Posted on 03/08/2005 5:05:49 AM PST by SJackson
In discussions about refugees in the Middle East, a major piece of the narrative is routinely omitted, and my life is part of the tapestry of what's missing. I am a Jew, and I, too, am a refugee. Some of my childhood was spent in a refugee camp in Israel (yes, Israel). And I am far from being alone.
This experience is shared by hundreds of thousands of other indigenous Jewish Middle Easterners who share a similar background to my own. However, unlike the Palestinian Arabs, our narrative is largely ignored by the world because our story -- that of some 900,000 Jewish refugees from Arab countries dispossessed by Arab governments -- is an inconvenience for those who seek to blame Israel for all the problems in the Middle East.
Our lives in the Israel of the 1950s were difficult. We had no money, no property; there were food shortages, few employment prospects. Israel was a new and poor country with very limited resources. It absorbed not only hundreds of thousands of us, but also an equal number of survivors of Hitler's genocide. We lived in dusty tents in "transit camps," their official name because these were to be temporary, not permanent.
Housing was eventually built for us, we became Israeli citizens, and we ceased being refugees. The refugee camps in Israel that I knew as a child were phased out, and no trace of them remains. Israel did this without receiving a single cent from the international community, relying instead on the resourcefulness of its citizens and donations from Diaspora Jewish communities. Today, many of Israel's top leaders are from families that were forced to flee Arab countries, and we make up more than half of Israel's Jewish population.
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Hobby???? Those that preach daily here about "intolerance" have none of their own and you enforce it. Disgusting.
Minutes of the meeting with Hitler and Husseini. Gallery
The Arab/Muslim Nazi Connection
Evidence of Haj Amin al-Husseini Before the Royal Commission, January 12, 1937
You've become a broken record on these threads. If you persist, there will be a problem.
google: " american support of israel "
Objection to endless propaganda postings is cause for "trouble"...If FR is aware of these agendas and countenance such, so be it.
Daily barrages of threads concerning intolerance are totally acceptable. Any person that dares object, will have his head handed to him. Anyone that dares object is cause to go running to Admin Mod etc etc. So be it.
Don't like 'em? Don't read 'em.
Any translation for a layman????
Tolerance has become a one way street for many people.
Skip the threads you don't like.
Pretty simple. :)
Skip the replies you do not like.
When posters spam threads with replies that are personal attacks it ruins the thread for everyone.
Don't worry, he doesn't that's not what he's about. Since Jan 27, the day of the Auschwitz commemoration, Cynicom's been spamming assorted threads relating to antisemitism, Jews and Israel, as well as attacking certain posters. As you note, there's no content there, other than his distaste for myself and others being allowed to post on a "conservative" forum. Reading or commenting on the articles doesn't play into his agenda, it's about the topics and posters, who don't "belong" in "conservative" company.
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The vanishing Jews of the Arab world
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1358334/posts
Posted by cynicom to SJackson
On News/Activism 03/08/2005 8:47:42 AM CST · 19 of 24
Yall are slow today. Hope you not ill or something such.
The vanishing Jews of the Arab world
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1358334/posts
Posted by cynicom to SJackson On News/Activism 03/08/2005 7:28:36 AM CST · 9 of 17
Flag is out early today.
Prominent British rabbi to immigrate to Israel [European antisemitism]
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1357387/posts
Posted by cynicom to familyop
On News/Activism 03/06/2005 6:46:20 PM CST · 6 of 12
Time to take the flag down.
Not anti-Semitic, just an Israel hater-London mayor’s remarks are cause to recall ambassador
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1357119/posts
Posted by cynicom to SJackson
On News/Activism 03/06/2005 9:03:55 AM CST · 7 of 18
Tolerance, tolerance, is that not what this is all about? Goodness gracious, traveling a one way street does tend to make one intolerant.
Not anti-Semitic, just an Israel hater-London mayor’s remarks are cause to recall ambassador
Posted by cynicom to SJackson
On News/Activism 03/06/2005 8:42:07 AM CST · 5 of 18
Bright sunny morning and the antisemitism flag is unfurled.
The Zionist Empire Is Sacrificing Its American Colony [Barf Alert - the language of our enemies.]
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1354655/posts
Posted by cynicom to familyop
On News/Activism 03/03/2005 8:20:30 AM CST · 34 of 44
Those that whine daily for tolerance will display their intolerance here.
Black Diplomat Attacked in Ukraine
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1353415/posts
Posted by cynicom to sheik yerbouty
On News/Activism 03/01/2005 10:25:26 AM CST · 10 of 46
You lost??? This is not a semitism thread. The man did not say anything about semitism. You must be lost.
US Jews: Israel losing PR war in high schools
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1347823/posts
Posted by cynicom to Alouette
On News/Activism 02/21/2005 9:49:05 AM CST · 7 of 18
Intolerance is a two faced affair, as we see here on Fr, as administered by a mod.
If you cannot defend you own postings, there is no tolerance.
Hannity was correct.
Hannity bashes Free Republic
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1344622/posts
Posted by cynicom to 1Old Pro
On News/Activism 02/16/2005 2:34:55 PM CST · 290 of 3,132
Taken over???? No
.. Lot of fringe whackos here with an agenda????? Yes
.. One has only to read the threads, they are here.
Is This A Catholic Forum?
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/1343680/posts
Posted by cynicom to Ken Nielsen
On Religion 02/15/2005 1:36:50 PM CST · 90 of 372
Have you noticed also that FR tends to be an antisemitism forum?????
Columbia's Anti-Israeli Hatred-professors harass students who believe Israel has right to exist
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1343540/posts?page=14#14
One has to wonder if antisemitism flag fliers here are paid lobbyists, hobbyists, or propaganda artists. Whatever it may be, this forum was never intended to be used as such.
4 posted on 02/15/2005 7:55:13 AM CST by cynicom
The anti-semitism flag is unfurled and flying early today.
Flying two anti-semitism flags today.
True, but not in the early years of the state. American benevolence didn't really start till the Nixon Administration. During the War of Independance and the early years of the state, Israel received some aid from Germany (reparations), France (believe it or not), and Czechoslovakia (which sold Israel weapons when no one else would). Israel dismantled the transit camps by itself.
Till Nixon in 73, it's essentially true. Ole Harry Truman, who the Dems hold out as a virtual "founder" of Israel, had no reservations about boycotting arms sales to Israel, while supplying the Arabs. As did most of the world. Aid didn't really accelerate till the late 70s, in the post Egyptian "Peace" era.
Egypt does as well.
I don't agree with 100% of every thread. I don't think anyone really can. There's more posted here than anyone could reasonably comment on, even if they spend all day at the computer writing messages. But just because you don't want to read about a topic doesn't mean that there aren't some other people that do. And if you don't like some topic, there are umpteen others going on at the same time.
Endless daily threads is a bit much. There is much there to be seen if only one opens their eyes. Tolerance has become a one way street for many people.
So what? Don't like 'em? Don't read 'em. No problem. I can't help wondering what people you're alluding to here. Hmm? I think maybe you have your eyes propped open with toothpicks looking for problems that don't exist. Around the time the Gibson passion play came out there was plenty of thoughtful discussions around here dealing with relations between Catholics and Jews. Plenty of traffic on both sides of the street. So what if lobbying groups such as the ADL like to bellyache about things. That's their job. They get paid to bellyache. They're real impact on my life, however, is neglible. If you're getting tired of reading, take a break. That's what I do. Go walk the dog, or something. Beware of information overload. It can make you paranoid. Believe me, I know.
Take a day off.
You are talking about 2 countries that vote together somethign like 90% of the time in the UN - on the side of justice, freedom, and democracy. They usually have virtually all other countries conspiring against them.
I have never agreed with the charge that somehow America was culpable in the holocaust becuase they did not bomb the railroad tracks in central and eastern Europe. Its a relatively new idea. I think that people forget that air raids into enemy territory were costly at the time. The disasterous raid on Ploesti was a prime example of what the allies could expect. They lost alot of resources for very little gain.
Thank you!
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