Comments on: What if “Gatekeepers” Wins An Oscar?

By: Chasha Kuzecki

Chasha Kuzecki — Mon, 04 Mar 2013 20:12:57 +0000

There is a fundamental problem here: You're writing about "occupying" a place, but this place is ours to begin with. A small school child who reads Genesis will know that the Torah begins with the Creation of the World. But, as a history of the Jewish People, why does it not begin with the stories of the Forefathers or of when the Children of Israel became a Nation? Rashi answers: The day will come when the world will ask: Whose land is this? And we must answer: Look into the Torah– The world was created by G-d A-lmight. He created it and He can do with it as He sees fit, and He gave this land to the Children of Israel for their inheritance forever. Ya gotta complaint? Go lodge it with The Eternal One! This is in regards to the land.

In regards to others living in Eretz Yisrael, even a non-Jew is allowed to live there, [a ger toshav] , but not only is he not allowed to throw rocks, but he's not allowed to lift a hand against a Jew. A person who initiates killing is not allowed, whether Jew or non-Jew–this is clearly one of the 7 mitzvot b'nei Noach that everyone in the world must keep.

By: John Mackey

John Mackey — Sat, 02 Mar 2013 21:48:43 +0000

ANY Catholic Male, In Good Standing, Can Be Made Pope!

By: John Mackey

John Mackey — Sat, 02 Mar 2013 21:48:43 +0000

ANY Catholic Male, In Good Standing, Can Be Made Pope!

By: Dov Blair Epstein

Dov Blair Epstein — Mon, 25 Feb 2013 08:37:07 +0000

they don't like it they can always leave…but they won't. 22 arab countries, 300 million of them, and Israel's existence is questioned, not that the Pals don't have a state. tsk-tsk. Oh, and these putrid movies didn't win an Oscar.

By: Herbert Kaine

Herbert Kaine — Mon, 25 Feb 2013 02:44:50 +0000

actually Ravi, you need linen with holes in it so you can march with the KKK. Unfortunately, you have to keep wearing the dirty linen so that your KKK buddies wont realize you are not of the same race

By: Herbert Kaine

Herbert Kaine — Mon, 25 Feb 2013 02:42:52 +0000

If Gatekeepers wins tonite, it will be the 1st Palestinian movie to win. It will show some pathetic old men who want to cash in after a long and undistinguished career. It will reveal mediocre beureaucrats who are lusting over fame, kind of like an 85 year old man lusting after a 17 year old girl. It will be meaningless.

By: Herbert Kaine

Herbert Kaine — Mon, 25 Feb 2013 02:42:52 +0000

By: Milton Diaz

Milton Diaz — Mon, 25 Feb 2013 01:44:32 +0000

I hope Gatekeepers wins the Oscar for Best Foreign Film. It will force Jews and Israelis to reconsider the Catch 22 they're in. In my opinion the most interesting message in the whole film is that every time the Israelis succeed in their offensive military tactics, they, in fact, lose–because they have lost their souls, sacrificed their humanity by giving in to the barbaric nature of war and killing! Jean Daniel, the French (Jewish) journalist, superbly describes this whole dilemna in his book, The Jewish Prison–a must read!

By: Milton Diaz

Milton Diaz — Mon, 25 Feb 2013 01:44:32 +0000

By: John Mackey

John Mackey — Mon, 25 Feb 2013 00:23:41 +0000

Here's An Opportunity: The Vatican Conclave should elevate Michael, recently Patriarch of Jerusalem, to the Papacy. He'll choose to remain in (East) Jerusalem. Gamechanger! The new state of Palestine will enjoy full employment building a tourist-pilgrim industry on the beaches of Gaza. A monorail across the Negev will bring the pilgrims to the Basilica of The Holy Sepulchre and other holy places. The Swiss Guard would provide Security, so that Palestinians and Israelis can live and prosper.

By: John Mackey

John Mackey — Mon, 25 Feb 2013 00:23:41 +0000

By: Marc Schulman

Marc Schulman — Sun, 24 Feb 2013 19:56:52 +0000

Oh yes its a liberation. We might have the biblical right to the land, we might even have some legal rights by the fact that they started the war in 1967, but nothing can take away from the fact that there are X number of people who do not want us to control their lives, who have lived in legal limbo for 46 years. Who are not citizens of our state, but are not independent citizens of another, we can call it whatever we want but when everything is said and done was are controlling another people so you can define it any way you want. Maybe in 1967 at the end of the war we could have forced a different solution but that day is long passed and the longer we close our eyes and say there is no occupation the deeper we get in the mud. I do not have any simple solutions and half the time believe there may never be one, but that should not stop us from recognizing the dilemmas of controlling another people and always trying to be the ones who are responsible for looking for a solution. Its too late for my children no to serve in the IDF but maybe my grandchildren who are yet to be born will not have to- I can dream and we must dream

By: Alex Gutman

Alex Gutman — Sun, 24 Feb 2013 19:46:00 +0000

One of our biggest problems is that we use their language. Occupation. We started using their terms. If they didn't want to lose their land that was OCCUPIED by Jordan for 20 + years, then they shouldn't have attacked…. There are some parts of Israel that Jews are forbidden..Near Hebron..NO JEWS…The Sign is getting bigger and bigger as we appease them more…

By: Dov Blair Epstein

Dov Blair Epstein — Sun, 24 Feb 2013 19:34:39 +0000

Well, firstly, there is NO occupation…so everything else falls by the wayside…

By: Ravi Singh

Ravi Singh — Sun, 24 Feb 2013 19:05:36 +0000

The world already knows what Israeli dirty linen looks like. Maybe it will jolt the Israeli nation into changing the path they are following.