a peace, some are still fighting the Crusades and don't believe that Solomons temple existed.

  • So you argument is that those who accept Israel live in peace. If only it were not so simple as once the PA recognised the state of Israel settlements and occupation rose rapidly.

    You're an idiot, I absolutely dismiss your version of events. I am from Portugal, I am absolutely secular and my only concern is for peace and justice, of which it cannot be denied the Palestinians suffered terribly after the formation of Israel. You left Bethlehem and have a personal vendetta to assuage.

  • Personally, I've no desire to visit Mecca/ Medina. But why shouldn't others be allowed to visit? Jews have spent most of their historical lives struggling for survival. There is no national monument other than the remains of the Western Wall of the second Synangugue, and the right to visit was taken away under Jordanian rule in the mid 40's until 1967. If one visits Israel one can't have a passport stamp or Islamic countries do not let you in or if you have a perceived "Jewish" name.

  • Mecca and Medina are for Muslim pilgrimage and reflection only and you want to turn it into a tourist destination.

    I dont get you - you claim that it is wrong that "Islamic countries" treat those with Jewish names differently but are absolutely mute when Israel does exactly the same thing to Arabs. You're a hypocrite.

  • If Mecca and Medina are only for Muslims, then Jerusalem should be closed to only Jews, Christians, and Muslims, in fact, most of the world should be closed, since almost the whole world is effected by religions. Constantinople(Istanbul) should be Orthodox Christian only, Rome should be Catholic Christian only, etc. What is so special about Mecca and Medina? May God Bless You All, my friends.

  • I have no problem with the Western Wall being closed off to non-Jews as it is a Jewish place of worship. Mecca and Medina have evolved in a way strictly for Muslim worship so for you to compare it to Istanbul is just ridiculous.

  • The same could be said of Rome evolving for Christians, Jerusalem for Jews(since they were there before Christians and Muslims), etc. Why not open it up, they want everything everyone else has opened up, so they should lead by example, although the Israelis beat them to that one by opening Jerusalem to anyone. May God Bless You, my friend.

  • Also, do you not believe the Palestinians would close Jerusalem to everyone except devout Muslims? They are almost copies of the Saudi's and there is a very large chance that they would indeed close it, especially considering that Saudi Arabia funds them, in order for them to buy weapons. May God Bless You, my friend.

  • Oh dear, you are telling me that Saudi Arabia is buying weapons for the Palestinian Authority. Look closer to home because it is your government that supplies much of the weapons to the PA via taxpayers.

    As long as discrimination on the basis of religion persists then yes I do agree that there will never bee free access to holy sites. Thus said I have long expressed an opinion that no religion should have a special privileged position over all others - they should all be regarded as equal.

  • If they should all be regarded as equal, then shouldn't Mecca and Medina be equally open for everyone, my friend. Also, Jerusalem is open for everyone. Saudi Arabia does help supply the Palestinians with weapons. How do you think they get RPG's, AK's, explosives, etc.? May God Bless You, my friend.

  • Saudi Arabia does not supply weapons to the PA! Period! There is no way Israel or the USA will let Saudi Arabia supply weapons to the PA! In reality it does not happen!

    You just don't get it - a church is for Christians, a synagogue for Jews, mosque for Muslims. Im quite happy to keep it that way as these are sacred places and not zoos upon which visitors can gawk. Certainly if Mecca and Medina was a sacred place of worship to other religions then I would demand that it be open to all.

  • If Saudi Arabia does not supply the weapons, then who does? Consider the fact that the Saudi's hate the Israelis and love the Palestinians, who are also Arabs, they have much in common, my friend. Also, don't claim the Palestinians have no weapons, since they blew down the wall separating them and Egypt, which Egypt, their ally, quickly rebuilt. May God Bless You All, my friends.

  • The US are the biggest provider of weapons to the PA - you are so inept when it comes to this area I dont know why you bother to comment.

    I dont claim the Palestinians have no weapons, they are well within their legal rights internationally to bear arms.

    LOL the wall that Egypt quickly built! It took them a week after almost 1 million movements of people between Gaza and Egypt took place. LOL! You know nothing!

  • East Jerusalem was closed to Jews under Jordanian control although Jordan was to have control of it as an International city. They did not allow this. When Israel "took" Jerusalem some Jewish soldier hung the Israeli flag from the mount. Moishe Dayan hit the ceiling and demanded it be taken down. Can you imagine a Muslim demanding this for the pride of Israel? Dayan was a Sabra, he understood. He did not understand why Jews were not allowed at their holy sites and thus led the army.

  • Wow what an idiot you are. You said Dayan couldnt understand how Jordanians had denied Jews access to the West Bank and now you have a situation where Israel denies Palestinians access to their holy sites in the West Bank.

    Apparently its bad if the Arabs do it but for Israel its perfectly ok.

  • Rome is a tourist destination and the Vatican City Disneyland for the Catholic God - hardly models for another religion. Do you want a holy site that allows for an individual's passion and humility for their faith or a site for you to take some happy snaps and send a postcard?

    And again Israel does not open up Jerusalem to Christian and Muslim Palestinians, in fact it is closed to most people in the Middle East.

  • I visit the Armenian section and the Christian section yearly, also the Jewish section. It is only closed to those with passports stamped with visits to anti-Israel countries. But Israel stamped in your passport denies entry to most Islamic countries and if you are a Jew you are not permitted to visit most of Islam.

  • Oh boo hoo - Israel rejected the Arab peace plan and continues to occupy millions of Palestinians in direct contravention of international law. You're surprised by this policy?

    Well you sold yourself out like a common whore and changed your name and nationality.....

  • International law, that is funny, my friend, since the Palestinians break it every day by targeting civilians and trying to stop supplies from getting to other Palestinians. May God Bless You All, my friends.

  • Supplies from getting to other Palestinians? You must be referring to Fatah blocking food supplies, medicine and aid into Gaza!

    I am never going to defend the killing of civilians on either side, need I remind you Israel and its settlers kill far more Palestinian civilians, but international law absolutely provides provisions for resistance against a people under military occupation. Palestinians are well within their rights to shoot dead every IDF soldier in their territory.

  • "Palestinians are well within their rights to shoot dead every IDF soldier in their territory." Then why don't they target the military, instead of civilians? Also, the IDF kills very few civilians compared to the Palestinians killing Israelis and each other. When the IDF comes in, they target terrorists, who are hiding in "civilian" homes, but that would make them terrorists as well, since they harbored them. May God Bless You All, my friends.

  • They do target the military - you read almost everyday attempts at harming soldiers on checkpoints.

    IDF kills very few civilians! Dont lie to me you know this is not true, approximately half of those killed by the IDF are civilians. The Palestinians kill far far less Israeli civilians.

    Hiding in civilian homes? You mean they live in homes and Israel targets them when they are inside. And your so stupid for assuming those that live with them are actually terrorists when many keep it secret.

  • No, I am not mute to that. I just don't understand why you think it is wrong for Israel and not wrong for Islamic countries...Islam has done that to Jews for years. You are the hypocrite.

  • Yes you are mute to that. Below I argued that I also do not trust Palestinians to allow freedom of access to Jews for their holy sites and emphasised the importance that all religions be regarded as equal, regardless!

    Also who let the Jews back into Jerusalem? Ill give you a clue it was not the Christians!

    The nation-states of the Arab world are corrupt and ineffective and are perfect neighbours for Israel.

    No you're the hypocrite!

  • Don't give me hints about the past...history of the past centuries..in the middle ages is hard to prove now that the Muslims dug up and destroyed half of East Jerusalem, especially cemetaries and Jewish holy sites to make it seem that Jews didn't live in those days.

  • You do also realise that it was under Islamic rule that the Western Wall was restored. Under Christian rule it was a garbage site.

  • this comment is hysterical....why would the Muslims restore the Western Wall when they wouldn't even let the Jews visit the site. What a stupid comment

  • No what is completely hysterical is that you do not even acknowledge this FACT of history. One of the first things done once Jerusalem was ceded in authority to Muslims from the Crusaders was to restore the Mosque and conserve the Western Wall. The Ottoman Empire also undertook extensive works as under Christian control it was literally a garbage site.

  • Paul, I'm an idiot and you are brilliant, say you. Jordan blocked the Jews from the Western Wall though the law of the UN was that the area and the Mount considered International. They did this they as they tore up many Jewish holy places in E. Jerusalem. But you the bright one knew this and like me saw this happening. Yes, Moishe Dayan did demand the Jews, upon taking the city take down the Israeli flag they put up. Know it now. Not allowing Jews to the wall is part of why 1967 happened.

  • I dont understand your point, I am not talking about how the Jordan had blocked access to Jews in the past but how Israel blocks access to the majority of Muslims today.

    What is even more concerning is that it was wrong for Jordan to do this but you think that it is right for Israel to do the exact same thing! What is the difference?

    As I wrote before I make no excuses for the nation-states of the Middle East, like Israel they are corrupt, racist, brutal and absolutely fragile.

  • Hezbullah, Hamas and Iran are three fighters for truth to relieve the world of an evil infection. Today or tomorrow, there will be no israel.

  • Israel is the illegal child of the world. As the Quran has mentioned "truth shall prevail and falsehood perish", the shameless, hypocritical propaganda of Israel, some of which are exemplified in the comments below, is now naked in front of the public.

    The solution to the current problem in the middle east is only---the destruction of Israel and relocation of the Israeli jews to Europe, where they belonged to. All the conscious people of the world should be active to do that.

  • Considering the fact that European Jews came from Israel(Palestine) around 200-400 AD, long before the Palestinians were even a group of people and also before Arabs controlled the area, which occurred in 637-638 under Omar. May God Bless You All.

  • So your argument is that Jews left Israel around 200 CE and that between this time and 1948 this completely negates the history of another people! Idiot! You also forget to mention that since 3BCE Greek literature refers to Palestinians as the non-Jews of the area.

  • No, my friend. My point is that Israel has made moves to incorporate the Palestinians into their government, as well as other people. I don't see the Palestinians' allies (Egypt, Iran, etc.) doing the same. Recently, we all saw first hand that Egypt wants nothing to do with them, which is wrong. Meanwhile, Israel sends free supplies and welcomes them to join them in their multicultural state. May God Bless You, my friend.

  • Again I want you to tell me in all seriousness that in the Israeli Knesset there are Palestinian citizens!

    You do also realise in Iran there are Jewish representatives in their parliament.

    You're telling me that Israel is promoting a multi-cultural state! You idiot! It is a self-professed Jewish state you delusional fool.

  • There are Palestinians in the Israeli government, my friend. Also, Israel does promote a multi-cultural state by allowing different viewpoints in their state, as well as their government, like Palestinians, Armenians, Jews, Christians, Muslims, etc., which makes it a multi-cultural state.

  • There are no Palestinian citizens in the Israeli government! There are Israeli citizens of Arab origin!

    Israel allows opinion as long as it does not contradict its status as a "Jewish state". Now you tell me if Israel embraces a multi-cultural state, as you say it does, then why Armenians, Christians, Muslims are critical of Israel's own laws and institutions that discriminate on the basis of religion.

    You're talking to the wrong person if you think you can out-smart me.

  • Everyone is critical of something in their government, but Israel embraces that and attempts to change it, but it is unfortunately impossible to please everyone. Palestinians are in the Israeli government, which also means there are Arabs in the Israeli government, since Palestinians are Arabs. May God Bless You, my friend.

  • There are no Palestinians in the Israeli government. Everyone is the Knesset is an Israeli citizen and many Jews in Israel are of Arab origin and do not consider themselves Palestinians.

  • There are Palestinians in the Israeli government, my friend, just check for yourself, and that goes for anyone else. Also, Jews do not have Arab origin, Jews are an ethnic group, like Arabic is an ethnic group. That being said, Jews could have Arab ancestors, through marriage, but they do not have Arab origins, which the same can be said of Arabs. May God Bless You, my friend.

  • Palestinians who remained in 48 and actually got citizenship (Arab Israelis)are treated as 2nd class citizens, enclosed in tiny neighborhoods, not allowed to learn their own language or build homes, & then used by Israeli propaganda to say "Look, we are give them their rights." Newsflash: you don't "give" people rights out of the goodness of your heart, everyone has basic human rights that must be respected. Even if we ignore all this, what of all those dying & suffering because of Israel?

  • What did the world do, during the time of Hitler. The Muslims in Israel welcomed Rommel and his troops...look up the Grand Mufti of Jerusalem. The Balfour Declaration was payment to Jews by mandate for their help after WWI. After WWII they became very impatient. They had no safety net. They were as frightened as any people can be. They believed Palestine was theirs as much as

    any peoples of the area...Palestine was an area. The Palestine Post was not just for Muslims.

  • I was wondering how long it was going to take you to drop the H-word! OH WOE IS ME WHAT DID THE WORLD DO DURING HITLER! The Mufti is dead, he is irrelevant to this debate!

    Mandate? LOL! Do you even know what that means? Britain had no authority of possession over this land to give, it was administering it on behalf of the Palestinians.

  • Paulo...the H word is part of near history. What is happening today is a result of what happened in those days. You don't like it, it is too bad. Jews live today with some blaming them for Christs death. If you don't think the British had authority...fine I do. Discussion over.

  • Paulo, yes you are Portugese. Yes you are young. Yes you are biased and have taken up an argument at a particular point in time. I take up mine during my lifetime, which is before Israel was called Israel. Yes, I have left Bethlehem as has all of my family and many of my Christian friends. I went to Italy, then to the USA.  No personal vendatta. My family loves Jerusalem. I love my visits. I even love Portugal. Especially Lisbon and the Fado. I just don't like you.

  • I dont care if you like fado or not, you're too stupid to understand its beauty and complexity.

    I also dont believe your story - I know many Palestinian Christians and you're absolutely sick and twisted.

    Hopefully they take you out with the trash when they eventually solve the garbage problem in Naples.

  • So Hitler is the reason why Israel occupies Palestine and denies its people their freedom! I see now - it was so horrible what the Nazis did to the Jews so lets also commit another heinous crime against another people.

    Woe is me some whacko Christians blame Jews for the death of Christ! Is this your excuse for why over 5 million Palestinians are denied their freedom!

    Wow you're an idiot - arguing that colonists have control over lands they conquer. What about the Romans over Israel?

  • It's a sick and twisted world when people think it's legitimate for someone to "pay" with something that doesn't belong to them. Palestine was for the people who lived there and owned the land. You're right, not all of them were Muslims, some were Christian and some were Jewish and they lived in Harmony until Zionism messed it up. Israel was founded only for Jews and all those other people were killed, kicked out, & oppressed. And all this is ok to you because the Jews were "afraid".

  • it's amazing how many experts there are on Israel and don't even live here, most likely never even been here.

  • I agree 150%, and I have been there and the jews have no justification at all for what there doing to that land.

  • TRUE

  • Israel is the illegal child of the world. As the Quran has mentioned "truth shall prevail and falsehood perish", the shameless, hypocritical propaganda of Israel, some of which are exemplified in the comments below, is now naked in front of the public.

    The solution to the current problem in the middle east is only---the destruction of Israel and relocation of the Israeli jews to Europe, where they belonged to. All the conscious people of the world should be active to do that.

  • Ancestral land, that's funny, considering the Jews/Israelites were there at least 1,800 years before the Palestinians, or any Arab for that matter. May God Bless You All, my friends.

  • Notice that there are Palestinians that are not Muslim. Get that...know that. Remember that.

    Palestine was never a State.  It is not a State now, because they chose war over statehood.

  • Israel was also never a nation-state before 1948 but just like there are Palestinian people there were Israelites, albeit in biblical times.

    One of the largest Christian communities in the Arab world is in the Palestinian people, you think its coincidental that Israel and the USA have turned this into a Judaism vs Islam thing? Many members of Hamas are actually Christian but of course you never hear about that.

  • Israel was a nation-state long before 1948, but it was not known as that, since that conception of government is fairly recent. It was comparable to Egypt, Assyria, Babylon, etc., which none of which were nation-states. May God Bless You All, my friends.

  • Do you realise how stupid you sound! Your argument is Israel was a nation state in biblical times but no one knew it because it didnt exist back then and the concept is a new one! LOL!

    Why stop at Israel! Lets bring back the nation-state of Babylon! LOL!

  • I was saying that the concept of nation-state is a new conception, unlike empires, dynasties, city-state, etc., which have been a form of government for many centuries. May God Bless You, my friend.

  • And that is exactly my point you idiot - there was no state of Israel before 1948!

    Obviously your god has not blessed