tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12677825.post3227025316879115129..comments2024-03-14T02:22:26.957+00:00Comments on Point of No Return: Jewish Refugees from Arab and Muslim Countries: Left shows blindspot on Jewish rights in JerusalemUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12677825.post-77898191368212891282010-03-07T19:54:43.442+00:002010-03-07T19:54:43.442+00:00libhom is a case in point of one of the obstacles ...libhom is a case in point of one of the obstacles to peace. The gross ignorance of so many people in the West, aided and abetted by their mass media, TV, radio, press, "quality journals," their schools [courtesy of their govts], etc., is an obstacle to peace. Libhom has to study the history of the Land of Israel, called Judea by the Romans [read The Histories of Tacitus, for example]. The UK is indeed in a worse situation in this regard than some other Western countries.<br /><br />When I wrote my first comment on this thread I was in such a hurry that I left out a word:<br />"The evictions were of families that refused to PAY rent to the legal owners of the real estate, the Sephardic Community Committee."<br /><br />I really do believe that such widespread gross ignorance about the history and current events in and around Israel is an obstacle to peace. There are too many people ignorant like libhom.Eliyahu m'Tsiyonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07973268399414290195noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12677825.post-30730428600095330562010-03-07T16:41:21.682+00:002010-03-07T16:41:21.682+00:00You've not been paying much attention, have yo...You've not been paying much attention, have you libhom? The Jews (from 'Judea') ARE the indigenous peoplebataweenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15829104245735619972noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12677825.post-88063141476635426602010-03-07T15:29:41.130+00:002010-03-07T15:29:41.130+00:00You should be ashamed of yourself for advocating t...You should be ashamed of yourself for advocating the theft of the land from the indigenous people of Palestine. East Jerusalem and the rest of the West Bank belong to the Palestinians, not the foreign Israeli occupiers.libhomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05537213558568338561noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12677825.post-13724354712050995632010-03-07T12:41:06.935+00:002010-03-07T12:41:06.935+00:00Sorry I meant to say
'Standing up for the rig...Sorry I meant to say <br />'Standing up for the right', without the NOTbataweenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15829104245735619972noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12677825.post-59129331136992352782010-03-07T12:40:22.279+00:002010-03-07T12:40:22.279+00:00Don't get me wrong, Eliyahu, I am not standing...Don't get me wrong, Eliyahu, I am not standing up for the Jewish right to live in Jerusalem just as I would stand up for Jewish rights to live in Baghdad or Cairo. That doesn't mean I condone any provocative behaviour by these Jews; nor does it mean that Jews may have to abrogate their property rights in some future political settlement.<br />I would not go as far as to suggest, as Yair Gabai does, that Palestinians have forefeited their rights by taking part in a war of aggression, but I think those who lost property in the 1948 war should sue the Arab League for compensation.bataweenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15829104245735619972noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12677825.post-61785778030946309712010-03-07T11:15:38.524+00:002010-03-07T11:15:38.524+00:00Bataween, you are brave to stand up on this issue....Bataween, you are brave to stand up on this issue. I see that the anti-Zionists, the Judeophobes, are going to be making this plot of land into a major issue, a major false accusation against Israel. <br /><br />It has to be reiterated over and over that the whole plot was Jewish in ownership since 1889 [approx]. That Jews were already living there in homes in the 19th century. That Jews were attacked there and driven out of their homes in December 1947, thus becoming the first refugees in the war who could not go home afterwards. [Jews in south Tel Aviv were also shot at and driven out in the same period [Dec 1947 but they could go home after the war]. The Arab homes in question were built on Jewish land taken over by the Jordanian state. Those houses were built by Jordan in 1955 [approx]. The evictions were of families that refused to rent to the legal owners of the real estate, the Sephardic Community Committee of Jerusalem.<br /><br />So these so-called "leftists" are in effect approving the ethnic cleansing of Jews from their homes in December 1947, as part of a war started by the Arab side, a war of Arab aggression that began with assaults on Jewish civilians, including the homes of Jewish civilians in various parts of the country. <br /><br />By denying the rights of Jews to live in what was "east Jerusalem" between 1948 and 1967, particularly on Jewish-owned real estate, these demonstrators are in fact demonstrating in favor of apartheid against Jews. This is also done with the encouragement of several Western govts [UK, USA, etc] and the EU as a body too, if I am not mistaken. A demonstration in favor of apartheid!!<br /><br />To show the very old Jewish reverence for the tomb of Simon the Just, see link:<br /><br />http://ziontruth.blogspot.com/2010/02/tomb-of-simon-just-shimon-hatsadiq-in.htmlEliyahu m'Tsiyonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07973268399414290195noreply@blogger.com