Comments on: Journalists Harassed in Israel http://www.robertsharp.co.uk/2006/01/23/journalists-harassed-in-israel/ Everyone has a right to my opinions Tue, 06 Jan 2009 23:39:44 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7 hourly 1 By: Antibush http://www.robertsharp.co.uk/2006/01/23/journalists-harassed-in-israel/comment-page-1/#comment-41799 Antibush Fri, 16 Feb 2007 08:12:08 +0000 http://www.robertsharp.co.uk/?p=123#comment-41799 Bush and the Republicans were not protecting us on 9-11, and we aren't a lot safer now. We may be more afraid due to george bush, but are we safer? Being fearful does not necessarily make one safer. Fear can cause people to hide and cower. What do you think? Why has bush turned our country from a country of hope and prosperity to a country of belligerence and fear. Are we safer today than we were before? We have lost friends and influenced no one. No wonder most of the world thinks we suck. Thanks to what george bush has done to our country during the past three years, we do! Bush and the Republicans were not protecting us on 9-11, and we aren’t a lot safer now. We may be more afraid due to george bush, but are we safer? Being fearful does not necessarily make one safer. Fear can cause people to hide and cower. What do you think? Why has bush turned our country from a country of hope and prosperity to a country of belligerence and fear.
Are we safer today than we were before?
We have lost friends and influenced no one. No wonder most of the world thinks we suck. Thanks to what george bush has done to our country during the past three years, we do!

]]> By: Intifada Kid http://www.robertsharp.co.uk/2006/01/23/journalists-harassed-in-israel/comment-page-1/#comment-205 Intifada Kid Wed, 25 Jan 2006 10:18:58 +0000 http://www.robertsharp.co.uk/?p=123#comment-205 Robert, Thanks for drawing attention to the plight of one of the most overlooked of groups - Palestinian citizens of Israel. I share your assessment that whether Hamas and other Palestinian factions choose a violent or non-violent political struggle depends largely on the actions of their Israeli occupiers, (although I think the travel ban on journalists is pretty mundane when compared to Israel's active policy of assassinations, air strikes, home demolitions etc) but it will also be based on the efficacy of international peaceful protest against the Israeli occupation and whether or not the international community can finally bring itself to pressure Israel to return to negotiations with the Palestinian leadership, evacuate its illegal settlements (colonies) on Palestinian land and end the occupation. p.s: Since the Arab minority living in Israel is part of the indigenous Palestinian people, the preferred term is 'Palestinian citizens of Israel'. Robert,

Thanks for drawing attention to the plight of one of the most overlooked of groups - Palestinian citizens of Israel. I share your assessment that whether Hamas and other Palestinian factions choose a violent or non-violent political struggle depends largely on the actions of their Israeli occupiers, (although I think the travel ban on journalists is pretty mundane when compared to Israel’s active policy of assassinations, air strikes, home demolitions etc) but it will also be based on the efficacy of international peaceful protest against the Israeli occupation and whether or not the international community can finally bring itself to pressure Israel to return to negotiations with the Palestinian leadership, evacuate its illegal settlements (colonies) on Palestinian land and end the occupation.
p.s: Since the Arab minority living in Israel is part of the indigenous Palestinian people, the preferred term is ‘Palestinian citizens of Israel’.

]]> By: Pickled Politics » Israel’s forgotten citizens http://www.robertsharp.co.uk/2006/01/23/journalists-harassed-in-israel/comment-page-1/#comment-204 Pickled Politics » Israel’s forgotten citizens Tue, 24 Jan 2006 15:26:06 +0000 http://www.robertsharp.co.uk/?p=123#comment-204 [...] Robert Sharp makes an important point with relevance to the upcoming Palestinian elections. One group of people who get very little attention in the Middle-East are the Arab citizens of Israel. One in five Israelis are Arabs, but as either Muslims or Christians they are effectively second-class citizens in what is, after all, a Jewish State. Even if a utopian reconciliation between the Israelis and the Palestinians were to take place, a two-state solution would still leave discrimmination of Arab Israelis unaddressed. They say a democracy is judged by how it treats its most vunerable minorities. What does this say about Israel’s continuing claim to be a strong democracy when it continues to harass journalists and arbitarily hands out injunctions? [...] [...] Robert Sharp makes an important point with relevance to the upcoming Palestinian elections. One group of people who get very little attention in the Middle-East are the Arab citizens of Israel. One in five Israelis are Arabs, but as either Muslims or Christians they are effectively second-class citizens in what is, after all, a Jewish State. Even if a utopian reconciliation between the Israelis and the Palestinians were to take place, a two-state solution would still leave discrimmination of Arab Israelis unaddressed. They say a democracy is judged by how it treats its most vunerable minorities. What does this say about Israel’s continuing claim to be a strong democracy when it continues to harass journalists and arbitarily hands out injunctions? [...]

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