Wednesday, May 30, 2007

Go Golan on Global Voices

I am not so sure if people are aware, but my previous post, What's not normal about the Golan?, made it to the headlines of Global Voices - an international, volunteer-led non-profit project founded at Harvard Law School’s Berkman Center for Internet & Society.

Amira Al Hussaini wrote a small piece called Israel: What’s Wrong With Golan?

Click on the link above and you can see what she said plus my comment back to her (and other comments, too).

3 comments:

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Anonymous said...

Bevakashah, al tomar-lanu she ha Golan shayach lachem...al tishkach..."Lo TIGNOV"...Thou Shalt Not Steal.

The Golan is Syrian, and we will be re-unite with Syria. Choke on it.

Shmuel @ Go Golan said...

Well Anonymous - if that is your real name - thanks for your comment. First of all, I am sorry for not getting back to you sooner. See, I saw the comment on Friday afternoon whilst I was getting myself ready for the 4th commandment: Honor thy Sabbath.

In regards to your claim of the 8th commandment – though shall not steal – I would genuinely like to thank you for giving credence to my Bible. While I would never put any religions’ holy book down, I do, as a Jew, have a hard time accepting other religions’ holy books as the law. And I think that's fair and would never ask someone from another religion to accept my beliefs and/or Bible as the law.

But since you are so “open minded” I would really like to thank you. But, I think you are wrong in regards to who is stealing from who; remember Genesis 15:18-21 and Numbers 21:33-35 and chapter 32 where it talks about the land of the Golan.