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> <channel><title>Comments on: Welcome to Israel!</title> <atom:link href="http://sabbah.biz/mt/archives/2008/06/24/welcome-to-israel/feed/" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml" /><link>http://sabbah.biz/mt/archives/2008/06/24/welcome-to-israel/</link> <description>Because Silence is Complicity!</description> <lastBuildDate>Tue, 08 Nov 2011 15:10:04 +0000</lastBuildDate> <sy:updatePeriod>hourly</sy:updatePeriod> <sy:updateFrequency>1</sy:updateFrequency> <generator>http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1</generator> <item><title>By: Needless</title><link>http://sabbah.biz/mt/archives/2008/06/24/welcome-to-israel/#comment-354143</link> <dc:creator>Needless</dc:creator> <pubDate>Fri, 22 Aug 2008 07:33:53 +0000</pubDate> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://sabbah.biz/mt/?p=2989#comment-354143</guid> <description>I was simply to setup the data center that we have in Jerusalem, Israel. My task should only last 2 months so I exactly do not rquire a work visa as I know that they would normally stamp a standard 3-months on my passport (I don&#039;t have plans to go across borders anyways so I permitted them to stamp my passport).
Anyways, I was surprised that the immigration crossed out the 3-months and instead wrote 2 weeks in my passport even I produced an invitation letter and my return trip tickets. So I went to their ministry of immigration accompanied by a lawyer who speaks good Hebrew (our Israel office consists of a good number of lawyers from UK and the US - mostly Jewish folks). The immigration set me up with an appointment date without giving any sort of a temporary paper to at least protect me from a catch-22 scenario.
So between the appointment date and my 2-weeks stay I am considered illegal..WTF? We have created an office to provide more jobs for the Israelis and they give me a hard time.
Sheeezzzz...</description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I was simply to setup the data center that we have in Jerusalem, Israel. My task should only last 2 months so I exactly do not rquire a work visa as I know that they would normally stamp a standard 3-months on my passport (I don&#8217;t have plans to go across borders anyways so I permitted them to stamp my passport).</p><p>Anyways, I was surprised that the immigration crossed out the 3-months and instead wrote 2 weeks in my passport even I produced an invitation letter and my return trip tickets. So I went to their ministry of immigration accompanied by a lawyer who speaks good Hebrew (our Israel office consists of a good number of lawyers from UK and the US &#8211; mostly Jewish folks). The immigration set me up with an appointment date without giving any sort of a temporary paper to at least protect me from a catch-22 scenario.</p><p>So between the appointment date and my 2-weeks stay I am considered illegal..WTF? We have created an office to provide more jobs for the Israelis and they give me a hard time.</p><p>Sheeezzzz&#8230;</p> ]]></content:encoded> </item> <item><title>By: Lilli</title><link>http://sabbah.biz/mt/archives/2008/06/24/welcome-to-israel/#comment-353823</link> <dc:creator>Lilli</dc:creator> <pubDate>Wed, 02 Jul 2008 13:15:56 +0000</pubDate> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://sabbah.biz/mt/?p=2989#comment-353823</guid> <description>I am sorry that this young lady had such a difficult time with the Israeli immigration services.Not that it makes it right in any way but - there are muslim countries who won&#039;t let people in just because they have an Israeli stamp in their passport - how fair is that.
The most important and sad point of this whole story is that this young lady doesn&#039;t even know her grandfather&#039;s name - never mind his life history and what happened to him around the time Israel was created. And if she does know this and can&#039;t even remember his name - then again I would like to question what she&#039;s projecting when she&#039;s consumed with anger at the ignorance surrounding her in Israel.
That kind of hatred and animosity is not going to help anyone - least of all her people trapped in Gaza. It puts the Israeli&#039;s on the defence. If you want to come to Israel, come with an open heart and mind looking for a positive solution for both sides. Otherwise don&#039;t come at all.
Your money has not been wasted, its been a crucial lesson in how important it is to know who you are and where you come from.</description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I am sorry that this young lady had such a difficult time with the Israeli immigration services.Not that it makes it right in any way but &#8211; there are muslim countries who won&#8217;t let people in just because they have an Israeli stamp in their passport &#8211; how fair is that.</p><p>The most important and sad point of this whole story is that this young lady doesn&#8217;t even know her grandfather&#8217;s name &#8211; never mind his life history and what happened to him around the time Israel was created. And if she does know this and can&#8217;t even remember his name &#8211; then again I would like to question what she&#8217;s projecting when she&#8217;s consumed with anger at the ignorance surrounding her in Israel.</p><p>That kind of hatred and animosity is not going to help anyone &#8211; least of all her people trapped in Gaza. It puts the Israeli&#8217;s on the defence. If you want to come to Israel, come with an open heart and mind looking for a positive solution for both sides. Otherwise don&#8217;t come at all.</p><p>Your money has not been wasted, its been a crucial lesson in how important it is to know who you are and where you come from.</p> ]]></content:encoded> </item> <item><title>By: Israel</title><link>http://sabbah.biz/mt/archives/2008/06/24/welcome-to-israel/#comment-353811</link> <dc:creator>Israel</dc:creator> <pubDate>Sun, 29 Jun 2008 10:43:30 +0000</pubDate> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://sabbah.biz/mt/?p=2989#comment-353811</guid> <description>Et oui, Israel s&#039;acquiere avec des ÃƒÂ©preuves :)</description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Et oui, Israel s&#8217;acquiere avec des ÃƒÂ©preuves :)</p> ]]></content:encoded> </item> <item><title>By: Jgarbuz</title><link>http://sabbah.biz/mt/archives/2008/06/24/welcome-to-israel/#comment-353804</link> <dc:creator>Jgarbuz</dc:creator> <pubDate>Sat, 28 Jun 2008 16:07:29 +0000</pubDate> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://sabbah.biz/mt/?p=2989#comment-353804</guid> <description>I lived in Israel for ten years, and I was treated more or less the same way. And I am the child of Holocaust survivors. Israelis are just as tough on each other as they are on Arabs. Rude, arrogant, aggressive, unpredictable, suspicious, nosey, etc. Phones at the Absorption Center were tapped. That&#039;s just the way Israelis are. God Bless Israel.</description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I lived in Israel for ten years, and I was treated more or less the same way. And I am the child of Holocaust survivors. Israelis are just as tough on each other as they are on Arabs. Rude, arrogant, aggressive, unpredictable, suspicious, nosey, etc. Phones at the Absorption Center were tapped. That&#8217;s just the way Israelis are. God Bless Israel.</p> ]]></content:encoded> </item> <item><title>By: maryitalia</title><link>http://sabbah.biz/mt/archives/2008/06/24/welcome-to-israel/#comment-353792</link> <dc:creator>maryitalia</dc:creator> <pubDate>Thu, 26 Jun 2008 10:46:19 +0000</pubDate> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://sabbah.biz/mt/?p=2989#comment-353792</guid> <description>Haitham, bARABie is simply everywhere to stir up shit. S/he asked me to check her bona fides with Paola at Uruknet and I was told that s/he was a &quot;troll&quot;.
So, having her/his comments about me being a Jewish Maggot are simply not that useful, unless we need to see what bARABie is all about.
Sharon and Hitler for sure, that is what deleting racist insults is? bARABie should study history some.
ps, this article looks great, haven&#039;t had time to read it yet, but am looking forward to it.</description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Haitham, bARABie is simply everywhere to stir up shit. S/he asked me to check her bona fides with Paola at Uruknet and I was told that s/he was a &#8220;troll&#8221;.</p><p>So, having her/his comments about me being a Jewish Maggot are simply not that useful, unless we need to see what bARABie is all about.</p><p>Sharon and Hitler for sure, that is what deleting racist insults is? bARABie should study history some.</p><p>ps, this article looks great, haven&#8217;t had time to read it yet, but am looking forward to it.</p> ]]></content:encoded> </item> <item><title>By: Robin</title><link>http://sabbah.biz/mt/archives/2008/06/24/welcome-to-israel/#comment-353789</link> <dc:creator>Robin</dc:creator> <pubDate>Thu, 26 Jun 2008 05:37:03 +0000</pubDate> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://sabbah.biz/mt/?p=2989#comment-353789</guid> <description>This may be of some help:
http://www.unobserver.com/layout5.php?id=4872&amp;blz=1
What does someone say to this?</description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>This may be of some help:<br
/> <a
href="http://www.unobserver.com/layout5.php?id=4872&#038;blz=1" rel="nofollow">http://www.unobserver.com/layout5.php?id=4872&#038;blz=1</a></p><p>What does someone say to this?</p> ]]></content:encoded> </item> <item><title>By: bARABie</title><link>http://sabbah.biz/mt/archives/2008/06/24/welcome-to-israel/#comment-353787</link> <dc:creator>bARABie</dc:creator> <pubDate>Wed, 25 Jun 2008 20:27:11 +0000</pubDate> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://sabbah.biz/mt/?p=2989#comment-353787</guid> <description>I didn&#039;t expect a blog partly run by Palestinians (palestinethinktank) to be more authoritarian than Hitler or Sharon.
Following is a copy of a comment i left on that site which i am guessing mary (probably jew) rizzo deleted.
***Be careful, you might get sued for &quot;anti semtitism&quot;.
If you don&#039;t get the sarcasm, let me know and i can spell it out for you.***
Now tell me, WTF is wrong with that comment??????
You work or blog with relatives of Hitler and sharon. I would watch my back then.</description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I didn&#8217;t expect a blog partly run by Palestinians (palestinethinktank) to be more authoritarian than Hitler or Sharon.<br
/> Following is a copy of a comment i left on that site which i am guessing mary (probably jew) rizzo deleted.</p><p>***Be careful, you might get sued for &#8220;anti semtitism&#8221;.<br
/> If you don&#8217;t get the sarcasm, let me know and i can spell it out for you.***</p><p>Now tell me, WTF is wrong with that comment??????<br
/> You work or blog with relatives of Hitler and sharon. I would watch my back then.</p> ]]></content:encoded> </item> <item><title>By: Burro</title><link>http://sabbah.biz/mt/archives/2008/06/24/welcome-to-israel/#comment-353779</link> <dc:creator>Burro</dc:creator> <pubDate>Wed, 25 Jun 2008 05:46:09 +0000</pubDate> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://sabbah.biz/mt/?p=2989#comment-353779</guid> <description>Many people (especially Muslims) have been denied entry into the USA as well. You just never faced that problem because you have USA passport.</description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Many people (especially Muslims) have been denied entry into the USA as well. You just never faced that problem because you have USA passport.</p> ]]></content:encoded> </item> <item><title>By: Nizo</title><link>http://sabbah.biz/mt/archives/2008/06/24/welcome-to-israel/#comment-353777</link> <dc:creator>Nizo</dc:creator> <pubDate>Tue, 24 Jun 2008 23:15:36 +0000</pubDate> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://sabbah.biz/mt/?p=2989#comment-353777</guid> <description>forgot to mention that my uncle travelled on his American passport</description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>forgot to mention that my uncle travelled on his American passport</p> ]]></content:encoded> </item> <item><title>By: Nizo</title><link>http://sabbah.biz/mt/archives/2008/06/24/welcome-to-israel/#comment-353776</link> <dc:creator>Nizo</dc:creator> <pubDate>Tue, 24 Jun 2008 23:14:19 +0000</pubDate> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://sabbah.biz/mt/?p=2989#comment-353776</guid> <description>In 2002, I was denied entry into Israel as well, despite travelling on a Canadian passport and wearing a large cross.
They were quite courteous about the whole thing, and I do believe that the process is rather arbitrary. My uncle has travelled to Israel on many occasions and has never been taken into a room and questioned.
Now if you really want to be treated like human garbage try travelling to any Arab country on a Watheeqa (Palestinian refugee travel document). So much for Arab brotherhood ÙƒÙ„Ù‡ Ø­ÙƒÙŠ ÙØ§Ø¶ÙŠ.</description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>In 2002, I was denied entry into Israel as well, despite travelling on a Canadian passport and wearing a large cross.</p><p>They were quite courteous about the whole thing, and I do believe that the process is rather arbitrary. My uncle has travelled to Israel on many occasions and has never been taken into a room and questioned.</p><p>Now if you really want to be treated like human garbage try travelling to any Arab country on a Watheeqa (Palestinian refugee travel document). So much for Arab brotherhood ÙƒÙ„Ù‡ Ø­ÙƒÙŠ ÙØ§Ø¶ÙŠ.</p> ]]></content:encoded> </item> <item><title>By: Haitham Sabbah</title><link>http://sabbah.biz/mt/archives/2008/06/24/welcome-to-israel/#comment-363984</link> <dc:creator>Haitham Sabbah</dc:creator> <pubDate>Tue, 24 Jun 2008 20:57:52 +0000</pubDate> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://sabbah.biz/mt/?p=2989#comment-363984</guid> <description>&lt;span class=&quot;topsy_trackback_comment&quot;&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;topsy_twitter_username&quot;&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;topsy_trackback_content&quot;&gt;Welcome to Israel!: This is a true, amazing and shocking firsthand story that details the &#039;welcoming packa.. http://tinyurl.com/6fe8zv&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;</description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><span
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class="topsy_trackback_content">Welcome to Israel!: This is a true, amazing and shocking firsthand story that details the &#8216;welcoming packa.. <a
href="http://tinyurl.com/6fe8zv" rel="nofollow">http://tinyurl.com/6fe8zv</a></span></span></span></p> ]]></content:encoded> </item> </channel> </rss>
