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Last update - 10:02 04/05/2008 You have to be sad, then happy By Gideon Levy Tags: Naqba, Israel, Memorial Day  In a short period of seven days the State of Israel dictates three times what its citizens should feel: They should grieve twice - on Holocaust Remembrance Day and on Memorial Day, and to be happy once - on Independence Day. These three days are commemorated in Israel with near zealous totality, a sort of missionary sanctity that appears to be intensifying over the years, including the issuing of fines to anyone violating the holiday's laws. The inspectors who check up on feelings fined thousands of people who opened their coffee shops and restaurants on the eve of Holocaust Remembrance Day, including in Arab Jaffa. There is no democracy that mobilizes its forces to such an extent as to dictate to its citizens what they should feel and how they should behave on Memorial Day. Similarly, no other media like the Israeli media, rallies with such absolute commitment to the task, dedicating most of its print pages and hours of broadcasting to these three customs. This missionary activity has lately also taken on a character of persecution: Had Avram Grant not worn a black arm band with a yellow Star of David on his arm while he coached his English team on the eve of Holocaust Remembrance Day, a ridiculous sight in the eyes of many, and exemplary for others, and rushed the next day to his Champions match at Auschwitz, one can only imagine that he would have been denounced and ostracized in Israel, at least like a singer who did not serve in the Israel Defense Forces. These are troubling signs that only undermine the essence of our sacred national holidays. Advertisement The Holocaust must be remembered, and it is imperative that we honor the memory of sons lost in battle, but not by coercion and persecution. It is unfortunately true that without state intervention these dates would not be observed. Were Israelis given the freedom to decide, some of the centers of entertainment would be open on the eve of Holocaust Remembrance Day and on Memorial Day, and the special character of these dates would quickly dissipate. It is of course legitimate to also ask: So what? If this is the wish of some Israelis, what is wrong with it? But the wish of the state to shape a national heritage is understandable - to establish national holidays and to maintain a tradition, in a society that is relatively young and made up mostly of immigrants. There is a huge difference from this approach to the totalitarianism in place. The problem is that these dates are not really part of the tradition of a not insignificant portion of Israelis. Holocaust Memorial Day is perceived by some of the Mizrahi Jews as a memorial day for Ashkenazis; the Memorial Day for the IDF fallen is alien to at least part of the ultra-Orhodox; as for the Arab citizens, who constitute a fifth of our country, not only are they estranged from two thirds of these dates, but they are also hostile. Not only are the dates of our catastrophes not the days of their catastrophes, but the day of our celebration is the day of their great national disaster. No amendment and no law will alter these eternal facts. But the state does not only make do with imposing these dates on that same community that feels alienated or hostile to them. It also uses oppressive methods when it tries to prevent them from freely expressing their genuine feelings. If the national decree on the memorial days of the majority is to be sad and to be happy during their days of celebration is acceptable, it is not acceptable to bar the minority to also express its unique national feelings. A siren during the Memorial Day for the IDF fallen? Then why not a similar siren for the Nakba (the Palestinian term for what happened to them after 1948) in the Arab towns and villages in memory of their casualties and displaced persons? Late last week the Nazareth District Court had to intervene to allow the Islamic Movement to hold a memorial for the Palestinian Nakba in Kafr Kana. Ilan Gabrieli, the head of the local council appointed by the Interior Ministry, argued that this constitutes a "political event," which should not be allowed in the community. Why is commemorating the Nakba "political" and celebrating Independence Day is not? No less ridiculous are- the right-wing spokesmen who are railing against the court's decision - Gideon Sa'ar, who established that the ruling is "morally bankrupt," no less, and Zevulun Orlev, who said that it "belittles the Declaration of Independence." That same declaration that established the state "will ensure complete equality of social and political rights to all its inhabitants irrespective of religion, race or sex; it will guarantee freedom of religion, conscience, language, education and culture... ." Remember? After 60 years it is now time to be mature. There is no longer a need to forcefully impose or to prevent national sentiments. Israel is sufficiently mature to commemorate with the majority what is relevant to the majority, and to allow the minority the freedom to express its feelings. The Jewish National Fund, which recently rescinded its promise to Zochrot, a non-government organization, to commemorate the names of lost Palestinian villages on the historic sign posts it puts up, only highlights our weaknesses: The land is still burning under our feet. The local council head who tried to prevent the memorial for the Nakba ("The Catastrophe"), failed to prevent the Arab citizens from feeling that Independence Day is the day of their catastrophe - it really is. Must there be happiness on Independence Day? Only to those who really feel it. Bookmark to del.icio.us   Raining on the parade World Likud chief calls for cancellation of Nakba Day procession. Perfect match TA court sentences 'DNA Rapist' to 25 years in prison.   1.   Our Bittersweet 60th 10:32  |  Tzfonit 04/05/08   2.   Gideon Levy, it is not a question of maturity 10:33  |  Cipora Julianna Kohn 04/05/08   3.   A great line from Gideon Levy 10:34  |  Clickfool 04/05/08   4.   Levy as usual ... 10:35  |  Jamie 04/05/08   5.   ...and a siren for Jews killed in Syria, Libya, 10:39  |  DC 04/05/08   6.   Evidently Levy is not one who is happy on Independence Day... 10:42  |  McQueen 04/05/08   7.   If only the land WOULD burn under Levy 10:43  |  McQueen 04/05/08   8.   Gideon, that surely would be a "nice gesture"...... 10:47  |  Swiss (Dino) 04/05/08   9.   Another Day in Paradise 10:48  |  Ronnie Wolman 04/05/08   10.   Why respond to such crap? 10:49  |  Dror 04/05/08   11.   The day the monstrous genie was released from the bottle 10:53  |  Clickfool 04/05/08   12.   this man requires psychological help 10:59  |  sz 04/05/08   13.   I`ve read innumerable silly articles 11:12  |  Linichka 04/05/08   14.   Sad... then happy 11:14  |  David 04/05/08   15.   What independence though? 11:22  |  Marilyn 04/05/08   16.   If Gideon Levy were an American 11:31  |  Yonatan 04/05/08   17.   What if things were different? 11:42  |  Oddvark 04/05/08   18.   Levy lacks soul 11:51  |  FOX 04/05/08   19.   sz 10 12:11  |  potobac 04/05/08   20.   gideon Levy - once a capable mind 12:13  |  hms 04/05/08   21.   LEvi Placing the cart before the horse as usual 12:15  |  Tzfonit 04/05/08   22.   Why NOT a siren on Memorial Day in Arab towns to grieve for Naqba 12:20  |  ARA 04/05/08   23.   NAQBA Commemorate how they tried to block ALL food &water 12:36  |  PETER SM 04/05/08   24.   MARYLIN IT WAS the Arabs that refused borders & started the war!! 12:53  |  PETER SM 04/05/08   25.   Because not everyone is a sicko like you Levy 12:54  |  Steven 04/05/08   26.   Let those who mourn-mourn in private ! 12:57  |  Eli 04/05/08   27.   Gideon Levy 13:02  |  Ralph 04/05/08   28.   levy 13:07  |  JaN 04/05/08   29.   Kudos to sz (no.12)! 13:08  |  ARA 04/05/08   30.   Kapo Levy ,how about crying for the German Naqba,end of the WW2? 13:35  |  Absolute Sweden 04/05/08   31.   Kaffiyeh fitting ! 13:43  |  BOET 04/05/08   32.   Is there any hope for Israel? 14:06  |  Clickfool 04/05/08   33.   Gideon, where`s the punch line? 14:11  |  Seth Greenberg 04/05/08   34.   siren 14:13  |  Rab Burns 04/05/08   35.   We should be sad for those who would murder us 14:16  |  Millie 04/05/08   36.   Israel needs a Constitution 14:34  |  Lynn 04/05/08   37.   and ha`aretz employs this man 14:38  |  rich 04/05/08   38.   #19 Potobac 14:44  |  Holiday 04/05/08   39.   Boring 14:47  |  Sarah 04/05/08   40.   LYNN they are working on it.No simplistic magic wand available 14:47  |  PETER SM 04/05/08   41.   this is sooo funny!!! 14:53  |  Jenna 04/05/08   42.   GIDEON obviously censoring any references to:- 15:01  |  PETER SM 04/05/08   43.   # 40 PETER SM.....glad to hear it 15:02  |  Lynn 04/05/08   44.   Israel has the right and deserves to celebreate... 15:16  |  Fortuna Benmayor 04/05/08   45.   THERE IS NO ASHKENASI TRADGEDY 15:20  |  Allon 04/05/08   46.   # 19 potobac 15:20  |  Lynn 04/05/08   47.   How they`re all beastly towards Levy... 15:30  |  christoph 04/05/08   48.   Why doesnt Levy celebrate Hitler`s birthday 15:36  |  Herbert Kaine 04/05/08   49.   No Nabka for Israeli Arabs 15:49  |  KUTW 04/05/08   50.   Remembranceand Holocaust Day, and Arabs 15:52  |  KUTW 04/05/08   51.   Nudnik who craves attention. Simple high school text 15:55  |  17 04/05/08   52.   " The missionary activity" 15:55  |  KUTW 04/05/08   53.   Arabs annoyed? 15:59  |  KUTW 04/05/08   54.   The Israeli Arabs "Nabka" 16:01  |  KUTW 04/05/08   55.   Clickfool 16:01  |  Avi 04/05/08   56.   Is that so? 16:05  |  monostor 04/05/08   57.   " That community feels alienated or hostile " 16:06  |  KUTW 04/05/08   58.   Only the Ashkenazis? 16:19  |  KUTW 04/05/08   59.   gideon levy 16:20  |  Diane cohen 04/05/08   60.   56.monostor: " The claim of dispossesion, inverse of the truth " 16:25  |  KUTW 04/05/08   61.   PROBLEMS WITH NAMES 16:25  |  B 04/05/08   62.   #2 Cipora, It is the mature thing to do 16:25  |  Dutch 04/05/08   63.   The US Gideon Levy would celebrate 16:28  |  Aphemia 04/05/08   64.   Who says everyone celebrates 16:30  |  Chris Linthwaite 04/05/08   65.   #30 Absolute Sweden 16:32  |  Chris Linthwaite 04/05/08   66.   KUTW (#50) 16:37  |  christoph 04/05/08   67.   How to incorporate the Naqba 16:39  |  Tosefta 04/05/08   68.   Dutch 16:40  |  Linichka 04/05/08   69.   For Avi, labouring under a misapprehension # 55 16:41  |  Clickfool 04/05/08   70.   Chis Lightwaithe #64 16:47  |  FOX 04/05/08   71.   AN INSULT TO THE SHOA 16:51  |  ZIONIST FOREVER 04/05/08   72.   dutch:Don`t forget to take with you durson,inrajaya,clickfool and 16:54  |  Vittorio 04/05/08   73.   Clickfool to Avi 17:03  |  Wally 04/05/08   74.   Arab Countries should sound a siren for the Jewish refugees 17:09  |  Meir Weinstein 04/05/08   75.   Too bad, so sad for Nakba folk, long live Israel! 17:12  |  Michael J 04/05/08   76.   How to incorporate the Naqba 17:20  |  Panther Jet 04/05/08   77.   66. christoph 17:23  |  KUTW 04/05/08   78.   67. Tosefta : THE ARABS CAUSED NAKBA 17:28  |  KUTW 04/05/08   79.   Time to end Israel`s reign 17:28  |  hollingsworth 04/05/08   80.   Time is not right to do this yet 17:33  |  Avi 04/05/08   81.   Chris Linthwaite - Why do you wear a red poppy?? 17:38  |  Free Gilad Shalit 04/05/08   82.   Gideon can honk his horn 17:43  |  Ron 04/05/08   83.   #70 Fox re Linthwaite 17:44  |  Sarah 04/05/08   84.   Naqba Proves There Is No Such Thing As Pali`s 17:51  |  Mordechai 04/05/08   85.   England mourns the nazi loss 17:54  |  peter 04/05/08   86.   # 67 Tosefta...self induced "catatrophe" 17:56  |  Lynn 04/05/08   87.   hollingsworth 17:57  |  Sarah 04/05/08   88.   We Have A Naqba Siren 17:58  |  Tex 04/05/08   89.   A Typical Gideon Levy Column 18:00  |  Mordechai 04/05/08   90.   This post is for Mr Levy 18:00  |  KUTW 04/05/08   91.   hollingsworth....yes, turn back the clock 18:01  |  Lynn 04/05/08   92.   Why not commemorate jewish nabka? 18:04  |  KUTW 04/05/08   93.   the glorious republic of palestine 18:08  |  peter 04/05/08   94.   64 Chris Linthwaite; celebrating 18:18  |  KUTW 04/05/08   95.   # 62 dutch ....where is this Naqba going to be aired? 18:21  |  Lynn 04/05/08   96.   SICK and STUPID 18:27  |  Steve 04/05/08   97.   #81 Free Galid Shalit 18:33  |  Chris Linthwaite 04/05/08   98.   #94 KTUW 18:36  |  Chris Linthwaite 04/05/08   99.   Say Nakba not Naqba 18:45  |  Fruitman 04/05/08   100.   98. Chris Linthwaite 18:59  |  KUTW 04/05/08   101.   How about a siren every time Haaretz advocates treason? 19:08  |  pace306 04/05/08   102.   As a non-Jewish Israeli citizen 19:09  |  Linichka 04/05/08   103.   PETER SM`s rot 19:10  |  Marilyn 04/05/08   104.   thank you, sarah 19:10  |  hollingsworth 04/05/08   105.   pride 19:10  |  yoni 04/05/08   106.   high horse 19:14  |  yonah 04/05/08   107.   Marilyn... 19:21  |  Linichka 04/05/08   108.   What an absurd article. the arabs mourn the creation of the 19:22  |  Steve -nyc 04/05/08   109.   Hey clicky the arabs brought this on themselves . Israel has 19:26  |  steve-NYC 04/05/08   110.   Marilyn: Palestinians fought WITH US AGAINST TURKS AND NAZIS 19:31  |  Freethinker 04/05/08   111.   Actually Marilyn you idiot you can see pictures of Hitler 19:46  |  x-ray 04/05/08   112.   Every year of independence we are prouder and prouder of Israel 19:48  |  x-ray 04/05/08   113.   Gideon Levy is no less despicable than Amira Hass. 19:49  |  Chaim 04/05/08   114.   Who caused the Nakba (Kutw #78; Lynn #86) 19:49  |  Tosefta (reFruitman) 04/05/08   115.   Dutch is Right 19:51  |  JG 04/05/08   116.   # 114 Tosefta....stay out of topic? 20:05  |  Lynn 04/05/08   117.   #99 Fruitman...my apologies for the error 20:09  |  Lynn 04/05/08   118.   On Naqba day, I promise to sound my own private little siren 20:09  |  stifffler 04/05/08   119.   holiday 38 20:11  |  potobac 04/05/08   120.   Chris Linthwaite 20:14  |  rich 04/05/08   121.   Staying out (Lynn #116) 20:30  |  Tosefta 04/05/08   122.   #119 Potobac 20:36  |  Holiday 04/05/08   123.   Potobac 20:38  |  Walter 04/05/08   124.   Gideon my husband and I celebrate Nakba. Period 20:41  |  Yaakov Sullivan 04/05/08   125.   Why not sit `shiva` for Gideon Levy? 20:43  |  leo 04/05/08   126.   69 Clickfool 20:49  |  leo 04/05/08   127.   I liked this article 20:56  |  hipolito 04/05/08   128.   To Clickfool (#32): "Is there any hope for Israel?" 20:58  |  Morris Valentine 04/05/08   129.   Perhaps a Group Holiday 21:03  |  Realist 04/05/08   130.   #100 KUTW 21:06  |  Chris Linthwaite 04/05/08   131.   Reconciling two brother peoples in one nation 21:07  |  Morris Valentine 04/05/08   132.   Let`s all commemorate difficult times 21:21  |  Motic 04/05/08   133.   sad & happy 21:31  |  Edithann 04/05/08   134.   After 60 years Israel is as immature as ever 21:48  |  Ben Alofs 04/05/08   135.   A WORD FOR CLICKFOOL 21:52  |  Brant 04/05/08   136.   #120 Rich (2nd attempt) 21:57  |  Chris Linthwaite 04/05/08   137.   It is their human right... 22:01  |  Joseph 04/05/08   138.   What was their disaster? 22:05  |  Avi 04/05/08   139.   #113 Gideon Levy, Pay little attention Chaim`s comments 22:13  |  Dutch 04/05/08   140.   Leo re Clickfool 22:13  |  Avi 04/05/08   141.   # 131 MV....what a wonderful suggestion 22:21  |  Lynn 04/05/08   142.   Tosefta your right wing family says Hevron Massacre 1929 22:24  |  x-ray 04/05/08   143.   spooky clickfool 22:48  |  Ibrahim Shvonce 04/05/08   144.   #139 doris seals it with a kissRESPECT AND RECOGNITION 23:03  |  v hardman 04/05/08   145.   Avi re Leo re Clickfool 23:04  |  Freethinker 04/05/08   146.   To the arrogant, bigoted Welshman 23:09  |  Freethinker 04/05/08   147.   Tosefta.....Just consider the leaders of the 23:11  |  Lynn 04/05/08   148.   15 23:30  |  zionist forever 04/05/08   149.   Clickfool, A word of advise if I may 23:32  |  Dutch 04/05/08   150.   130. Chris Linthwaite 23:38  |  KUTW 04/05/08   151.   #141, Lynn 23:42  |  Cipora Julianna Kohn 04/05/08   152.   Tzfonit the vociferous Arabist @1 23:44  |  ...G1 04/05/08   153.   Spot on Levy 23:44  |  Benham 04/05/08   154.   holiday 122 23:45  |  potobac 04/05/08   155.   walter 123 23:49  |  potobac 04/05/08   156.   Tzfonit @21 23:50  |  ...G1 04/05/08   157.   #149 DORIS THE MAJOR ABUSER FOR MANY MANY YEARS 23:51  |  v hardman 04/05/08   158.   Why not mourn the cocoon when you wear the silk? 23:53  |  h 04/05/08   159.   sully, you last hasband was mohamed not hasan, what happens? 23:57  |  vladimir 04/05/08   160.   sully, you cannot change hasbands every month!!!!!!!!! 23:59  |  vladimir 04/05/08   161.   Pals have done well in Israelis fecal jails 00:03  |  benham 05/05/08   162.   Tosefta 00:03  |  ..G1 05/05/08   163.   let arabs - all of them - move out of israel to whatever place wi 00:05  |  v 05/05/08   164.   151 The only display that`s artificial is Israel`s 00:33  |  Dutch 05/05/08   165.   gideon levy 00:45  |  Diane cohen 05/05/08   166.   #164 doris and the unlawful illegal plans 00:47  |  v ictor hardman 05/05/08   167.   Sirens for Naqba 00:52  |  Mitch Katz 05/05/08   168.   # 151 Cipora JK....some of the people of 00:53  |  Lynn 05/05/08   169.   #161 benham in a london fog and more total crap 01:01  |  v hardman 05/05/08   170.   Gideon Levy is totally insane *** IMPORTANT *** 01:04  |  Gil 05/05/08   171.   Gideon Levy is totally insane *** IMPORTANT *** 01:05  |  Gil 05/05/08   172.   AS ISRAELIS BE PROU OF THE PAST AND THE PRESENT 01:11  |  commonsense 05/05/08   173.   151 01:14  |  Comomsense 05/05/08   174.   #154 potobac 01:17  |  Holiday 05/05/08   175.   MARYLIN RE`the jews in Palestine did not fight against the Nazis" 01:23  |  PETER SM 05/05/08   176.   Independent (but not from US Zionists) 01:27  |  Chanalau, Tova 05/05/08   177.   Tzfonit 01:28  |  Danite 05/05/08   178.   NAQBA.What they say in Arabic!! Their REAL intentions !! 01:30  |  PETER SM 05/05/08   179.   Gideon L. I hope JNF writes on the signs BOUGHT by JNF 01:36  |  Gil 05/05/08   180.   Gideon Levy is totally insane *** IMPORTANT *** 01:37  |  Gil 05/05/08   181.   #159 Hassan is my husband, Mo( Mohammed ) is my son 01:37  |  Yaakov Sullivan 05/05/08   182.   Gideon Levy, another suggestion. 01:52  |  Edifice 05/05/08   183.   #1170 Gil`s , immaturity , might is right response 01:57  |  Dutch 05/05/08   184.   #168, Lynn 02:01  |  Cipora Julianna Kohn 05/05/08   185.   Utter tripe 02:03  |  Danite 05/05/08   186.   #177, Danite 02:06  |  Cipora Julianna Kohn 05/05/08   187.   #185, Danite, exactly 02:12  |  Cipora Julianna Kohn 05/05/08   188.   GIDEON LEVY`S HYPOCRISY 02:12  |  VICTIMSofArab TERROR 05/05/08   189.   #146 Sobering facts about those terrible 5 Arab armies 02:13  |  Ben Alofs 05/05/08   190.   potobac, continued 02:16  |  Holiday 05/05/08   191.   the roots to the whole conflict 02:24  |  zionist forever 05/05/08   192.   About 1/4 of Israeli Arabs 02:28  |  Mark Lincoln 05/05/08   193.   Danite - the Holocaust Memorial 02:32  |  Mark Lincoln 05/05/08   194.   THE GREAT HISTORIAN IN NORTH WALES 02:34  |  Brant 05/05/08   195.   Check into a hospital (Lynn #147) 02:39  |  Tosefta 05/05/08   196.   Ben Alofs 02:39  |  Mark Lincoln 05/05/08   197.   RE #136 02:40  |  MaryRose 05/05/08   198.   Danite @177 02:49  |  GABE1 05/05/08   199.   Israel is an ancient myth whose time has come and gone... 03:07  |  John 05/05/08   200.   BALLOFS come of it.! Israel got no arms from US or Soviets 03:11  |  PETER SM 05/05/08   201.   Brant - take a dose of reality 03:12  |  Mark Lincoln 05/05/08   202.   Folks, it was never simple 03:17  |  Mark Lincoln 05/05/08   203.   Tosefta - Martian Bird Flu 03:28  |  Mark Lincoln 05/05/08   204.   sirens 03:29  |  Shmuelshachor 05/05/08   205.   A seminal event 03:30  |  Mark Lincoln 05/05/08   206.   #191 Another myth: Israel accepted partition 03:34  |  Ben Alofs 05/05/08   207.   FOR THE RUDE MARK LINCOLN 03:42  |  Brant 05/05/08   208.   B.ALLOFS denying the real bottom line.Your side chose war! 03:43  |  PETER SM 05/05/08   209.   #201, MarkL 03:46  |  Cipora Julianna Kohn 05/05/08   210.   #201 Mark, please stop making up history 03:53  |  Bob 05/05/08   211.   Levy,Nakba and reality 04:01  |  Connie 05/05/08   212.   # 15 - Marilyn 04:16  |  Yanosh 05/05/08   213.   5769 not 60 04:16  |  Avrum 05/05/08   214.   Ben Alofs 04:20  |  Benny 05/05/08   215.   Cipora hello 04:24  |  Danite 05/05/08   216.   Mark Lincoln 04:26  |  Chester 05/05/08   217.   Mark Lincoln 04:28  |  Danite 05/05/08   218.   Toseftas delusions 04:29  |  Danite 05/05/08   219.   Gabe 1 04:30  |  Danite 05/05/08   220.   Lynn#147 04:33  |  Danite 05/05/08   221.   Ben Alofs nonsense 04:38  |  Danite 05/05/08   222.   TO #26 Eli YOU ARE RIBHT 04:51  |  Jews from USA & 05/05/08   223.   IT IS A NAKBA TO HAVE PEOPLE LIKE LEVY IN ISRAEL 04:53  |  Jorge 05/05/08   224.   #189 Ben Alofs 04:54  |  Question Mark 05/05/08   225.   Peter S****** M**** 05:03  |  Mark Lincoln 05/05/08   226.   Ben Alofs, Continued 05:04  |  Question Mark 05/05/08   227.   Why? 05:06  |  Mark Lincoln 05/05/08   228.   Cipora - pull head out, the world will seem blue. 05:11  |  Mark Lincoln 05/05/08   229.   Cipora - thinking she disagreed with me 05:12  |  Mark Lincoln 05/05/08   230.   UGY the she-camel`s owner (re Dumbite #218) 05:18  |  Tosefta 05/05/08   231.   #206 Ben Alofs 05:20  |  Question Mark 05/05/08   232.   Childern who need fantasies 05:21  |  Mark Lincoln 05/05/08   233.   Danite - I am a far colder sort 05:30  |  Mark Lincoln 05/05/08   234.   Tosefta 05:33  |  Mike M 05/05/08   235.   Ben Alofs 05:38  |  TT 05/05/08   236.   Twaddle Danite 05:38  |  Mark Lincoln 05/05/08   237.   Ben Alofs 05:41  |  TT 05/05/08   238.   More from Morris on Relative Strength 05:45  |  Question Mark 05/05/08   239.   Mark, when Ben Alufs was in Beirut Arafat`s bunker, you were 05:46  |  Yaakov Sullivan 05/05/08   240.   #206 Ben Alofs 05:50  |  Moshe 05/05/08   241.   In defense of ignorance 05:51  |  Mark Lincoln 05/05/08   242.   TO Haaretz - HAPPY INDEPENDENCE DAY ISRAEL! 05:52  |  Richard 05/05/08   243.   Ben Alfofs re partition plan 05:52  |  pt 05/05/08   244.   To Brant from the Treason State 06:05  |  Mark Lincoln 05/05/08   245.   #206 Ben Alofs 06:05  |  Moshe 05/05/08   246.   I burst out laughfing when I read this 06:08  |  Chanalau,Tova 05/05/08   247.   Yaakov Sulivan - thank you 06:14  |  Mark Lincoln 05/05/08   248.   Pounding History into an Ideological mould 06:19  |  Mark Lincoln 05/05/08   249.   Brant you are correct re Arab invasion 06:24  |  TT 05/05/08   250.   The UN Partition Plan 06:25  |  Mark Lincoln 05/05/08   251.   #206 Ben Alofs 06:29  |  Moshe 05/05/08   252.   The home of a Druze is to be demolished 06:30  |  Mark Lincoln 05/05/08   253.   This guy is infantile in his wish to provoke 06:46  |  David 05/05/08   254.   Levy implies falsely that only Ashkenasi were Holocaust victims 06:51  |  David 05/05/08   255.   Hey where are the Arabs crying for Jewish rights? 07:34  |  x-ray 05/05/08   256.   A SIREN OF CRIME AGAINST HUMANITY 07:55  |  indrajaya 05/05/08   257.   What accord? 08:00  |  benham 05/05/08   258.   Mark`s defense of ignorance 08:06  |  Steve 05/05/08   259.   # 242 Richard, Re: Happy Independence Day 08:13  |  Dutch 05/05/08   260.   Lincoln READ A BOOK! 08:18  |  FOX 05/05/08   261.   To Question Mark on relative strength 08:46  |  Ben Alofs 05/05/08   262.   For Dutch # 149 09:49  |  Clickfool 05/05/08   263.   For Mr Magoo Brant # 194 09:56  |  Clickfool 05/05/08   264.   Press loosing the plot 10:25  |  richi 05/05/08   265.   #250 Ben Alofs 10:39  |  Question Mark 05/05/08   266.   #228, MarkL, "Don`t panick, and take a towel" 11:43  |  Cipora Julianna Kohn 05/05/08   267.   #229, MarkL 11:47  |  Cipora Julianna Kohn 05/05/08   268.   to #5 12:56  |  j 05/05/08   269.   Clickfool, once again 17:26  |  Dutch 05/05/08   270.   #2, you`re missing the point 19:40  |  Miriam Erez 05/05/08   271.   #6 get a grip 19:43  |  Miriam Erez 05/05/08   272.   getting our *___* of the territories 19:44  |  Miriam Erez 05/05/08   273.   #16, how do you know... 19:47  |  Miriam Erez 05/05/08   274.   "there can be no nationwide event that is at root anti-Israel"? 19:50  |  Miriam Erez 05/05/08   275.   #28, what`s disgraceful? 19:53  |  Miriam Erez 05/05/08   276.   #31, what`s wrong with sympathy for the other side? 19:55  |  Miriam Erez 05/05/08   277.   To Gideon Levy, I often was giving you the benefit of the doubt 20:56  |  Max Zamir 05/05/08   278.   #39 Sarah, I disagree 18:36  |  Miriam Erez 06/05/08   279.   #50 KUTW 18:40  |  Miriam Erez 06/05/08   280.   #57 KUTW, no one said anything about disrupting 18:43  |  Miriam Erez 06/05/08   281.   #137, who`s boycotting? 18:55  |  Miriam Erez 06/05/08   282.   Thanks, Levy, for your sensitivity 20:41  |  Secular 06/05/08   283.   Miriam Erez 09:02  |  Cipora Julianna Kohn 07/05/08

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