Israelis should be more like Iranian Muslims!??

[imaknick]

Thousands  and thousands of Iranian muslims are out protesting the Iranian dictatorship. They can be killed for what they are doing but yet still using all their power to overthrow their Gov't.  Israelis on the other do not standup against their Gov't.  Not for what happened during Gush katif nor for Sinai.  Can we say that the Iranian muslims are more brave than Israelis???( gosh I hope not)  Should Israelis do the same and turn out in  large numbers to overthrow the Gov't?  I wonder what Chaim thinks mmmm.

[Ulli]

I think it is a cultural issue. Perhaps Jeckes have brought some cultural norms from Germany to Israel.

Henryk M. Broder, a jewish author from Germany wrote one time a sentence and laid it in the mouth of a old lady in the face of street violence: "That's simply not done."

The violent protest movement in Germany is always carried by the leftist intellectual elite at the universites, never by the normal people. Workers, employees and businessmen stay always away from it

In France and Belgium i.e. street violence at political demonstrations is acceptet by society. In Israel it seems a cultural taboo.

[Dr. Dan]

The movement that fears death less will win against a movement that feels it has a lot more to lose

[syyuge]

Having a cause dearer than self life makes the difference. If the cause is righteous and civilized it makes much larger difference and if the cause is to the way of G_D then nothing comparable to it. Demonstrations and wars are mere attributes.
 

[Ultra Requete]

Israelis are not desperate enough to hit the streets; wait for missiles falling from Golan and Eastern Jerusalem to rock them up; as for the Iranians the same people took the streets to overthrow Shah and Mosadek before so they got what they deserved; the leaders tuned into muslim mobs; this whole conflict over insignificant presidential elctions is internal power strugle between factions of shia clerical establishment. No antislamic element there.