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Israel - Love it or leave it
By Bradley Burston

I am one of the lucky ones. I live here.

Every day, I receive a letter from someone telling me to leave the country. Day in and day out, someone takes the trouble to tell me that I don't belong here. Once a day, someone from Texas, or Ramallah, from a settlement in Samaria or from Boro Park in Brooklyn, finds the energy and the need to let me know that I have no business being here.

But this is my home. This is where I belong.

There are those - knowing themselves to be more Jewish than I will ever be, more genuinely, wholeheartedly Zionist than I could ever aspire to becoming, more anti-compromise, anti-surrender, pro-settlement, pro-Total War On The Palestinians than I am likely to one day turn - who tell me that, for the sake of the future of the Jewish state, I should move immediately to the Arab nation of my choice.

Many of these people live half a world away.

There are those - knowing themselves to be more pro-Palestinian than I will ever be, more sagely critical of Israeli policy than I could hope to be, more permanently, effortlessly, irreproachably right-on than I have ever in my life been, who will tell me that I should give it up and let it go, that it's only a matter of time before the land I stole reverts to its rightful owner.

These letters, as well, come from exotic foreign lands, places like New Zealand, New Delhi, New Mexico.

The people who care enough to tell me to clear out, have a special bond with this place, this Holy Land, this incubator and nursing home for grand dreams. Each of them has a grand dream for this place, Greater Israel, Greater Palestine, one nation, under God, from sea to shining stream.

I am one of the lucky ones. My dreams are no longer grand. I live here. And that is more than enough.

I have seen the nobility in the small gesture of true humanity. I have seen the miracle of the Arab who sees the Jew as a fellow human being, and the Jew who sees the Arab the same way.

The ultrazionists who worship at the altar of Greater Israel are convinced that I don't belong here, that I defile this place with my doubts, my defeatism, my lack of commitment to the Cause, which is to say, my belief in moderation.

The Lawrence of Arabia types who worship at the altar of Israel-hate are no less convinced that I have no business being here, that I'm a foreign presence, a living, breathing expression of obsolete colonialism, an exponent of an occupation they equate with history's foremost campaigns of genocide.

I'm one of the lucky ones. I'm convinced they're wrong.

Look at this face, the unruly features, the hood on the eyes, the incurable tangles in my hair, the long knot of a nose. Palestinian Gazans I have known are unanimous in agreement: It is the face of an Arab. Perhaps an Iraqi. Moroccan Israelis I have known are every bit as certain: It is the face of a Mizrachi, a Jew from the East. Perhaps an Iraqi.

This is my home. When it is daytime here, it is the middle of the night in the place I was born.

I grew up in California, an anomaly among the fair of straight locks and the ocean blue of eye. These bones of mine were not from the Pacific rim. These gangly hands, this, in Hollywood terms, misshapen face, belonged to another place. Long ago, so long ago that no one could trace it, these bones were dragged from the Holy Land, perhaps first to Rome, later probably to Spain, then to White Russia, and finally to Ventura Boulevard and Laurel Canyon.

I was one of the lucky ones.

My father got out of his home town in what is now Belarus. A few years later, the Nazis came and killed all the remaining Jews before they could be sent to a concentration camp.

I was one of the lucky ones. My in-laws survived Auschwitz, came here and survived the 1948 war, so that their daughter could become my family and I hers.

I was one of the lucky ones. Had my birthday been April 24, I would have had to go to Vietnam, for two years. As it happened, my birthday was the next day. According to the rules of the surreal lottery in place at the time, I was exempt from service.

I was a kid there when Vietnam began. I used to collect bumper stickers, one of which read "America - Love It or Leave It."

I still have it. I loved America with all my heart, but I took the sticker with me when I left.

I learned a lot when I came to Israel. I learned to envy extremists. I learned that they were pleased no matter what calamities befell the rest of us, that whatever happened shored up their belief in the infallibility of their belief systems, that whatever happened only deepened their remarkable love of themselves.

After a few years, I found myself in uniform. I was one of the lucky ones. I served with commanders who risked their lives and used every ounce of their creativity to prevent injury to civilians, and who saw to it that all of those under their command treated Palestinians and Lebanese with humanity.

You'll never read about them. They are true heroes.

I was one of the lucky ones. Year after year I served, and year after year I came back to my family.

That October that I moved to Israel, I left my grand dreams behind. I figured I would give it a year. At the end of that year, I decided to give it one more year. And every year, in October, I make the same decision.

Something has changed this year, though. I don't know why, but this Independence week, I don't envy the extremists anymore. The fanatics can have their dreams, as well as their eventual, inevitable disillusionment, their disappointment with their own leaders, with reality, with history, with their own once-all-consuming love of themselves.

This my home. It is a place where everything is either much better or much worse than you expect, but is never what you expect.

In 20 years, or perhaps 200, this land will be carved up between the Israelis on our side and the Palestinians on the other. The grand dreams of today's fanatics will be catalogued, archived. There will be a peace that no one loves, but that most of us can live with.

Those who cannot, who are too pure for that peace, too certain of their own private reality, will probably think about leaving.

The lucky ones among us, will live to see that peace.

Me, I've decided to give it one more year.



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  1.   A STUPID ISRAEL CAN BE MORE USEFUL 09:47  |  indrajaya 23/04/07
  2.   the view from your old home 09:48  |  Dave 23/04/07
  3.   Love it or leave it is a fascist mentality 09:51  |  Khalid 23/04/07
  4.   OK !`MCOMING HOME. 09:58  |  akiva P 23/04/07
  5.   Stay put buddy! 09:59  |  Nerys 23/04/07
  6.   Burston, and all others are free to leave NOW 10:00  |  Clickfool 23/04/07
  7.   Mr. Burston: please tell us more about those heroes 10:08  |  Cipora Julianna Kohn 23/04/07
  8.   I live here. And that is more than enough. 10:09  |  Zev 23/04/07
  9.   Bradley Burston wears crimson shoes 10:18  |  Clickfool 23/04/07
  10.   #3, Khalid: where are the Arab humanists? 10:18  |  Cipora Julianna Kohn 23/04/07
  11.   Khalid the great humanist 10:20  |  Cluck Tool 23/04/07
  12.   Between the Lines! 10:26  |  An Arab Neighbor 23/04/07
  13.   Love it and Stay 10:29  |  Eli 23/04/07
  14.   clickFOOL 10:42  |  Eli 23/04/07
  15.   Poor Cipora, the perplexed bird 10:45  |  Khalid 23/04/07
  16.   clickfool 10:47  |  A.M. 23/04/07
  17.   Love it 10:48  |  Sebastian 23/04/07
  18.   cuck too..you too are poor in spirit and brain 10:54  |  Khalid 23/04/07
  19.   #9, Arab neighbour 10:58  |  Cipora Julianna Kohn 23/04/07
  20.   #15, Khalid 11:02  |  Cipora Julianna Kohn 23/04/07
  21.   Does this mean ... 11:06  |  AnotherAmerican 23/04/07
  22.   clickfool 11:08  |  A.M. 23/04/07
  23.   Loving it and not leaving it 11:08  |  Israeli 23/04/07
  24.   KHALID.Without Arab racist compulsion to kill Jews& steal 11:13  |  PETER.SM 23/04/07
  25.   But will you let us stay in our homes too 11:28  |  Ilan 23/04/07
  26.   Thanks, Bradley 11:28  |  Helen 23/04/07
  27.   Nicely said 11:34  |  Marilyn 23/04/07
  28.   I have just arrived back home! 11:41  |  Alon Fisher 23/04/07
  29.   KHALID.Your Islamic Republic of Palestine is waiting.Ya Jihad! 11:48  |  PETER SM 23/04/07
  30.   Jewish Chronicle 11:51  |  Ben Azai 23/04/07
  31.   For Eli in Tel Aviv # 14 11:54  |  Clickfool 23/04/07
  32.   New Yorkers 11:55  |  Joe 23/04/07
  33.   For A.M. # 22 11:57  |  Clickfool 23/04/07
  34.   Another Letter from Texas 12:01  |  Johnny Weintraub 23/04/07
  35.   A beautiful article, yasher koach. 12:03  |  Allon 23/04/07
  36.   may you give it one more year for the next 50 years! 12:10  |  Cord H. Kaldrack 23/04/07
  37.   oh, I found that Khalid`s statement #3 is one of his better ones 12:11  |  christoph 23/04/07
  38.   Khalid, oh great, wise intellectual and humanist 12:13  |  Allon 23/04/07
  39.   Palestinians cannot `return` 12:15  |  Jasmine Murphy 23/04/07
  40.   Cipora 12:16  |  S 23/04/07
  41.   Sebastian 12:17  |  Jasmine Murphy 23/04/07
  42.   #18 Khalid & gaan kak too 12:19  |  Joe Moer 23/04/07
  43.   Alon Fisher 12:20  |  Jasmine Murphy 23/04/07
  44.   Wonderful Bradley! 12:23  |  S 23/04/07
  45.   MARYLIN cannot accept Jews have rights.Cannot accept that Arabs 12:25  |  PETER.SM 23/04/07
  46.   To Alon Fisher@28 12:25  |  Indiginous 23/04/07
  47.   Bradley Thank You ;o) & Chag Atzmaut Sameach 12:28  |  Ari ben Yisrael 23/04/07
  48.   an american in tel aviv 12:35  |  chetzi 23/04/07
  49.   #40, S 12:43  |  Cipora Julianna Kohn 23/04/07
  50.   Marilyn #27 12:43  |  Tim R 23/04/07
  51.   clickFOOL 12:44  |  ELI 23/04/07
  52.   To Bradley Burston 12:45  |  TonyL 23/04/07
  53.   # 47 Ari ben Yisrael 12:54  |  ChanahS 23/04/07
  54.   israeli 12:55  |  A.M. 23/04/07
  55.   Khalid is an Islamist not a humanist! 13:02  |  ??? 23/04/07
  56.   46# Indiginous 13:11  |  Alon Fisher 23/04/07
  57.   One more year might be too much 13:24  |  Efox 23/04/07
  58.   # 12 As long as they live in Palestine......... 13:38  |  Lynn 23/04/07
  59.   Happy Indepedence Day to all Israelis.... 13:42  |  Lynn 23/04/07
  60.   Israel-Love it or leave it 14:10  |  Mitch Cohen 23/04/07
  61.   One more thing #46 Indiginous 14:13  |  Alon Fisher 23/04/07
  62.   Jasmine Murphy 14:13  |  Sebastian 23/04/07
  63.   Fascists everywhere... 14:31  |  Fatih 23/04/07
  64.   # 42 Joe Moer - Baie Dankie 14:39  |  ChanahS 23/04/07
  65.   #6 - too emotional for real Clickfool. Was that him? 14:50  |  Scientist 23/04/07
  66.   Indigenous (spelling??) # 46 14:51  |  ChanahS 23/04/07
  67.   Leave it! 14:58  |  David Levy 23/04/07
  68.   Strange love of Mr. Burston 15:01  |  Scientist 23/04/07
  69.   NO NEED TO CARVE UP THE LAND 15:05  |  B 23/04/07
  70.   Living at expense of others... 15:06  |  the third man 23/04/07
  71.   Chag Sameach to you too Bradely,A day to celebrate, not to hate ! 15:13  |  Alberto Cohen 23/04/07
  72.   Rare comment 15:17  |  Choni Davidowitz 23/04/07
  73.   And stop calling it a special place in Hell-It hurts and is offen 15:19  |  Choni Davidowitz 23/04/07
  74.   #6, clickfool 15:31  |  VIPER 23/04/07
  75.   An Arab Neighbor. Pals refugee must remain in Leb / Syria forever 15:37  |  Tamir Gaza 23/04/07
  76.   Your Home, Their Home 15:39  |  The Other Alan 23/04/07
  77.   #64 ChanahS 15:41  |  Joe Moer 23/04/07
  78.   a special place 15:41  |  albert paul ortiz 23/04/07
  79.   According too so many lefties 15:43  |  Alon Fisher 23/04/07
  80.   #66 ChanahS 15:49  |  Ari ben Yisrael 23/04/07
  81.   Khalid #3: A Question To You... 16:03  |  Tim R 23/04/07
  82.   Choni, Choni, Choni #70 16:21  |  The Other Alan 23/04/07
  83.   I Come From The Same Background as You, And Think You Are Wrong 16:22  |  Ben Israel 23/04/07
  84.   Moderation and iniquity 16:23  |  Aaron Levitt 23/04/07
  85.   To Cipora Julianna Kohn #19 16:23  |  An Arab Neighbor 23/04/07
  86.   Emigration , immigration doooooown 16:31  |  niccolo machiavelli 23/04/07
  87.   # 7 Cipora J.K. Yes Mr.Burston:please tell us more about those 16:31  |  Kath` 23/04/07
  88.   Khalid-#3-you would love for him to leave it wouldn`t you? 16:37  |  Daniel Leopold 23/04/07
  89.   Khalid-#3-you would love for him to leave it wouldn`t you? 16:37  |  Daniel Leopold 23/04/07
  90.   Great writing Mr. Burston 16:37  |  Helen Jones 23/04/07
  91.   Dear Mr.Burston. Time to stop breast beating... 16:45  |  Kath` 23/04/07
  92.   To Tamir Gaza #72 16:46  |  An Arab Neighbor 23/04/07
  93.   Masjid al Haram the Sacred Mosque in Mecca 16:47  |  Joseph E . 23/04/07
  94.   Bradley,what you are doing is IMPORTANT! 16:48  |  Ronnie Wolman 23/04/07
  95.   # 44 S.......BUT UNLIKE BRADLEY... 17:02  |  Kath` 23/04/07
  96.   Next year in Jerusalem, for me!!!!! 17:05  |  TOMY 23/04/07
  97.   How Burston should answer the Jews 17:07  |  Tosefta 23/04/07
  98.   Counterfeit Choni`s back in town 17:09  |  Ari ben Yisrael 23/04/07
  99.   Tim R. It is us who need reassurance, not you 17:10  |  Khalid 23/04/07
  100.   #10 Cipora, your waiting for Moslem humanism 17:12  |  TOMY 23/04/07
  101.   Clickfool (re:#14) ZIONIST propagate(r)!! 17:13  |  THK 23/04/07
  102.   B.Burston`s moving article also reminds me of A Moveable Feast 17:16  |  Smadar 23/04/07
  103.   # 63 Fatih. I SUGGEST YOU EITHER BUY A NEW MIRROR, 17:16  |  Kath` 23/04/07
  104.   "Love It or Leave It" 17:18  |  CHGODMK 23/04/07
  105.   TAKE A LOOK AT THE RIGHT-WINGERS NAMES 17:20  |  Tal 23/04/07
  106.   # 74 Joe Moer 17:25  |  ChanahS 23/04/07
  107.   Israel-Love it or leave 17:27  |  k.herzallah 23/04/07
  108.   Bradley,What you do IS important 17:28  |  Ronnie Wolman 23/04/07
  109.   # 77 Ari be Yisrael 17:29  |  ChanahS 23/04/07
  110.   Beautiful - thank you. 17:31  |  Marisa Elana 23/04/07
  111.   Dear Bradley, this is one of the best articles i ever read 17:43  |  Roy 23/04/07
  112.   To Ari ben Yisrael #8 (and Miriam# 2) 17:52  |  Choni Davidowitz 23/04/07
  113.   k. herzallah 17:55  |  CHGODMK 23/04/07
  114.   I Love Israel with all my heart, I fought 2 wars 17:56  |  Roy 23/04/07
  115.   Thanks to everyone in Israel for celebrating St George`s Day 18:02  |  Clickfool 23/04/07
  116.   #18 Khalid 18:05  |  Yonatan 23/04/07
  117.   CHGODMK 18:06  |  Danite 23/04/07
  118.   Lucky you, lucky us 18:07  |  ussishkin 23/04/07
  119.   bradley 18:08  |  vladimir 23/04/07
  120.   Tosefta#93 18:09  |  Danite 23/04/07
  121.   Khaled Klassic # 95 18:11  |  ChanahS 23/04/07
  122.   #21 Another American = Another Arab 18:11  |  Yonatan 23/04/07
  123.   My salute to everyday, common Israelis 18:13  |  Dennis M Starkman 23/04/07
  124.   Love II 18:15  |  christoph 23/04/07
  125.   #32 Joe 18:17  |  Yonatan 23/04/07
  126.   #37 christoph 18:20  |  Yonatan 23/04/07
  127.   #104 Ronnie Wolman - excellent "talkback" 18:29  |  Tal 23/04/07
  128.   #67 Sebastian 18:31  |  Yonatan 23/04/07
  129.   Yes Kath #91 18:35  |  S 23/04/07
  130.   Marilyn and a chink of light 18:35  |  Reality Check 23/04/07
  131.   88 An Arab Neighbor. I like your post 18:41  |  Tamir Gaza 23/04/07
  132.   Now that I have 3.5 grandchildren 18:50  |  Yonatan 23/04/07
  133.   The Talkback editor today 18:52  |  Yonatan 23/04/07
  134.   # 75 Joe Moer.re:ChanahS. GEE WHIZ......... 18:54  |  Kath` 23/04/07
  135.   Cipora Kohn 19:06  |  John 23/04/07
  136.   Good Article - Happy Independence Day 19:08  |  realitygaps 23/04/07
  137.   war is painfull but Bradley`s pavlovian concession 19:13  |  Joseph E . 23/04/07
  138.   Bradley, we are the lucky ones who read your column.Thanks! 19:14  |  Toronto`s Finest 23/04/07
  139.   Allon 19:25  |  John 23/04/07
  140.   Fatih - The difference is: 19:26  |  David Israel 23/04/07
  141.   Read today`s editorial 19:28  |  Yonatan 23/04/07
  142.   Nationalism 19:29  |  Lior 23/04/07
  143.   The heart of this article 19:35  |  David Israel 23/04/07
  144.   Freedom by Khalid 19:56  |  Lior 23/04/07
  145.   Haaretz.My post to # 75?& # 105 19:59  |  Kath` 23/04/07
  146.   For Viper # 72 20:01  |  Clickfool 23/04/07
  147.   Israel- love it or leave it 20:05  |  Moshe Pipick 23/04/07
  148.   # 96 TOMY. re:Cipora. I HARDLY THINK SO .... 20:06  |  Kath` 23/04/07
  149.   How did Freddie Mercury put it? 20:12  |  Roy 23/04/07
  150.   #108 re your demanded AUDIENCE 20:12  |  Ari ben Yisrael 23/04/07
  151.   #46 Indiginous 20:23  |  Sol 23/04/07
  152.   sebastian...whether you`re born in ... 20:27  |  maria 23/04/07
  153.   #46 Indiginous 20:31  |  Sol 23/04/07
  154.   Eretz Israel / Palestine Love it and Leave it 20:42  |  Bandar Michaels 23/04/07
  155.   CHGODMK 20:46  |  Danite 23/04/07
  156.   # 93 Tosefta PLEASE READ OH DEAR!!! 20:48  |  Kath` 23/04/07
  157.   #93, Tosefta, please tell us in all sincerety 20:49  |  Cipora Julianna Kohn 23/04/07
  158.   Don`t worry, You belong, but allow me one question 21:30  |  Chick Corea 23/04/07
  159.   #94 Ari ben Yisrael, with regards to Choni Davidowitz 21:32  |  Smadar 23/04/07
  160.   Cipora, no Muslims are asking any Israeli to leave 21:35  |  Muslim 23/04/07
  161.   Now that I`m a grandfather 21:42  |  Yossi 23/04/07
  162.   43# Jasmine Murphy 21:43  |  Alon Fisher 23/04/07
  163.   #114 Kath - you`re wrong 21:49  |  Yossi 23/04/07
  164.   #116 Bandar Michaels 21:54  |  Yossi 23/04/07
  165.   111# Sol 21:54  |  Alon Fisher 23/04/07
  166.   Love your neighbors or leave them 21:54  |  Fritz 23/04/07
  167.   to 1 - Indrajaya 21:56  |  Nicolas 23/04/07
  168.   Fatih - Not the same 22:06  |  David Israel 23/04/07
  169.   Cipora #119 22:07  |  Danite 23/04/07
  170.   Most significant part of Bradley`s article 22:08  |  David Israel 23/04/07
  171.   What to tell the anti-Semites (Cipora JK #119)Very simple: 22:10  |  Tosefta 23/04/07
  172.   If you only had a brain, Chatterbox Cathy #118 22:12  |  Tosefta 23/04/07
  173.   Khalid 22:15  |  dlb 23/04/07
  174.   `My country, right or wrong` 22:33  |  Paul Henzen 23/04/07
  175.   # 128 Yossi. re:Tosefta ARE YOU JOKING?? 22:35  |  Kath` 23/04/07
  176.   Kath # 113 22:44  |  ChanahS 23/04/07
  177.   Kath # 113 22:44  |  ChanahS 23/04/07
  178.   Muslim 22:46  |  chanah 23/04/07
  179.   #137, Danite 22:49  |  Cipora Julianna Kohn 23/04/07
  180.   bradley, second time 22:56  |  vladimir 23/04/07
  181.   Bandar Michaels 22:57  |  chanah 23/04/07
  182.   #91, Kath*, regarding heroes 22:57  |  Cipora Julianna Kohn 23/04/07
  183.   What About the 750,000+ Israeli Ex-Pats? 23:26  |  Danny Friedman 23/04/07
  184.   #95 Thank You Khalid, You Answered My Question 23:37  |  Tim R 23/04/07
  185.   Israel = Love it or leave it 23:41  |  Eugene 23/04/07
  186.   Eugene 23:44  |  Gold 23/04/07
  187.   Danite: I Have No Problem with Burston Here 23:51  |  CHGODMK 23/04/07
  188.   David Israel - It is exactly the same 23:58  |  Fatih 23/04/07
  189.   To Kath 00:02  |  Fatih 24/04/07
  190.   #138 David Israel 00:24  |  Labhras 24/04/07
  191.   THIS IS A GREAT ARTICLE 00:27  |  Meir Weinstein 24/04/07
  192.   What to tell anti-Semites (Cipora JK #125) 00:38  |  Tosefta 24/04/07
  193.   CHGODMK 00:55  |  Danite 24/04/07
  194.   # 109 Yonatan. GET IT RIGHT............ 00:56  |  Kath` 24/04/07
  195.   Khalid Even Left Winger believe in the chosen people 01:11  |  John 24/04/07
  196.   Fatih - It is Kirklareli not Kirikkale 01:13  |  David Israel 24/04/07
  197.   Happy Yom Haatzmauut to 01:15  |  dana 24/04/07
  198.   Yom Haatzmauut - and now the Caveat 01:17  |  dana 24/04/07
  199.   #146, Tosefta 01:25  |  Cipora Julianna Kohn 24/04/07
  200.   # 143 Fatih. ILK EVELA,SIZ TURKMISINIZ? NOT THAT IT MATTERS.. 01:35  |  Kath` 24/04/07
  201.   Tosefta look in the mirror 01:47  |  Danite 24/04/07
  202.   dana thank you but with caveat 01:55  |  Danite 24/04/07
  203.   # 144 Fatih. SIZ TURKMISINIZ?MATTERS NOT(SECOND TRY) 02:15  |  Kath` 24/04/07
  204.   #95 Khalid 02:16  |  dlb 24/04/07
  205.   For clickfool re #144 04:04  |  VIPER 24/04/07
  206.   danite - are we doomed to fight even when we don`t? 04:22  |  dana 24/04/07
  207.   Happy Independence Day Israel! 05:30  |  Yosemite 24/04/07
  208.   #159 dana: you are beginning to 06:11  |  Star of David 24/04/07
  209.   Mr. Burston: What a ridiculous question!!! 06:13  |  Ilan 24/04/07
  210.   israel love it or leave it 06:28  |  Seth Eaton 24/04/07
  211.   #161, FAKE VIPER 06:51  |  VIPER 24/04/07
  212.   #114, CLICKFOOL, no i don`t 06:54  |  VIPER 24/04/07
  213.   Hey Bradley... 07:14  |  Blinky the Fish 24/04/07
  214.   dana 07:17  |  Danite 24/04/07
  215.   Alone Fisher, You have it all twisted again.... 07:35  |  Dutch 24/04/07
  216.   Alone Fisher, You have it all twisted again.... 07:36  |  Dutch 24/04/07
  217.   Bradley, It isn`t your home... 08:05  |  Dutch 24/04/07
  218.   # 169, YOSEMITE 08:10  |  indrajaya 24/04/07
  219.   # 169, YOSEMITE 08:10  |  indrajaya 24/04/07
  220.   "Many of these people live half a world away..." 08:47  |  samos 24/04/07
  221.   #173 FAKE VIPER: it`s a fake 08:53  |  VIPER 24/04/07
  222.   "Israel--Love it or leave it" 09:21  |  Carol Clapsaddle 24/04/07
  223.   Dana #168 First: Thanks for Your Yom Haatzmaut Wishes 09:45  |  Tim R 24/04/07
  224.   For Carol Clapsaddle # 181 09:54  |  Clickfool 24/04/07
  225.   Dutch #176 09:57  |  Tim R 24/04/07
  226.   Dana #168 10:07  |  S 24/04/07
  227.   Cipora #143 10:34  |  S 24/04/07
  228.   love it or leave it 11:00  |  dawnjude smith 24/04/07
  229.   love it or leave it 11:01  |  dawnjude smith 24/04/07
  230.   Today is a boring day, nothing to talk about 11:24  |  Tamir Gaza 24/04/07
  231.   indrajaya #183 (Part 1) 11:25  |  Tim R 24/04/07
  232.   love it or leave it 11:34  |  irwin holland 24/04/07
  233.   indrajaya #183 (Part 2) 11:37  |  Tim R 24/04/07
  234.   Bradley will leave Israel ... 12:02  |  spyguy 24/04/07
  235.   180#No Dutch 12:19  |  Alon Fisher 24/04/07
  236.   To Kath. Evet, ben Turk`um 13:03  |  Fatih 24/04/07
  237.   Brad, I love you 13:34  |  Reuven Carmel 24/04/07
  238.   love or hate there will always be a Palestinian struggle 14:28  |  mehmet 24/04/07
  239.   just Israel??? 14:52  |  jack 24/04/07
  240.   response to alon #28 14:58  |  debbie 24/04/07
  241.   ari ben israel 15:09  |  GABE1 24/04/07
  242.   Bradley the idealist 15:14  |  Gili 24/04/07
  243.   Your Land 15:36  |  Brumle 24/04/07
  244.   Israeli Ex Pats 16:48  |  David Latner 24/04/07
  245.   Bradley Burston: You chose to be Israeli 16:52  |  Ah 24/04/07
  246.   The Third Way (Dana #171) 17:04  |  Tosefta 24/04/07
  247.   Mehmet # 202 _ Israel has always been ready for palestinian state 17:08  |  David Israel 24/04/07
  248.   Settlers to stay in" their homes (Ilan #25) 17:09  |  Tosefta 24/04/07
  249.   #176 Ilan comments on "Love it or leave it" 17:49  |  Helps 24/04/07
  250.   1.000 000 Israelis have left. 17:55  |  Benny Weiss 24/04/07
  251.   #241 Bradley`s not your enemy 18:00  |  British Leftie 24/04/07
  252.   #245 Ah: Bradley is not your enemy 18:03  |  British Leftie 24/04/07
  253.   #241, 245, whichever # - Ah... 18:17  |  British Leftie 24/04/07
  254.   Israel - LOVE IT 18:24  |  Nicole 24/04/07
  255.   fatih - Here is an explanation of fascism FYI 18:34  |  David Israel 24/04/07
  256.   Nicole, great post:) 18:49  |  Tamir Gaza 24/04/07
  257.   British Leftie - Bradely chose to Love Israel! 18:51  |  Ah 24/04/07
  258.   #241 Did I post to you????? No I don`t waste my time 18:55  |  Ari ben Yisrael 24/04/07
  259.   THE PALESTINIAN MYTH 19:26  |  palestiniansareamyth 24/04/07
  260.   THE PALESTINIAN MYTH CONT.. 19:27  |  palestiniansareamyth 24/04/07
  261.   Lawrence of Arabia 20:30  |  Norm Kane 24/04/07
  262.   Palestinian "Myth" our "myth" is now stronger than 20:49  |  Lover of myth 24/04/07
  263.   #257 Ah, Pt. 1 20:55  |  British Leftie 24/04/07
  264.   #257 Ah, Pt. 2 21:04  |  British Leftie 24/04/07
  265.   Not fascist 21:08  |  W 24/04/07
  266.   GETTING YOUR POCKETS PICKED FIRST 21:10  |  Barry S. Roffman 24/04/07
  267.   stop basing ur arguments on religion, keep god out of this! 21:24  |  liz 24/04/07
  268.   Love It or Leave It. 21:30  |  P.J. Casey 24/04/07
  269.   Bradley,I too am one of the lucky ones.... 21:33  |  Toronto`s Finest 24/04/07
  270.   #227, S 21:39  |  Cipora Julianna Kohn 24/04/07
  271.   To #59 Why have the Jews been driven out? 21:43  |  JJ 24/04/07
  272.   Happy Birthday! 22:00  |  Kaplan 24/04/07
  273.   KATH* Happy Yom Haaztmaut Israel and All of Us 22:08  |  Cipora Julianna Kohn 24/04/07
  274.   I envy you 22:10  |  Myself 24/04/07
  275.   clickfool 22:26  |  aniohevetmordechai 24/04/07
  276.   Palestinians were Jews-correct 22:50  |  aniohevetmordechai 24/04/07
  277.   Tell me, Tosefta 23:00  |  Yonatan 24/04/07
  278.   #271 - xenophobia and religious intolerance 23:09  |  Sol 24/04/07
  279.   Tal thank you for your kind words 23:25  |  Ronnie Wolman 24/04/07
  280.   lover of myth.....palestinians outnumbered... 23:35  |  maria 24/04/07
  281.   aniohevetmordechai...sorry to say... 23:39  |  maria 24/04/07
  282.   #274 Myself......There but for the grace of G-D go I 23:42  |  Ari ben Yisrael 24/04/07
  283.   Tosefta #246 - ME doomed to vague victories 23:56  |  dana 24/04/07
  284.   #262 lover of myth 23:58  |  palestiniansareamyth 24/04/07
  285.   Danite 00:03  |  CHGODMK 25/04/07
  286.   British Leftie #251 00:07  |  Tim R 25/04/07
  287.   Tosefta #246 - And Thanks for that Churchil quote 00:08  |  dana 25/04/07
  288.   Khalid 00:12  |  Naftali 25/04/07
  289.   Muslim? Jewish? American? : Yonathan #48 00:13  |  American in NY 25/04/07
  290.   #208 Star of David 00:17  |  dana 25/04/07
  291.   Indrajaya 00:24  |  Yosemite 25/04/07
  292.   Tim R # 223 - back to Business... 00:30  |  dana 25/04/07
  293.   # 271 What is it about Jews that nobody likes? 00:43  |  17 25/04/07
  294.   Danite: Second Try (Haaretz, Please Print) 00:46  |  CHGODMK 25/04/07
  295.   @Burston: So what?! 01:02  |  Just Another Citizen 25/04/07
  296.   Burston: "I`ve decided to give it one more year" 01:19  |  Esther 25/04/07
  297.   #280 okay, okay Maria; what history are you reading these days?? 01:35  |  ballistic 25/04/07
  298.   #281 Maria; only a small number of Jews are 01:38  |  ballistic 25/04/07
  299.   #271 Hey JJ; you have asked the proverbial question? 01:40  |  ballistic 25/04/07
  300.   Dana #285 01:53  |  Tim R 25/04/07
  301.   S #226 - Lebanon war - way to another war? 02:05  |  dana 25/04/07
  302.   Misfit or Moron 02:11  |  Jack Davis 25/04/07
  303.   David Israel #255 02:59  |  American in NY 25/04/07
  304.   How do Jews deal with dual "loyalties"? 03:01  |  American Pig in NY 25/04/07
  305.   Churchill (Dana #287) 03:02  |  Tosefta 25/04/07
  306.   Yonatan #277 03:09  |  Tosefta 25/04/07
  307.   #294, CHGODMK 03:50  |  Cipora Julianna Kohn 25/04/07
  308.   ballistic #298 Nice Going You Presume To Know What God Thinks? 04:20  |  Tim R 25/04/07
  309.   JJ #271 And What Is It About People Like You... 04:26  |  Tim R 25/04/07
  310.   Love it or leave it 04:40  |  Gordon 25/04/07
  311.   Esther: Exodus `R` U 04:52  |  Ronnie Wolman 25/04/07
  312.   American in NY # 303 05:03  |  David Israel 25/04/07
  313.   Churchill (Dana #287) 05:32  |  Tosefta 25/04/07
  314.   Answer to JJ 05:50  |  Robert Ennis 25/04/07
  315.   Cipora Juliana Kohn 06:02  |  CHGODMK 25/04/07
  316.   Cipora Julianna Kohn 06:15  |  CHGODMK 25/04/07
  317.   to #249/Helps about exiling Jews from Israel 06:47  |  Ilan 25/04/07
  318.   Cipora and Danite: The Difference 06:57  |  CHGODMK 25/04/07
  319.   #309 Do YOU know the answer? Please share 07:02  |  17 25/04/07
  320.   Bradley Burston you are comparing apples with oranges 07:07  |  Leo 25/04/07
  321.   #12 07:23  |  barbara 25/04/07
  322.   Israel at 59 07:27  |  Sammy 25/04/07
  323.   #318, CHGODMK 07:36  |  Cipora Julianna Kohn 25/04/07
  324.   299 Balloistic, do YOU know the answer? Please share 07:52  |  17 25/04/07
  325.   socalled JEWS burn the ISRAELI flag 08:57  |  Ari ben Yisrael 25/04/07
  326.   #299 ballistic to JJ 09:34  |  Tim R 25/04/07
  327.   Ari Ben Yisrael 11:14  |  Leo 25/04/07
  328.   Bradley Burston`s Orwellian newspeak... 11:26  |  Jay 25/04/07
  329.   a "real" mench 15:02  |  hahahash 25/04/07
  330.   Chanah 181 15:33  |  Bandar Michaels 25/04/07
  331.   #276 Aniohevetmordechai 15:38  |  Bandar Michaels 25/04/07
  332.   LIVING IN ISRAEL 15:53  |  ISHMAEL ISHMAEL 25/04/07
  333.   Khailid... wow 16:47  |  sam 25/04/07
  334.   #281 maria (small m-Maria) 17:44  |  Big G 25/04/07
  335.   hey ballistic....you and your people kicked God.. 19:22  |  maria 25/04/07
  336.   ballistic...you don`t believe in the Word 19:42  |  maria 25/04/07
  337.   hey ballistic....still reading good books. 19:51  |  maria 25/04/07
  338.   #3 Khalid 20:42  |  Zach 25/04/07
  339.   #276 aniohevetmordechai 21:37  |  Boycott 25/04/07
  340.   Love it or leave it 21:51  |  Ruth Seldin 25/04/07
  341.   Israel-love it or leave it 22:20  |  Heatherross 25/04/07
  342.   happy birthday Bradley 00:02  |  david and miri 26/04/07
  343.   click-FOOL 02:53  |  beerian 26/04/07
  344.   people outside isreal 04:25  |  marwan 26/04/07
  345.   marwan...I guess they cannot trust arabs. 05:43  |  maria 26/04/07
  346.   peace now (take it, don`t leave it) 12:18  |  tony 26/04/07
  347.   If you stay, I`m staying too 15:34  |  Jake 26/04/07
  348.   #3 Khalid you are right. 17:51  |  Itsik 26/04/07
  349.   The Home Myth 22:21  |  Ole 26/04/07
  350.   Ole #349 (Part 1) 23:49  |  Tim R 26/04/07
  351.   Ole #349 (Part 2) 23:58  |  Tim R 26/04/07