Tourist turmoil: Thailand grapples with 10,000 unexpected Israeli guests amid conflict aftermath

[djayz]

3 minutes ago, JBChiangRai said:

I think Islam is an evil religion, I think all other religions are nonsense.

 

Whilst I don’t condone Hamas’s charter (actually, I condemn it), I think you have to balance cause and effect. It’s clear how this whole problem was created, and only those who created it can fix it.

 

 

Every religion is evil. Look at the Catholics, for example (I was Catholic untill I was about 16 years old). The atrocities they have carried out against innocent children is sickening. Not just Islam. 

 

[Stargeezr]

Maybe it is possible that the Isreal airline is bringing Thais and other foreignors out of 

Isreal and taking their own reservists back to Isreal.  Think out side the box okay?

  Isreal military would have the ident codes for their airlines as not to shoot them down,

right?  Use your brains folks. IMO of course.

[MrJ2U]

10 hours ago, LudwigK said:

Is Thailand going to be the new refugee country? 

After Russia and ucraine now Israel? What country is the next? 

As long as they spend money they could care less if they came from the moon

 

[Enoon]

What's to "grapple" with?

 

10,000 tourists is too many for Thailand to handle?

 

Is it over the "quota" for the month?

 

 

[Jingthing]

35 minutes ago, Enoon said:

What's to "grapple" with?

 

10,000 tourists is too many for Thailand to handle?

 

Is it over the "quota" for the month?

 

 

Good point. 

10,000 is peanuts compared to the Chinese.

Is there a backlog on the chickpea shipments or something?

[goatfarmer]

17 hours ago, LALes said:

How come when 120,000 Chinese enter Thailand its seen as the second coming but 10,000 Israelis show up and they are "grappling" to deal with the "problem"?

Chinese tourists down 30k, Israeli tourists up 10k. Seems like swings and balances.

[jacko45k]

19 hours ago, Purdey said:

I guess the Russians here can be friendly with Ukrainian tourists. The Israeli tourists can get on with - I was going to say Palestinian tourists but I guess there aren't many. Thailand, a non-aligned country, could benefit from the input of foreign money. 

Not popular with Arab nationals I would expect.....

[JCauto]

18 hours ago, lapamita said:

I don not feel pity for both sides, due to historical events where even the isrelis have blood on their hands.

but now to close all boarders/8 checkpoints  and make an embargo on foodsuplys ( not only that medicine,oil and do on ) , is inhuman same. are all palestinians guilty? no , same not all isrelis ungility.

this have nothing to do with racist , but if talk anyword aginst israeli. even critics, its already racist, just because of 70 year old history

You don't feel pity for the majority of the people who are innocent bystanders and non-combatants on both sides? The children? Really?

And by extension of your argument, you think that one ought to pay in blood for one's political opinions? How are the opinions to be sorted when the killing and raping starts? You're okay with this happening to you for any of your political opinions?

It's usually best to engage one's brain prior to typing with one's fingers.

[JCauto]

17 hours ago, JBChiangRai said:

Actually you entirely missed my point.

 

IF the Israeli government abided by international law regarding the Gaza Strip, the reason for Israeli people wanting to leave Israel right now wouldn’t exist.

 

Incidentally, blockading the Gaza Strip and preventing food and water is a war crime according to the United Nations.

Oh, I see. First of all, most Israelis are trying to return to Israel, not leave it. At least those who are eligible for military service or who are able to protect their families.

Second, you have decided to reduce the complex situation to a simple "Israel bad, so consequences." You even manage to avoid mentioning the events that kicked this all off. Remarkable. I'm sure this doesn't indicate any bias on your part.

What's happening is a terrible tragedy for both sides, your post is just more whataboutism and piling on from one side's perspective and unhelpful.

[JCauto]

13 hours ago, tkramer said:

Just wait till 'Joseph the Corrupt' (Biden)) decides that now Israel needs tremendous amonts of financial support, and makes a strong case for sending more of 'our' money to more criminals overseas. 

 

What does he care...as long as he can continue to block and confuse all the 'Hunter-ness', and save his family legacy, then his days being numbered do not matter.

You think the Republicans wouldn't support Israel? Mind-boggling idiocy.

[mikebell]

More TAT nonsense with figures.

[pizzachang]

I'm wondering, why 10,000 tourists of any nationalities welcome in Thailand, need to be "grappled with"? Are more Immigration Officers needed at the international airport entry points?

[bobbin]

At this point I want to say.. A pox on both their houses..

 

As I try to follow international news, there have been innumerable stories out of Israel in the past couple of years highlighting the divisions in Israel. Netanyahu is apparently likely to be charged for several offenses. Staying in office is his only protection. To this end he has made political bargains with ultra-nationalist, Arab-hating settler politicians..

 

To insert occupying peoples into an already centuries-old area and thinking this was going to work.. The fact that this area houses important religious places for both peoples almost guaranteed on-going conflict. Both parties long for the usual historical solution.. one party or the other has to disappear.

 

And Hamas? Medieval barbarism by many in their ranks.. Collateral damage to civilians is unavoidable in conflicts, but deliberately killing women and children is disgusting. To then make trophies of their bodies, like they did with the Israeli-German girl is contemptible.

 

A warrior, for either side, can only be proud of fighting other warriors. To kill a child or a woman brings only shame.

[bobbin]

Too bad the forum stopped identifying who posts emoticons..

 

I would block the idiot who posted a laughing emoticon to the above post.

 

Got the cojones to identify yourself?

[JCauto]

8 minutes ago, bobbin said:

Too bad the forum stopped identifying who posts emoticons..

 

I would block the idiot who posted a laughing emoticon to the above post.

 

Got the cojones to identify yourself?

I wondered about this also - since when (and why?) did the emoticons stop being able to be identified? It's kind of important to know if you're having an ongoing debate with other people.

As to getting in fights with people who post emoticons on anonymous internet forums...LOL!

[Hall]

I am guessing the Jews No Need Visa.  Thai immigration take care of that hahaha..

[bobbin]

Many years ago, in Canada, I worked for a man named Roy Farran. I liked him. It was only years later that I learned that he was a stone-cold killer. During the Second WW he had been an officer in the equivalent of the British special forces.

 

He ended up being posted to Palestine in the final days of the British administration. In those days the local terrorists were Jews. The Stern Gang and the Irgun. They assassinated British soldiers and blew up the local British HQ in the King David Hotel. The very same hotel where the United Nations peace envoy was staying. This was not a mistake because they could have attacked HQ at anytime.

 

His mission was to identify and neutralize the Jewish terrorists. At one point his team captured a young Jewish boy being used as a runner/lookout. The boy was bundled into a car and later found dead with head injuries consistent with being beaten in the head with a heavy object. Unfortunately for Mr. Farran, he had lost his beret at the scene of the abduction, and was identified. Bad PR, only because of the boy's age. The resultant furor accelerated the British pull-out and smeared his reputation.. Hence relocation. Lots on information about Mr. Farran on Google.

 

Yesterday's terrorists are tomorrow's political leaders and holders of high office, as was the case for the leaders of the Stern Gang and the Irgun.

[tkramer]

5 hours ago, JCauto said:

You think the Republicans wouldn't support Israel? Mind-boggling idiocy.

No, they definitely will...but they are not the ones sitting in the White House today.

 

As far as I'm concerned...the Israelis brought this upon themselves. Inch by inch, day by day, with their constant and systematic 'land theft'.

 

The UN warns them every time they make a new infringement, but the rest of the west looks the other way.

 

2nd half of this 2 minute video...

 

'Absolutely predictable': Analyst on why Hamas attacked Israel | CNN

[Jingthing]

7 minutes ago, tkramer said:

No, they definitely will...but they are not the ones sitting in the White House today.

 

As far as I'm concerned...the Israelis brought this upon themselves. Inch by inch, day by day, with their constant and systematic 'land theft'.

 

The UN warns them every time they make a new infringement, but the rest of the west looks the other way.

 

2nd half of this 2 minute video...

 

'Absolutely predictable': Analyst on why Hamas attacked Israel | CNN

What land in Gaza has Israel stolen?

[ChipButty]

Here's a short video about GAZA 

 

 

[wealthychef]

I have a solution.  Find a patch of desert and put them there.  Don't let them move around freely, don't give the food, water or electricity or fuel.  Tell them they cannot leave and shoot at them for fun.  #freepalestine

[wealthychef]

On 10/11/2023 at 2:45 PM, tkramer said:

As far as I'm concerned...the Israelis brought this upon themselves. Inch by inch, day by day, with their constant and systematic 'land theft'.

Not to mention the systematic murder and brutalization of 2,000,000 refugees in Gaza, half of whom are children.  

[bluejets]

So no trouble finding flights for 10,000 Israelites to come here but cannot find any way to get a couple of hundred Thais back home out of danger.

[NobbyClarke]

Chinese gangsters, Russia mafia, now this!!!

LOS ???

 

[ChipButty]

16 minutes ago, bluejets said:

So no trouble finding flights for 10,000 Israelites to come here but cannot find any way to get a couple of hundred Thais back home out of danger.

There is about 30,000 Thai's in Israel and it's not Israel's problem to get the home, seems a lot want to stay, 

[thaibeachlovers]

On 10/10/2023 at 6:33 PM, Airwolf said:

Majority of Israeli tourists/backpackers I met on my travels were very rude and unfriendly, was pretty much the consensus with other international backpackers. The women are pretty hot though. 

Israeli tourists have long been regarded as unfriendly. I went on a van trip to Kanchanaburi in the 90s with a couple of israeli men and was very uncomfortable.

 

More recently, I went on a tour of Belfast. The guide was a Catholic  and an israeli woman was telling him how she identified with the Catholics in their fight against English oppression. The look on his face told the story though. 

 

IMO israelis should not proclaim their identity in public in LOS, as it might not result in a favourable response.

[thaibeachlovers]

On 10/11/2023 at 3:39 AM, djayz said:

Send them to the south. It's beautiful there this time of the year, or so I hear. 

Perhaps they could take the opportunity to visit Malaya then. I'm sure they'll get a warm welcome.

[thaibeachlovers]

16 hours ago, tkramer said:

The UN warns them every time they make a new infringement, but the rest of the west looks the other way.

The EU response to israeli attrocities.

 

 

[Morch]

6 hours ago, wealthychef said:

Not to mention the systematic murder and brutalization of 2,000,000 refugees in Gaza, half of whom are children.  

So far the casualty toll is about the same on both sides. Israel took 5 days to reach the Hamas's one day record, though.

[Morch]

11 minutes ago, thaibeachlovers said:

Israeli tourists have long been regarded as unfriendly. I went on a van trip to Kanchanaburi in the 90s with a couple of israeli men and was very uncomfortable.

 

More recently, I went on a tour of Belfast. The guide was a Catholic  and an israeli woman was telling him how she identified with the Catholics in their fight against English oppression. The look on his face told the story though. 

 

IMO israelis should not proclaim their identity in public in LOS, as it might not result in a favourable response.

 

Yeah, because right now Thai people would be real pissed at the for what they did to them poor Thai workers....oh, wait.