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.
"Or is it that you just don't want Jews in the US?"
Ok, you're the second person on here that's accused me of being anti-Semetic. Since you took enough time to post, then take enough time to read all of the posts before calling people names.
In my original post, I said from what I knew that Jews were mostly liberal, but I was corrected. A number of posters pointed out that European Jews tend to be more conservative while American Jews tend to be 75% liberal. Why don't you read the rest of the posts just like me?
Why the animosity towards Israel and Jews in general?
Furthermore, I think we SHOULD offer favored asylum/immigration status on those peoples who will love and join in our republic/democracy.
For the last 50 years we've been bringing in third world immigrants who not only HATE us, but want to change our way of life to the type of life they left in the third world.
Not all, but way too many for good health.
Actually, if you'd pay much attention to posts relating to Islamicism here on FR, you'd note that there are sometimes excerpts from or links to Islamic websites.
You must be an Islamofascist terrorist!!!!!
Nice try, but you're the one who wants these Jews to die.
Who says they are socialists and not innocent? By the way, being a socialist is not a logical reason to say they should just die at the hands of Islamicists. Only someone with a black heart would say such a thing.
If, as you say, they are the conservative leaning, credits to society, true to their faith and heritage
Please copy and paste where I ever said such a thing. Oh, that's right you can't. So you lie as well as hate.
You're a waste of bandwidth. You are dismissed.
Bull. Coming to the US is not their only recourse. And refusing them because they are socialists is a perfectly good reason.
Only a person with a thick heaeded brain and a wish to be a slave, and have their friends and families become slaves, welcomes the barbarians in through the gate.
Only fools rush out of their fortress to save one who betrayed them, as their betrayer is whipped by the enemy.
It is the type that will allways be slaves and persecuted
because of their "humanity" over basic common sense.
the chaff and cullas of the human experienc
e.
Go meekly to tyour shackles, but don't expect me to blithely follow.
And before Nachum corrects me:
The word is 'Culls', not cullas.
;o)
Like an SST...it was long gone before you realized it was over your head. :-^)
No I don't...I want them to go to Israel. :-P (THHHPPPBBBBT!)
Having said that, thousands are leaving. Most do happen to go to Israel. The US is the next destination, if they can get the green card. South Florida has a good number of expatriate French Jews. I have two neighbors here in Southern California that also left. They are both "right wing" conservative types, self employed businessmen with good education. Definately not socialists.
Correction: Go to Israel...
I believe asylum is only granted when the applicant has no other country willing to take them.
Asylum is granted if the applicant can demonstrate either past persecution (or the likelihood of persecution in the future) where that persecution is carried out on the basis of the applicant's race, religion, nationality, political opinion, or membership in a particular social group.
It does not matter (legally) if the applicant COULD be accepted in another country.
On the other hand, if the applicant DID ALREADY FIND refuge or permanent residence in another country and then came here and applied for asylum, it would be denied because the applicant had been "firmly resettled" in a third country, which would disqualify him.
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Common sense often has no role in these decisions.
"You are incapable"
"Have you considered seeing a doctor"
"It's a dang shame that you cannot tell the difference"
Did anyone ever tell you you argue like a liberal?
I make a comment that "work visas turn into illegal immigrants" and you respond with nonstop ad hominems.
Are you any relation to Lenin or Stalin?
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