Comments on: Why blame the settlers?

By: Jeff

Jeff — Mon, 31 Aug 2009 06:45:24 +0000

I fear that those who sit on the sidelines in this are in for a rude awakening. There are plenty who are both Goyim and Kuffar who think that letting the Jews and the Muslims slug it out here will keep everyone else safe from attack. They haven’t read any further; they don’t understand the real division of the world between Dar al Islam and Dar al Harb.

Praise the Lord, for He has said that He will be victorious.

By: Monkeytrousers

Monkeytrousers — Sat, 29 Aug 2009 11:35:20 +0000

Chas, this article should be sent to every newspaper/media outlet here or at least made into posters and pasted up around the country. It’s one of the most articulate analyses of the issue I’ve ever seen. Better still, send it to all those ‘stop-the-genocide-in-Gaza’ groups and wait for the sound of choking on veggie burgers…

By: sammish

sammish — Fri, 28 Aug 2009 14:57:27 +0000

I was one of the few in you last post (several months ago) about the unilateral pullout from Gaza who defended it despite the dire consequences it created. Nobody knew then how screwed up the Palrabs could be. I think the Gaza debacle is a testament that the so-called settler issue in Samaria and Judea is a false problem. It is a pretext to a much malign and destructive agenda the Palrabs have ever devised.

By: anna

anna — Fri, 28 Aug 2009 14:07:10 +0000

It’s kind of funny how the more criticism the settlers get, the more people move into the west bank and the population grows. I quite admire them for not listening to world opinion and doing what is best for them.

By: Avi

Avi — Fri, 28 Aug 2009 00:53:54 +0000

Actually, I’m a proud settler. The biblical word for the people who settled the Land of Isreal was “settlers”, the term used by Labor Zionists for the pioneering people who settled Isreal in the late 19th and early 20th centuries were “settlers” too. Only now has it been Marxisised, so to speak, to become a negative term. Call me a proud Jew, call me a pioneer, call me a proud settler, I don’t care. I’m fully aware of the greatness, importance and symbolism of my living quarters here in the bedrock of Jewish history. My porch overlooks the path that the Biblical fathers and mothers walked on centuries ago. I overlook town of Bethlehem, where Mother Rachel was buried, and I see the Temple Mount, where King David established the first Kingdom of Judea. The world can say what it wants, the “supporters” of Israel, who care more about what the “world” thinks of them then the truth of todays situation, can also say what they want. The truth is that the world is a safer place because we live here. We are the canary in the mine. If we wouldn’t be here on the frontline, then our enemies who are out to destroy us, would be one step closer to their target, all of Western Civilization. These people don’t want peace, they don’t want Judea and Samaria and they don’t even want Jerusalem, they want much more. Today’s conflict is a religious one, no matter how much people try to deny it. The people running Islam today want to rule the world and conquer Western Civilization. The “Settlers” are the easist scapegoat for them to use to mask that global struggle of theirs and get people to deny what they are really after. No, no peace will come if they uproot us settlers, and no peace will come no matter what Israel does, because the other side doesn’t want peace. Kind of hard to make peace in such a circusmstance. In the meantime, I will enjoy raising my family in the bedrock of Jewish civilization, as a settler here in the Judean hills. You are all more than welcome to visit and see this beautiful and Holy area of Land for yourselves.

By: Chas Newkey-Burden

Chas Newkey-Burden — Thu, 27 Aug 2009 13:38:01 +0000

Thanks everyone.
No, haven’t thought of sending it to CiF but thanks for the suggestion.
Interesting that none of the Israel ‘supporters’ who routinely criticise and blame the settlers haven’t come to defend themselves.
I should also add that I use the term ‘settlers’ reluctantly, as I feel it is inherently unfair on them. Anyone have any ideas what else we could call them? Israelis, I guess?

By: Ben Yatzbaz

Ben Yatzbaz — Thu, 27 Aug 2009 13:16:59 +0000

There’s only one reason they’ve not jumped into the Red Sea. It would split (again), dry up, and then they’d settle the land there as well….
Very well written post, sir!

By: Monkeytrousers

Monkeytrousers — Thu, 27 Aug 2009 10:34:58 +0000

Yes, darn those pesky Jews that won’t just jump into the Red Sea – of course, when Israel is sliced up into manageable chunks for Mr Obama and handed on a plate to the Arabs (because there are never enough Muslim countries) then the whole world will join hands and sing hymns together…NOT!

By: Jayne

Jayne — Wed, 26 Aug 2009 18:19:02 +0000

Awesome

By: Lynne T

Lynne T — Wed, 26 Aug 2009 16:20:27 +0000

Chas:

What a well thought out and written “reality check” on the issue. Have you considered offering it to CiF?