Comments on: The Times of London offers a breath of fresh air over Israel http://www.robinshepherdonline.com/the-times-of-london-offers-a-breath-of-fresh-air-over-israel/ Think Tank Blog: The online repository of articles on anti-Zionism and civilisational decline by analyst Robin Shepherd Tue, 07 Sep 2010 13:54:13 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.2 By: Andrew http://www.robinshepherdonline.com/the-times-of-london-offers-a-breath-of-fresh-air-over-israel/#comment-603 Andrew Fri, 18 Sep 2009 19:26:15 +0000 http://www.robinshepherdonline.com/?p=1156#comment-603 It would be useful if someone drew up a list of life-saving Israeli technologies (or those developed from Israeli technology and knowledge) that are widely used around the world to remind those ignoramuses who are clamoring for boycotts against Israel that they would have to forgo their use as well. It would be useful if someone drew up a list of life-saving Israeli technologies (or those developed from Israeli technology and knowledge) that are widely used around the world to remind those ignoramuses who are clamoring for boycotts against Israel that they would have to forgo their use as well.

]]> By: Proud Zionist http://www.robinshepherdonline.com/the-times-of-london-offers-a-breath-of-fresh-air-over-israel/#comment-579 Proud Zionist Thu, 17 Sep 2009 17:30:03 +0000 http://www.robinshepherdonline.com/?p=1156#comment-579 The Times is so hypocritical though, did you see how they covered the Goldstone report yesterday? Hamas rockets were "possibly" war crimes! The Times is so hypocritical though, did you see how they covered the Goldstone report yesterday? Hamas rockets were “possibly” war crimes!

]]> By: Gábor Fränkl http://www.robinshepherdonline.com/the-times-of-london-offers-a-breath-of-fresh-air-over-israel/#comment-576 Gábor Fränkl Thu, 17 Sep 2009 16:23:55 +0000 http://www.robinshepherdonline.com/?p=1156#comment-576 At least one bit of good news in the cacophony At least one bit of good news in the cacophony

]]> By: Joshua http://www.robinshepherdonline.com/the-times-of-london-offers-a-breath-of-fresh-air-over-israel/#comment-574 Joshua Thu, 17 Sep 2009 13:16:12 +0000 http://www.robinshepherdonline.com/?p=1156#comment-574 "Such inconvenient truths, however, mean little to those for whom demonising Israel has become an obsession" Mark Steyn put it best in 2006: "For centuries, Jews were viewed as sinister wandering rootless cosmopolitan figures of no national allegiance. So they became a conventional sovereign state and now they’re hated for that. The standard defense is that it’s not anti-Semitic to criticize Israeli policies, but, as Miss Campbell’s letter suggests, what’s being questioned is not Israel’s policies but the right of Israel to have policies, especially on national security. If, say, some fellows in Mexico had kidnapped California State Troopers and were lobbing rockets randomly into residential areas of San Diego and Los Angeles, even La-La-Land libs would be demanding the US respond. It’s only the Israelis the world wishes to deny the conventional rights of sovereignty. In other words, it’s the legitimacy of the state that’s at issue. In effect, Israel has become the geopolitical version of the European Jew who’s allowed to operate a store in the town but not to exercise full ownership rights: in the old days, Jews faced property restrictions; now they face sovereignty restrictions." http://www.melaniephillips.com/diary/?p=1309 “Such inconvenient truths, however, mean little to those for whom demonising Israel has become an obsession”

Mark Steyn put it best in 2006:

“For centuries, Jews were viewed as sinister wandering rootless cosmopolitan figures of no national allegiance. So they became a conventional sovereign state and now they’re hated for that. The standard defense is that it’s not anti-Semitic to criticize Israeli policies, but, as Miss Campbell’s letter suggests, what’s being questioned is not Israel’s policies but the right of Israel to have policies, especially on national security. If, say, some fellows in Mexico had kidnapped California State Troopers and were lobbing rockets randomly into residential areas of San Diego and Los Angeles, even La-La-Land libs would be demanding the US respond. It’s only the Israelis the world wishes to deny the conventional rights of sovereignty. In other words, it’s the legitimacy of the state that’s at issue. In effect, Israel has become the geopolitical version of the European Jew who’s allowed to operate a store in the town but not to exercise full ownership rights: in the old days, Jews faced property restrictions; now they face sovereignty restrictions.”

http://www.melaniephillips.com/diary/?p=1309

]]> By: Mailman http://www.robinshepherdonline.com/the-times-of-london-offers-a-breath-of-fresh-air-over-israel/#comment-572 Mailman Thu, 17 Sep 2009 11:47:32 +0000 http://www.robinshepherdonline.com/?p=1156#comment-572 And this from the cif! http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2009/sep/16/richard-goldstone-report-israel-gaza?commentpage=2 Whats the world coming to? Although, business as usual in the comments! Mailman And this from the cif!

http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2009/sep/16/richard-goldstone-report-israel-gaza?commentpage=2

Whats the world coming to? Although, business as usual in the comments!

Mailman

]]> By: Jonathan Hoffman http://www.robinshepherdonline.com/the-times-of-london-offers-a-breath-of-fresh-air-over-israel/#comment-571 Jonathan Hoffman Thu, 17 Sep 2009 11:39:07 +0000 http://www.robinshepherdonline.com/?p=1156#comment-571 Thanks. What a contrast with today's Guardian editorial which describes Israel as 'the tail wagging the dog'. This reeks of the Walt/Mearsheimer conspiracy theory that the "Israel Lobby" (wink wink) controls US foreign policy. Whoever wrote it knew perfectly well what s/he was doing. http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2009/sep/17/israel-arabs-housing Thanks.

What a contrast with today’s Guardian editorial which describes Israel as ‘the tail wagging the dog’. This reeks of the Walt/Mearsheimer conspiracy theory that the “Israel Lobby” (wink wink) controls US foreign policy.

Whoever wrote it knew perfectly well what s/he was doing.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2009/sep/17/israel-arabs-housing

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