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All players are listed but one: The Jews

Reader comment on item: Business as Usual in the Palestinian Authority [after Arafat's Death]

Submitted by Andras Bereny (Israel), May 17, 2005 at 11:44

All players are listed but one: The Jews

Commentators tend to ignore the sheer anger accumulated by Jews who have seen their country run AGAINST their will in the past five legislations. "In times when representative democracy fails the people it is not only physiological but is also just that they try to correct the run by direct democracy and to seek out alternative decision-making tools.

One of these anti-revolutionary tools is clearly Mishalot Yisrael, a grassroot Torah group, that not only sponsored polls showing the Sharon/Peres plan in minority (38%) but currently runs a referendum, presenting the Jewish Alternative Disengagement Plan. Tens of thousands of Jews have already cast their votes and the results are surprising: Insread of the Jews, nearly all of the participants want the Arab Palestinists to be transfered well beyond Jewish buffer zones and habitat. To see the wording of the referendum visit www.referendumforisrael.com
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Title Commenter Date Thread
The Israeli-Palestinian conflict is a money-making business for the Palestinians. [157 words]VeterMay 24, 2005 17:5022386
Dan, Have Faith in the Fighting Jew [119 words]Dave M. O'NeillMay 21, 2005 10:0922270
Augean Stables [69 words]Peter J. HerzMay 19, 2005 08:3022178
The futility of negotiation [170 words]Arvind MadhavanMay 19, 2005 04:2422173
Re: Carol McNeill's comment, "Who is creating the violence?" [63 words]Leo TokmanMay 18, 2005 17:2022153
Question. [15 words]Monty PogodaMay 18, 2005 15:0222148
Support of your position and the truthfuness of your reporting [128 words]Annette DoverMay 18, 2005 08:2522139
Who is creating the violence? [58 words]Carol McNeillMay 18, 2005 04:4522137
Why can't they see what's in front of their eyes? [413 words]yonasonMay 18, 2005 02:2222136
The renewal of the war against Israel [248 words]Janet BuschMay 17, 2005 18:1722128
Bush and the disengagement [125 words]Lori-AnnMay 17, 2005 14:3522127
Military force - not appeasement - will bring peace to Israel and safety to its citizens [98 words]Ralph C. Whaley MDMay 17, 2005 13:3222126
ONLY DIVINE INTERVENTION [554 words]Cliff Kelly, Ph.D.Jul 1, 2006 13:0522126
Abbas more dangerous than Arafat [264 words]Lloyd KleinMay 17, 2005 12:4022125
Gaza Withdrawal [46 words]Alan WilliamsMay 17, 2005 12:1022124
No discourse with Hamas [198 words]Octavio JohansonMay 17, 2005 11:5822123
Disengagement means disengagement [196 words]Boris GalinskyMay 17, 2005 11:5422122
All players are listed but one: The Jews [147 words]Andras BerenyMay 17, 2005 11:4422121

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