Shulamit Kagan
Christian Arabs do not wear keffiyehs. Muslims wear them as head covering. No Muslim that I know, or have heard of, consider them cultural symbols. However, some Jews wear them round their necks as a badge of honour. Is this laughable? No, it is pathetic!
Another point that puzzles me is the denial of reality of Hamas and their supporters. After all, if they launch rockets at Israel, Israel is bound to retaliate and in the processes some of your citizens will be killed.
To avoid this, allocate some of the millions that you spend on rockets and underground tunnels to build shelters in your nursery schools, get your citizens to fortify at least one room in their house and so on and so forth.
Get it into your heads that it is not up to Israel to protect your citizens, it is your duty to do so.
Shulamit Kagan
Elphin Lodge, Johannesburg
Ambs
Aug 28, 2014 at 7:44 pm
‘I have been wearing a kefiyah scarf every day around my neck as a peaceful protest to the deaths of civilians. My Muslim friend gave it to me saying its a cultural scarf. I really don’t understand the fuss ‘
Roger
Aug 29, 2014 at 8:27 am
‘And I have an Igloo to sell you.’
AmbsI
Aug 29, 2014 at 1:37 pm
‘Lol @ Roger. I hope you have alot of igloos, as I met alot of \”naive\” people in that week. I got a very positive reaction to my borrowed kefiyah.Alot of people wanted to speak up at the inhumane killings and found the scarf a quiet way to say \”its not ok\” ‘
nat cheiman
Aug 29, 2014 at 3:09 pm
‘Have you ever seen a muslim wear a yarmulka?
\nNo? I wonder why?
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Gary Selikow
Aug 30, 2014 at 7:19 pm
‘Ambs the keffiyah stands for the mass murder of every man, woman and child in israel. It is not a symbol of peace but of hatred and terror.
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Ambs
Sep 1, 2014 at 8:11 pm
‘I believe there is always 2 sides to every story… which is why I started reading the jewish report. During the latest war on gaza I felt my soul die at the images of the dead. I came to this site to try and understand why? I saw very little empathy for the Palestinians. No understanding that around 2500 people had been killed by Israel in around 40 days. Instead I read about outrage about scarves and bds. I also read about justification by mentioning isis and boko haram. Mentioning other horrors doesnt justify the horror of Israel. I also saw a lack of empathy with the human shields defence as u take away their humanity by saying they care so little for their children. Unfortunately my soul hasnt healed by coming here. I can only hope that we can realise we are inately the same and be more tolerant of one another. Goodbye. Peace
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