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ISRAELI APARTHEID? A pro-Palestinian POV
This is the second of two points of view on the question of Israeli apartheid, as expressed at an Israeli Apartheid Week event at Ryerson University in Toronto, ...
Arabs living in Israel are not treated as 2nd class citizens. I lived in
Israel for 6 years, people don't care if you're Arab or Israel. It's
important to understand the reasons behind the walls and blockades before
calling Israel an "apartheid" state. I know it sounds cliche, but terrorism
(or what Palestinians call "resistance") is the reason for the separation.
Btw, between 1948-67, Gaza and the WB belonged to Egypt/Jordan, and neither
helped the refugees then. Were they apartheid states too?
Well, I'll say this: you act just like the Jews who I very much respect and
appreciate in the world. No wonder I confused you with them! Sorry about
that, but thank you for speaking up and putting your voice out there to be
counted. All the best to you, my orthodox christian Palestinian friend, and
also to the people of Palestine at home and abroad, and also the
Jewish/Israeli centrists and leftists who loathe the occupation and
rightfully bear the name "True Jews" for their heroic conscience!
I am an American Catholic with a secular leaning. I must say, I am
replenished after watching this video. People like this man here give me
hope for the future of the world. This is no zionist, but a true Jew who
lives the word of God (whether or not he believes in the religion) as a
function in his belief of the moral duty of lobbying for the dignity of
others. That is a person I can look up to, and who I admire for their
courage. From America, to whoever you are in this video...thank you
drivenbitch: ah ok, so you take issue with the ONLY real democratic system
in the middle east. its very ironic that the only place where there are
Arab parties are in Israel...but i doubt you care about iran or libya, or
saudi arabia, or jordan....nah see youre an anti-semite b/c you only care
about jews. in a an area where hundreds of millions of arabs live under
harsh totalitarian islamic nutcases, the only thing you care about are the
arab democratic parties in israel? go to hell
how are palestinians under israeli rule? in 2005 israel pulled out of gaza
compely and from dozens of towns in west bank in the last 10 years. there
is only palestinian rule there now so i guess people in this video are
either stupid or they like to go on demonstration for things they don't
understand. i suggest that before you post your ignorant POV here you do
sime reaserch on apparthide... black ppl in SA were not allowed to vote or
even marry white ppl. instead of hate, educate
Why is the destruction of Hama, Syria, which happened at the same time as
Sabra and Shatila and which killed 7,000 to 25,000 people was and still is
ignored by the media? Why with all the insanity going on in the Arab world,
such as cutting of hands, feet and heads, stoning to death in Saudi Arabia
and Iran, genocide, slavery, crucifixion in Sudan, Hamas introducing
crucifixion in Gaza, Iran following suit, "honor" killings in every Arab
country, all the emphasis is on Israel?
brabon1 your head is filled with racist propaganda. I have no tears for
Zionist colonizers. It is your aggression that will actually cause the end
of your "Israel." Sadly, not all historically rejected peoples get a
"homeland" for their troubles. We were sold out by our "leadership" who
went to the British and offered to solve their "Jewish problem." But then
those are facts, and facts do not interest you, only a sense of entitlement
and a brutish racism informs your thinking.
he says "3.5 million Palestinians have no voting rights"...you idiot, there
are 500 million Muslims right now living in the Middle east with no voting
rights...but who gives a shit about them, right? they havent been attacked
by israel or america... and he also talks about 'israeli military rule in
gaza"...what military rule? israel pulled out years ago, and the only thing
that resulted was a islamic talibanic terrorist state that only cares about
destroying the jewish people
I can't wait to see people like you just totally depressed the day that the
two-state solution is agreed upon by both Israelis and Palestinians. I hope
you post a video talking about how angry and sad you are. Please include in
it, if you can, crying and disheartened - maybe suicidal - settlers who are
so depressed they can't get up off the ground as they are removed from
places like Kiryat Arba and Gush Katif back into Israel (proper) by
government force. Can't wait to see!
lol ok, you want proof, i got it: libya - 6 million people Saudi Arabia -
30 million Sudan - 40 million Egypt - 81 million afghanistan - 33 million
syria - 20 million Iran - 70 million Algeria - 35 million Nigeria - 150
million Somalia - 10 million Oman - 2.5 million Mauritania - 3 million and
there you - thats about 500 million muslims, and they all live under
totalitarian rule, or atleast democratic shams where the real power is not
with the people..but of course, Israel!!
What does the media mean when it complains about hard lives of Israeli
Arabs, without a single example, but darkly hinting that "Arabs cannot be
equal in what is after all a Jewish state?" Why is the responsibility for
the Sabra and Shatila massacre placed on Israel and only on Israel, when
the massacre was done by Lebanese falange group? Why does the media say
that the massacre was perpetrated by Ariel Sharon, when in actuality it was
led by Shubeika?
President Carter has frequently reiterated the point that his "use of
'apartheid' does not apply to circumstances within Israel."[102] Regarding
the title of his book Carter has said: "It's not Israel. The book has
nothing to do with what's going on inside Israel which is a wonderful
democracy, you know, where everyone has guaranteed equal rights and where,
under the law, , Arabs and Jews who are Israelis have the same privileges
about Israel. 0
Did you notice that during the assault on Gaza, the Israeli government
suspended the right of Israel's Arab parties to run in the february
elections? They later reinstated that right, but during the period of
denial the Arab parties were unable to campaign. They had no connection to
what was going on in Gaza. Sheer racism. And you defend this as democracy?
I can tell you that you wouldn't tolerate that sort of nonsense in your own
country!
No one wants to "destroy the Jewish people" - IDIOT! The Jewish people, of
which I am one, are not all Zionists, nor are we all the Israeli
colonialists who occupy Arab land. Grow up, get a life, and face reality.
Jews behaving like Nazis, not an attractive sight. It was Jews who offered
to solve the "Jewish problem" of Europe by getting their hands on
Palestine. If THAT isn't anti-Semitism I don't know what is!
drivenbitch To say that the Jews act like Nazis is a childish and ignorant
statement. You either know nothing of what is happening in Israel or you
know nothing of what the Nazis did in Europe. Jews did not create the
Jewish problem. Looking for a place for Jews to go at that time is not
Anti-Semitism. Anti Semitism is beating a French Jewish boy who has nothing
to do with Israel on his way to school.
Why is the rising tide of Jew-hatred and violence all over the world almost
totally ignored? Why is Israel compared to apartheid South Africa or even
Nazi Germany, yet not a single Muslim country gets such comparisons? After
all, the situation in Sudan is far worse than in apartheid South Africa.
And with all the Jew-hatred in the Arab world and Iran, comparison with
Nazi Germany should be natural.
and, so that you know, palestinians do have voting rights - they officially
elected a terrorist group to control their interests - yet Fatah took
control by kicking them out! sounds like a muslim 'democracy' to me. if we
made a separatte state for them, it would fall apart in 1 year...theyre
practically already in a civil war, and they havent even gotten their own
state yet
Thank you for recognizing the difference between "Jew" and "Zionist." It is
an important distinction. Jews must stand up in large numbers in opposition
to Zionist neo-colonialism in the Middle East, in order to emphasize that
difference. Sadly, my husband, the man who made and posted this video, died
suddenly last September. He, too, would have appreciated your words.
Why is Israel held to a totally superhuman standard, a standard no human
can live up to, while Palestinians are held to a subhuman standard, when
they are quickly forgiven everything they do to Jews, to Christians, or to
each other? Does the media see Jews as human at all, or only as "bad guys"
in dramas media itself manufactures out of news?
Let's be honest here -- only Arabs who were grandfathered in are allowed to
be citizens. Palestinians were thrown out of their homes during the 1948
Nakba, murdered and chased from their land. Under the brutal occupation
they certainly suffer from Israeli apartheid. As a Jew, I believe it is
important to be honest about these matters.
muslims are pigs, and the anti christ. that is why our country has gone to
war with them. We blow them out of trees. They are also little monkeys
Palestinians are trying to steel Israel, and destroy All of Europe. The
islamification of Europe. NOte to Palestinians, if you pull that stuff in
europe, we will slaughter you all.
Brabon 1 - another deluded Zionist who thinks only Jews have suffered
throughout history and that unlike many others, Jews are entitled to take
land that the Jewish Book of Fairy Tales tells them they once inhabited.
What mental contortions it takes to spew this nonsense of his.
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CTF Confronts Red Ball Creator
The Luminato Festival in Toronto has taken $25 million from taxpayers during the past three years. A piece of "art" from this year's edition is an inflatable red ball ...
This guy gets paid 77,500 to go around to art shows and try to prove that
investing in the arts is absurd? How is that not more absurd? This 'artist'
probably has to write a proposal and compete against many others in the
fiercely competitive arts world to get whatever pittance he receives to
haul that stupid ball around. $25 million dollars over 3 years for a huge
arts festival is chump change. How many people were employed as a result of
this? How much does the festival generate for the city?
90% of all new businesses fail. Should the government stop investing in any
of them? I don't like taxes, nobody does. Man is a selfish beast. We are
more than happy to use the roads, parks, hospitals and myriad of other
things our tax dollars go towards, but if given the choice most would not
give any money to make these things happen. Society exists so that we can
do more. Is the system fair? No, those at the bottom and oddly those at the
top do not contribute as much as those in the middle.
More people were excited about that red ball than have seen this, I
promise. It was made by an American who has been invited to many cities
around the world to show this piece and observe the reaction. Congrats. You
reacted. Art made you feel. Luminato is an international festival, did you
also hate the Dutch dancers? Did you hate the Canadian's that will now go
to other countries to represent us? Cirque du Soliel who have brought
Canada a fortune? Also, hire someone who can read cue cards.
Why do you view Canadian art so negatively? Is it just because YOU have to
pay for it all by YOURself and the only thing YOUR money goes towards is
wasteful stupid crap? I am not, nor did I claim to be an artist. I
certainly have never received any money from the government and I do not
begrudge those that do. The reason it is YOU who should secede is because
YOU are the one who has issues with supporting Canadian culture. If YOU
don't like YOUR country, it is you who should leave.
Businesses that fail either fail because the gov't has screwed up the
economy / business, or because the businessperson is incompetent. Is the
system fair? No. Well that is why we are complaining. Because OUR money is
wasted. There is a world of difference between roads and big red balls by
the way, so don't try to make it sound like "everything is relative." By
the way, man is not a selfish beast. He or she may be selfish, but we are
not beasts.
We most certainly are beasts. Yes there is a world of difference between a
big red ball and building a highway. One has practical value and the other
merely aesthetic. If the government was spending an equal amount of money
on roads as they were on big red balls I might be concerned. the reality is
closer to 100 billion on infrastructure and 0.5 billion on culture. All
things may not be relative but neither are all things equal.
If something is such a great idea, it can survive on its own, they don't
need to steal money from me in order to get it off the ground. I am not
arguing that these things don't make money, eventually (and most don't), I
am opposed to my money being stolen. But of course you will say that taxes
are a good thing, and the gov't has the right to take 1/2 a year's pay to
fund all their programs, etc.
I've travelled all over the world, seen and read art from all over the
world, art from all throughout history. When the gov't subsidizes these
politically correct works, the result is always the same. Vastly inferior
"art." Whether it be literature or whatever. Canadian art is boring,
cliched, pretentious, politically correct drivel, and an abominable waste
of taxpayer money.
You don't know what my money goes for, and even if it did go for "wasteful
stupid crap," that would be MY business, because it's MY money, as opposed
to the money that goes to support this garbage "art." I don't steal money
to pay for my "wasteful stupid crap," - I don't expect anyone else to pay
for my "wasteful stupid crap" - so why should I have to pay for someone
elses.
Such a cliche. The poor, suffering, - cynical, socialist, secretively
sensitive artist. Most art doesn't stink, just Canadian art. And how
typical - if I don't like getting robbed, I can always leave. How about if
the artists, who can't survive without MY money, secede. That makes more
sense. But of course making sense isn't fashionable is it.
Because you are a Canadian. If that is unacceptable, I suggest you secede
from Canada and establish CPSSucksistan where there are no taxes and most
certainly no state sponsored art. As for Canadian art stinking, most art
stinks. Fortunately some of it is good enough to make enduring the rest
bearable, much like humanity in general.
Canadian "artists" / 'writers" are pathetic, and produce abominable and
ghastly pieces of garbage. That's what happens when you are government
funded and everything is paid for by the extorted taxpayer, and everything
is controlled by politically correct socialists.
When it started out. Now it's an international mega juggernaunt of money
making goodness. Go figure, investing in 'weird artsy crap' can actually
pay off. I know, I know how could something someone like you doesn't
approve of succeed? It boggles the mind.
Meanwhile, parents are forced to give up their children because they can't
afford to care for them, and the state says they must give up custody if
they want them cared for. (See Toronto Star: 'No one should be forced to
give up their child.')
You of course would have no problem if I stapled an "I'm a moron" sign to
your forehead. That's freedom of expression isn't it? What if I wrote "this
house sucks" on your house in spray paint? That should be totally
acceptable shouldn't it?
Kurt Perschke is a douche bag. He has scammed multiple communities out of
tax dollars and should be exposed, prosecuted and serve some time in jail
(after he reimburses the money he has stolen)
I should secede because I don't like being robbed to pay for garbage art -
that makes a lot of sense. Maybe I should be charged with a hate crime, too.
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