The National Forum   Donate   Your Account   On Line Opinion   Forum   Blogs   Polling   About   
The Forum - On Line Opinion's article discussion area



Syndicate
RSS/XML


RSS 2.0

Main Articles General

Sign In      Register

The Forum > Article Comments > Relocating Israel in Australia: crazy or not? > Comments

Relocating Israel in Australia: crazy or not? : Comments

By Brian Holden, published 20/11/2008

The idea of relocating Israel to the Kimberley is not so crazy if the cost of the relocation is less than the cost of Israel staying where it is.

  1. Pages:
  2. 1
  3. Page 2
  4. 3
  5. 4
  6. 5
  7. ...
  8. 9
  9. 10
  10. 11
  11. All
Nah! Lets give them Lakemba.
Posted by Hasbeen, Thursday, 20 November 2008 12:56:07 PM
Find out more about this user Recommend this comment for deletion Return to top of page Return to Forum Main Page Copy comment URL to clipboard
The points made in the article were:

• 60 years of peace initiatives have gone nowhere (see
http://www.onlineopinion.com.au/view.asp?article=8148 )
• There is no light at the end of the tunnel, whatsoever.
• Festering sores can become runaway malignancies.

The options are;

• Keep running up to a brick wall and bouncing off it.
• Look for a back entrance.

The idea expressed may have a zero chance of success. Assuming that the second option is the more sensible option to take, who has an alternative solution?
Posted by Brian Holden, Thursday, 20 November 2008 1:14:21 PM
Find out more about this user Recommend this comment for deletion Return to top of page Return to Forum Main Page Copy comment URL to clipboard
Hmmm. Well, full marks Brian for thinking outside the box.

OK, giving this idea serious consideration:

Not much of the Kimberley is of high or medium rainfall. Only really the isolated and rugged northwest coast. Areas anywhere near Broome, Derby, Fitzroy Crossing and Halls Ck are very dry. And Kununurra and Wyndham are not much better.

There is no way in the world it could support 5 million people.

The last thing Australia needs is a quick 25% increase in its population.

If this was to become a new state or anything other than a separate country, people would be free to move on from the Kimberley and would in very large numbers locate in the southern cities.

There is no way in the world that Rudd would get support from the Australian public for putting forward such an offer. He’d lose an enormous amount of respect if he ever uttered such a suggestion.

So, does the idea have any merit?

Well, if Australia could come to an arrangement that along with agreeing to allow Israel to relocate in Australia, we would not only halt population growth, but would reduce it by way of the facilitation of emigration and zero immigration, and strong incentives to not have kids or not have more than one…and… become absolutely committed to all other aspects of a truly sustainable existence…and…

If Australia could be seen by the whole world to be making very significant progress towards overcoming the enormous rift between Islam and the West by accommodating Israel….and..

If Israel completely and quickly gave up its current homeland and allowed it to be returned to Palestine without any complications….then….

There just might be something worth considering here!! ??

Advance Istraelia Fair!
Posted by Ludwig, Thursday, 20 November 2008 1:20:37 PM
Find out more about this user Recommend this comment for deletion Return to top of page Return to Forum Main Page Copy comment URL to clipboard
Does anyone recall a previous proposal to relocate them to Madagascar? (I believe it was a serious consideration at the time)
Posted by Alfred, Thursday, 20 November 2008 1:26:33 PM
Find out more about this user Recommend this comment for deletion Return to top of page Return to Forum Main Page Copy comment URL to clipboard
A MUCH BETTER IDEA... would be to relocate all
displaced Palestinians in various countries
(preferably not Australia) in small batches
so as to completely negate any possibility of
them ever posing the threat to the legitimate
interests and national aspirations of Israel.

They can re-invent themselves as citizens of other
countries.. new identities.. and start enjoying life
for a change.

The Assyrians did this to the Northern Israelite kingdom
and it worked perfectly.

Today, you can identify many places where the 10 tribes
of Israel migrated to, or were sent.. and this includes
some in Afghanistan who are Hebrew by ancestry.

When Cyrus the Great of Persia took over the Babylonian kingdom
and reversed the Babylonina Exile policy and allowed
the Jews to return and rebuild Jerusalem.. then they
regained their sense of national identity and the rest is
history.
Posted by Polycarp, Thursday, 20 November 2008 1:28:49 PM
Find out more about this user Recommend this comment for deletion Return to top of page Return to Forum Main Page Copy comment URL to clipboard
So you were being serious Brian?

Then there is only one solution: kill their God.

It's the only way. God has promised Israel to the Jews, you see. They won't give it up without a fight. It took them more than 1500 years to get it back after the Romans scattered them and they never gave up wanting it back.

The only way is to kill the guy who promised it to them in the first place. Or maybe he's already dead and they are just fighting over the Will.
Posted by Bugsy, Thursday, 20 November 2008 1:31:01 PM
Find out more about this user Recommend this comment for deletion Return to top of page Return to Forum Main Page Copy comment URL to clipboard
  1. Pages:
  2. 1
  3. Page 2
  4. 3
  5. 4
  6. 5
  7. ...
  8. 9
  9. 10
  10. 11
  11. All

About Us :: Search :: Discuss :: Feedback :: Legals :: Privacy