Comments on: Israel prevents young Gazan from studying law in West Bank

By: AYLA

AYLA — Thu, 07 Jun 2012 09:55:32 +0000

TH–I hope you see this. Thanks so much for the information; I’m on my way (and yes, a citizen).

By: Piotr Berman

Piotr Berman — Tue, 05 Jun 2012 05:53:11 +0000

“Suppose you ordered an electric shaver from a store owned by non-Jews, and by accident the store sent you two shavers. Would you return the second shaver?”

This is ridiculous. I would not return the second one, period. Who owns Amazon anyway? And should the settlers shave? There are much better real stories. A rabbinical court in Israel ordered a Haredi businessman to honor an oral agreement with another businessman and pay a promised amount of money. Then there was some stink, the guy did not want to pay and made the proceedings public. The agreement was to pay a kickback in the case of successful rigging for a contract with the State of Israel, and thus it was illegal according to the laws of the state, but, apparently, not according to the laws of Halacha.

The story about House of Saud being Jewish has some antiquity and wide circulation among non-Salafi Sunnis. By the way of contrast, Shia website prefer more solid argument, apparently the Prophet (peace be upon him) said that evil (strife? division?) will come from Najd.

By: Alan

Alan — Mon, 04 Jun 2012 23:17:38 +0000

“Annie, you may recall that I was driven away from Mondoweiss by someone who systematically engaged in insults and ridicule of me unrelated to what I was posting comments about. His name was ‘Mooser’. I am still under moderation there because I dared to argue back.”

Rowan– Mondoweiss doesn’t ban an anti-Semitic nut-job like Joachim Martillio, but they ban you!?!? Ouch!

By: Piotr Berman

Piotr Berman — Mon, 04 Jun 2012 18:36:49 +0000

This is the essence of Apartheid: keep people apart for the sake of keeping them apart.

Caden: try to spell Ayla correctly, and avoid other factual mistakes.

By: JCSM

JCSM — Mon, 04 Jun 2012 13:27:41 +0000

Jeremiah Haber on Shlomo Riskin

http://www.jeremiahhaber.com/2008/04/shlomo-riskin-bad-moral-luck.html

By: Vicky

Vicky — Sun, 03 Jun 2012 13:44:14 +0000

This reminded me of the case of Berlanty Azzam, a Bethlehem University student who was taken back to Gaza blindfolded and in shackles after checkpoint soldiers discovered she didn’t have a West Bank ID card. Gisha and Amnesty were both working on her case, but without success – she had to complete her course by e-mail and phone, and a graduation ceremony of sorts was held for her in Holy Family Church in Gaza. I hope that Loujain has more luck.
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Last night I was talking to a friend in Gaza City, who is going to London for his Master’s degree. This will be his first opportunity to get to know Palestinians from the West Bank and within the Green Line, which he’s very excited about. It’s been difficult for him to raise the money necessary to go London, and for a while I doubted he’d manage it, but ultimately studying two thousand miles away is far easier than getting permission to go to the West Bank would be. The movement restrictions on Palestinian students cast stark light on the way in which the occupation has broken Palestinian society as a whole into fragments.

By: Tania Hary

Tania Hary — Sun, 03 Jun 2012 08:36:51 +0000

Ayla, thanks for asking how you can help. We have a “campaign” page on our website: http://www.gisha.org/item.asp?lang_id=en&p_id=1574. If you are a citizen of Israel, you can visit this page for more information: http://www.gisha.org/item.asp?lang_id=he&p_id=1574.

By: Mitchell Cohen

Mitchell Cohen — Sun, 03 Jun 2012 06:30:59 +0000

Rehmat, I can smell your manure in your post about Rabbi Shlomo Riskin further than I can smell the odor of a skunk. He is the Rabbi of my community and he would not poskin like that, let alone make that the deal breaking question for being employed with his yeshiva. The only “source” you give for such garbage is your own blog, which when you go to offers no other source. Stop lying you little *&^%$!!!!

By: Rowan Berkeley

Rowan Berkeley — Sun, 03 Jun 2012 05:36:32 +0000

Annie, you may recall that I was driven away from Mondoweiss by someone who systematically engaged in insults and ridicule of me unrelated to what I was posting comments about. His name was ‘Mooser’. I am still under moderation there because I dared to argue back. I seldom return there now.

By: caden

caden — Sun, 03 Jun 2012 02:27:55 +0000

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