Comments on: Another Near Miss at Ben-Gurion

By: Truehonesty

Truehonesty — Wed, 30 Apr 2008 22:35:58 +0000

Thank you guys for your comments!! Of course my sympathies lie with the simple soldiers and yes I daven for them too. My problem is with the “big boys” who sit in the Kiryah (equivalent of Pentagon) and are hot air peacocks. The continued accidents and almost accidents that are unfortunately almost a daily occurence in Israel and affect the simple soldiers (not the hot brass) are proof of the lack of care for jewish lives that is so prevalent in the Israeli army today. Just read some of the Winograd report for further proof. Look at Gilad Shalit, Ron Arad, etc. etc. for further examples of today’s situation. Even Jonathan Pollard shows how the “leaders” of Israel only care for themselves and not the individual Jews under them.

By: HaKatan

HaKatan — Wed, 30 Apr 2008 05:02:39 +0000

While I agree that Israelis must have hakaras hatov to the IDF for protecting them, it is still pathetic that not one, but two incidents like this occurred.

That the yad Hashem saved lives once again is indisputable, obvious, and, at the same time, irrelevant to the simple reality that the military should have, and act on, whatever information is available to the civilian authorities so that their planes and the passengers remain safe.

By: pashut

pashut — Wed, 30 Apr 2008 02:53:09 +0000

#1. its because of this “terrible army” that u critisize that allows you to peacefully daven in the mekomos hakdoshim and sip latee in the plaza so stop critisizing or leave your comfortable home ,enlist and make it better

By: stan the man

stan the man — Tue, 29 Apr 2008 19:07:10 +0000

Phew #1.
I assume you have stopped flying via TelAviv Airport.

By: sayitlikeitis

sayitlikeitis — Tue, 29 Apr 2008 15:51:18 +0000

BARUCH HASHEM, if you know how to look at the daily news in Israel, it is easy to disern the hand of hashem in everything. Thank you Hashem for saving the lives of your children.

By: KSN

KSN — Tue, 29 Apr 2008 15:44:05 +0000

#1, I could not have expressed it better!

By: yichusdik

yichusdik — Tue, 29 Apr 2008 15:21:33 +0000

#1 Whatever you may think about their level of piety and shmiras hamitzvos, It is the height of chutzpah to insult the men and women who stand, with the help of HKB’H between you and a suicide bomber, or you and a Hezbollah squad. So if there is an air traffic controller who isn’t as good as he needs to be, DAVEN for him, don’t insult him! The Sinas Chinom is oozing from your post!

By: tg

tg — Tue, 29 Apr 2008 09:48:25 +0000

in this country nothing will be done until something tragic happens cv

By: Truehonesty

Truehonesty — Tue, 29 Apr 2008 09:46:04 +0000

Our “wonderful” army!! What a bunch of misguided proud peacocks full of hot air and nothing else. If this is the most powerful army in the Middle East and they cant even guide in a plane safely to landing then…