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Lebanese patriarch backs followers in Israel
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Published: 29.05.14, 01:09
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1. what alot of BS, Birin is actually Bar-A'AM
Lili   (05.29.14)
and the marrons(=mormons) settled there in existing village of Bar-A'Am in 1898 after they run away from the Druze hostility their real origin is Lebanon, in the center of the village there is 1900 year old sinagouge. the reason the chritians were uprooted in 1948 was to save their lives, while the lebanease bombarded Israel Hagan felt responsible to save their lives, most of them relockated to Gush Halav near by and they are free to use their 80 year old church on high holidays and ceremonies.
2. Israel should be 'For Jews Only."
BUILD BABY BUILD!!!!   (05.29.14)
Seems every Tom Dick and Mohammed wants to steal Jewish land. ( look what a mess thy've made of their own warring nations.) ANNEX All of Israel REPATRIATE All pals to Jordan. BUILDING NEW JEWISH HOMES DAILY !!! Thank G-d! We waited for over 2,000 years to begin.
3. Maronite Christians
Sarah B ,   U.S.A. / Israel   (05.29.14)
I wonder if anyone remembers Lebanon of the late 1970s and 1980s. You know, when Moslems were slaughtering the Maronite Christians wholesale, and the world basically ignored everything, except for one country. It was Israel that came to the aid of the Maronite Christians. Not the Vatican. Not the United States. Not Europe. Not the various interfaith Christian groups. Nope, none of those. Just Israel. Does anyone remember the "Good Fence" at Metullah? When thousands of Christians poured into Israel on a daily basis, seeking food, shelter, medical care? We saved them from certain slaughter at the hands of the Moslems. But no one remembers that. But when the Christians took revenge -- at Sabra and Shatila -- the unseeing, uncaring and indifferent world roused itself long enough to blame the Jews for Arab on Arab -- Christian on Moslem -- slaughter. That's all anyone seems to remember about the strife in Lebanon. They don't remember the Good Fence. They don't remember Israel being the lone voice in the wilderness, who saved the Maronite Christians of Lebanon from extinction. They remember Sabra and Shatila -- and Israel had absolutely nothing to do with that. Not only is the world fickle; it is also extraordinarily stupid. No wonder the Jewish people do as well as we do. I guess that 30-35 points on IQ that we have over the great unwashed really does matter.
4. Thank you, Lili at No. 1
Sarah B ,   U.S.A. / Israel   (05.29.14)
Perhaps YNet ought to fact-check a news account from Associated Press before publishing it. 700,000 "Palestinian" displaced persons? A quarter of that number is a better approximation of the truth, and they weren't driven out -- they left voluntarily. Eagerly, even, because they were promised first crack at the spoil left behind when the Jews were driven into the sea. YNet should not publish without verifying content, and it certainly should not perpetuate a myth.
5. Maronites are Catholics
Roni ,   Orlando, FL USA   (05.29.14)
Maronites are usually referred to as Maronite Catholics, since they are in union with Rome and recognize the pope as the head of their version of Catholicism. Sarah B's remarks are absolutely correct regarding the appalling reaction by the world to Christian attacks on Muslims in a refugee camp. General Ariel Sharon of blessed memory was pilloried for it, though he had nothing to do with it-- but he was the commander of the IDF at that point, so apparently was considered fair game.
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