en-us https://www.intensedebate.com/users/1374823 Comments by Tomstedham http://www.newsrealblog.com/2011/03/18/horrific-mental-image-helen-thomas-in-playboy/#IDComment136907020 The next time I see former President Clinton, I'll be sure to ask him... Surely you understand my skepticism toward your claim that the Palestine Papers are "fiction." I treat it as a far more "serious source" than anything I've read on this website, for example... Or WND, etc... Again, since no-one has been CONVICTED of this brutal crime, stating as fact that this group or that group did it is premature and highly inflammatory. Now that the Israelis have conveniently placed a complete gag order on the case... Well, will we ever know? And none of which changes my belief that everything Helen Thomas said is 100% correct. Wed, 23 Mar 2011 03:06:13 +0000 http://www.newsrealblog.com/2011/03/18/horrific-mental-image-helen-thomas-in-playboy/#IDComment136907020 http://www.newsrealblog.com/2011/03/18/horrific-mental-image-helen-thomas-in-playboy/#IDComment136452121 This is the type of sloppy writing I expect from blogs of this type..,. FACTS don't matter; only a fanatical level of support for Israel... #1: Interesting that you know that "THEY" killed a Jewish family in Itamar (not "Itama", as you write; do you spell check?) Since no-one has been convicted, how do you know that "THEY" did it? Quite a few THAI WORKERS were arrested. What are you going to do if it turns out one of "THEM" is responsible? #2: Arafat & Abbas "turned down peace deals that would have given them almost everything they wanted..." Well, that's just a plain LIE. But it's on page 1 of the Hasbara Manual given to all Israel supporters, so I expect to see it here. Have you read THE PALESTINE PAPERS??? It clearly shows that every single peace offering made BY THE PALESTINIANS was rejected by, yep, your friends THE ISRAELIS.... There's more, but honestly, why should I bother pointing it out... Mon, 21 Mar 2011 12:21:12 +0000 http://www.newsrealblog.com/2011/03/18/horrific-mental-image-helen-thomas-in-playboy/#IDComment136452121 http://bigpeace.com/rdrukan/2011/03/12/boycott-israel-actually-its-against-the-law/#IDComment134649637 I don't care what law our gov't passes. I will not buy products from or support Israel, whenever possible. This is a choice I have made as a grown, American citizen. It's called civil disobedience. It's what brought down the gov't in South Africa, and what it is what forced gov't changes in my home state of Alabama. It works, and it is my right as an American to decide where my money will go. It is no different than a 401k manager deciding not to invest in guns, or tobacco, or pornography. Or in Saudi Arabia... And I will not buy products from certain other countries that I choose, or from certain corporations, based on whatever criteria I decide. I don't buy Monsanto items, for example, because I am opposed to that corporation's actions regarding GMO crops, etc.. And if the author of this post (Roni) will remove the pro-Israel propaganda, actual reading of the law states that only SUPPORT OF A FOREIGN-NATION BOYCOTT is illegal. This DOES NOT PROHIBIT private American citizens deciding on their own where to spend their money. That right we still have... For now. Sun, 13 Mar 2011 17:37:44 +0000 http://bigpeace.com/rdrukan/2011/03/12/boycott-israel-actually-its-against-the-law/#IDComment134649637 http://bigjournalism.com/jdunetz/2010/07/01/uk-telegraph-tries-its-hand-at-anti-israel-fauxtography/#IDComment84790176 Wow... That's so far from reality that I'm scared to ask anything else... Especially about the massacres at Lyda, Deir Yassin, or those other Arab villages... I'm done. "The "humanitarian crisis" in Gaza is a lie." Wow... Sun, 4 Jul 2010 22:28:03 +0000 http://bigjournalism.com/jdunetz/2010/07/01/uk-telegraph-tries-its-hand-at-anti-israel-fauxtography/#IDComment84790176 http://bigjournalism.com/jdunetz/2010/07/01/uk-telegraph-tries-its-hand-at-anti-israel-fauxtography/#IDComment84787859 Ah, now we're splitting hairs. "No one dying of starvation in Gaza." Plenty of hungry people with a destroyed land and no economy, and no right of return to where they came from, but no one is DYING. Wow. Those Israeli "peace groups" have been distorting the true picture!!! Can you please answer one direct question: has Israel ever done anything wrong? By that , I mean, an atrocity, a murder, a rights violation, anything. Because I'm plenty willing to say there have been plenty of Arab/Palestinian evils, but no-one on the Zionist side seems willing to admit any wrongdoing. Please see my previous list, re: Lydda, Deir Yassin, Operation Yoav, etc. ANYTHING wrong at all...? Sun, 4 Jul 2010 22:05:03 +0000 http://bigjournalism.com/jdunetz/2010/07/01/uk-telegraph-tries-its-hand-at-anti-israel-fauxtography/#IDComment84787859 http://bigjournalism.com/jdunetz/2010/07/01/uk-telegraph-tries-its-hand-at-anti-israel-fauxtography/#IDComment84784605 I just noticed the "your last ID" comment... What is that in reference to? I'm posting under my real name (unlike you), and this is my first visit. I just registered. If you think I am someone you have sparred with before, you are mistaken. Seriously. Sun, 4 Jul 2010 21:32:54 +0000 http://bigjournalism.com/jdunetz/2010/07/01/uk-telegraph-tries-its-hand-at-anti-israel-fauxtography/#IDComment84784605 http://bigjournalism.com/jdunetz/2010/07/01/uk-telegraph-tries-its-hand-at-anti-israel-fauxtography/#IDComment84784385 You AIPAC boys really don't like answering questions, do you? You keep saying that I'm lying, but you don't point out any lies... Lavon affair? Deir Yassin? Operation Hiram? Dani? Yoav? Lydda? The list goes on. Please tell me where I lied. My question was direct and simple: Has Israel ever done ANYTHING wrong? You, of course, didn't answer. Email the embassy real quick and get the official response. Surely they will admit to something... Hell, I hear they're even gonna let KETCHUP into Gaza now... Sun, 4 Jul 2010 21:30:52 +0000 http://bigjournalism.com/jdunetz/2010/07/01/uk-telegraph-tries-its-hand-at-anti-israel-fauxtography/#IDComment84784385 http://bigjournalism.com/jdunetz/2010/07/01/uk-telegraph-tries-its-hand-at-anti-israel-fauxtography/#IDComment84780529 Wow, AIPAC sent you the full-length version of the talking points! I only have the one-page summary. I think my National Socialist/Muslim friend killed a few Jews to get it for me, but I'm not gonna ask him... He's eating a burger now. The things you listed seems to be one-sided, all Arab against Jews. Have the Jews EVER done anything wrong? I've heard rumors, but nothing has been confirmed. Surely the Israelis didn't launch a terror campaign against the US in the '50s and blamed it on the Arabs... And of course, they didn't massacre ANY Arabs when they drove them out of their villages during the war. I'm sorry; I meant "when the Arabs were leaving so their brothers could massacre the Jews"... And that whole "USS Liberty" thing was a complete accident. I know that NO Egyptian POWs were being massacred at that time. Just a vicious anti-Semitic lie being told by National Socialist-Muslim lovers like myself... HAS Israel ever done anything wrong? Aside from not killling every single Arab in Israel of course. They should have went ahead with that, right? Sun, 4 Jul 2010 21:02:49 +0000 http://bigjournalism.com/jdunetz/2010/07/01/uk-telegraph-tries-its-hand-at-anti-israel-fauxtography/#IDComment84780529 http://bigjournalism.com/jdunetz/2010/07/01/uk-telegraph-tries-its-hand-at-anti-israel-fauxtography/#IDComment84776183 So, if a Palestinian suicide bomber attacks a bus or building containing MILITARY RESERVISTS, that's a "military target" and thus acceptable to you? Speaking of "never native residents"... A Jew in Russia can "Return", while a Palestian WITH PROPERTY DEEDS cannot. That doesn't seem hypocritical? Arabs have lived there for hundreds and hundreds of years. This is accepted history. Who is defrauding who? I didn't realize you had access to my military records... Or perhaps you HAVE killed more Muslims than me. I guess we'll never know. Maybe we could meet at the VA? Sun, 4 Jul 2010 20:35:52 +0000 http://bigjournalism.com/jdunetz/2010/07/01/uk-telegraph-tries-its-hand-at-anti-israel-fauxtography/#IDComment84776183 http://bigjournalism.com/jdunetz/2010/07/01/uk-telegraph-tries-its-hand-at-anti-israel-fauxtography/#IDComment84770180 Let's do that thing where we try to define what "terrorism" is. And for bonus points: what is a "terrorist"? A man blows himself up in a mall, killing many people. Label? A gov't destroys thousands of civilian homes, kills hundreds of civilians, confiscates land, suppresses rights... A man blows himself up in a mall, killing some soldiers and army reservists, along with civilians... A gov't bombs a house holding a wanted "terrorist", late at nite, killing him and 18 civilians... A group brings several boatloads of supplies, food, wheelchairs, school supplies, etc. to a starving, blockaded land... Armed commandos attack boats loaded with aid, killing several people with point-blank gunshots, many in the back... Sun, 4 Jul 2010 20:10:29 +0000 http://bigjournalism.com/jdunetz/2010/07/01/uk-telegraph-tries-its-hand-at-anti-israel-fauxtography/#IDComment84770180 http://bigjournalism.com/jdunetz/2010/07/01/uk-telegraph-tries-its-hand-at-anti-israel-fauxtography/#IDComment84768118 The King David Hotel attack was terrorism. Period. And notice I said "only Jews can immigrate (sorry: "Return"). I was attacking the policy of "RETURN", meaning that Jews from, say, Russia, can move there and receive full gov't support and welcome, but a Palestinian who was driven from his home and has paperwork to prove it, cannot return. So, a foreigner moving in is called "Return" but a native attempting to reclaim land is called... Hmmm.. What do Zionists call them? Oh, right. "Present absentees"... Terrorists!!! Mmmmm. This terror burger is GOOD!!! I got the recipe on my 2nd tour in Iraq, where I'm pretty sure I killed more Muslims than you have... Sun, 4 Jul 2010 20:00:54 +0000 http://bigjournalism.com/jdunetz/2010/07/01/uk-telegraph-tries-its-hand-at-anti-israel-fauxtography/#IDComment84768118 http://bigjournalism.com/jdunetz/2010/07/01/uk-telegraph-tries-its-hand-at-anti-israel-fauxtography/#IDComment84751478 No terrorism??? Please explain the King David Hotel bombing. I'll wait. And I'll save the village massacres for later. Just deal with the hotel for now. My burgers are cooking. PS a theocracy is "a form of government in which a state is governed by immediate divine guidance or by officials who are regarded as divinely guided." Sound familiar? God gave us this land; only Jews can immigrate (sorry: "Return"); the Torah is our legal code, etc. etc. etc. But deal with the hotel first. Man, those burgers smell good! Sun, 4 Jul 2010 18:35:12 +0000 http://bigjournalism.com/jdunetz/2010/07/01/uk-telegraph-tries-its-hand-at-anti-israel-fauxtography/#IDComment84751478 http://bigjournalism.com/jdunetz/2010/07/01/uk-telegraph-tries-its-hand-at-anti-israel-fauxtography/#IDComment84744743 Your very screen name is in support of an alien theocracy, and you lecture me on "bias"??? Ha! That's a good one. I don't get incensed about Darfur, because nobody from Darfur is lobbying my gov't to provide billions of dollars of our money and military hardware to them to continue an evil, illegal occupation by their racist theocracy. My politicians aren't financially beholden to Darfurians, and there's no influential ADPAC... Why was it ok for Israel (when it wasn't a state yet) to smuggle in goods and WEAPONS, and engage in TERRORISM, but you and others get freaked out when Arabs do it? Different standards for God's Chosen People? Sun, 4 Jul 2010 18:07:28 +0000 http://bigjournalism.com/jdunetz/2010/07/01/uk-telegraph-tries-its-hand-at-anti-israel-fauxtography/#IDComment84744743 http://bigjournalism.com/jdunetz/2010/07/01/uk-telegraph-tries-its-hand-at-anti-israel-fauxtography/#IDComment84738100 The UN has issued resolutions against the blockade; Abbas' opinions don't have the force of law, now do they? He also "supports" Israel leaving East Jerusalem; do you suppport him on that too??? Or do you pick and choose? Calling a smuggler a "criminal" is rich irony coming from a "Zionist", considering the Jewish history of running blockades (Exodus, anyone?) and smuggling in weapons from Czech sources. There wouldn't be a state of Israel had these such "crimes" not occurred. Apparently there are different legal standards when God's Chosen People are fighting, than when other, lesser, people are. Now excuse me, I am off to celebrate my nation's independence from tyranny. My hope is that Gaza sees the same results soon... Sun, 4 Jul 2010 17:41:10 +0000 http://bigjournalism.com/jdunetz/2010/07/01/uk-telegraph-tries-its-hand-at-anti-israel-fauxtography/#IDComment84738100 http://bigjournalism.com/jdunetz/2010/07/01/uk-telegraph-tries-its-hand-at-anti-israel-fauxtography/#IDComment84730958 I'm a journalist; that means telling a story in an UNBIASED MANNER. Clearly a principle someone called "BronxZionist" isn't interested in... Journalism isn't about "how do you know it's NOT???" It's about what you can prove. Say the word with me: journalism. Look it up some time. It's the opposite of advocacy and propaganda. "Illegal activities"; that's a nice one... By that definition THE ENTIRE IDF AND STATE OF ISRAEL is committing "illegal activities" by blockading Gaza... Shall I quote the UN resolutions? Boom!!! In reply to your question about "why would you label him not a terrorist?" my answer is : because he wasn't causing any terror when I took the picture... Without weapons present; without armed men around; without cases of rockets being dragged down the tunnel, etc. then IN CONTEXT, the proper JOURNALISTIC CAPTION would be "smuggler." Remember, this was a PHOTO CAPTION, not a history or political science class. Geez. Sun, 4 Jul 2010 17:13:40 +0000 http://bigjournalism.com/jdunetz/2010/07/01/uk-telegraph-tries-its-hand-at-anti-israel-fauxtography/#IDComment84730958 http://bigjournalism.com/jdunetz/2010/07/01/uk-telegraph-tries-its-hand-at-anti-israel-fauxtography/#IDComment84725049 Ah, now I see... The story is written by "The Yid With a Lid"... (that's his website!). He's a strong pro-Israel Jewish activist. My apologies (somewhat) to the bigjournalism site. At first glance, I thought it was written by a staffer. This is nothing by hasbara propaganda, scripted in Israel... There can be only one viewpoint: Palestinians evil; Jews saintly. Sun, 4 Jul 2010 16:46:52 +0000 http://bigjournalism.com/jdunetz/2010/07/01/uk-telegraph-tries-its-hand-at-anti-israel-fauxtography/#IDComment84725049 http://bigjournalism.com/jdunetz/2010/07/01/uk-telegraph-tries-its-hand-at-anti-israel-fauxtography/#IDComment84724013 Speaking of telling the story WITHOUT BIAS... Your complaint reads: "...they used a picture of a terrorist entering one of the tunnels Hamas uses to smuggle weapons across the Egyptian border..." Ummm.... A) why would you label him a "terrorist"? Well, he's a Palestinian in a tunnel; he must be a terrorist, right??? B) how do you know this is a tunnel "Hamas uses to smuggle weapons"? There are HUNDREDS of tunnels. The VAST MAJORITY are used to smuggle in GOODS. I am a journalist; I would not label that person a "terrorist". The caption used by the UK Telegraph was 100% correct. To use YOUR WORDS is very biased journalism. Indeed, what you advocate isn't journalism at all. It's propaganda. Change your website to "bigpropaganda.com" and you will be spot on... Sun, 4 Jul 2010 16:37:35 +0000 http://bigjournalism.com/jdunetz/2010/07/01/uk-telegraph-tries-its-hand-at-anti-israel-fauxtography/#IDComment84724013