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It's time for a mass aliyah by French Jews - opinion
The Jerusalem Post ^ | July 29, 2024 | By DAVID BEN-BASAT

Posted on 07/29/2024 4:34:07 AM PDT by Oldeconomybuyer

Having opened their gates to refugees fleeing the violence in Syria, Iraq, and Afghanistan, many European nations are now flooded with unemployed Muslims, threatening the stability of their host countries.

The demographic changes taking place in capital cities and exclusively Muslim-populated areas, the rise of global Islamic radicalism, and the terrible disaster that befell Israel on October 7, have resulted in right-wing parties’ victories in European countries.

In Sweden, Spain, the Netherlands, and Finland the Right has significantly increased its electoral power.

The increase in hatred and incitement by left-wing parties towards Jews is lending legitimacy to violent actions against the Jews. Albert Miara, the head of the Jewish community in southern Paris, spoke of the recently increasing manifestations of antisemitism against Jews.

The number of antisemitic incidents across France has quadrupled and the situation has been steadily deteriorating for two decades, he said. The atmosphere towards the Jews is sometimes “unbearable.”

Some good may come from this. The surge in antisemitism and the strengthening of the far-Left are causing thousands of Jews in France to decide to immigrate to Israel. In the nine months since the outbreak of the Gaza war, 3,714 French Jews have applied to make aliyah.

(Excerpt) Read more at jpost.com ...


TOPICS: Editorial; Foreign Affairs; Israel; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: france; islam; jews; migration
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The writer is CEO of Radios 100 FM, honorary consul of Nauru, vice dean of the consular staff, and vice president of the Ambassadors Club of Israel.
1 posted on 07/29/2024 4:34:07 AM PDT by Oldeconomybuyer
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To: Oldeconomybuyer
I don't think mass aliyah is the answer in any country.

Jews need to fight back wherever they are. They need to understand that it is the combined armies of the Left and Muslims who are out to destroy them. And if their enemies can get them to gather in one location, in one big group, all the easier to destroy them.

2 posted on 07/29/2024 4:39:03 AM PDT by RoosterRedux (Take Trump off ballots. Fail. Take his money. Fail. Put Him in jail. Fail. Assassinate him. Fail.)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

The anti-Semitic immigrants are anti-Christian, anti-atheist, anti-European, anti-West.

When the West is torn apart by civil strife or surrendering to its conquerors, Israel will have no friends.


3 posted on 07/29/2024 4:40:05 AM PDT by heartwood (If you're looking for the /sarc tag, you just passed it..)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

Which begs the question, why are we trying to save “Europe” from Putin & Russia. People supporting the Ukraine/Russia war are incapable of thinking beyond the immediate apparently.


4 posted on 07/29/2024 4:49:59 AM PDT by Robert DeLong
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

Why stand and fight when you can run?


5 posted on 07/29/2024 4:52:56 AM PDT by ComputerGuy (Heavily-medicated for your protection)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

bkmk


6 posted on 07/29/2024 4:58:52 AM PDT by ptsal (Vote R.E.D. >>>Remove Every Democrat ***)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

Two cultures can not co-exist (peacefully) in the same place unless one is overwhelmingly more powerful then the other.

The balance of power in Europe is changing.

In a war between two cultures the one that is willing to be more violent against the other will come out the winner.


7 posted on 07/29/2024 5:04:04 AM PDT by CIB-173RDABN (I am not an expert in anything, and my opinion is just that, an opinion. I may be wrong.)
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To: RoosterRedux

I agree. Not trying to sound like I’m blaming the victim, Jews especially American Jews, needs to realize that the leftists are their worst antagonists.

Their Kibbutz lifestyle, unlike any place else in the world, has them confused which leads to terrible decisions. It’s like they refuse to look at their history and understand just who wants them dead.


8 posted on 07/29/2024 5:16:04 AM PDT by bigfootbob (Arm Up and Live Free!)
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To: ComputerGuy

What would the combined numbers of Muslims and the Far Left be in countries like France and all over Europe for that matter.

If not now, then at some point in the near future I would say the Jews are or will be significantly outnumbered.

It’s not a matter of standing an fighting, this is a natural reaction for Jews to seek out safety or at the very least seek refuge in the Jewish Homeland where they will stand and fight against neighbors that all want them eliminated.

I don’t know the exact sequence of events for the End Times, but supposedly 3 things must happen in order for the Messiah to return, the birth of the nation of Israel, Jerusalem returned as the capital of the Jews and the gathering of the Jews in Israel, I’m sure many here in FR will correct or add to my post but it could all be the fulfillment of biblical prophecy.


9 posted on 07/29/2024 5:33:39 AM PDT by srmanuel
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To: bigfootbob
Their Kibbutz lifestyle, unlike any place else in the world, has them confused

Very insightful observation. Kibbutzim are communistic in nature and promote childish idealism and utopianism.

The world isn't like that...at all.

The own political side of the aisle wants them dead. They need to wake up and see that.

10 posted on 07/29/2024 5:51:18 AM PDT by RoosterRedux (Take Trump off ballots. Fail. Take his money. Fail. Put Him in jail. Fail. Assassinate him. Fail.)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer
The number of antisemitic incidents across France has quadrupled...

Except these are not "antisemitic" incidents and the author knows it. This is an inter-Semitic domestic dispute that has been running for 1,400 years and has now spilled over into other nations - some of which like to keep the dispute alive to play one side off against the other for short-term political gain, no matter what the cost might be to their own citizens.

11 posted on 07/29/2024 6:01:06 AM PDT by Mr. Jeeves ([CTRL]-[G)
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To: Robert DeLong

“ Which begs the question, why are we trying to save “Europe” from Putin & Russia. People supporting the Ukraine/Russia war are incapable of thinking beyond the immediate apparently.”
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Perhaps not so ironically, if Putin wins the war (which looks increasingly likely), he’s going to stop the flow of people professing the “religion of peace” (what a f’ing moron Bush was). Or an in Hungary and the Poles will also not allow this. It is incredible to me that those most adamant about protecting Western Civilization are those living in formerly Communist nations.


12 posted on 07/29/2024 6:16:26 AM PDT by Ancesthntr ("The right to buy weapons is the right to be free." - The Weapons Shops of Isher)
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To: ComputerGuy

“ Why stand and fight when you can run?”
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Well, they are Fwench. There’s a reason why, in the ‘80s, there were all kind of ads for “Surplus French rifles - never fired, and only dropped once.”

Getting a bit more serious, my co-religionists tend to be much more left-leaning than the average. I am concerned about how a large influx of people from France will affect Israeli politics. Keep in mind that many of these very same people likely voted for the parties that let in the savages in the first place. So dense are these people that some are doubtless still arguing for a continuation of this suicidal (for both France and the Jews living there) policy - because they have to show how morally superior they think they are, second- and third-order consequences be damned.


13 posted on 07/29/2024 6:25:17 AM PDT by Ancesthntr ("The right to buy weapons is the right to be free." - The Weapons Shops of Isher)
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To: RoosterRedux

“Jews need to fight back wherever they are. They need to understand that it is the combined armies of the Left and Muslims who are out to destroy them. And if their enemies can get them to gather in one location, in one big group, all the easier to destroy them.”
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Agreed. But I am also concerned for Israel if these people leave France en mass. My co-religionists tend to be much more left-leaning than the average, and those idiots tend to be immensely stubborn in clinging to their self-destructive politics. Keep in mind that many of these very same people likely voted for the parties that let in the savages in the first place. So dense are these people that some are doubtless still arguing for a continuation of this suicidal (for both France and the Jews living there) policy - because they have to show how morally superior they think they are, second- and third-order consequences be damned.

I also agree with you about having too large of a concentration of Jews in one fairly small place - history shows without any doubt that the very dispersal of the Jews was what saved them from complete annihilation in the past. I very much believe in the need for a strong Israel to safeguard our ancient homeland and those Jews who face persecution or worse, but without strong Jewish communities elsewhere (most particularly in the US), Israel will be largely without allies. God works in many ways that we mere humans cannot grasp (or at least cannot for many years afterwards, when the purpose of His works becomes evident); having the U.S. be a very strong nation, one steeped in Judeo-Christian values and protective of the rights of minorities (including Jews) is doubtless part of God’s plan.


14 posted on 07/29/2024 6:42:44 AM PDT by Ancesthntr ("The right to buy weapons is the right to be free." - The Weapons Shops of Isher)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

The advancement of society is inversely proportional to the Muzzie population. Want proof? Just look around.


15 posted on 07/29/2024 6:46:33 AM PDT by Da Coyote
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To: RoosterRedux
Very insightful observation. Kibbutzim are communistic in nature and promote childish idealism and utopianism.

Communism works fairly well in SMALL groups, where everybody knows every one in the group, people take care of their kin, and pitch in when their next door neighbor needs help, share food with injured or infirm elderly neighbors, etc.

Get more that 150 or so people in the group, they lose awareness of who the freeloaders are, and the freeloading parasites drain the vitality...

In our country of some 330 million souls, how many multi-generational welfare recipients do you, personally, know, hmmm?

16 posted on 07/29/2024 6:47:59 AM PDT by null and void (I identify as a conspiracy theorist. My personal pronouns are told/you/so.)
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“ Except these are not “antisemitic” incidents and the author knows it. This is an inter-Semitic domestic dispute that has been running for 1,400 years and has now spilled over into other nations - some of which like to keep the dispute alive to play one side off against the other for short-term political gain, no matter what the cost might be to their own citizens.”
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Horse crap! In case you did not notice, the Muslim savages spilled over into other countries during the life of Mohammed. That religion started in Arabia, and through conquest quickly spread to much of the Arab world. Within 100 years, it was banging at the doors of Europe. That had little or nothing to do with the Jews. Oh, and by the way, at that point in time, the Moslems tended to respect the right of Jews to worship as they had done traditionally since the time of Moses. It certainly wasn’t universal, but the Muslims did recognize the common roots of the 2 religions and respected Judaism to a much greater degree than they have in the last 100 years.

You are welcome to your own opinions, but you are not welcome to your own facts.


17 posted on 07/29/2024 6:48:50 AM PDT by Ancesthntr ("The right to buy weapons is the right to be free." - The Weapons Shops of Isher)
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To: Ancesthntr
Amen

Amen

Amen

God works in many ways that we mere humans cannot grasp (or at least cannot for many years afterwards, when the purpose of His works becomes evident)

Big Amen

having the U.S. be a very strong nation, one steeped in Judeo-Christian values and protective of the rights of minorities (including Jews) is doubtless part of God’s plan.

Profoundly Big AMEN!

18 posted on 07/29/2024 6:50:19 AM PDT by RoosterRedux (Take Trump off ballots. Fail. Take his money. Fail. Put Him in jail. Fail. Assassinate him. Fail.)
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To: Ancesthntr
My co-religionists tend to be much more left-leaning than the average, and those idiots tend to be immensely stubborn in clinging to their self-destructive politics.

You mean like Californians moving to Austin?

19 posted on 07/29/2024 6:52:16 AM PDT by null and void (I identify as a conspiracy theorist. My personal pronouns are told/you/so.)
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To: null and void
Very true.

I think most kibbutz members feel like they are part of a family (hence the reason why communal living works).

20 posted on 07/29/2024 6:53:21 AM PDT by RoosterRedux (Take Trump off ballots. Fail. Take his money. Fail. Put Him in jail. Fail. Assassinate him. Fail.)
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