A user wrote on January 3 about Bernard Madoff:
As a Jew, he shames me. He took advantage of his "jewishness" to make people feel comfortable,and then deceived them.... As a community activist, I was involved in a pro and counter rally yesterday for Israel. The Pro Hamas sides had signs of Jews, with hooked noses and dollar signs, with Madoff and Israel being equated to Nazi's. The war on Gaza, is now being linked to the ills of this greedy horrible man. He has hurt the Jews for years to come, sixty years after the holocaust. I take collective guilt, as Jews should be better than this.We have to have the world watching us every second, Israel defending her citizens against terror is this example. Madoff is a "shonda" on the Jewish people, and I hate him for that.
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before nazi in germany, now nazi in israel, american people don't become a toys of jewish communauty. Independance against lobby jewish american
Toby, if China was colonizing land in the US and making "Chinese Only" settlements with military backing, both the settlements and China would be fair targets, right? Israel has illegal settlements on Palestinian land...because they aim to steal it.
Watch "Peace, Propaganda, and the Promised Land."
http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-6604775898578139565
If you still wonder where Madoff money went, check this Israeli news paper
“America-Israel Cultural Foundation in danger of closing after Madoff losses”
http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/1054908.html
I feel Israels actions may have caused considerable unseen damage for its long term future. You can see the growing consensus amongst Muslim nations to unite and the possibilty of taking taking military action due to public enthusiasm for that route in the future. 1500 palestinians dead for 15 israelis, there is no justice in those figures and Hamas is still there, still operational and it will replenish its numbers very quickly. Israel on the other hand has tarnished its image and many non muslims in the west can also sense the injustice for the Palestinian people(especially children) who are suffering the most from this ongoing conflict. Israel cannot justify the mass extermination of a population due to a hands of a handful of extremeists who have hijacked a fragile state of Palestine. The wider world is looking on and feel that one day we may just have to look on when the score is settled.
I am well acquainted with the America-Israel Cultural Foundation. They support young artists in Israel, such as a 6 year old studying piano or a 15 year old aspiring dancer. They support Arab artists too, including study of the oud and other Middle Eastern music. They raise their own money and support young kids. Attaching their mission to the misdeeds of Madoff sheds more light on the ignorance of the person who commented than anything else.
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