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Losing the Jews of Arabia By Rachel Shabi
“The war between Israelis and the Arabs made it impossible for them to stay,” says the Israeli historian, Tom Segev of the almost one million Jews who had lived in Arab countries for several millennia prior to 1948.
Jewish populations, who once were a significant and largely harmonious minority presence in countries such as Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia, Egypt, Syria, Iraq and Iran, migrated en masse following the establishment of Israel in 1948.
In 1949-50, 49,000 Jews from Yemen were flown to Israel; in 1951, 120,000 Iraqi Jews did the same; by 1967, around 200,000 Jews had left Morocco – although not all of them to Israel.
Why did they go? Some argue that the Zionist movement, at the time predominantly European, recruited those Jews to the cause of settling Israel and setting up underground movements in Arab countries with that purpose in mind. Continue reading
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Israel to demolish Mosque because there is no building permit (Could that be because the Mosque was built 700 years ago)
Mufti condemns Israeli decision to demolish historic mosque near Jerusalem Jerusalem – Ma’an – The Grand Mufti of Jerusalem, Sheikh Muhammad Hussein has condemned a decision by Israeli authorities to demolish the Al-Omari mosque in the village of Umm … Continue reading
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Israel ‘planning another Lebanon war’
The Lebanese Premier says the Winograd Report on the 2006 war against Lebanon confirms that Israel plans to attack his country again.
In an official statement released by Prime Minister Fuad Siniora on Thursday, he said that the report calls for Israel to prepare for the next war, which shows that it ‘had not learned from its defeat.’ Continue reading
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We Must Never Forget by Victoria Glenn
We have a place to call our own again, and after so long… We deserve this, you know. All those years of genocide against our peoples. Being kicked out of our land, forced to disperse, forced to live amongst those … Continue reading
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The Blockade of Gaza – Worse Than a Crime By URI AVNERY
It is impossible not to feel exhilaration when masses of oppressed and hungry people break down the wall that is shutting them in, their eyes radiant, embracing everybody they meet – to feel so even when it is your own government that erected the wall in the first place.
The Gaza Strip is the largest prison on earth. The breaking of the Rafah wall was an act of liberation. It proves that an inhuman policy is always a stupid policy: no power can stand up against a mass of people that has crossed the border of despair. Continue reading
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Iran releases footage of PG naval check
Iran releases the video of Sunday’s maritime identification check in the Persian Gulf waters involving Iranian boats and US warships.
Iran’s Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) says the US-released footage of the incident is fabricated and the audio of it is fake. Continue reading
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Brotherly, Friendly Countries? – Saudi Arabia and Pakistan By AYESHA IJAZ KHAN
Public opinion of Saudi Arabia plummeted to the lowest it has ever been on the streets of Pakistan when the Saudi government agreed to Nawaz Sharif’s deportation from Pakistan in the summer of 2007, contravening directly the Supreme Court verdict that had plainly said that Mr. Sharif, a Pakistani citizen, had the inalienable right to live in his country and that any deal he may have entered into with the government of Mr. Musharraf in 1999to live in exile, most likely under duress, would not hold up in a court of law.
Saudi Arabia had in the past enjoyed respect, almost veneration, in the eyes of many Pakistanis, primarily because the holy sites of Mecca and Medina are located there, but also because several Pakistanis had earned a living in Saudi Arabia and repatriated funds consistently, often feeding an entire family on the remittances of a single Pakistani worker sweating it out in the desert sun. In spite of the fact that treatment of guest workers in Saudi Arabia, especially those at the lower end of the economic spectrum, leaves a lot to be desired, average Pakistanis nevertheless looked upon the Kingdom with a sense of admiration.
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It’s Not Just The Palestinians Who Won’t Recognize A “Jewish State” (hint..USA)
Like the PLO the United States chose not to recognise a Jewish State but rather the State of Israel. Take a look at Presidents Truman’s original edited letter. Continue reading
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Israel plans 740 new homes on occupied land
Israel plans to build about 740 new homes next year on occupied land near Jerusalem, the construction ministry said on Sunday, despite Palestinian calls for a total settlement freeze.
“An American said the other day ” I think they should hurry up and create a Palestinian state so we can invade it and occupy it”
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Christians Brutalized in the Holy Land – Mark Glenn
Some 200 Christian Zionist leaders, representing churches spread throughout America, Europe, Africa and Asia, gathered in Israelís Knesset to “beg forgiveness” for 2,000 years of “Christian persecution” of Jews. The well publicized ceremony took place under the auspices of the … Continue reading
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