Comments on: VIDEO: Ethiopian Review publisher on ETN

By: Ephrem Tameru

Ephrem Tameru — Thu, 12 Mar 2009 22:19:52 +0000

Good JOB!

By: habte

habte — Sun, 27 Jul 2008 16:43:32 +0000

Dear Elias I really dont know how to say, but i know ,one is fact YOU ARE THE REAL ETHIOPAIN MAN . Viva Elias kefele.

By: Yehune

Yehune — Tue, 08 Jul 2008 05:45:07 +0000

What a hero ! you stood up for your country I always read your article one of the 15 thousdands daily readers. Right on !Woyane and their hodam supporeters will be distroyed soon .Excellent interview Elias Bravo !

By: Mamo

Mamo — Thu, 26 Jun 2008 01:09:10 +0000

Wednesday, June 25, 2008

New breed, new generation new spirit of revolution.
Go ahead Elias. This is the struggle between Malcolm X and M.L.K. Junior philosophy difference. “By all means” and “peaceful struggle.”

Mamo

By: Canada,

Canada, — Mon, 16 Jun 2008 20:32:46 +0000

I am very happy to be Ethiopian after heard Elias interview. He is not only true Ethiopia hero and also good teacher . Elias can teach all who want to be a leader in complex Ethiopian poletics. Finaly thank you Eli to enlight this MORON interviewer At Gomez.

Good work Elias

By: alex

alex — Mon, 09 Jun 2008 15:34:09 +0000

One of the caller want us to have respect for the office? Hahahahahahahahahaahahahhahahahhahh…Shouldn't we have respect for human being first??? I don't think so according to the caller…we will have respect for the office when and only when people get in that office by our choosing..

Elease Extrime ? I think his mild ; we want not just Eleas but every ethiopian who love his or her country need to me extrime!

By: Arbagugu

Arbagugu — Fri, 06 Jun 2008 23:44:43 +0000

Progressive stand for today's ETHIOPIA.

By: merisaw

merisaw — Fri, 06 Jun 2008 21:16:54 +0000

good interview. I used to subscribe ER magazine and now i am a regular visitor of your web. keep it up.

By: Gobezberta

Gobezberta — Wed, 04 Jun 2008 03:08:29 +0000

After watching your interview with the ER, I created an email to have my say. It is good that I have read some of the coments of your liteners in order to avoid repeating same issues.
First of all, I want to thank you for creating this cite and bringing people together to talk to each other about issues concerning Ethiopia.
Immediately after your first interview, I just got angry how your interviewer was conducting the interview. He was just like a fault finder. His mission seemed to undermine your work and teach you about the respect you should give to high office holders in Ethiopia. He seemed to teach you about journalism, etc. He lost his locus. If I were in your place, I don't think I would concentrate on the questions that were asked by him and others. He was a constant distractor. I think he was more interested to look superior to you in every aspect than focusing on the issues he brought up. He seemed unable to sale the knowledge he gained from course work he had taken may be in college. Any way, you handled yourself well, and thank for sharing your views with the rest of us.
In the mean time, I would like to ask your readers to be civil to each other. It is only through respect for others that we learn from each other. If we avoid name callings and focus on issues of concern, it would be worth reading all the posts posted. I especially thank you for bringing Eritrians to this forum. We were one people and we lived peacfully with one another. It is my belief that one day we would realize that we are one people and live in harmony. Thanks.

By: Ewnetu Yineger

Ewnetu Yineger — Tue, 03 Jun 2008 17:57:21 +0000

Yes, ELias, the movement towards union comes first. Then starts the process of securing freedom and justice—hard earned by the scarification of the courageous Ethiopians. Thanks for becoming one voice that touched the hearts of multitudes of brutally oppressed people. God bless you. Would to God make you become successful in your endeavors.

By: Ewnetu Yineger

Ewnetu Yineger — Tue, 03 Jun 2008 17:17:42 +0000

Defar ena chis mewcha ayatam. You broke the iceberg; I salute you Sir. Ethiopia owes you.

By: sam

sam — Tue, 03 Jun 2008 16:11:07 +0000

Elias u great person and open mind.im proud of ur thought and confidence.as u said on ur intrview yes ethiopia and our nation are in not just extrime situtian,
but disaster.u right could not be compromise with tplf since they dont have the will and interst for our country.the donkys are donky ….etc

By: SAD

SAD — Mon, 02 Jun 2008 16:55:57 +0000

Dear Elias,
Don’t listen to those who sit and do nothing and only criticise you. I am proud of you and your work to save our country. I do also hope the G7 group will appeal to all Ethiopians in USA, EU and MidEast to make financial contribution. I have just returned from Ethiopia and I have never seen the people so poor and hopeless. It really is a sad situation.
If you ever get a chance to go to Ethiopia please find the text book that is being used to teach Ethiopians English, created by USAID – title English for Ethiopia. It was really sad. As you would expect it only talks about AIDS and Malnutrition. Instead of inspiring you it makes you sad. There is nothing in the book that is positive and these are the books used to teach students across the country. It just shows how TPLF is playing with anything that is Ethiopia.
I will make my financial contribution as much as I can.
God help us all,
Save Ethiopia

By: Belete

Belete — Mon, 02 Jun 2008 02:53:38 +0000

The Woyanes are bleeding Ethiopians and are gambling with the lives of innocent Ethiopians , for how long!! We should get rid of them .We need more like Elias who can speak out the truth.

By: Zenu

Zenu — Mon, 02 Jun 2008 02:53:21 +0000

http://www.ethiopianreview.com/content/2613

I personally don't agree with you calling the soldiers “woyane”. The people don't have choice. The military might be the remaining choice for our poor men in Ethiopia. All your views about our country and suggestions are good.

But I felt very bad about the ETN interviewer. ETN should do some thing about such ignorant people. He should entertain the questions as a journalist rather than interfering in all the questions with his own opposite ideas. It is not surprising to understand he does not like how Elias approaches the Ethiopian politics but he is free to his opposition in America. He should do his journalists job. I appreciated you Elias how you were calm until the end.

By: Temesgene from Germany

Temesgene from Germany — Mon, 02 Jun 2008 02:52:39 +0000

Eli! meches sele ante wendentenet ena aakinete programmu le aleme asayetwale.gene endewe kanebebkwe yehene -seraye Entertainment Industry weste new ena yemigerme eneja egna Ethiopioche lebele wayes enezihe programme azegachoce LEMENDE NEWE SERACHENE 100% YEMANESERAWE.The Jornalist
beatekalaye eza akeabibe meneme megegnte aygebaweme malete
political eweketu anso weye menamen sayohen elaye endetekeskule I am from The Entertainment Industry like Radio shows, Tv advertisment …etc.

meneme bekate yeleweme not politically weyeme beatekalaye altezegache aser selkune lele wrong Number eyetechane siyterameswe nebere.yehe eko ke mere ELI yemiyasaywe temelkachune endet endminekute newe–kefelege yeye weyem yetowe:wanawe malete yefelekute leme bedenbe tezegachto ETV bedenbe technical tekenebabero–aserarachwe enkwane ke
America ke Sululta yemitelalefe newe yemimeslwe:

seweyewe Jornalistu asere yaselallu–lemmne Ke Tamemu lela sewe le gizwe tekto ayserame weyeme ke ante ga le ketero lemaderge aychlumene? Yegermahale Ye Politics weta beye
ene selmawkwe sera newe lachaweteyemokerkut.

ante eko Eli not only Politically leteklallwe ETHIOPIA mesale nehe.Lemene beleghne? Temelkete sente enna sente Ethiopian Web Site endalehe–andandu update ke tederege temen alfotalle.Meneme aynete yereba Info yelweme.Ye Music
page betelwe , ye zefenu meneme ande online sihone ende kere kertuale.
Eli yehe yemiyasagne sewe Politicallym betesemarabeteme terfe gemashe sera besha endemisera newe.Gemashe sera degmo
wetete yeleweme.
ye ante ko ETHIOPIAN REVIWE be denebe ke lebena Best WEb selehonne eko newe ETV liyangagere yefelegewe–I donon see it not only Politically beatekalye Serahene bedenbe newe yemetesreawe.

LEZIHMME NEWE YALKU LE HULACHNMME MESSALE NEGHE.
ETV memare alebete wayme serachwene 100% le mesrate memoker alebachwe-NOT ONLY WE TRYIN!!!
endwe melse betesetegne dese yelegnale.
BIG UP!!
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By: tedi

tedi — Mon, 02 Jun 2008 02:52:10 +0000

elias ethiopian heroe

By: Selam

Selam — Mon, 02 Jun 2008 02:51:23 +0000

If some of you think Elias is an Eritrian but fight for justice in Ethiopia , woow you make me love Eriterians for the first time since they no longer part of Ethiopia. While those the so called Ethiopian originated from Tigray did not even speak out the crime committed by the woyane aginst the rest of Ethiopians why do we have to criticise other from different countries speak out the truth. We love Elias he is 100% more Ethiopian than those bandas and hodams. Well done Elias keep up the good job telling the truth exposing corruptes individuals and killers.

The interview was great Elias successfuly challnged the challanger what can I say wooowww!!!!!!

By: Genet T.

Genet T. — Mon, 02 Jun 2008 02:51:05 +0000

Ato Elias betam yemtasedeset sew nehna berta neger gen teyakiw Ato Gizaw ye Elias tekawami enji yemuya balderebam aymeselumena yasaferal.

By: Goshu

Goshu — Mon, 02 Jun 2008 02:50:42 +0000

Elias,

Thank you for pointing out Woyanes former skills, of shoe shinning for shabia. That was the bottom line truth and they need to be remided their servitute characters. Woyannes are unabashed, unrepentant enemies of Ethiopian people.

By: Gizew

Gizew — Mon, 02 Jun 2008 02:50:03 +0000

በጣም ጥሩ ነው ጥያቄና መልስ ነው ያደረግሕው ኤልያስ::

ጎብዝ:: በርታ ቀጥልበት::

ጠያቂው ኤልያስን ኮርነር ለማድረግ ብዙ ቢጥርም ኤልያስ በአሽናፊነት ነው የጨረሰው::

ጠያቂው በመጨረሻም ኤልያስ የሚያራምደው/እያራመደ ያለው ትግልና የትግል አቋም የኤልያስ ብቻ ሳይሆን የበርካታ ኢትዮጵያውያን መሆኑን ሲያውቅና ኤልያስ በርካታ ደጋፊ / funs / እንዳለው ሲያውቅ "ኤልያስ ብዙ / funs / አለህ ማለት ነው ብሎ አመነ::

ኢትዮጵያውያዊው ሁሉ በወያኔ ስራ እንደበገነና ቆሽቱ እንዳረረ አላዎቀም ማለት ነው??

ጎብዝ ኤልያስ

By: Tazabe22

Tazabe22 — Mon, 02 Jun 2008 02:49:16 +0000

Elias good interview. However I disagree one thing with you…and you said " Shabia is working for ethiopia aendente" so if shabia is working for one Ethiopia..then why do shabia Support all anti-Ethiopia Such as O.N.L.F. O.L.F. etc etc could you answer me that please
thanks.

By: Mesfine

Mesfine — Mon, 02 Jun 2008 02:48:39 +0000

TPLF agents campaigned the most against Elias. Maybe no Ethiopian in diaspora sufferred negative character assassination TPLF gangs campaign against him/her as much as Elias has to grow through. He survived it all and still standing tall. Many would have given up. Stars in our diaspora politics against TPLF gangs and their hired guns shined now and then, including with print and web publications. But none stood so long and thriving as long as Elias has done. Although we may not agree with some of Elias' opinions, his commitment and determination are deeply admirable.

By: asmelash

asmelash — Mon, 02 Jun 2008 02:48:09 +0000

Again i want to say to Elias, keep on going. The interviewer is in denial but he is still woyanne. He is not only an interviewer but he talk about hi idea, his view. He got angry about positive the comments about elias. Journalist in disguise

By: መንገደኛ

መንገደኛ — Mon, 02 Jun 2008 02:47:45 +0000

በጣም ይገርማል :: አሁን ኩማ አህያ ተባለ ብላችሁ ነው እንደዚህ የምትንጫጩት ??

አህያ ማለት የማያስብ እንስሳ ማለት ነው :: አህያ የሚበላውን ከሰጡት ስራውን ያለምን ማመንታት መስራት ነው መብቱ :: እናም አቶ ኩማ ወያኔ ምግብ እየሰጠ እንደ አህያ የሚያዘውና የሚያሽከረክረው እንስሳ ማለት ነው ::

ስለዚህ የታዘዘውን ያለተቃውሞ የሚሰራ ከሆነ ከአህየዋ በምን ተሻለ ?

By: Observer

Observer — Mon, 02 Jun 2008 02:47:23 +0000

Is it just me or the interviewer sounds like a weyane sympathizer? Nevertheless Elias gave him honest and wise answers. I learnt a lot about you today Elias and I must say I'm impressed.

By: Teshome

Teshome — Mon, 02 Jun 2008 02:46:55 +0000

The interview was a kind of hard talk like BBC.But in a way it was good to clear ppl opinion they have about Elias.There will be no more question about elias being a patriotic Ethiopian unlike weyane trying to convince us that Elias is Shaebia.We can't have civilized politics with killers.Weyane has to go by anymeans!!!

thanks Elias!
May God bless you!

By: Mesfine

Mesfine — Mon, 02 Jun 2008 02:46:26 +0000

This interview proves Elias is a new brand politician, who thinks outside the box-the old thinking that failed Ethiopians for decades. His answered all those, mainly rumour and gossip, questions with calm and collection. Welcome to the new era. Just the interview, in sight into the disparity of thinkings of interviewer and interviewee, is evidence enough in showing the difference in thinking of Ethiopians across generations. Elais likes mark a Welcome to the new era in Ethiopian politics.

Well done Elias! Some still want to stick to the old methods and thinkings that produced NO result so far. And we cannot get a new result banking on the failed thinkings and methods. There lies the core problem in Ethiopian politics in opposition.

By: binyam

binyam — Mon, 02 Jun 2008 02:46:09 +0000

Elias the crazy- you are an eritrean

By: YAGER lij

YAGER lij — Mon, 02 Jun 2008 02:45:49 +0000

Elias, you are the real son of Mamma Ethiopia. keep it up!

By: BB

BB — Mon, 02 Jun 2008 02:45:25 +0000

Elias , you just made it clear and get it right. That is all what we need. How do you respect some one who kills your kids, sisters, brothers.. all the time? The other so called journalist was completely out touch from the realities existing with in the TPLF camp. He really does not know TPLF to say the least.

By: Zenash

Zenash — Mon, 02 Jun 2008 02:45:04 +0000

Elias weldone, you did good. except one time the interviewer cornered you regarding the question he raised on peaceful struggle you wrote recently.

all in all we said

By: Ewnet

Ewnet — Mon, 02 Jun 2008 02:44:14 +0000

Elias,I admire your guts.Keep up the good job.

By: Ethiopiaw

Ethiopiaw — Mon, 02 Jun 2008 02:43:56 +0000

Elias another great job again.what surprise me was Gizaw have a hard time huffing and buffing when ever you mention the word woyane.

By: Jonnas Adimassu

Jonnas Adimassu — Mon, 02 Jun 2008 02:43:36 +0000

Elias gust go head we will follow you .

Jonnas Adimassu

By: Amazed

Amazed — Mon, 02 Jun 2008 02:43:15 +0000

This guy is a breath of fresh air to Ethiopian people and a nightmare to Wayane. I just can't wait to listen part 4 of the interview. By the way, I can't help but to notice that the host either had some feeling to Wayane or scare to offend them to protect god know what??

By: BG

BG — Mon, 02 Jun 2008 02:42:33 +0000

Ato Elias you are my hero because you are the burning flame inside me. One of the things I noticed on the interview was how much the interviewer was confused. Mr. Gezaw seems to luck the ability to distinguish between a thugs and a dissent human. You have to call a donkey nothing else but “donkey”; you respect a person when a person respects you. Melese and his servants have no respect what’s so ever for the people of Ethiopia. The Army is not there to protect the people of Ethiopia but their master Melese, which is why it is called the Woyane army I hope Mr. Gezaw will understand all these.
Good job my brother

God bless Ethiopia

By: JEGNAW from Las Vegas

JEGNAW from Las Vegas — Mon, 02 Jun 2008 02:36:40 +0000

mpressed with both of you for making this awesome open forum discussion. I watched all five chapters continuously without break. I like both of you for the following reasons.

A. Ato Gizaw …you sound a very intelligent CBS type news man who is managing his show according to his sponsors. Which means a sound judgment with intellectual twist. A very centrist approach but not as goal oriented, with a sence of urgency.
B. Ato Elias is risking everything he has on a vision he has in his head; but he can't explain in a logical or political science method.

In conclusion, I would rather seek a visionary than a person who is willing to talk about all the reasons why it didnt work in the past. (no disrespect to Ato Gizaw) At least with Ato Elias I will find out what worked or didnt work in a couple of YEARS.
There is a saying……
If you are not living on the edge you are taking too much space !!!

By: debebe

debebe — Mon, 02 Jun 2008 02:36:11 +0000

tagay elias you should a medical care you are a stupid man.
you donot know what is EPRDF?

By: belachew

belachew — Mon, 02 Jun 2008 02:35:47 +0000

HALLO ELIASE, BERETA, TIRU ZENA NEW YEMETAKERBEW. WEYANEN WEYANE BEMALET BE ZENAWOCHEH LAY MAKREBEH YIMEDENEK NEW. BE ETN LAY ANDE LETETEYEKEW TEYAKE YEMELESEKEW MELESE KERE ASENETONAL, YAM KINJIT PARLAMA MEGEBAT NEBEREBET MALETEH ASDENEKONAL. ENG.HAILU HONU LELOCH PARLAMA ANGEBAM YALU GELESEBOCH HAKENA,TIKEKELENA ENA HEGAWEE WESANE NEW YEWESEDUT. KE WEYANE GAR BEHEGAWEE WEYEM BEHAYELE ENJEE BE MEMODAMODE YEMEGEN ANDACHE TEKEM YELEWEM. ENA ELYASE GENZABEHEN KENDEGENA BEZEH GUDAYE LAYE MERMEREW.