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Tuesday Oct 27, 2009
Window on Israel: You want moderation? Not here Posted by Ira Sharkansky
Comments: 4
Muslim and Jewish religious leaders are competing to heat up their followers in defense of incompatible rights to the Temple Mount/Haram e-Sharif. And Ha'aretz is marking the 14th anniversary of Yitzhak Rabin's assassination with a front page story revealing that his late widow, Leah, said that Binyamin Netanyahu was corrupt.
Was the discovery of these letters news of sufficient importance to justify a prominent headline on the front page? There were charges of corruption against Netanyahu during his first term, when Mrs. Rabin was writing. So far in the history of this government, no claims of his recent corruption have become prominent. Perhaps the editors of Ha'aretz are engaging in wishful thinking, moved by opposition to some of Netanyahu's present policies. Someone may be hoping that old letters written by the widow of a Labor Party icon can revive the prospects of a party whose declining remnants are being consumed further by internal squabbles.
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Dan J USA,
Wednesday Oct 28, 2009
Why knock ourselves out with this "Temple Mount" stuff? Israel is 61 yrs old and since 1967 when they won East Jerusalem and Dyan returned it to Islamic leaders. Israel should have kept it then when you were in command. Israel could have made its own deal ...even sharing the Mount! But as always we Jews think we do the right thing by being generous to our enemies, only to get it in the tuchas. Face it, these Islamists hate our "Jewish" guts. We don't need a third "Temple"..Israel itself is our "Holy Temple"! The Massiach knows the territory..he don't even need a map!
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Jay Goldberg, Illinois, USA,
Thursday Oct 29, 2009
"Should we comment first on the madness of religion, or the madness of journalism?" You got it right. Start with the madness of religion, for it is not only the greater, it is the more dangerous. (That, of course, should not detract from the madness of journalism, which, while significant, is nowhere near as bad or as dangerous as the madness of religion.)
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Renny, Israel,
Friday Oct 30, 2009
The worst demagogues are religious leaders and unfortunatley they exist on all sides. In fact religion always divides people and has brought misery to millions at all times. Everyone claims their God is the only one and of course his words are correct. As to Leah Rabin's letter, I don't think Nathanyahu is any more corrupt than other members of the Knesset but I think he is a disaster for our country. The fact that he appointed Mr. Lieberman to be Foreign Minister proves that. As to Dayan giving the Muslims the right over the Temple Mount was one of the stupidest things Dayan did.
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Shahab Mohd Altaf INDIA,
Saturday Oct 31, 2009
Karl Marx said, Religion is the opiate of the masses.In the world, the maximum conflicts are either for Land, Wealth, Women or Religion. Today, we are witnessing a clash of civilizations between Islam and the West.We read History, but not to correct historical Wrongs,through terrorism or violence.We need more of scientific temper.Religion is personal, but organized religion is politicization of religion which
Mahatma Gandhi said is the root cause of all evil.GOD is everywhere, The sun shines on everyone, the rain falls at every place, the earth is spread for all, then why fight for them?
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