“As sirens sounded in Tel Aviv just now and residents scrambled for shelter, many New Yorkers were immediately transported back to the worst days of first Gulf War, when the fear of missiles landing in Israel’s largest city turned into reality.
I was in Israel in January of 2009 and witnessed first-hand the terror of incoming rockets in Sderot, which the local residents continue to endure with varying degrees of intensity. By the latest count, approximately 275 rockets have been fired from Gaza into Israel just since yesterday, and that number keeps rising.
Israel – like any nation – has every right to defend itself. As our U.S. State Department said yesterday, there is no justification whatsoever for the violence that Hamas and other terrorist organizations are employing against the people of Israel. And as Ambassador Michael Oren has said to me in our private meetings and to the world yesterday, Israel has both the right and duty to defend itself from terrorist attacks designed to kill thousands of its citizens.”
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Lookie, looking.
The man finally opened his mouth and said something that makes sense.
Thanx Mike. Why don’t you go plant another tree in Israel, in your Mothers memory?
Mikey baby,
Don’t think for a second that your heartwarming talk about Israel will grace you in the eyes of g-d or man for trampling on Judiasms most sacred customs.
IDF should use 32 oz coke cups to fire at hamas positions. That’ll kill ’em all!
I SO had enough of Bloomberg…he is getting under my skin. The idea that people should be in office for two terms is an excellent idea. Bloomberg has been in office for WAY too long.
The tragedies are unspeakable.
I still can’t understand, how are we an Am Hanivchor?
How do we keep strong?
#4,
you brought up a good idea
give the arabs 32 oz of soda
according to Bloomy that in and of itself kills
Ader:
Lulei sorascha sha’ashuai, az avaditi beonyi.
Who really cares what this oysvorf has to say? We know where he REALLY stands in the fact that he is fighting one of the major tenets of Yiddishkeit in bris milah. It makes no difference what your family minhag is with m’tzitza, you MUST realize this is a war on milah. They start small and finish big.
Now all of a sudden this farshtupta hartz starts talking Israel like he means it. Well Bloomy go choke on your deadly transfats or something.
Perhaps now the Mayor can lend his voice in defense of Israel by composing a letter to the editor of the New York Grime (NYT) in response to their criticism of Israel’s right to defend themselves from murderous attacks, see below:
Israel on Wednesday launched the most ferocious assault on Gaza in four years after persistent Palestinian rocket fire, hitting at least 20 targets in aerial attacks that killed the top military commander of Hamas, damaged Israel’s fragile relations with Egypt and escalated the risks of a new war in the Middle East. (NYT)
As usual, most of the comments on this forum are knee-jerk, emotional comments, devoid of reason.
Mayor Bloomberg, with all of his faults, is still a Jew, and deserves the respect Jews give their own. Cursing a Jew is prohibited and making fun of him is too, regardless of how much free speech there is in America.
If we want to constantly rail at the evil influence of the outside world, we might start with comments on this forum, which are more characteristic of the street than the pen of a Jewish heart.
Rainus, Jewish heart?
We all now how outspoken the Mayor is in response to issues he cares about, like beverage consumption and the effect it has on health, among other issues.
Undoubtedly the Mayor is aware of the New York Grime (NYT) condemnation of Israel for simple self defense of its citizens (see earlier post).
Now is the time for Bloomberg to speak from HIS Jewish heart in regard to Israel’s innocence, and Israel’s citizens’ life and death.
GroisNaches:
That was much better. You expressed your view in a forthright, sensible manner. You did not pull any punches but you did not give in to hysterics either.