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Peace and forgotten refugees
Noah Beck
Published: 10.08.13, 11:16
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31. Yemen Terrible Oppression
Zechariah   (08.13.13)
In Yemen the oppression was vile and the Jewry of Yemen were Zionists long before European Zionism.and the Yemini Aliya was exeburant after centuries of harsh Islamic rule.No Herzyl No Bilu just Crushing Dhimmi.
32. #9
Chaim   (08.13.13)
How about the oil sheikhs pay reparations for the millions of sq.miles in ME and North Africa the arabs from the Arabian Peninsula stole in the time of the prophet and the centuries following?
33. #11- did you get that from the Arab press?
William ,   Israel   (08.13.13)
The fact is - most Jews in Arab lands did NOT believe in Zionism. They were neither supportive or against Israel's birth but were not interested in uprooting their lives of hundreds of years in a land they knew with a language they knew well to join the European Jewish experiment. It was the Arabs who accused their Jewish population of being supporters of Zionism simply because of their Jewishness but no proof of actual involvement. The Arabs then stripped the Jews of their citizenship, their property, their wealth, and sometimes their lives. They were given a short time to get out of the country, and as the article points out, many did NOT end up in Israel. Now - if these Jews were so supportive of Zionism why then did they choose another State to reside in besides Israel? Finally, the economic conditions in Israel were not necessarily better than in Arab lands. Many Jews were well-off and became very poor when they arrived to Israel. Not exactly a step up in life, is it?
34. #11: WELL, THE PALESTINIANS ALSO LEFT BECAUSE THEY WANTED'..
Nowhere Man ,   Metropolis, Zion.   (08.14.13)
You, like all other arab/muslim revisionist, want to convince the world that Jews left arab/muslim countries because 'they believed in Zionism' or out of 'business interests' (!)... (Wonder whether all the Pogroms that arabs perpetrated against Jews during the 19th century were strong enough 'business incentives'...) In fact, historical facts show that most 'palestinian refugees' left Israel on their own will, and also responding to the call of neighbouring arab governments.
35. #9: ARABS MUST PAY REPARATIONS FOR 100'000 km2 STOLEN LAND.
Nowhere Man ,   Metropolis, Zion.   (08.14.13)
36. consistency of un and world opinion
eslombard ,   jerusalem   (12.26.16)
What, if anything, would the UN do if Israel were to expel all of its Arabs?. Where's the fairness or consistency? The Arabs did that to their Jews 1948-67.
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