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To: SJackson

The expulsion of the Jews always backfires—as it did on pharaonic Egypt, medieval England, Habsburg Spain, Nazi and Stalinist Europe, Nasser’s Egypt, and on, and on.


9 posted on 05/31/2016 11:53:08 AM PDT by Fiji Hill
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To: Fiji Hill

And despite centuries of such persecution, Israel still thrives. A true miracle.


14 posted on 05/31/2016 12:37:13 PM PDT by Chauncey Gardiner
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To: Fiji Hill
well, while I agree that expulsion of Jews in modern societies has been detrimental in general, your post is incorrect

How was Pharoanic Egypt affected economically and socially after the expulsion of the Israelites? The dates are vagues, but assuming around 1100 BC, there was no decay

Then medieval England -- the Edict of Expulsion in 1290 expelled the entire jewish population of England (which was about 2000 souls) but this was about 0.2% of the population (population of England approximating 1 million in the 13th century) -- the economy was primarily rural and this expulsion of lenders didn't affect the economy

The expulsion from Spain did affect the Spanish economy because the world economy had progressed.

The Expulsion of Jews from Russia in the 1800s and moving them to the Pale of Settlement did badly affect Russia

And the expulsion from Arab lands was a deathblow to those lands

The reason is the level of sophistication of the economies and the role of Jews in those economies.

26 posted on 06/01/2016 4:49:01 AM PDT by Cronos (Obama's dislike of Assad is not based on his brutality but that he isn't a jihadi Moslem)
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