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Reader comment on item: Israeli Leftists Plead for Outside Pressure on Their Government
Submitted by Vic Rosenthal (United States), Dec 27, 2007 at 14:46
While I don't agree with Landau's point of view, it is unfair to make a big deal about his use of the word 'rape'. In Hebrew, the word "la'anos" does mean "to rape", but it also means "to force" and this is obviously what Landau intended.
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| Take a number! The British first "raped" Israel more than 85 years ago. [770 words] | DrRJP | Jan 13, 2008 16:49 | 118085 | ||
| accommodating elites [62 words] | lucy chambers | Dec 30, 2007 17:46 | 117154 | ||
| Ms. Rice must have been amazed [111 words] | Ken Besig | Dec 30, 2007 01:45 | 117105 | ||
| Unfortunately, Landau Is The Voice of Israel [79 words] | Dan Friedman | Dec 28, 2007 16:15 | 117049 | ||
| The treasonable comments of A.B. Yehoshua [96 words] | MHL | Jan 8, 2008 08:38 | 117049 | ||
| A.B. Yehoshua Comments "treasonable" ? [122 words] | Dan Friedman | Jan 8, 2008 22:22 | 117049 | ||
| The Silent Majority [279 words] | Rebecca Moulds | Dec 28, 2007 15:02 | 117048 | ||
| Landau's comments to Rice [85 words] | Vivian Flamm | Dec 28, 2007 11:30 | 117042 | ||
| Haaretz has lost all legitimacy [86 words] | Juanita | Dec 28, 2007 10:52 | 117041 | ||
| Haaretz unreliable - enabler of Arab racism / apartheid and Islamic Jihad [174 words] | Karen | Nov 6, 2012 03:45 | 117041 | ||
| Haaretz twisted language, especially on racism: slaps it on cultural divisions or on safety but not on Arab Muslim racist attacks [277 words] | Eli | Jul 1, 2020 07:53 | 117041 | ||
| Anti-Jewish B'tselem & Haaretz et al: raw Arab racism & fake racism labeling [170 words] | Nazarias | Apr 20, 2021 12:30 | 117041 | ||
| Arab-Islamic violent racism that brings about Israelis' genuine fear [152 words] | Gali | Aug 2, 2021 03:27 | 117041 | ||
| It Happens Almost Every Day, at Home & Abroad [444 words] | Steve Ralston | Dec 27, 2007 23:47 | 117028 | ||
| brilliant morons [151 words] | Norman Elmer | Dec 27, 2007 23:23 | 117027 | ||
| Don't ever read left wing papers. Ever. [17 words] | Vladimir Jabotinsky | Dec 27, 2007 22:00 | 117025 | ||
| Intellectuals Are PIGS [52 words] | David S. Levine | Dec 27, 2007 21:31 | 117023 | ||
| hard to imagine ? [41 words] | Doug Schnick | Dec 27, 2007 21:17 | 117022 | ||
| Landau wants to be raped [125 words] | Rafi | Dec 27, 2007 18:19 | 117012 | ||
| Upset over leftists [181 words] | Mark Katzman | Dec 27, 2007 17:59 | 117010 | ||
| Israel has already been raped [57 words] | Sheree Roth | Dec 27, 2007 16:15 | 117003 | ||
| treason by another name [242 words] | rodney allsworth | Dec 27, 2007 15:18 | 117000 | ||
| begging to be raped. [93 words] | Michael Kennedy | Dec 27, 2007 15:11 | 116999 | ||
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| "Landau" [25 words] | steven L | Dec 27, 2007 14:56 | 116994 | ||
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| Hard to imagine? [157 words] | Marc Segan | Dec 27, 2007 14:43 | 116992 | ||
| Hard to imagine intellectuals as traitors? [44 words] w/response from Daniel Pipes | Charles Martel | Dec 27, 2007 13:23 | 116981 | ||
| Two states [55 words] | RTM | Jul 19, 2008 00:46 | 116981 | ||
| I think intellectuals really, aggressively, deliberately betraying their country is a common thing [97 words] | Charles Martel | Feb 25, 2009 14:12 | 116981 |
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