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Qatar bans kosher food, Jewish prayer at World Cup
Arutz Sheva ^ | 21/11/22

Posted on 11/20/2022 10:43:21 PM PST by Eleutheria5

Authorities in the Arab Gulf state of Qatar are prohibiting Jewish visitors from purchasing cooked kosher food or organizing prayer groups during their stay in the country for the World Cup, leading Jewish groups to accuse Doha of reneging on its promise to protect the religious rights of sports fans during the World Cup.

Qatar has no diplomatic relations with Israel, but as a condition of its hosting the World Cup, FIFA mandated that Qatar not bar fans based on their nationality.

With thousands of Israelis expected to travel to Doha for the games, Qatar agreed to permit Israel to operate a temporary consular services office for the duration of the World Cup.

In addition, Jewish groups say they received a commitment from Doha that Jewish religious needs would not be interfered with during the World Cup, including the sale of kosher food and organizing of Jewish prayer services.

On Sunday, however, multiple Jewish organizations accused Qatar of breaking its promise, saying that local officials have banned the sale of cooked kosher food and organizing of Jewish prayer services in public.

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TOPICS: Culture/Society; Egypt; Extended News; Foreign Affairs; Israel; News/Current Events; Syria
KEYWORDS: antisemitism; arabracism; arabs; ban; doha; egypt; fifa; halal; iran; iraq; islamicbigotry; israel; kosher; lebanon; muslims; qatar; racism; soccer; soccersucks; syria; yemen
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To: Sirius Lee

Hot chicks with GUNS!

41 posted on 11/21/2022 6:29:26 AM PST by Alas Babylon! (Rush, we're missing your take on all of this!)
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To: Eleutheria5

I travel a ton. My go-to choice of food is sushi that I watch being made.


42 posted on 11/21/2022 6:31:20 AM PST by Jewbacca (The residents of Iroquois territory may not determine whether Jews may live in Jerusalem.)
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To: DallasBiff

Nothing to be mad at.

They’re not observant and don’t follow the Torah.

Hypocrites don’t represent Judaism, despite how often they claim to speak for it.


43 posted on 11/21/2022 6:34:03 AM PST by Jewbacca (The residents of Iroquois territory may not determine whether Jews may live in Jerusalem.)
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To: DallasBiff

While observant Jews get the media attention, most US Jews in the US are “ethnic Jews” and do not follow the “rules” at all.


44 posted on 11/21/2022 6:36:40 AM PST by cgbg (Claiming that laws and regs that limit “hate speech” stop freedom of speech is “hate speech”.)
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To: Eleutheria5

Or Christian communities, no doubt.


45 posted on 11/21/2022 9:33:24 PM PST by Jacob Kell ("I would rather go hunting with Kyle Rittenhouse....than make a movie with Alec Baldwin")
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To: Jewbacca

Isn’t there a Christian community in Israel? Mainly ethnic Arab speakers and Armenians, but also recently Russians, such as people who married Jews and came with them to Israel?


46 posted on 11/21/2022 9:39:25 PM PST by Jacob Kell ("I would rather go hunting with Kyle Rittenhouse....than make a movie with Alec Baldwin")
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To: golux
Not all Israelis eat kosher, and there is also a huge population of former Russians / Soviets who identified as Jews to get in, received Israeli citizenship, and who you can now see walking the streets of Tel Aviv securing Christmas trees for Christmas.

When the private dorm, put up a Christmas tree, a Jewish fellow dormer, called it a Haunakah bush.

Well I said to myself, if he wants to call a Christmas tree that, no problem, but I wasn't going to call a menorah an 8 candle Christmas decoration.

47 posted on 11/21/2022 10:20:15 PM PST by DallasBiff (Kamala is not the sharpest knife in the drawer)
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To: DallasBiff

By far most of the meat and poultry for sale in Israel is strictly kosher. That secularized U.S. Jewish teens were eating bacon in the dorms of their secular Midwest college has minimal bearing on the discussion of Qatar’s not keeping its promise to Israel/the Jewish people.


48 posted on 11/21/2022 10:41:42 PM PST by Seeing More Clearly Now
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To: Jacob Kell

Yes, several kinds.

There are some Russians (and other Eastern European) who are ethnically mixed, but not that many. People hear about this bc people like to grumble. It’s also where our version of the mafia comes from. Even the occasional skin head/Nazi type which is pretty funny.

There are some Armenians who have been In Jerusalem for years who are extremely anti-Semitic to the point they rejected being in a state with free Jews and retained Jordanian citizenship with permanent resident status in Israel.

The largest group are Arab who fled the PA because of religious persecution. They serve in the IDF, do all the things. Wealthiest and most educated demographic in Israel, in fact.


49 posted on 11/22/2022 4:47:14 AM PST by Jewbacca (The residents of Iroquois territory may not determine whether Jews may live in Jerusalem.)
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To: Jacob Kell

That, too, I suppose.


50 posted on 11/22/2022 10:18:00 AM PST by Eleutheria5 (Free country? Good morning, Rip. )
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