Comments on: Join the applause

By: cityca

cityca — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 22:14:02 +0000

Astonishing – an evil, zionist settler (boogy boogy) saves the life of a gay Palestinian and what does Barry Day complain of? The bureaucracy of security checkpoints which surprisingly are erected at many international borders, not just those those between Israel and the West Bank.

It seems that as long as a Star of David is somewhere in your makeup, some fool will find a way to put you in the wrong.

By: Shmuel

Shmuel — Fri, 30 Oct 2009 08:44:07 +0000

Barry Dad – what about the high level dehumanisation of suicide bombs? How would you stop them from coming into Israel?

By: blahblahblah

blahblahblah — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 23:31:44 +0000

We had similar bureucratic troubles in east Belfast a few years back..bureucratic plastic bullets shattering little kids skulls and so on…sigh.
Chas there appers to be a typo in your last comment.Surely
If he is innocent then I hope he is allowed home quickly, if he hasn’t been already.
should read
If he is innocent then he has nothing to fear?
or even
If he is innocent then he won’t mind being held without charge for a few months will he?

By: Israelinurse

Israelinurse — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 17:28:45 +0000

Very interesting, Barry Day, that you choose to focus upon the issue of the man’s bureaucratic troubles at the border instead of the fact that his life was threatened for being gay!
As I’m sure you know, I as an Israeli am not allowed to travel to those parts of the West Bank under PA control. Does that ‘dehumanise’ me? I also can’t go to a whole host of other countries in the Middle East and beyond. I think I need a visa for the USA too. Such a lot of ‘dehumanisation’ going on in this world….or is it only when Israelis are involved?

By: Chas Newkey-Burden

Chas Newkey-Burden — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 16:31:48 +0000

Just for the record: I don’t know the details of the man’s case, nor why he was not allowed back into Israel immediately. The only people who know why he was delayed are the security forces who do such a great job of protecting Israel and who prevent countless terror attacks each year. If he is innocent then I hope he is allowed home quickly, if he hasn’t been already.

By: Chas Newkey-Burden

Chas Newkey-Burden — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 15:52:38 +0000

Ah, I get it. I thought that was where we were headed. Fair play – if only all my anti-commenters were so imaginative.

By: Barry Day

Barry Day — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 15:50:39 +0000

Chas, I don’t think I have – what exactly have I misread? Surely my point is a fair one, i fail to see what is so brilliant about letting a terrorist back into the country after he has been to “visit his parents”. (Unless (and this doesn’t even bear thinking about so I’ll assume you won’t), he actually posed no threat whatsoever and him not being allowed to go home is just another example of the low-level dehumanisation of the Palestinians? Nah, you’re right, I have just misread it.)

By: Chas Newkey-Burden

Chas Newkey-Burden — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 15:42:08 +0000

Thanks for commenting but you’ve misread the article and the point I am making.

By: Barry Day

Barry Day — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 15:36:47 +0000

Chas, yes but why was he held up overnight? This is important. It’s because he was a terrorist, this is true. Therefore it doesn’t matter what point you are trying to make about Israel, you are defending terrorists and the idiots who help them.

By: Joseph Galliano

Joseph Galliano — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 14:04:45 +0000

The one pretty much unarguable fact is that Israel is a beacon of sanity for LGBT people in the region. Nice one