No Jews Allowed!
Of course, Nazi Germany comes immediately to mind when reading the following example of antisemitism in New Zealand. Yup, an ignorant society is definitely doomed to repeat the mistakes of the past:
New Zealand pubs ban Israelis over Gaza operation
Sign placed at entrance to pub in Kaikoura reads, ‘Israelis not welcome before Gaza shelling stops’; two Israeli woman ordered to leave another pub because ‘Israel kills innocent babies and women’
Anat Shalev
01.16.09, 11:48 / Israel News
An Israeli citizen residing in Kaikoura, New Zealand has informed Ynet Friday that a local pub, the Strawberry Tree, placed a sign outside its door reading, “Israelis not welcome before shelling (in Gaza) stops”.
Kaikoura, located on the east coast of New Zealand’s South Island, is a tourist hub known for its dolphin shows.
“The pub’s owner has extreme views; in the past he worked as a photojournalist in Gaza, and inside the pub a sign reading ‘Free Palestine” has been hanging for some time now,” the Israeli citizen, who wished to remain nameless, told Ynet.
“It is alarming the (conflict in Gaza) has resonated to this region and in such a one-sided way.”
The Israeli continued to say that “the owner expressed his aversion to the supposed racism on Israel’s part – but he himself is acting in a racist manner when he screens his patrons according to their nationality.”
‘You never know’
He said the local community has unequivocally condemned the pub owner’s act. “People are calling us (Israelis) to offer their support; they are even saying that the restriction is redolent of the days in which black Americans were banned from public places and even of Nazi Germany.
[Exactly!]
“The community is made up of many immigrants, and that is why it identifies with us,” he said.
The Southland Times reported Friday that two Israeli women, Natalie Bennie and her sister Tamara Shefa, were ordered to leave the Mevlana Café in Invercargill, New Zealand’s southernmost city.
According to the report, the pub’s owner Mustafa Tekinkaya, a Turkish Muslim, told the women he would not serve anyone from Israel “until it stopped killing innocent babies and women in Gaza.”
Tekinkaya was quoted as saying he had received dozens of phone calls from people supporting him and a handful of calls opposed to his stance.
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16 January, 2009 at 1:08 pm
Yet another bunch of ‘suckers’ thanks to islamic propaganda and the leftis…
Too bad the Kiwis won’t figure that out till its too late for sharia to spread like a virus thru thier communitys and politics…
16 January, 2009 at 3:49 pm
Are these the same people who went anti-nuclear in the late 90′s? The libtard media here in the US worships the progressive nature of New Zealanders! Interesting that the Palestinian running the pub doesn’t go to gaza immediately to help in any way he can. How does turning customers away help his pathetic cause? No use looking for rational behavior from these goofballs.
16 January, 2009 at 8:50 pm
I am sitting here at work, and can not believe this moon god worshiper is allowed to place the above sign for all to read. It appears to be the sort of thing we might expect in Nazi Germany.
I got it, he is the soup Nazi! He moved to NZ.
16 January, 2009 at 9:13 pm
I think I am going to suggest a sign for my favorite breakfast place.
“Warning we serve bacon for your own protection Muslims stay out. “
I never saw a minion in there and with the numbers of lifted trucks in the parking lot I doubt I ever will but strange things happen.
17 January, 2009 at 12:29 am
Ronin: Couldn’t help but laugh at your suggested sign.
17 January, 2009 at 1:22 am
As a New Zealander, living in Canada, I am ashamed, and enraged about my countrymens views..I have a son in NZ and we offen have differences of opinion on the phone about his views on Israel and how wonderful the Palestinians are.. And this is a guy educated in Canada,& as a kid visited a camp in Germany with me..His uncle, my brother has turned Jewish, has a Jewish wife and family, my 2nd hubby is Jewish.. All I can say is that the NZ Press are very anti-Israel and have been for the last 25 years.. Don’t understand them at all.. I have always been pro-Israel and was taught as a kid in NZ what a wonderful race of hard working people they are..Also as a Christain I respect the Jewish people as the people of the Tora and God’s special people..
17 January, 2009 at 1:22 am
“Blokes Special”?
Must be a gay bar…
17 January, 2009 at 5:29 am
it’s almost funny how so many morons don’t even see this as racist. They call US racists!
Funny, but more scary than anything else. How did so many people completely lose their capacity to think? Even public schooling and media propaganda can’t explain that…
17 January, 2009 at 12:20 pm
Science fiction writer Robert Heinlein and his wife took a round-the-world cruise in the mid-1950′s. They had an awful time in New Zealand, which they attributed to the poisonous effects of leftist ideology.
17 January, 2009 at 12:25 pm
Annmarie, it’s as if wherever you go in this world there are two kinds of people: Ordinary decent folks, and leftist scum.
(This ignores the problem of militant islam, of course, which calls to mind the old joke that there are two kinds of people in this world: Those that think there are two kinds of people and those that don’t.)