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Lebanese Jewish community: We have no connection to Israel
Roi Kais
Published: 19.05.14, 23:10
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1. lebanon synagogue
zoe ,   greece   (05.19.14)
from th emoment we were born , our face is turned towards JERUSALEM AND WE SAY NEST YEAR IN JERUSALEM.
2. If Muslim hate Jews because of the occupation
Miriam ,   Jerusalem, Israel   (05.19.14)
then what was the last 1400 years all about? ". . .The Jews have always lived among us. We have an issue with Israel's occupation of land." True Muslim bullshit always bending truth to fit their Jihad strategy. Any idiot can pick up a book on the history of 'living among" them, and know what Hell on earth was like.
3. Not all Jews Zionists?
Sean ,   USA   (05.20.14)
Only Jews that want to keep being Jews are Zionists. The rest will be eventually be absorbed into the dominant culture.
4. Is anyone really surprised they say this?
Jacob ,   USA   (05.20.14)
It shouldn't be surprising Jews in Arab countries don't want to associate themselves with Zionism publicly. Saying you're a Zionist is a death sentence. This is them just covering their butts.
5. Hostages
BH ,   Iowa   (05.20.14)
6. We have no connection to Israel
Ezra ,   SanDiegoUSA   (05.20.14)
Yes you do have a connection to the land. I notice you choose to live right next door.
7. Where are the missile launchers?
zelig ,   Memphis   (05.20.14)
Every religious institution in Lebanon comes equipped with missiles,launchers,ammuniton,and explosives.I see none in this structure.Therefore it is not a Lebanese religious structure.It is probably a photo-shopped forgery ;)
8. heard that song before....
les ,   canada   (05.20.14)
in the 1930's and 1940's europe. the jewish "leaders" were given the text what to tell the masses, just before they were taken to the gas chambers, followed closely by the "leaders" themselves. watch out Lebanese and European jewery, the writing is on the wall!
9. These gentlemen are not Jews period.
Moshe the Genuine   (05.20.14)
They can quake, look, walk like Jews but they are still not Jews.
10. #2
FRED ,   USA   (05.20.14)
Funny my reading of history that the Jews found sanctuary In Muslim lands when the Christians kicked out the Jews in both Spain and Portugal during the Inquisition. Up to the time Israel was created and start ethnically cleansing Palestinians. Jews lived peacefully with Muslims. It was not until European Zionist did what they did in the Middle East did we see Muslims attack Jews. You can thank those European Jews for that. Its called blowback.
11. Sure, and JCC stands for Jewish....
History nut ,   Israel   (05.20.14)
community center. Where do they find these people? These would be token DNA racists, maybe wealthy.
12. Der Strumer writes, Israel lives.
Miron ,   USA   (05.20.14)
13. if i lived in a Islamo fascist country
alsky ,   toronto   (05.20.14)
I would also say not all Jews are Zionists !
14. Either they are liars or not Jews.
Israeli 2   (05.20.14)
No Jew disavows Israel from their lives.
15. living with the devil
david ,   new york   (05.20.14)
they better be da-n careful not to say the wrong thing or hezbollah with blow them up. right now, everyone's happy: hezbolah has some token jews to show that they are able to sometimes not kill jews and the jews get to breathe air without being blown up or decapitated. its an arab paradise!
16. Not all Jews are Zionists
Mike ,   Edmonton, AB   (05.20.14)
Other statements that are also true: Not all Israelis are Jews. Not all Israelis are Zionists. Not all Israelis are pro-Israel. Not all Jews believe Israel is a Jewish country. and so on....
17. Indeed
Ariel ben Yochanan ,   Kfar Tapuah, Efraim   (05.20.14)
B"H - Good for him! Indeed not all Jews are Zionists, thank G-d. Zionism is a new replacement religion, worshiping the "renaissance of the Jewish People", as Rav. Kook put it. Judaism worships Hashem.
18. What is Zionism? Zionism is JEWISH NATIONAL INDEPENDENCE
Alexander ,   Tel Aviv, Israel   (05.20.14)
Either Isaac Arazi is for real or he's threatened by his Hezbollah in order for them to showcase a Jewish man "opposed" to Israel. It's strange that some Jews are so spineless that they need to take upon themselves racist anti-Semitic self discriminatory treatment in order not to anger the anti-Semitic racist genocidal Moslem ideologists too much. It's strange that Germans, Austrians, Hungarians, Italians, Irishmen, Swedes, Russians, Greeks, Spaniards, French, Poles, Finns, Dutchmen, Iranians, Turks, the Chinese, and the Japanese can each have one ethnic nation state - many of them recent artifical countries, and it's strange that Arabs can have 22 Arab nation states - most of them artificial recent creations without any history as "Arab nation states", and yet one single Jewish state on this Earth seems to irk anti-Semites and seems to be the source of shame for some spineless Jews - who live in a Moslem Arab country very close to the Jewish state. Jews who reject Zionism are in fact self hating Jews participating in anti-Jewish racism or anti-Semitism. Saying that all nations on Earth - big and small, authentic and artificial, ancient and recent, rich and poor, developed and underdeveloped, powerful and powerless, can exist EXCEPT for a Jewish state is racist since it discriminates against the Jewish people.
19. Jews Freedom of thought and expression in Lebanon
(05.20.14)
No of course, living in Lebanon offers Jews more freedom of thought and expression. Who told him what to say?
20. 'Not all Jews are Zionists'... only 99,9...%
Nitzotz ,   France   (05.20.14)
21. Make peace with Palestinians and you have no enemies
Harri ,   EU   (05.20.14)
22. 'Not all Jews are Zionists'
Tim ,   Brighton   (05.20.14)
And the inference is that 'We have nothing to do with the State of Israel' Except of course when they are being persecuted or worse and suddenly overnight its - Help! And Shalom everybody - Israel here we come Quite pathetic '
23. Lebanese Jews
Brod ,   USA   (05.20.14)
When the Islamist-Jihadists start butchering them, they will be begging Israel to save them.
24. surprise
Rau   (05.20.14)
It's perfectly normal to hear criticism for the destruction of synagogue, but in this case the synagogue is being renovated and brought back to its former glory. Why majority of posters are not very happy? You can't have it both ways.
25. #10 freddy why do people that have hate always make up what
Jerome ,   Basalt, Colorado   (05.20.14)
they want to believe and leave all the truth and history out? most likely because you are a sacred little chicken that would never say your bu!!$h!t to my face! is your lies from taqiyya and kitman?
26. Yeh, right
(05.20.14)
'Cos we'll all be dead. Maybe you mean Mata Hari :) Ain't gonna happen, EU
27. Dear # 21
After eu   (05.20.14)
Thank EU, but NO THANK EU
28. 10 Fred - you need to reread your history
Marc ,   Miami   (05.20.14)
Focus on what the word dhimmi means and how they were treated.
29. I would expect such ignorance from foreign media
Jake   (05.20.14)
when they interview "leaders" of skeleton Jewish communities remaining in Arab countries. But the Israeli media should know better. When Abraham Hamra, the chief rabbi of Syria, was interviewed in the early 90s by National Geographic (with an agent from the Muhabarat present, naturally), he similarly bashed Israel. Within a couple of years, he had left Syria and was living in Israel.
30. Will the last Jew to leave the country . . .
Danny ,   London England   (05.20.14)
Will the last Jew to leave Lebanon please turn off the lights in the shul?
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