Defense Minister Ehud Barak has ordered the demolition of eight Palestinian villages in the South Hebron Hills because the territory is needed for Israel Defense Forces training exercises, the state told the High Court of Justice on Sunday.
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It is there land,good.
Was there any kind of population shifting going on? Can any Leftard get a literate friend to read to him the history of the region? Of course, certain things are not to be acknowledged by Leftards.
Now they are resigned tojust swindling the jews along with their overt jew killing allies. Payment is beginning to be sought and all will be remembered
Shame on Israel. I wonder how many Jewish outposts or settlements have been destroyed in order to make their land a military zone. I venture that the answer would be none.
don't know how this is being allowed by all the other arab countries
It’s the correct path to prophecy! Just heading much faster. The question who went astray? Jews, Christians or Muslims?
Look for training grounds in a jewish area, after all I'm sure they'll understand and appreciate the need for the IDF to train on the ruins of their houses.
Did i read that no new structures are allwed in area c to accomadete natural growth? isnt that the who line the Israeli goverment uses to justify growth in jewish settlemnts claiming its not an expanion?
Money and primitive military might prevails over basic human rights. Appalling.
How ugly and heartless people.
they remind me why it is so important that there is a strong Israel. I forget from time to time.
on jews ever returning to that place for all time needs to be enacted. They will cry and whine about it but they must be ignored. I see no reason to offer these evil inhuman beasts any such privilege We can only wait till Israel attacks Iran for this to take place.
Why doesen`t IDF train on Israeli territory?
they are thieves.....
He expels you from your Land. But then you have nobody but yourself to blame for denying his existence rights
limitless fascism !
The same people who did this to the jews for thousands of years are have now been reincarnated and are in the government but now they have set their sites on non-jews
Jordan, Egypt, Syria, Iran..... This land Is real. Realy ment for Jews.
Contrary to Jews,you don't even know where your homeland is.
Guess which one of us turned out to be a REAL descendant of the ancient Israelites? My husband thinks it's a HOOT! Since HE has the religion, and I have the DNA, he thinks that together, we make the perfect Jew! lolol!
read history you hater!
the jews have been exiled by God they are not suppose to take the land back by force they are to wait for the coming messiah to lead them all back
if bombed out buses ever needed a reason to return, this is one of them.
Yes. Peace is just around the corner Mr. Abbas. It seems that violent resistance is the answer.
We know who the real squatters are - and they aren't the palestinian villagers. PW Botha would be proud
at th e expense of the Jewish people that you deem deserve not even 1 country.
that come tomorrow everyone will forget. In 1967 I almost signed up to help in any capacity I could but here, right now in 2012 I feel more empathy for the Palestinians than I ever could for my Jewish brothers and sisters and yes, truth is I'm ashamed.
It takes class, courage and human decency to write what you wrote! This world needs more people like you!
Why? There is not enough land in Israel to do the IDF training. Once again Netanyahu and his criminal government have shown that they will do anything and everything in order to delay and destroy any chance for peace and all with the support of the "freedome loving, justice for all" American government.
G-d is Stronger than Barak Obama, Putin and the EuroTrash
When we finally impose sanctions - just like we did with South Africa. Can't come soon enough.
No Pillar of Fire came to rescue Jews from Auschwitz. If you really believe in "God" then show some humility. And then some degree of gratitude for all the young Americans who got killed fighting to end WW2.
the israeli goverment wants to create new cheap rooom for living, and the palestianans pay for it
They us out of West Bank, so lets put all Pals to live in West Bank. They dont like us,they dont need us. Is that what Abbas and Hamas say. So,try to live without our help and our land.
The master race is claiming its Lebensraum
...I think this is bad. I see no legit justification for this. I want the Palestinians out, but not like this.
Cut off their water? Burn their olive groves? Imprison their youth? Oh, wait...
what is a zionist????
the basic human rights of these defenseless people as an ongoing standard operating procedure, and we call ourselves the greatest democracy in the world. There should be no question as to why we are so hated in the Muslim world.
And more and more in the rest of the world, where many God-fearing people believe in the ten commandments...Thou shalt not steal being one.
After a near lifetime trying to be friendly towards Israel, is it, perhaps, time to give up and try something else?
Fear god
Dare Israel destroy a village for no reason what so ever! The IDF has enough land to train at ease without removing one soul out of his home. Bibi and Barak needs to learn to respect minorities. Would they accept a jewish village being removed by Abbas in the west bank for strategic reasons? Stop this cazy love to destroy houses villages or cities. No wonder they were at ease destroying entire villages in Gaza. Shame on Israel current civil and military leaders
Shame! You have vast tracts of unoccupied land in Israel and you have to start up with these people?
Look at who their current president is... a smooth-talking conman ex-community organiser. The leader they had before him was a complete moron. Both parties are corrupt mafias controlled by the banks.
She can brag when she is free of us,. Not before.
This is the Israeli way to commemorate the 70th anniversary of the first deportations from the Warsaw ghetto. Mr. Jehud Barak should pay more attention to what happened to Juergen Stropp.
Israel is now accustomed to breaking international laws, acting arrogant, and doing unto others what they the world condemns. Israel is unable to take lessons learned from years ago, and keeps making one deplorable blunder after another. These are innocent civilians who are going to have their homes demolished, so that the IDF can train to attack them.
I agree this is ridiculous. But do you not see the clash between the courts and the defense establishment. The courts are taking a role. You can't say, "Israel wants x" anymore than I cant make a universal statement for ALL Palestinians.
Then the fradulent "palestinian people" fiction would never have come into being!
Don't worry my friend. There are 4.5 million palestinians on this land plus another few millions all over the world, proud to be what they are and who do not give a damm what you think. When the palestinians celebrate their freedom, you'll hear them from Tel Aviv and what will you do ? nothing. See you in Jerusalem Ronny, we'll share a nice falafel together and i'll show our Capital.
The indigenous people illegally constructed their villages? However, it's legal for the IDF to boot them off for a military practice area. Three stooges logic is ok when it suits one's agenda, I guess.
Non-Jews are moved out. The IDF operates for a few years. Then they no longer 'need' the facility and it is handed over to Jews who get cheap houses as the land is not bought. There's an official term for it, it's called Ethnic Cleansing. In this case it is by stealth rather than in a single big operation but the end-game is always the same non-Jews out, Jews in.
but what a pity,they make such a loud noise; but the results are merger.
Enough with the hysterics!
zionist behaviour. They are building their own grave through their arrogance and contempt for those not of their tribe.
Your own people need you in Jordan. Move there and try to refrain from murdering the king of Jordan.
You people have absolutely no shame!
You are a mental case.
Why don't the Arabs of Yesha move there?
There are artifacts that are 4,000 years old. So, what's your point? Assad destroys 1,000 year old things every day. Where's your outrage?
Ask the Germans. 12 Million of them were kicked out of Poland and Czekoslovakia in 1945, their towns and villages destroyed. This was all Okayed by the UN. Other examples include the 1million French in Algeria. What heppened to their villages?? many other such incidents in history
i wounder what theft by force is
with the chaos created from Arabic spring.... Israel might yet consider Jordan a possible necessity to acquire for it's expanding need of firing zone training.
Why do not you demolish 8 Jewish villages? Or why do not go to Negev? Or why do not you seek peace - than you won't need extra training ground for war preparations.
no sanctions here, after all they are palestinians is the rhetoric...
Now my fellow Jews are doing the same to others. I am sickened by this. (I was in Hebron the other week. The settlers have turned the centre of town into one of the most bleak and depressing places I have ever been to.)
Hevron is a fabuluos place, where our heroes live. You are truly twisted.
they are blinded by power, and the desire to seize what does not belong to them. Sensible folks learn from past experiences and mistakes made by others.
http://www.haaretz.com/jewish-world/rabbis-round-table/the-spaces-between-living-in-the-shadow-of-destruction-1.452612 Facing destruction, the rabbis do not cower in the corner along Judaism and Jewish community to dissipate. Instead, they place Torah and deeds of hesed as the new center. A faith, a community based on deeds of deep love and loyalty where we are bound together by our presence for one another, for Torah and for God.
You better read the Torah again.
You sound like a real slimy creature. Monsters ? Take a good look in the mirror.
Palestinians call themselves what they want and your opinion is totally irrelevant.
the very thing you're preaching
What's the bet that the IDF then decides that, no, it doesn't need this area for training and so, yeah, you Israelis are free to "settle" there....
This is our land. The interlopers must be removed, sooner or later. Their true home is Jordan, as per the Mandate. What, 78% isn't enough for them? How can you settle your own land, genius? Why don't you go settle Melbourne or Perth? If you can't compregend these simple facts, tough.
You're an American with italian origins...
Seeing as how nobody on the planet recognizes the legitimacy of the settlements, and that the West Bank isn't yours, I'd say you're the interlopers. Follow your own advice, creep. Your true home is New York, DC, and Russia, where many, if not most, of the terrorist settlers are from.
For once, it's nice to read that not only Jews are removed from the land of Israel. It's more than time for Israel to use all of her land for all of her needs.
obviously you know this will generate even more hatre, frustration and violence amongst the palestinians and you'll still be victimizing and crying for antisemitism. This is sick.
I truly feel sorry for you and people with attitudes like yours.
No such a place it's Israel
and never thought I would be once
And we say to the world - we want peace but the Palestinans do not want it? How can we accept this? People wake up!
What can people do ? A retired school teacher like me, for example ? Who do I try to wake up and how ? All I do is register this information with horror and feel helpless ! Please, a suggestion !
do, what other people do in any given democracy: Choose a politcal party that opposes things like this. Talk to other people, friends, relatives, and try to convince them otherwise if there are some supporting the actual government. There is a German saying "Steter Tropfen höhlt den Stein" which literally means "Constant dripping wears the stone", or "Little strokes fell big oaks", the latter probably more correct. :-)
It is simply unbelieved, that Israeli Jews claim to want peace (and equality). Every day new tricks to humiliate Pals.
you mean like when israel forcefully evacuated evacuated thousands of jews from the gaza strip, sinai and dozens of other villages?
Give back what you stole from Palestinians. Unfortunately, in that case, there won't be any Israel.
complain to the leaders egypt. syria, and jordan. they started a war against israel and lost. there is no such thing as stolen land. think twice before you start a war.
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