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30% of Germans: Israel acts like the Nazis

Some 30% of Germans believe that Israel is waging a war of extermination against the Palestinians, and 30% believe that what Israel is doing to the Palestinians is not significantly different from what the Nazis did to the Jews. These are the findings of an opinion poll released today. The poll found that 43% of Israelis think that Germans view the Jews negatively or in an anti-Semitic manner.

 

The poll, which sought to assess the relationship between Germans, Israelis, and Jews, surveyed 1,000 Jews, 1,000 Germans, 1,000 Israelis, and 500 American Jews. The poll was commissioned by the German Bertelsmann Foundation, which promotes social reforms in centered on Israeli-Germans relations.

 

Despite the survey’s unfortunate findings about Israel’s treatment of the Palestinians, it also found an improvement in Germans’ attitudes towards Israel. For example, 28% of Germans support Israel, compared to only 8% in 1991. German support for the Palestinians has not changed since 1991 and still stands at 14%.

 

In addition, a few Germans believe that Israel should seek out a settlement. Some 6% of Germans think Israel should reach an agreement with the Palestinians, compared to 25% in 1991. Regarding the danger of the Iranian nuclear program for Israel, 62% of Germans think that the program does constitute a danger to Israel.

Many Israelis want a changed view

Regarding the Holocaust, which always casts its shadow on Israeli-German relations, the poll found that many Israelis believe it is time to stop considering the Holocaust as an element in relations with German and start talking to the younger generations of Germany, unlike the older generation who lived during the war and knew of the genocide of the Jews. There is a change on 1991, when only 27% were willing to speak to the younger generation.

 

A total of 9% of Israelis think there is no room for a dialogue with Germans, compared to 22% in 1991. True, 10% of Israelis think all Germans are guilty, even those born after the war, but 49% of Israelis think that contemporary Germans bear some responsibility towards the Jewish people.

 

Regarding Israeli treatment of German products, 18% of Israelis said they prefer German products, compared to 58% who do not care if a product is German or not, 14% who prefer non-German products, and 8% who never buy German products.

 

As for the Germans, 37% of them think it is a mistake to forget the past, compared to 20% in 1991. Despite this, 58% think that the Germans are right to set aside the past, compared to 62% in 1991.

 

22% of Germans want to know Israel

Another important finding of the poll is that 33% of Germans agree that Jews have a strong influence in the world. Some 46% of Germans think that Jews are trying to exploit their past for their benefit. Despite this finding, there is a notable decline from 1991, when 57% thought this.

 

Turning to a desire to know about the other side, the poll found that 22% of Germans are interesting in learning about Israel, compared to 40% who have a moderate interest and 38% who have a weak interest or no interest at all.

 

Israelis appear to have very little interest in Germany. Some 60% of Israelis have only a limited—if any—interest in Germany, compared to 38% in the past. Only 13% of Israelis have a strong or very strong interest in Germany, compared to 31% in the past. This, even though 57% of Israelis have good information about Germany, compared to 48% in the past.

Cairo: two books attacking Jesus banned

 

The Islamic Research Academy in Cairo has banned the sale and publication of two books that attack Jesus, peace be upon him. The book, The Consultation, by a writer calling himself Ahmed al-Masih, was banned from publication.

 

The committee that examined the book said that it conflicts with orthodox faith because the author says that Jesus’ ascension and descent is denied by both reason and God’s book, and that the Quran is merely stories for children to play with.

 

The academy also rejected the book, Plain Talk about the Appearance of the Messiah, by Nizar Ahmed. The inspection report said that the author confirmed the death of Jesus, son of Mary, peace be upon him, and offered an odd interpretation of various Quranic verses.

 

At the same time, the academy also rejected the book, Palestine: a Story of Jihad, because it attacked previous Muslim rulers, although it explains the true role of Jews throughout Islamic history. The inspection committee’s report stated that the book, by Qassam Abdullah, offends rulers and distorts the past, although it treats the history of the Jews since the coming of Islam and their odious traits as related by the Quran, as well as the history of the Jews in the modern era, including the tragedy of Palestine and Arab regimes’ betrayal of the cause from the time Palestine was plundered until the partition resolution was issued.

 

Whatever governments do about it, Discrimination will Never disappear. They might and try to brush it under the carpet, but it's a sad fact that it is a problem without a solution.

An eye for an eye

Shas MKs are demanding the release of Jewish prisoners who attacked Arabs in return for the release of Palestinian prisoners. During a meeting arranged for them by Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert last week at his official headquarters, members of Shas proposed the same request. One MK, Rabbi Nissim Zeev, explained that “if Palestinian terrorists are released, then there will definitely be room to seriously consider releasing the Jewish prisoners.”

 

Last week, a Shas party delegation made a visit to offer their condolences to the family of Asher Weisgan, who killed four Arabs before the implementation of the disengagement plan in order to thwart the plan. Weisgan committed suicide in his cell in Ayalon Prison. MKs Rabbi Nissim Zeev and David Azoulay, as well as Shas parliamentary leader Zvi Jacobson, were part of the delegation.

 

MK David Azoulay raised the subject last week during discussions of the Knesset agenda. Azoulay spoke of “the late prisoner Asher Weisgan” and said that “the disengagement caused a profound crisis in society. Such actions led reasonable people, like the late Asher Weisgan, to commit acts of madness.” He said that the judges ignored Weisgan’s troubled psychological past and the result was “Weisgan’s suicide in prison.”

 

Azoulay justified his request for the release of Jewish prisoners by saying that it will give them hope and they will not engage in desperate behavior. “Discussions are currently underway about the release of prisoners, not just children and women,” Azoulay said. “There are those discussing the release of prisoners who have blood on their hands. Any terrorist who has killed women and children, even if he is given ten life sentences, lives in hope that the day will come when they will release him from prison. This gives him hope, and he will not do something desperate because he knows that the day will come when Abu Mazen or Abu Arif or Abu Nasrallah or whoever will demand his release, and this is why we never hear about a terrorist committing suicide in prison.”

 

Azoulay concluded by asking that a “good-will gesture be extended to those Jewish prisoners who have murdered for ideological reasons. In this way we give them hope and keep them from doing anything desperate like the late Asher Weisgan.”

 

Reader responses to the article

 

I always said that they were terrorists, just like those Arab terrorist bastards, and now there’s something to prove it. The next phase will be to kick them out of the country, demolish and shut down their houses, and use them as human shields. If there’s equality then it should be total equality—A leftist.

 

My dear, here are a few more comparisons for you: 1) every Arab terrorist who shoots at Jewish settlements should be captured, and there should be an act of retaliation like we saw in Shefaram, which passed quietly; 2) car bombs should be set off in cafes, malls, and mosques in the PA, and civilians should be intentionally attacked because they will become terrorists or supporters of terrorists or they will beget terrorists (this is Palestinian logic); and 3) we should demand that Arab towns inside the Green Line be evacuated because they have not assimilated into Israel’s western Jewish culture (this is the logic of Peace Now)—Shai.

 

The claims of a four-year-old child. It’s a disgrace that these men are Israeli MKs.

If we’re forced to release murderers to save our prisoners then it’s bad, but we don’t have a choice. Now the genius MKs are suggesting we consider this evil and commit an even greater evil against ourselves, and to treat one evil with another. The thing that angers me the most are the brilliant claims about the need to release them because they don’t have hope. If that’s the case, then let’s release anyone who has killed or raped because they don’t have hope. A four-year-old kid can understand the idiocy of this claim. Perhaps you MKs will suggest that for every terrorist released a Shas MK/activist/thieving rabbi should be released?—Moti.

 

Israel has killed 5,050 Palestinians since the outbreak of the second intifada

 

From the outbreak of the second intifada on September 28, 2000, until the end of January 2007, Israel killed 5,050 Palestinians, injured around 50,000 people, and arrested more than 10,000 others. These statistics and others were released today in a report by the National Palestinian Center for Information.

 

The report shows that among those killed, 937 were minors under the age of 18, and 481 were executed in targeted assassinations carried out by Israel. During that period, the IDF injured 49,760 people in Gaza and the West Bank.

 

The report also noted that 351 of those killed were women and 150 people were killed at the checkpoints. During this period, settlers killed 66 Palestinians, and 36 of those killed were members of Palestinian rescue squads.

 

Since the outbreak out the intifada, 10,400 Palestinians have been detained in Israeli jails, including 553 who have been in jail since before the second intifada began. Of these Palestinian prisoners, 1,150 of them suffer from terminal illnesses. Among the detainees, 1,175 are male and female Palestinians students and 104 are teachers.

 

The report also documents the damages caused by the IDF to buildings and infrastructure in Palestinian Authority territories. The report shows that since the outbreak of the second intifada up until August 2006, the IDF damaged 645 buildings, partially damaged 72,437 houses, and completely demolished 30,871 houses, 4,785 of which were in the Gaza Strip.

 

By edict of the IDF, 12 educational institutions were shut down during this period, and studies were suspended in 1,125 schools. The IDF bombed 359 houses and institutions of higher education, and took over 43 houses which were turned into surveillance points. According to the report, the IDF killed 848 students and injured 4,792.

 

In addition, the IDF uprooted 13,572,896 trees and bulldozed 80,712 dunams of agricultural land. During this period, the IDF killed 14,829 heads of sheep and 12,151 cows, and destroyed 425 water wells.

 

In light of Israeli aggression, the checkpoints, closures, and blockades, the unemployment rate among Palestinians has gone up by 30.3% since the outbreak of the second intifada, and 288,300 people are unemployed.

 

According to statistics for 2006, the poverty rate in Gaza and the West Bank has reached 70%.

The findings of the report show that since the outbreak of the intifada the IDF has attack 1,147 journalists and has erected more than 5,000 military checkpoints.

 

Saudi Arabia shuts down Copt chat rooms on Paltalk

 

The site administrators for Paltalk, a well-known internet chat site, have shut down most of the site’s Coptic chat rooms, especially the ones in which Islamic issues are discussed, on the grounds that the discussions are not based on an Islamic viewpoint.

 

There have been reports that Saudi money, which controls a large portion of Paltalk stocks, is the reason for the closure of the Coptic chat rooms, which will make way for Islamic chat rooms.

 

A group of Copts are preparing to sue the administrators of Paltalk in order to bring back the Coptic site, which allegedly offends Islam. They wonder: if that is indeed the reason, then why have the Islamic sites that are insulting to Christianity not been shut down?

 

aparently Israel is the only nation who discriminates....??

 

YOU are the prime example of discrimination