tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15423117.post115866961365429234..comments2023-07-20T13:13:38.728+03:00Comments on JoeSettler: What is Israel doing in Eilat?Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15423117.post-1158769230124042902006-09-20T19:20:00.000+03:002006-09-20T19:20:00.000+03:00Just think - by giving away Eilat, we'll be saving...Just think - by giving away Eilat, we'll be saving money for Israel, because there's no VAT collected in Eilat.<BR/><BR/>So not only will we save ourselves the security burden of Eilat, but we'll be able to make the rest of the Gush Dan concrete jugnle bloom with all the money we'll be making.<BR/><BR/>Sounds perfect. All we need are the policemen and IDF soldiers to evict them all...Jameel @ The Muqatahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15890095633246557332noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15423117.post-1158747563060010002006-09-20T13:19:00.000+03:002006-09-20T13:19:00.000+03:00Hey, Joe: It looks like the Eilat municipality is...Hey, Joe: It looks like the Eilat municipality is way ahead of you. They began the disengagement of Eilat from Israel years ago:<BR/><BR/>"[Eilat] Mayor [Avi] Hochman has found a novel way of attracting tourists: Don't tell them Eilat is part of Israel.<BR/>'We try to isolate Eilat from the rest of the country,' he says. 'We sell and promote it without mentioning Israel. We're not ashamed, but it's good for business.'"<BR/><BR/>Source: <A HREF="http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?sec=travel&res=940DE3DD1E31F932A25751C1A96E948260" REL="nofollow">"On the Red Sea, Israel's Answer to Key West"</A>Lurkerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05516196101946513020noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15423117.post-1158714242552888762006-09-20T04:04:00.000+03:002006-09-20T04:04:00.000+03:00Why-Gaza was part of eretz yisroel from the earlie...Why-Gaza was part of eretz yisroel from the earliest times .Transfer the Eilatans to King Solomon's mines.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15423117.post-1158707828101012892006-09-20T02:17:00.000+03:002006-09-20T02:17:00.000+03:00It looks like we may have to consider this post re...It looks like we may have to consider this post revised (in the comments section).JoeSettlerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01232647820807408898noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15423117.post-1158706978653837652006-09-20T02:02:00.000+03:002006-09-20T02:02:00.000+03:00See Rav Goren's essay on Eilat in Mishnat Hamedina...See Rav Goren's essay on Eilat in <I>Mishnat Hamedinah</I> where he suggests that Eilat was a port city for Shlomo Hamelech and perhaps one is fulfilling <I>yishuv eretz yisrael</I> by living thereTsvihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07550207068886060998noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15423117.post-1158703638531590172006-09-20T01:07:00.000+03:002006-09-20T01:07:00.000+03:00Lurker: But Eilat is part of Edom (or was until Sh...Lurker: But Eilat is part of Edom (or was until Shlomo captured it).JoeSettlerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01232647820807408898noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15423117.post-1158694295486495742006-09-19T22:31:00.000+03:002006-09-19T22:31:00.000+03:00So who are we giving it to? Sweden?Actually they m...<I>So who are we giving it to? Sweden?</I><BR/><BR/>Actually they might be interested. During the winter there are probably more scandanavians than any other ethnic or national group!Yoel.Ben-Avrahamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03833004397515977724noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15423117.post-1158685872368172392006-09-19T20:11:00.000+03:002006-09-19T20:11:00.000+03:00Yes, I recognize that your post is satire (expect ...Yes, I recognize that your post is satire (expect that there will be idiots who won't, btw), but just in case there's anyone reading it who takes your statement seriously that "Eilat is not part of Biblical Israel":<BR/><BR/>I Melakhim 9:26:<BR/>"And the king Shlomo made a navy in Etzion Gever, which is by Eilat, on the shore of the Red Sea, in the land of Edom."<BR/><BR/>II Melakhim 14:22:<BR/>"He [King Azaria] built Eilat, and restored it to Yehuda after the king [Amatzia, Azaria's father] slept with his fathers."<BR/><BR/>So who are we giving it to? Sweden?Lurkerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05516196101946513020noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15423117.post-1158673437702524232006-09-19T16:43:00.000+03:002006-09-19T16:43:00.000+03:00And the weather stinks as well.AssafAnd the weather stinks as well.<BR/>AssafAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com