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Dubai denies ICC Israel rep entrance for global conference    Eli Shimoni
1. Arabs shooting in their own foot, again and again...
robert renders ,   belgium   (03.08.09)
2. It can work both ways - our countries can boycott Dubai
Here's the list of countries importing from Dubai. OK, they're not Israel's friends, but if we wanted, we could boycott them too, with enough public pressure. Canada could deny them entry in the Olympics, for example. http://www.dubaicityguide.com/business/reexports.asp
Andrew   (03.09.09)
3. This is the end of Dubai pretenses to be international cente
of business, tourism and entertainment The tennis player now commerce Representative I've always wondered how long it will take Arb oil sheiks to go back to their camels and sheepskin tents among the sand dunes. Now we know
Genuine Tosefta ,   Tveria   (03.09.09)
4. Better Recommendation: Host Even in Israel next year
How great would that be, all the muslim countries would despise sending delegates to Israel. The embarrassment of getting an Israeli customs stamp on their passport. Oh the shame and humiliation:) And the best part is Israel wouldn't have to ban anyone, they would of course welcome any delegate with open arms. Win win situation, and the arabs will sit at home and sulk.
Anon ,   USA   (03.09.09)
5. End all international meetings in apartheid countries
Dubai is at the top of the apartheid list.
Gee ,   Zikron Yaakov   (03.09.09)
6. Why should they permit her, as they don't even recognize...
...Israel's right to exist, thus her country, Israel, is a non-existing entity and her Israeli passport, the their eyes, is nothing but a fiction. And note, the UAE is considered a "moderate" among the Muslim-Arab states. So, why should we, Israelis, trust them and their long-term intentions??!!
Jehudah Ben-Israel ,   Jerusalem, Israel   (03.10.09)
7. #5 Gee: are you serious?
Are you serious? you are calling dubai on top of the apartheid list? no honestly, are you serious? YOU, A ZIONIST, calling dubai an apartheid state? HAHAHAHA...man you guys are so foolish it is so funny, keep these messages flowing, you are truely amasing!
Wildmandxb ,   M.E.   (03.12.09)
8. #3 you think so
Neither you nor any zionist like you would be able to deny dubai's status as a world leader in business and tourism, jews will always be welcome anywhere they want to go, but not zionists..and guess what , the business world will stand with dubai on this one, you know why? because there is much more interest in dubai than in tel aviv, no comparison.
wildmandxb ,   M.E.   (03.12.09)
9. Go Dubai, To Hell With Racist Israel!
Boycott until the criminal regime in TA accords Arabs and Palestinians their human and political rights, in full.
Nour ,   Palestine   (03.12.09)
10. Dubai indeed an Apartheid State to Wildmandxb ,
The fact that you pretend it's not is hysterical. This is a place where Indian and Pakistani workers (along with others foreign nationals who are basically doing all the real work in Dubai) are treated as slaves. Hell if you come from South Asia, you are a third class citizen in Dubai. The fact that if one of these men walk into a restaurant, he'll be lucky to be served, and if he is forced to be served after all "Dubain's" are served. Women are treated like garbage and have no basic civil rights (let me guess, you'll say 'oh look Livni isn't PM', yea when Dubai finally starts to giving women there rightful position of power we'll talk.) Expats are basically running the country internally. What has Dubai developed? With Dubain know how? Nothing, you've just taken immense oil wealth and paid other people to build a bunch of towers of babbles. There are no quality Universities, no Institutes for science, political thought, economics, and the list goes on and on. All you've done is paid other people to build impressive and luxurious white elephants. And what happens when the oil runs out? Is there any money invested in things that will work on the long term? Those gold plated towers of babble and palm Islands, just don't exists because you look at them. They have to be constantly maintained. The fact is that in Dubai, treats all non-Arab people in the country like crap unless they can be used to build another thing and then they are tossed away. The fact is that there is a reason why Israel hasn't been hit so hard by the economic crisis (relatively) because there has been investment in the most important thing a country can invest in, Human Capital. In the FIRST country in the middle east to give Arab men and WOMEN the right to vote (and there wasn't a debate in this regard), Jerusalem still is the beacon of human rights, free speech, and just general intellectualism in this region of the world. So please go ahead live in you're ivory tower, just remember once all the expats and foreign slave workers can no longer be paid for due to oils continuing price drop. That tower will collapse because there is no one there to actually keep it up. Enjoy your fantasy, I have to go and prepare for a Molecular Epigenetics test.
(03.14.09)
11. to Wildmandxb#7 and 8 and Nour "Palestine"
Calling Israel aparhtheid and saying there are no human and plitical rights for Arabs in Israel doesn't make it so. Arab men AND WOMEN vote in Israel. Not only do they vote, but there are Arabs elected to the Parliament. I am sure the 2 of you could name many Muslim countries where women have no vote. What is apartheid? Anyone walking into a hospital in Israel sees they are equally treating many Arabs; they have brought children from Iraq and other Arab countries to operate on and give them a second chance in life; Palestinians have received medical treatment in Israel, one of whom, a women, after being treated and coming for a new visit, brought bombs with her. And Israeli Universities have a large percentage of Arab students. All you are doing is bow towing to propaganda and being part of it.
Tania   (03.14.09)
12. To #10 & 11:
Great you guys believe that you know everything about dubai...so because dubai doesn't have a voting system makes it an apartheid state? Both of you refused to mention what your IDF are doing to the palestinians in the occupied territories...do you even care? don't give me the BS of they are protecting their country, please save it to yourself, thousands of foreign humanitarian activists have gone there and saw it through their own eyes! Last of which is the Japanese author Murakami who went to jerusalem to receive a prize for his work, he went back to japan and told the whole world what kind of a state israel is. BTW #10, you pretend to know it all regarding the pakistani and indian workers lives in dubai, have you been to dubai before? or is it one of your zionist friends who mentioned it to you? either or, people like you chose to see the negatives in every society, you do not reach in depth searching for the truth, Dubai my dear has transformed to an oasis,and for your own info,Dubai does not survive on oil money, simply because it has no oil! IS this news for you? if you refuse to notice this point, well it's your own choice, if i were you i would think about the huge difference in number of tourists chosing to go to dubai yearly, around 7M, against the lame 2M visitors that go to israel. There is a reason for this isn't it? Being the scientist you are, i believe you can work out the reason for that. One more thing, your message shows the hidden envy you have for people living in dubai and making the money people like you can't make where you live. The recession has hit israel real hard, don't deny it, it's a fact you can't runaway from. Enjoy your molecular epigenetics test you are doing funded by the US tax dollars, if those dollars disappear god knows where you'll be.
wildmandxb ,   M.E.   (03.15.09)
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