Posted on 03/20/2007 1:12:29 PM PDT by Nachum
(IsraelNN.com) More than 7,000 French Jews have signed a petition asking for political asylum in the United States because of anti-Semitism in France. The petition makes pointed reference to the murder of Ilan Halimi, a 23-year-old Parisian Jew who was kidnapped and tortured to death last year by an anti-Semitic gang, and says that "following the barbarous murder of a young Jew because he was Jewish, in the context of the rise in anti-Semitic acts committed by Islamic fundamentalists, numerous members of the community no longer feel safe in France."
The petition was sent to the U.S. Congress and asks it to enact a law according French Jews refugee status.
Some French Jewish leaders were outraged: "This petition is bizarre, stupid and out of place," said Chaim Musicant, director of CRIF, the umbrella organization of secular French Jewish groups.
Silly people. Just buy a ticket to Mexico or Canada then sneak in...
Ummm...Do you know any French Jews? Do you know any of these 7000? How do you know what their political affiliations are?
Better. by far, that we have some well educated, non-criminal, French Jews (socialism impaired that they may well be) than the run of the mill, uneducated AND crime inclined, Mexicans now illegally entering America.
I am curious as to what our "Gringo de Mexico" Presidente Jorge Bush will do in response.
Will he make a stirring "We have a common heritage -" speech? Or will that speech only apply to those descended from cannibal tribes of Central and South America?
Does Presiden Bush want educated emmigrants or merely criminals and low wage types?
Bring out the popcorn, folks - this should be interesting.
PS I voted for both Bushes, both times. BUT, despite Jeb being someone whom I can vouch for as esentially a kind and decent American, both Bushes are neither Originalists, not concerned about Kelo type abuses.
Pity!
Ummm....Sorry, I don't get it.
Simple extrapolation: The 7000 French Jews are asking for asylum in the U.S.A. as they are afraid of muslims in France. Rather than go to Israel, where they will be welcomed with open arms and trained to fight back in the Israeli army, they are choosing to run away to the U.S.A. where they will not be subject to military service.
Men and Women over 18 are subject to military service in Israel, so one would guess that the French Jews over 18 who are running away to the U.S.A. are trying to avoid the Israeli draft which is necessary to defend Israel from the muslims.
Do we really need 7000 French draft dodgers who don't want to defend Israel?
Funny how humans just keep repeating this over and over. So much for the "perfect" rule of the cerebral cortex.
Who was himself very converative and also Jewish. Note his nephew, Jonah. (I also understand she went though a Reform coversion, then went back, but I base this on a FR post, not actual knowledge.)
How do you know any or all of the 7,000 people are socialists? You don't. You are assuming they are because the most public Jews in this country are New York City liberals.
You similarly condemn the individuals because you don't like the politics of a part of that group.
That's like proposing to round up all blacks because black men are disproportionately more likely to commit a crime.
That's just basic bigotry. And absurd.
Indeed, the split of Jews voting rep/dim is very comparable to that of Roman Catholics. Do you propose the USA should ban immigration of Roman Catholics, too? Or do you limit your group-condemnation of individuals because they belong to a certain religious group to Jews?
It is a basic tenant of the USA that "all men are created equal."
No Jew, or member of any other relgion or group, is responsible for the absurd acts of other people who happen to be in that group.
Hence, whites of today do not owe reparations to blacks of today for slavery.
Roman Catholics of today do not owe me reparations for burning my namesake and multi-great grandfather alive on a stake for the "crime" of lighting candles to God on God's Sabbath.
Etc.
If you truly believe individuals should be "punished" for the beliefs of others, maybe you need to leave the USA, and go live in a country that follows your beliefs.
Like Iran. Or maybe Zimbabwe.
That's typical paranoid BS.
If those fake Roman Catholics
are Socialists i wouldn't want
them bringing their poisoned
crap here either.
Better they all die than bring their
mental disease of socialism here to
spread.
No Muslim nor member of any other religion or group, is responsible for the absurd acts of other people who happen to be in that group.
"prostitutes on the public dime..."
What the hell are you talking about?
Prostitution is illegal in France.
There aren't any "prostitutes on the public dime".
There are a lot of French Jews in my neighborhood, and the ones I know are conservative. They're like immigrants from former soviet block-- they've experienced the enemy first hand and they don't like it.
I'm glad to hear that your neighbors are conservative. It baffles me to no end to hear that something like over 80% of Jews vote for Dems. Doesn't make sense considering their background.
It hasn't reached France yet, but the socialists
up in a Northern european country have
not only had invalids sue toi have prostitutes
come to their homes, and service them on their
govt benefits, but one N. Euroocountry,
has made it law that if a woman wants
unemployment benefits, she can't turn down
employment as a hooker...oh pardone mois!
"Sex worker"...
Very true. No illusions about who to stand with or to be against.
I say, come on over. My local relief agencies are bringing over all kinds of Muslims, Albanians, Somalis, sending them down to the welfare office for welfare and also giving them charity assistance for food, housing, counseling to adapt, etc. So why not bring in some French Jews to counter-balance all the Muslims that are coming in?
Venez par ici, mes pauvres amis. Je vous dis Bienvenue. Soyez le bienvenue!
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