naomiglover

There seems to be a lot of stereotyping here. It's sad and also alarming to see such bigotry on here. The owner of the penthouse in our building (in Canada) is one of the nicest people I've encountered. He is, I'm sure, quite wealthy but his approach is modest and respectful. He's a Muslim Arab and has been living in Canada with his family for 4 years after immigrating from Abu Dhabi (spelling?). Last week, when I was in Canada, I had a talk with him and he told me about Ramadan and his diet. I can't say enough about how gentle and respectful this man is. My husband who works at a hospital has 2 Saudi Arabian co-workers who I've met and they are also very delightful and respectful people.

The West Bank is not a territory of Israel. I'm not sure where you got that from.

Hello Sabre! Totally agreed! It seems like the more the secular Jewish Israelis become indifferent to the occupation and the settlements, the more the religious right is encouraged to participate by the government. It seems like this is the only way they can keep the wheel going. As you mentioned, these religious extremists are no different from each other. Muslim extremists seem to use the same methods to recruit and continue their fights. I think it's time for all of us secular Jews and Muslims and Christians to stand up to these religious zealots.

Hello Bonam. As someone who has lived and studied in Israel for almost a decade, I can confirm that Israeli textbooks are quite controversial. I was young back then so I accepted what was in front of me and never thought twice about seeing the map of Israel covering all of Israel and the West Bank as being wrong. Before moving back to Canada, I remember there were talks about the racism in these books and some people were trying to push for a change. I'm not there now, so I don't know how much change has been implemented in the past 15 years. I am, however, curious and will look into it. I did a quick search and came up to this: http://www.wrmea.com/backissues/0999/9909019.html

My cousin, and best friend growing up, is a reservist in the IDF. He's looking to come to Canada to get out of the mess. He says that he can't go through the day without having one of these psychos preaching at him.

There is a big shift happening in the Israeli military where a once secular military has been transformed into a religious military. http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/programmes/newsnight/8243737.stm The rise of Israel's military rabbis Katya Adler reports on the rise of the military rabbis who are changing the face of the once proudly secular Israeli army.

You are a bigot. Way to equate the situation with this Muslim family to all Muslims around the world. So sad to see such bigotry and racism.