Disqus Comments

ewljr • 5 years ago

AIPAC & AIC sound like the pot calling the kettle black. It sounds like the author of the opinion, Noah Seigel, may be the terrorist instead of those he labelled... Working in the State Department (Hillary/Kerry) during the Obama cabal indicates he is a RABID left-wing globalist terrorist seeking to destroy the government of both the United States AND Israel...

"I know this because I made the case for his ban. In 2009, I was a U.S. Foreign Service officer in Tel Aviv fulfilling a tour in consular services. One of my duties was serving on the “Visas Viper” committee, an interagency working group at the embassy that evaluated individual cases in the country for potential threats to U.S. citizens. The committee consisted of field officers from the major intelligence agencies, including the State and Defense departments, CIA and FBI. With a majority of agency field officers in support at post, the committee generated requests to State Department headquarters. In concert with the other major agencies, Washington would respond with a security advisory opinion — a sort of no-fly list for visas."

Diana Boxall • 5 years ago

People tend to think that this conflict between Jews and Muslims is recent. It isnt. In the early 20th century there was a major outbreak of violence (again!) between these two parties and Balfour had to step in to try and ease the situation. Basically the Arabs were totally opposed to the creation of a Jewish state. I have recently read a completely apolitical and even handed history of Jerusalem, starting from 3000 years ago to the present day. The Temple mount has been a contentious issue not only between Islam and Judaism but also Christianity almost since it was first established. The situation should be left to the parties concerned - i.e Isreali Jews and Muslims and also Jordan who is responsible for the integrity of the site. I will probably annoy a lot of people here, but one thing that does need to be thought about is that most of the Palestinians are native to the area, but a great many Jews and Christians are fairly recent immigrants that are still coming in. And to be fair, it doesn't matter what you believe about the God given right to the land, how many of us would give up land that had been in our families for centuries just because a group of foreigners said God had promised it to them? It is also interesting that some European Jews are not directly descended from the original Jews who left during the diaspora. There is a book called the Thirteenth Tribe which gives a very interesting history of one branch of European Jews. The situation is not being handled well with many Palestinians being treated by the IDF in a similar manner to the way many European Jews were treated, and no one will ever convince me that this is the right way for people to be treated. If they have no hope, then they will - as the Jews eventually did - turn to what they feel is their only option - insurrection and violence. Remember the Irgun and the bombing the the King David Hotel? The Americans - and particulary Trump have interfered in this area for far too long. Hard as it may be, in the end the parties must try and sort it out for themselves.

Isahiah62 • 5 years ago

USA Democrats JEWS need to BUTT OUT of Israel elections. They understand nothing about living in Israel and surrounded by and fully infiltrated by muslims.

KAHANE WAS RIGHT- and instead of calling him a "racist" & "criminal" (like they do to Trump), if Israel had only done the separation, many, many, many, lives could have been saved.. Imagine and Israel with fewer daily stabbings, no bulldozers trucks or cars intentionally mowing down pedestrians? less 'workplace violence" , fewer bombs in pizza shops, a country where Jews can pray at their own holy place without muslims sitting atop them throwing rocks or being arrested by other Jews?? Where Jordan, 77% was enough and not Gaza now a rocket launching terror state on the border, a place Jews ethnic cleansed other Jews from?

Steve Allen • 5 years ago

It is disgusting to see an American organization, AIPAC, take sides on the Israeali political scene . How many AIPAC people have family living in Israel? Why cannot they realize that interfering in the internal affairs of another nation, especially Israel, should never be done? It is the Israelis who defend Israel with their lives, send their sons/daughters to the front line facing terrorist regimes. And it is Israelis who are killed indisciminately by terrorists on the streets of Israel. NO AMERICAN ORGANIZATION SHOULD HAVE ANYTHING TO SEE ABOUT THE GOVERNMENT OF ISRAEL BUT SHOULD SUPPORT ANY GOVERNMENT ELECTED BY THE iSRAELIS. If these AIPAC people (an I heard, also ADL) really want to influence the gov. of Israel, then MOVE to Israel and be part of the political scene there.

lesrun5k • 5 years ago

Well said ,AIPAC needs to support Israel / Jews but not try to influence outcome of the elections.

henri lewkowicz • 5 years ago

so you can turn Israel into a Theocracy .....very close to Fascism which would be contrary to the will of Israel FOUNDING fathers , which were all SOCIAUX DEMOCRATS . IN WHICH case Israel woud loose sa reason d etre ......P S
WITHOUT the support of American JEWS , I SRAEL WILL NOT LAST ....
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Mike • 5 years ago

Labor Zionists were certainly the largest factional group, but there were also General Zionists, Religious Zionists and non-zionists (e.g. Agudat Israel who supported a Jewish state but did not want to affiliate with any zionist executive), none of whom could be accurately called social democrats.