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October 4, 2007 | 2:57 pm
Posted by Dikla Kadosh

It comes as no surprise that model Bar Refaeli, Leonardo DiCaprio’s year-long arm accessory, is leaving Israel and moving to Los Angeles. After all, she doesn’t think her native country is even worth fighting for, so why would she want to continue living there?
The Jewish Telegraphic Agency reported yesterday that Refaeli told Yediot Achronot, an Israeli newspaper, that she doesn’t regret marrying a friend in order to dodge Israel’s mandatory army service. Apparently, she considers defending her country a waste of time and would much rather be posing in swimsuits to advance her modeling career.
The anti-patriot explained her reasons for moving in the Yediot interview:
“Israel or Uganda, what difference does it make? It makes no difference to me. Why is it good to die for our country? What, isn’t it better to live in New York?”
Refaeli said she’ll be living in Los Angeles for a few years, but I don’t expect to see her at any community functions supporting Israel.
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I did not know this about her until now. I live in the United States and the same disease is spreading here. Honor doesn’t even appear in our language anymore. It seems that the only thing worth giving ones life for is your selfishness. These are also the same people that claim that we are all one. If we all are one, and commit to sacrifice anything for one another, then why not fight for each other? Just in case you were wondering you have fiends willing to die for you over here. That is after all the true meaning of peace.
With strength,
David
Honor? Bad joke. Israel is a terrorist state, trying to justify horrific acts by claiming it is justified by Israel’s right to survival. This is after stealing Palestinians’ lands, refusing to allow millions to return to their homes, and enslaving the people there. I am neither Arab or Jew, but more should be expected from people that know what it means to suffer.
This comment is intended for “Anonymous”... learn your history before educating the rest of us idiots. It was jewish land way before it was palestinian land and since your neither jew or arab you should appreciate the fact that Jerusalem is a free city that you could visit without fear. That has never been the case when it was ruled by the arabs, turks or romans….
hey second anonymous u can visit Jerusalem freely but Palestinians can’t. And anyway,the Israelis forcibly took over Palestine which is nt right. U might reply that it was orginally the Jews’ but the Muslims’ belief is the same, therefore everyone is equally entitled to it. So YOU learn your history and not just form one side. And you might say that Palestinians are terrorists. Yeah well, they are fighting with rocks and sticks against guns and tanks . Second of all the re are more Palestinians than Jews so it should be theirs if not everyone’s.
she’s a hottie…and i dont judge her for not wanting to fight for her country if she doesnt want to.
and mr anonymous history would prove that the land WAS the jews first…READ THE BIBLE
wow! finally a jew I really like. I feel the damn same. and she looks pretty nice too.
It is nice to know there are those of us unable to forgive and forget. Unable to move past adolescent nature. Like two selfish kids in a sand box that never learned to share. We will all perish, because of our childish nature. You embarrass me, you embarrass yourself. Knowledge inspires debate, wisdom creates a new path.
I challenge you to grow up.
David
Why on earth should this heavenly beauty risk her life for ugly, right wing, fundamentalist and racist settlers in the occupied territories?
Dikla Kadosh, first Miss Refaeli never said such things… it was grossly taken out of context to make her appear bad. Obviously mandy idiots believed that. And for the record, she has been with actor DiCaprio for more than 2 years. The guy lives in L.A. so it is only natural for her to move to the U.S. to be with him, like any other young women in the world: she wants to be with her man. Nothing anti-patriotic with this.
Well that hotness won’t last forever and she will have to live with her shame for the rest of her life.Just what we need here in the US another diseased hater.Context,context, context, I suppose these were “30 second snipits” like Mr. Wright’s rantings. Leo is a good guy, I hope she’s not using him to further her career, after all did anyone know who she was at all until she met Leo?
The only right-wing racist settlers are the Arabs. Palestine doesn’t exist and neither do Palestinians. Israel belongs to the Jews.
Bar is a stupid, anti-semitic self-hating slut. The only reason Bar gets any attention is because she’s sleeping with Leo Dicaprio. There are tons of Israeli women prettier than she is. Leo will dump her soon!
great picture http://www.artofapproaching.com/
She’s average, nothing exotic looking.
Bon debarras! Let her f*** off to anywhere else…
A person who is not ready to die for his country doesn’t deserve to live in it!
Anonymous coward wrote:
[q]Honor? Bad joke. Israel is a terrorist state, trying to justify horrific acts by claiming it is justified by Israel’s right to survival. This is after stealing Palestinians’ lands, refusing to allow millions to return to their homes, and enslaving the people there. I am neither Arab or Jew, but more should be expected from people that know what it means to suffer.
Comment by Anonymous on 3/02/08 at 7:34 am [\q]
You are neither Arab or Jew, just a plain f*** antisemite.
You are beautiful!
I wholeheartedly support Israel’s right to exist, but to ask someone that looks like this to fight is pretty dumb. I can wipe out any violent Arab problem in one night. However, I suggest moving to Northwest Indiana. There is no safer place in the world and I love Jews. This goes double for healers and Jerry Seinfeld. This Bar woman will find nothing useful in L.A. Ask Natalie Hershlag if you want the truth. I am going to fix the Israeli problem with Natalie and a lop eared rabbit. Also, by 2016 L.A. will not be a problem. I will either shut down that whore factory or an earthquake will do it for me.
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Joseph Wright
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I’m not going to even side with one side or another about the war. and the first guy, David, who commented about America. Yes, it’s a shame people don’t have honor like they use to. BUT it is not right to try and force someone to fight for anything. It should be THEIR decision. If someone does not want to fight it’s not going to do the military any good. Yeah, they may fight enough to save themselves, but there heart is not in it. So in the end they aren’t going to care whether they win or lose, and will just have a resentment for those who forced them into fighting to begin with.
And Israel and Palestine have been in wars for YEARS, far before she was even a thought. You can’t look down on someone because they don’t want to do the actual fighting. Leave it to the ones who feel it’s what they’re suppose to do. And people leave countries that are in the middle of wars all the time. They’re called refugees. You have no right to look down on these people for wanted a better life than is available in their country at the time. After all that’s what all wars are about, whether it be gaining land, or fighting terrorism, or honor.. It’s to better yourself and your country. She had an opportunity to gain that without physically fighting a war. She’s lucky.
“If we all are one, and commit to sacrifice anything for one another, then why not fight for each other? Just in case you were wondering you have fiends willing to die for you over here. That is after all the true meaning of peace.”
THEN, WRITTEN BY THE SAME PERSON..??:
“It is nice to know there are those of us unable to forgive and forget. Unable to move past adolescent nature. Like two selfish kids in a sand box that never learned to share. We will all perish, because of our childish nature. You embarrass me, you embarrass yourself. Knowledge inspires debate, wisdom creates a new path.
I challenge you to grow up.”
Sorry for the caps up there- I’m not yelling. I wanted it for legibility.
Anyway, that hardly makes much sense- isn’t peace all about NOT dying for each other?? Shouldn’t we grow up- move past adolescent nature, learn to SHARE the land that cannot rightfully belong to one single people?
Historically speaking: the land belonged to the Jews over a millennium ago. Who ousted them? The Christians. Over the centuries PRIOR to the creation of Israel, Christians, Jews and Muslims ALL lived there in relative peace. All people could visit Jerusalem in peace. There were no walls being built, no people being occupied or oppressed and there were no need for settlements. Everyone had a right to the land.
All of a sudden, people who had been living there for many, many generations were told in no uncertain terms to leave- no offer of payment (even though they had nothing to do with the original ousting of the Jews), no offer to share (even though in Palestinian hands, it had been shared by all), no chance at a peaceful resolution.
By the way, this is not anti-semitism for a number of reasons
1) How can one be anti-semetic when one is promoting the rights of semites (people- Palestinians are descendants of the semitic people too!!!).
2) To criticize a government’s policy is not racist, bigoted nor ethnocentric. In fact, it is the purity of “Democracy” that allows one to criticize a government without fear of backlash or punishment. When Jon Stewart bashed Bush and his cabinet on national television on a daily basis, was this Anti-American? Nope.
I’ll quit with the critique of prior posts and put my comments down, now:
If the Jews are really God’s children and God’s Chosen People, don’t you think they have a responsibility to ACT like God’s children? How can arrogance be the way of peace or the way of God? If you have the power to lead and command, then do so fairly and justly.
Of the Commandments- I believe 6, 8 and 10 apply here if you want to talk about religious responsibility.
If you want to talk about logic- Democracy. Lebanon is more of a true Democracy than is Israel. Everyone in Lebanon who has citizenship, REGARDLESS of religion, gets a vote. Is that the true case in Israel? Really??
My final comment- if you are going to pick a fight with people, then don’t start complaining when that person fights back. Even the most miserable dog will bite if you pick on it enough and people are not dogs and should not be treated as such.
Peace in Israel and Palestine can only come from understanding each other, recognizing how similar we are, and learning from the past by forgetting the past. Too many mistakes have been made by BOTH sides for the future to have any hope based on the past. The people on the ground, for the most part, just want to live their lives in peace- go to work or school, eat dinner with their family, raise their kids in safety… This is not exclusively a Jewish right or way of thinking. Open your minds and your hearts to the prospect of peace, not just to the idea of righting wrongs.
This thread is further evidence there will never be peace in the East
Mandatory Military service should become illegal.
We wouldn’t of had WWI and WII. Those supporting Mandatory Military service should be arrested and charged for attempted murderer. All human beings are born free, the state does not own them. The state of today use terror and peer pressure in order push everyone into military service. Remember the NAZI’s executed 5000 German solders for not wanting to serve the ego of Adolf hilter.
little bit of research and heres a few basic conclusions…
interesting how the same Dikla who posted this article is actually the same girl who maried a sabra by the name of David who apparently is from Tel Aviv, Israel. For a girl who is clearly dedicating her lifes work to pro Israel/Jewish blogging and and pro-Israeli/Jewish journalism it strikes me as odd that she would even dare to criticize Bar for moving to LA to marry Leo….why doesn’t dikla and her husband live in Israel? Doesn’t that make Dikla an anti-patriot?? What about her husband David? - who according to an article written for the Jewish Journal, actually works in security (which could very likely mean he served somewhere distinguished in the Israeli army)...wouldn’t that make him an anti-patriot as well? So Dikla married an anti-patriotic Israeli?? and never mind Dikla having been born in Israel yet educated in the states which means there’s a good possibility she never served in the army or lived there for any significant part of her adult life… but back to David her anti-patriotic husband…shouldn’t he be back over there doing his reserve duty with all of the current security challenges in Israel? Finally, her parents, they anti-patriots as well?
Its enough with this “so-called” Israeli Dikla passing judgment on real Israelis ...especially when if itinvolves love….who is Dikla Kadosh to pass judgment on any Jew pursuing their dreams…..and why didnt Dikla marry an American? Dikla is clearly uncomfortable about her own lack of being a “real deal” Israeli which is why she probably married an Israeli who she likely met at some Israeli event trying to do Israeli things and is even moreso searching for that “Israeliness” by working for Jewish Journal covering everything Israeli ...Dikla, move to Israel and do the hard work and be a real Israeli or shut up.
F*** the one that said jewish people are children of god. Idoit, every one in the world is irrespective of their religion. And F*** the bible, Khoran or what ever. They are just writings to preach what is good, you dumb f**ks need not cite references from those books.
And even if you are a citizen of a country, you need not go through all that. It should be a personal choice, absurd rules like these are meant to be broken.
I respect her decision. There are really times that you lose sight of what really matters in your life especially if your career is at stake..
Yes very great girl , but maybe used photoshop…
Myriam
you stole Jerusalem from the Palestinians… all that crab with you once owning it is hay-wire. if the world was like that Denmark would be the in possession of half of England, half of Sweden, Norway, one fifth of Germany and all of Iceland among some of the Baltic lands…
OK
I think that the arguments over land are not worth the deaths that occur due to the arguments, be they irish, jewish or whatever its still a waste of life. Also Bar Refaeli is famous for her looks not her brains so why worry about what she says?
Palestinians fight with rocks and sticks??? Not! They fight with human bombs, they blow up buses, restaurants, clubs and random public places and then hide behind their women and children like cowards. When they do lob stones at unsuspecting people they get stopper with rubber bullets, water and smoke, and then they get treated by medics and doctors of the very same people they targeted.
They no claim to the land, they are not even a nation, they are saudis, egyptians and other arabs that are rejected by their own people. They do not fight fair, they do not negotiate and they do not uphold their promises.
Remember Israel is a tiny country surrounded by many enemies, they never claimed any more land than was originally theirs, they never sought to take over their neigbors and they never initiated any of the wars that they were forced to fight.
Also interesting is how the overwhelming majority of violent, terrifying and senseless acts of terror anywhere around this world, ANYWHERE, are being carried out largely by Muslims and/or people of Arab origins. What a shame! Many Muslims are inherently peaceful, friendly and inviting by nature. I enjoy a number of close friends that I love who are Muslims, my religion is of no significance but the truth is that most problems around the world currently involve Muslims.
people are so stupid
dna tests have proven that the palestinians are the orignal canaanites and the original “jews” from the bible
all the israelis living there now are of european or other arab ancestry
only a few thousand jews who actually lived side by side with muslims and christians since before the 1900’s are really semetic
so how do they have the right to live there more then the palestinians
there is no questions that its palestinian land, so people should just except that, even if they dont want to give them their land back.
and israel is a terrorist state for using giant crater making bombs on civillians to scare them into leaving so they can steal even more land.
The thread had gone so far from the original post. Just respect everyone and their decisions, that way we can make peace.
She will not be wearing a t-shirt that says ” i love israel” for long..
hahahaha a smart girl why should she die for a country that isn’t hers or any of the other children murdering fucks who allege that Israel is there homeland what the fuck is Israel anyway but a fucking pile of lies a land that isn’t yours and a media brainwashing supported by your power and money fuck it all at least her tits and ass look hot that’s all I care about….......suckers!!!!!!!
Oh, she is beautiful, I like her. I think she’s worth live somewhere without a war.
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Don’t get me wrong, it seems to me that in Israel, almost those with Down’s Syndrome have the right to serve in the IDF. So, I can’t understand Refaeli’s excuse? Does she think she’s too beautiful to die for her country? All the previous generations of the Jews sacrificed their lives so she could grow up. Why does she think she’s better? Yes-sexier, better-nope.
Yes, but anyway what could Bar Refaeli do for Israel’s army? except entertain the troops; in fact she might be a distraction to the soldiers, don’t you think?
Very good article, the girl is beautiful, thanks.
I agree with you.
Great post, thanks for information.