tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11368628.post5752410236072502030..comments2024-03-28T15:52:07.345-04:00Comments on Daniel Greenfield / Sultan Knish Articles at DanielGreenfield.org : A Leftist Farce Plays in Tel AvivDaniel Greenfieldhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13575285186581875356noreply@blogger.comBlogger18125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11368628.post-26722463814424212312011-08-18T07:36:50.126-04:002011-08-18T07:36:50.126-04:00Hi,
Brother, as an Israeli that is obeserving and...Hi,<br /><br />Brother, as an Israeli that is obeserving and taking part in the demostration I have to tell you that you are misreading the situation, it is not even close to what you are describing. <br />It is not a leftist protest. Its not. If I had to guess I`d say its around 50/50. There is not connection to left or right, its all about the cose of living.<br /><br />And man, lowering prices by lowaring population density ? Wrong wrong wrong. We have to conserve the small open spaces that we have a make the cities bigger. Whats wrong with high buildingings ? That way we can drop house prices and still stay close to work eliminating some of our horrific traffic.<br /><br />You know, Im a right winger myself. I have really strong ideas regarding how exactly we should deal with our hostile nighbours but you using this protest to just twist reality isnt adding us alot of respect.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11368628.post-19960858692027797962011-08-12T14:35:58.568-04:002011-08-12T14:35:58.568-04:00You really don't see the difference between se...You really don't see the difference between securing the 1967 borders and the 1948 borders?<br /><br />Security is having the high ground and control of unstable areas inside and near your borders.<br /><br />Soon that's likely to include the Sinai.<br /><br />But that's crazy talk, of course. The sane thing to do is pull back to the 48 borders and then everything will be fine. Just like it was in 1948.<br /><br />The less territory Israel has, the more secure it will be. And once Arab snipers are operating in East Jerusalem again-- then the security will be off the charts.<br /><br />But it will the fault of those damn settlers.Daniel Greenfieldhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13575285186581875356noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11368628.post-14638378982239740312011-08-12T13:21:32.759-04:002011-08-12T13:21:32.759-04:00Your logic implies that you need to be in Iran, Le...Your logic implies that you need to be in Iran, Lebanon ,Syria and Gaza to secure Israel from all those. Security is more than soldiers and weapons and even Hezbollah knows that the strength of Israel is in its society. <br />The settler "bashing" is the result of arrogance that was tamed only once by Arik Sharon when he pulled out of Gaza. Everybody knows that Israel cannot control the territories not because the Americans don't want it but because it is bad for Israel.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11368628.post-86094245499511179772011-08-12T12:47:24.279-04:002011-08-12T12:47:24.279-04:00Totally OT and no offense whatsoever but why does ...Totally OT and no offense whatsoever but why does it seem that some (many?) people in TA seem to think being Israeli is beneath them?<br /><br />Basing my reaction strictly on BiBi's appearance on the old PBS TV show The Advocate the second he was described as "an Israeli" he cocked his head to the side and rolled his eyes as if to say, "Oh, puh-lease." Maybe a BiBi-ism but it came across as implying that he can speak with authority on the Middle East because he was an Israeli but his body language gave the impression that being an Israeli was beneath him.<br /><br /><br />As for the housing situation---if Tel Aviv follows the lead of La La Land in the US wouldn't they move further and further into the forests so to speak? In LA the worst they'll encounter are bears what happens when the people in TA move outward?<br /><br />Or is TA a great place that too many people are flocking to and simply needs more housing?<br /><br />Maybe it's better as a resort community.<br /><br />In any event it sounds terribly complex--right of return, aliyah, immigration control, lack of affordable housing...what a mess.Keli Atahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05089132216830000713noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11368628.post-49155027785035815912011-08-12T10:38:31.869-04:002011-08-12T10:38:31.869-04:00So letting Hamas take over Gaza did not take away ...So letting Hamas take over Gaza did not take away any security?<br /><br />And pullouts and appeasements haven't ushered in the utopia without service.<br /><br />For that matter the Lebanon situation has gotten much worse and much bloodier since Barak's pullout.<br /><br />Ditto for Gaza. It's almost like the settler bashing thing isn't a solution.<br /><br />Really settler government? Tell it to the people who can hardly build a outhouse without having the authorities descend on them.Daniel Greenfieldhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13575285186581875356noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11368628.post-27914578814484047002011-08-12T10:32:04.706-04:002011-08-12T10:32:04.706-04:00Daniel Greenfield,
Gilad Shalit was capturd beca...Daniel Greenfield, <br />Gilad Shalit was capturd because Hamas is an inhuman organization not because Israel pulled out of that area. Staying there would have cost us more cases like Shalit without any extra security. I am sorry to tell you that army duty and for considerable period is still on and not likely to be shortened in the near future. <br />The real threat to Israel is the social gaps and the pervasive feeling that those who shoulder the burden are not counted and do not have representation in this Hardi- Settler- pro rich government. <br />I read your blog because it is interesting and most of time also informative. In the case of Israel I think that your sources are a bit one-sided.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11368628.post-85476153062615018692011-08-12T01:53:47.258-04:002011-08-12T01:53:47.258-04:00Right, because pulling out of Lebanon and Gaza sur...Right, because pulling out of Lebanon and Gaza sure ended army duty. <br /><br />Who's paying the price for that? Gilad Shalit for one. And the citizens of Sderot.<br /><br />How's that working out for you?Daniel Greenfieldhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13575285186581875356noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11368628.post-12557651914811712962011-08-12T01:49:50.762-04:002011-08-12T01:49:50.762-04:00This writer wants the settlements in the West Bank...This writer wants the settlements in the West Bank, Israel to be swamped by Arabs and citizens on army duty for the rest of their lives. Everything that threatens the progress to this future is "leftist" "weak" and so on. If he was living in Israel and had to pay the real price of his vision he might have been more realistic and accurate in his analysisAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11368628.post-23121820240216742472011-08-11T16:04:49.920-04:002011-08-11T16:04:49.920-04:00Having been in Israel for the last three weeks and...Having been in Israel for the last three weeks and observed the Rothschild protests and the mass demonstrations at first hand - as well as watching the incredibly biased Israel media - I can confirm that Daneil has got hsi analysis absolutely spot-on here.Mark Wrighthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14634542433903164227noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11368628.post-68719516049348743122011-08-10T16:10:17.275-04:002011-08-10T16:10:17.275-04:00Sultan, as usual right on the mark!
When you look ...Sultan, as usual right on the mark!<br />When you look at the people's comments in the secular Israeli news and see their names there is an amazing social truth: all the left supporters have names of little children: Naftush, Arielush, Tzipile, what is this a society of infantiles who never grew up out of their endearing childhood.<br />I wonder if the government comes with housing in the Negev, maybe Sderot or Netivot, will they jump on the offer?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11368628.post-73969898707510481432011-08-10T09:00:51.856-04:002011-08-10T09:00:51.856-04:00I'm by far not a fan of the political class in...I'm by far not a fan of the political class in general, included the center and the right. <br />But according to me this post-modern left is the ugliest and most rotten political worm ever seen in human history. It smells like a dead corpse. The way it sucks up on its victims like a leech is nauseous and morally abhorrent. They don't feel any remorse for slowly devouring, eroding and finally killing in a slow painful death their own same people. Their thirst for power, hidden behind the mask or redistributing power to the same people they ruin like a metastatic cancer, is enormous. In italy they own everything, from media to judiciary to university down to state schools. In europe, the same. They have reduced the people into chronic dependence on state welfare. People are loosing morality, individual freedoms and mental capacities. I might "sound" like Breivik, but will never turn to the hideous violent methods of the left that he finally applied. <br />Furthermore, in italy the catholic religion has blended greatly with the post-modern left, leading to the nasty mix called catto-communism. <br /> <br /><br />I hope that Jews will have a more superior stand on this and survive the dangerous left metastasis.<br /><br />Fed.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11368628.post-68023893264536628152011-08-10T07:32:24.505-04:002011-08-10T07:32:24.505-04:00Some more students for a PhD at some marxist unive...Some more students for a PhD at some marxist university in moscow or anywhere else in europe.<br /><br />And I hope that the rest of the Jews in Israel (but also in the rest of the world) have not forgotten their history and given up their unique free spirit and independent mentality in "favor" of leftist "assistance".<br /><br />Fed.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11368628.post-85286812922224875212011-08-10T07:06:38.219-04:002011-08-10T07:06:38.219-04:00Great article, but, as a theater reviewer, I must ...Great article, but, as a theater reviewer, I must take you to task for your use of the very specific theatrical term "farce." You make no insinuations involving slamming doors, far-fetched situations, sexual innuendo or physical humor.<br /><br />Anyhow, I'm trying to build your readership among my base within the Philadelphia Jewish community. Here's the link to my teaser about this piece: http://www.examiner.com/jewish-culture-in-philadelphia/greenfield-mocks-out-of-touch-leftists-at-protests-over-housing-tel-avivPhiladelphia Jewish Culture Examiner (Adam Taxin)http://www.examiner.com/jewish-culture-in-philadelphia/adam-taxinnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11368628.post-75714262197043278482011-08-10T02:55:43.706-04:002011-08-10T02:55:43.706-04:00I didn't say Netanyahu was affected, but the c...I didn't say Netanyahu was affected, but the crony capitalism is still there. It would be worse under K.Daniel Greenfieldhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13575285186581875356noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11368628.post-74758431513272018962011-08-10T02:54:17.539-04:002011-08-10T02:54:17.539-04:00Do understand me well, I do not in any manner advo...Do understand me well, I do not in any manner advocate Kadima or lefter G'd forbid, but where do you get the info that the present government is or favours cartels. The building scandals and corruption affected Sharon and Olmert(previous govrnments? So far no Nethanyahu implications in any of this.mindRiderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12160934421830568737noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11368628.post-40967795678602848922011-08-10T02:52:43.981-04:002011-08-10T02:52:43.981-04:00It's not a defining moment, it's a circus ...It's not a defining moment, it's a circus run by the left for its own agenda.<br /><br />It won't bring reform, no popular protests can do that in a system run a small clique. Especially when that same clique is behind the protests.Daniel Greenfieldhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13575285186581875356noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11368628.post-61122654664712677222011-08-10T01:23:41.124-04:002011-08-10T01:23:41.124-04:00the cartels are the government
putting Kadima in ...the cartels are the government<br /><br />putting Kadima in power would only make that worse<br /><br />the problem is the system is corrupt and always has been, I don't see an easy fix for thatDaniel Greenfieldhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13575285186581875356noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11368628.post-38948676697503552552011-08-10T01:06:57.685-04:002011-08-10T01:06:57.685-04:00For a moment not taking the political part of the ...For a moment not taking the political part of the demonstrations in consideration.....the cost of living prices are ridiculously high in Israel and if the protesters could get the government to break the very obvious cartels & price fixings they would help the system of free competition. This might not get the rental price for apartments in TA down but would help the really over burdened middle class. Of course the problem of having to sustain a water-headed but regrettably necessary security apparatus, even with American aid, is a financial hassle that has burdened the country's tax system and with it the prices for consumer goods since it's re-birth.mindRiderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12160934421830568737noreply@blogger.com