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08-11-2008, 02:29 PM
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Arabic translations of Harry Potter, which have been imported from Syria and Lebanon, have been banned in Israel due to a decree from 1939 which states that books cannot be imported from countries which Israel are at war with.
Arab-Israeli publisher Salah Abassi was told by authorities to stop importing books from those areas. The ban also includes Pinocchio and Arabic classics. Quote:
"The trade and industry ministry and treasury warned me that importing those books is illegal," said Abassi, who imported the books through Jordan.
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"If they were printed in Jordan or Egypt, which are friendly to Israel, I would lose no time in buying them there. Now the significance is that the Arabic reading public in Israel will not be able to enjoy the best literature," he said.
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08-11-2008, 03:07 PM
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after all this time this is just sad & a shame for the Israelites - not just for HP fans.
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08-11-2008, 03:17 PM
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08-11-2008, 03:25 PM
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Poor Israel. Though I suppose if they really really really wanted to get the book they could just buy it out of country...but they'd have to be die-hard fans to want to do that...
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08-11-2008, 03:26 PM
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Oh, that sucks for the people who live there..
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08-11-2008, 03:36 PM
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That's bad! ):
War sucks!!!
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08-11-2008, 03:50 PM
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It is the best literature, and really thats a shame  i guess if you want to read it you'll just have to travel and get it yourself
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08-11-2008, 04:48 PM
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Well, this law makes sense. I mean, you could not (and cant) get Cuban made stuff here in America due to ban on trade w/ Cuba. I do believe that Arabic copies will make their way into Isreal by other means. As long as Isreal remains "at war" with those stated countries, the ban would likely continue.
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08-11-2008, 05:03 PM
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Poor Israel. It's a shame that they have that ban. Hopefully this ban will be lifted sometime in the near future.
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As said above, the law does make sense but it is really a shame that such violence continues to ensue upon the countries of the Middle East. Perhaps they do need to read Harry Potter and try for peace and love, over war and anguish  | |
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08-11-2008, 06:19 PM
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^ Well, I would say that the Cuban trade restrictions are a pointless leftover from the Cold War and should be abolished asap. Pretty ridiculous to still have them.
But I have another question:
What's with this decree from 1939? I thought the state of Israel didn't exist independently until, let's see... 1948.
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08-11-2008, 06:43 PM
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Thats soo sad! Sorry guys!
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08-11-2008, 07:41 PM
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Originally Posted by Antarctica!  ^ Well, I would say that the Cuban trade restrictions are a pointless leftover from the Cold War and should be abolished asap. Pretty ridiculous to still have them.
But I have another question:
What's with this decree from 1939? I thought the state of Israel didn't exist independently until, let's see... 1948. Agreed about the Cuban embargo....at this point, it is just a grudge match....everytime I return from Ireland the first thing everyone asks is.....did you buy me any cigars????
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That sucks bigtime! Sorry for all the HP fans there.
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08-11-2008, 08:52 PM
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08-11-2008, 08:59 PM
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Originally Posted by Antarctica! ^ Well, I would say that the Cuban trade restrictions are a pointless leftover from the Cold War and should be abolished asap. Pretty ridiculous to still have them.
But I have another question:
What's with this decree from 1939? I thought the state of Israel didn't exist independently until, let's see... 1948. They were still a independent state since they had declared their independence from Egypt and Palestine and Lebanon. The United Nations didn't recognize them until 1948 tho.
Well that law says that they cant import books from countries they are warring with. Not that they couldn't import the books at all. So they could get the books from Kuwait and UAE and places like that,
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08-11-2008, 09:05 PM
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that is really bad, just look at what the world is coming too, banning books because they were imported from places that your at war with! what are they going to do, there just books! really upsetting,
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Ok, I don't think we're poor at all becasue why would all the Isreali's want to read the transalation in Arabic when we have it in Hebrew already? Only about 10% or even less precentage of Israel are Aribs.
It makes prfectly sense that Israel will ban Arabic books and stuff if we're at war. Why would any country let their enemy bring stuff into their country?
Like in the Olympics, If I'm not mistaken we didn't let them get to Beijin from our, Israel's, airport. They had to go to Egjypt.
I'm sure the Aribs found ways to read the HP books, and besides a lot of the Aribs know some hebrew anyway! 
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08-11-2008, 10:19 PM
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Originally Posted by accio.brain Poor Israel. It's a shame that they have that ban. Hopefully this ban will be lifted sometime in the near future. It's more likely that Brad Pitt will be the next Pope than that ban will get lifted. There's a deep, VERY deep divide between the majority of Arabs and Israelis, always has been, and it's not going to go away soon. Such a shame.
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08-12-2008, 12:11 AM
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That's unfortunate!
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08-12-2008, 01:23 AM
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this is really sad because it stops the poeple form Israel from reading different books. War shoul not be an impediment for humanity to learn and expadn their horizons
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What is really sad is that the world is torn upside down and that we, as people, can't resolve our problems without wars....we're (or suppose to be) the thinkers...sad all the thing about wars and about the books, but they'll find a way to read them 
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thats a shame, the government needs to change that law cuz they should have the right to read what they want.
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