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Kafr Qassem (Israel) (AFP) - President Reuven Rivlin acknowledged Sunday past and present wrongdoings to Israel's Arabs, while calling for calm in the wake of growing unrest in east Jerusalem and the West Bank.

Rivlin spoke at a memorial ceremony for victims of the 1956 massacre at Kafr Qassem, where Israeli forces killed 47 residents of the central Israeli Arab village for breaking a wartime curfew, becoming the first Israeli president to attend the event.

"A terrible crime was committed here," he said. "The brutal killings in Kafr Qassem are an anomalous and sorrowful chapter in the history of the relations between Arabs and Jews living here.

"I came here today, specifically during these difficult days, to reach out my hand in the belief that your hands are outstretched to me and to the Israeli Jewish public in turn," the president said.

Violence pitting Palestinians against Israeli police has shaken annexed east Jerusalem on an almost daily basis since the murder of a Palestinian teenager by Jewish extremists in July.

Clashes intensified during the 50-day Gaza war over the summer.

Rivlin's visit came as preparations were underway for the funeral of an east Jerusalem man who on Wednesday drove his car at high speed into a crowd of Israelis, killing a baby.

Kafr Qassem is situated in central Israel, adjacent to the West Bank.

In 1956, it was under military rule, and on October 29 -- the first day of a war with Egypt -- Israeli border policemen gunned down residents who were unaware a curfew that had been imposed, killing men returning from work in the fields as well as women and children.

Arab Israelis number around 1.4 million, some 20 percent of Israel's population.

They are the descendents of 160,000 Palestinian Arabs who remained on their land when the Jewish state was established in 1948.

“I am not naive," Rivlin said. "We belong to two nations, whose dreams and aspirations, to a great extent, contradict each other.

"Many Israeli Arabs, who are part of the Palestinian people, feel the hurt and suffering of their brothers on the other side of the Green Line. Many of them encounter racism and arrogance from Jews," said the Israeli president.

"The Arab population in Israel, and the Arab leaders in Israel, must take a clear stand against violence and terrorism," Rivlin stressed.

The Kafr Qassem massacre is taught in the Israeli education system as a case of an illegal military order that must be refused by soldiers.


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The world will become a better place when we learn to say SORRY for acts carried out wickedly and with prejudice and hatred. No one had the privilege to select or dictate where, when, tribe or race we wished to be born.

Genuine attention should be taken to ensure true reconciliation between the peoples of Israel and Palestine. The flower of global terrorism is watered by the continuous feud in the Middle East and groups like ISIL, AL QAEDA, etc are able to spread their propaganda of hate with the image of helpless and armless Palestinians who daily bear the brunt of the unsympathetic Israeli Army.

The world can be a better place when we all realize that the Earth like the Sky is big enough for all, just like the Sky is big enough for species of birds.

I hope this apology is genuine and the Israeli Arabs let go of the hatred and resort to self help.

God bless our Humanity.

Hmmmm. Fvck Israel President, fvck all Isrealians, Fvck all the jews.



He can go and bury his sorry ass for all I care.


Can sorry wake the dead Palestinians? Can sorry wake up the dead people in Gaza??

Canme4u:
Hmmmm. Bleep Israel President, Bleep all Isrealians, Bleep all the jews.

There is actually no need for those words.

Alphaoscar:
There is actually no need for those words.

He learnt it from his personal Imam.

Peace between warring neighbours must start from somewhere - a step, when former Egyptian Military President went to Israel for peace, he got something like calm and cessation of hostilities if not perfect peace.

Kafr Qassem (Israel) (AFP) - President Reuven Rivlin acknowledged Sunday past and present wrongdoings to Israel's Arabs, while calling for calm in the wake of growing unrest in east Jerusalem and the West Bank.

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Rivlin spoke at a memorial ceremony for victims of the 1956 massacre at Kafr Qassem, where Israeli forces killed 47 residents of the central Israeli Arab village for breaking a wartime curfew, becoming the first Israeli president to attend the event.

"A terrible crime was committed here," he said. "The brutal killings in Kafr Qassem are an anomalous and sorrowful chapter in the history of the relations between Arabs and Jews living here.

"I came here today, specifically during these difficult days, to reach out my hand in the belief that your hands are outstretched to me and to the Israeli Jewish public in turn," the president said.

Violence pitting Palestinians against Israeli police has shaken annexed east Jerusalem on an almost daily basis since the murder of a Palestinian teenager by Jewish extremists in July.

Clashes intensified during the 50-day Gaza war over the summer.

Rivlin's visit came as preparations were underway for the funeral of an east Jerusalem man who on Wednesday drove his car at high speed into a crowd of Israelis, killing a baby.

Kafr Qassem is situated in central Israel, adjacent to the West Bank.

In 1956, it was under military rule, and on October 29 -- the first day of a war with Egypt -- Israeli border policemen gunned down residents who were unaware a curfew that had been imposed, killing men returning from work in the fields as well as women and children.

Arab Israelis number around 1.4 million, some 20 percent of Israel's population.

They are the descendents of 160,000 Palestinian Arabs who remained on their land when the Jewish state was established in 1948.

“I am not naive," Rivlin said. "We belong to two nations, whose dreams and aspirations, to a great extent, contradict each other.

"Many Israeli Arabs, who are part of the Palestinian people, feel the hurt and suffering of their brothers on the other side of the Green Line. Many of them encounter racism and arrogance from Jews," said the Israeli president.

"The Arab population in Israel, and the Arab leaders in Israel, must take a clear stand against violence and terrorism," Rivlin stressed.

The Kafr Qassem massacre is taught in the Israeli education system as a case of an illegal military order that must be refused by soldiers.


http://news.yahoo.com/israel-president-admits-wrongs-arabs-massacre-memorial-174849044.html

Ngwakwe:
He learnt it from his personal Imam.

Peace between warring neighbours must start from somewhere - a step, when former Egyptian Military President went to Israel for peace, he got something like calm and cessation of hostilities if not perfect peace.

Don't you think you are as guilty as he was? Referring to his imam over views that he made on his own volition.

Peace is guaranteed when you say sorry and show youre sorry in your dealings and relationship with the person you apologized to.

You can't be saying sorry same day your head of military has directed the segregation of Arabs/Palestinians and Israelis in the use of public transportation.

From next month, Arabs/Palestinians will not use same buses as Israelis, isn't that bringing back the memories of Apartheid in.south Africa and racial profiling of the blacks in the 1950s in America. Does that show a genuine sorry.

Sorry should be said because you mean it not.for photo ops or for the world press to be deceived.

I hope the door of peaceful co-existence is not shut in Israel and in Palestine and that Israel accepts and agrees to the proposed 2states solution.

pendy79:
Don't you think you are as guilty as he was? Referring to his imam over views that he made on his own volition.

Peace is guaranteed when you say sorry and show youre sorry in your dealings and relationship with the person you apologized to.

You can't be saying sorry same day your head of military has directed the segregation of Arabs/Palestinians and Israelis in the use of public transportation.

From next month, Arabs/Palestinians will not the same buses as Israelis isn't that bringing back the memories of Apartheid in.south Africa and racial profiling of the blacks in the 1950s in America. Does that show a genuine sorry.

Sorry should be said because you mean it not.for photo ops or for the world press to be deceived.

I hope the door of peaceful co-existence is not shut in Israel and in Palestine and that Israel accepts and agrees to the proposed 2states solution.

I said his "personal" imam

I appreciate Islamic form of morality as a socialization agent than whatever you may think. Morality sometimes needs a push hence I have no problem with Imams who save the society from decadence.


On your second point.

Palestinians are Arabs and Arabs can't be said to be fair to Jews. Some of them even see it as a religious obligation to be hostile to Jews irrespective of country of origin.

Ngwakwe:

He learnt it from his personal Imam.

Peace between warring neighbours must start from somewhere - a step, when former Egyptian Military President went to Israel for peace, he got something like calm and cessation of hostilities if not perfect peace.

YOU MUST BE CRAZIII FOR DRAGING IMAM/RELIGIONS SENTIMENTS TO MY OWN POINT OF VIEWS.

It is my own opinion and it belongs to me and only me. If you cannot respect my own views/opinion, why don't you go and commit suicide or go hug transformer or better still, Jump off thirdmainland bridge?




Islam is my religion. Islam is perfect but am not. If I made a mistake, blaim it on me and not on my religion.

Canme4u:
YOU MUST BE CRAZIII FOR DRAGING IMAM/RELIGIONS SENTIMENTS TO MY OWN POINT OF VIEWS. It is my own opinion and it belongs to me and only me, If you cannot respect my own views/opinion, why don't you go and commit suicide or go hug transformer or better still, Jump of thirdmainland bridge?




Islam is my religion. Islam is perfect but am not. If I made a mistake, blaim it on me not on my religion.

Calm down bro. Let us be the Islam in our daily living and in our relationship and dealings

Ngwakwe:
He learnt it from his personal Imam.

Peace between warring neighbours must start from somewhere - a step, when former Egyptian Military President went to Israel for peace, he got something like calm and cessation of hostilities if not perfect peace.

Seriously your own comment is even worst.

Alphaoscar:
Seriously your own comment is even worst.

Because you saw Imam and not Rabbi or Pastor?



I see but tell me about this quote. A brief analysis

Canme4u:
Hmmmm. Fvck Israel President, fvck all Isrealians, Fvck all the jews.

Ngwakwe:
I said his "personal" imam

I appreciate Islamic form of morality as a socialization agent than whatever you may think. Morality sometimes needs a push hence I have no problem with Imams who save the society from decadence.


On your second point.

Palestinians are Arabs and Arabs can't be said to be fair to Jews. Some of them even see it as a religious obligation to be hostile to Jews irrespective of country of origin.

The problem with us is that we hardly seek knowledge out of our own volution. Go read about Salahuddin the Magnificient and why he is reverred in jewish holy books. Even Jesus does not have the reverence salahuddin has with the jew yet he was an Arabian

The largest population of Jews outside Israel today is in Iran and they don't suffer and discrimination or religious persecution.

Most of those who claim to be Jews in Israel today cannot trace their history there as far back as 2000years ago cos they are nothing more than settlers put there by the Balfour declaration and the UN after Hitler.
Jews and Arabs have lived for centuries in palestine before the arrival of the europeans.

pendy79:
Calm down bro. Let us be the Islam in our daily living and in our relationship and dealings

Thank you sir. I was just angry cos my message is not about Christiandom. I was directing my angers towards Israelis, Jews and most expecially the Isrealians President who is saying sorry (He doesn't truely mean) for killing Thousands of Palestinian in Gaza which lasted for like 50days and I wasn't expecting to hear him saying something about muslim in returns. I expect a sane man to criticises my comments without relating it to muslim or any religions.


I watched the show of wickedness put on by Isrealians Soldiers on ALJAZEERA NEWS. Killing thousands in cold blooded, most of which are children and women. The havoc caused by the so called Israelist would be there for so long which I think ordinary SORRY without actions cannot rid.

pendy79:
The problem with us is that we hardly seek knowledge out of our own volution. Go read about Salahuddin the Magnificient and why he is reverred in jewish holy books. Even Jesus does not have the reverence salahuddin has with the jew yet he was an Arabian

The largest population of Jews outside Israel today is in Iran and they don't suffer and discrimination or religious persecution.

Most of those who claim to be Jews in Israel today cannot trace their history there as far back as 2000years ago cos they are nothing more than settlers put there by the Balfour declaration and the UN after Hitler.
Jews and Arabs have lived for centuries in palestine before the arrival of the europeans.

I believe the Holy Bible.

The prophecy of Jews returning to Jerusalem has been fulfilled in 1968.

Every other revised theology to dispute this is null and void hence the only option is to accept the inevitable, meaning Jews are now in Jerusalem Israel and they have a claim to the remnant of the old temple.

May I remind you that Jewish tradition and religion is inseparable. The Israeli foreign minister is a Jew while his children are not because his wife is not a Jew. There is an option they choose to be acceptable within their community which is called conversion.

If the Jews adopt and accept conversion as a means of total acceptance. Let them be.

Secondly, Jews in Iran are decreasing in number over the year and moreover Jews are banned from occupying most political offices while on the contrary Arabs in Israel are increasing in number and have served as Deputy Prime Ministers


Palestinians and Jews now have claims to Jerusalem and it is high time the bloodshed stops as done between Egypt, Jordan and Israel.

Let there be Israeli Arabs in Israel and Palestinian Jews in Palestine in any future peace deal.

Canme4u:
Thank you sir. I was just angry cos my message is not about Christiandom. I was directing my angers towards Israelis, Jews and most expecially the Isrealians President who is saying sorry (He doesn't truely mean) for killing Thousands of Palestinian in Gaza which lasted for like 50days and I wasn't expecting to hear him saying something about muslim in returns. I expect a sane man to criticises my comments without relating it to muslim or any religions.


I watched the show of wickedness put on by Isrealians Soldiers on ALJAZEERA NEWS. Killing thousands in cold blooded, most of which are children and women. The havoc caused by the so called Israelist would be there for so long which I think ordinary SORRY without actions cannot rid.

The apology wasn't for the war in Gaza. It was for a massacre of innocent unaware palestians on the day the 6day war with Egypt started.

Justice and judgment will be on all those european zionists who hide under the cloat of Jews to perpetuate those atrocities.

I just hope they realize that Peace is beneficial to both sides.

Independent state of palestine along side sate of Isreal is the only Answer
Isreal must stop the apartheid
Palestinians must show restraint

pendy79:
The apology wasn't for the war in Gaza. It was for a massacre of innocent unaware palestians on the day the 6day war with Egypt started.

Justice and judgment will be on all those european zionists who hide under the cloat of Jews to perpetuate those atrocities.

I just hope they realize that Peace is beneficial to both sides.

My bad. I didnt even read the whole story. I thought the appology is meant for the recent event.

Astagfirulah.

pendy79:
The world will become a better place when we learn to say SORRY for acts carried out wickedly and with prejudice and hatred.

so, according to you, we can commit any crime as long as we can say SORRY..just asking..

The world won't be a better place like that bro..

A yourba adage says: the wise man chop foolish man's food finish, he come prostrate say make e no vex!!! Shey na dt prostrate wey him prostrate go quench the foolish man's hunger?'

Na question!!!

Canme4u:
Islam is my religion. Islam is perfect but am not. If I made a mistake, blame it on me and not on my religion. [/b]

if people like u are just 30% in a religion, and u kept shying away from ur moral responsibility with your continuous acts of devilry, and incessant deviant behaviours, yet you quote the above statement with all taste of fulfilment, satisfying nothing but your own indolent, then such religion you and your lots may represent will be far from perfect; beacuse we are the mirror of what we preach!!

some countries are now condemning israel ,sweden already recognized Palestine as state already,maybe that's y they apologized

SLIDEwaxie:
if people like u are just 30% in a religion, and u kept shying away from ur moral responsibility with your continuous acts of devilry, and incessant deviant behaviours, yet you quote the above statement with all taste of fulfilment, satisfying nothing but your own indolent, then such religion you and your lots may represent will be far from perfect; beacuse we are the mirror of what we preach!!

am gonna keep my calm by not responding to what you quoted above cos if I give you the responds you truely deserves it will turn to another thing.

(Salam) #Peace.

Canme4u:
am gonna keep my calm by not responding to what you quoted above cos if I give you the responds you truely deserves it will turn to another thing.

(Salam) #Peace.

ur response wldnt av been a surprise, but a confirmation of my assertion...

So, go ahead!!