tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12677825.post5673148312721972043..comments2024-03-14T02:22:26.957+00:00Comments on Point of No Return: Jewish Refugees from Arab and Muslim Countries: What Danny Ayalon's Refugee video doesn't tell youUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12677825.post-5694242338706021912011-12-12T10:06:49.804+00:002011-12-12T10:06:49.804+00:00Given my meagre knowledge of the happenings at the...Given my meagre knowledge of the happenings at the time my chances to come up with a suitable word are less than nil. <br /><br />But since in Germany we object to the present everywhere attempts of our Turkish and Turkish-German neighbors to tell us that they suffer from what Jews suffered during the 3rd Reich I "suffer" from a kind of knee-jerk reaction to untrue comparisons. <br /><br />(If the "Turks" are educated they make it clear that they are talking about early 3rd Reich times but "that all the signs are there." The last one I heard telling me that did it in his last sentence when he had finished saying all the right things about his group trip to Auschwitz.)<br /><br />As to Nakba: as best I know Jewish refugees weren't leaving temporarily hoping what ever they were hoping for after having won their war of annihilation. Thus calling the events Nakba is belittling them. On the other hand since it was not one event but a number of interconnected ones it will indeed be very hard to find a catch word.<br /><br />Yes "they" have managed to make Nakba a catch word but for me that catchword includes their expectations of eventual supremacy.Silkehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16383345395827271854noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12677825.post-59569010271613904172011-12-12T09:48:51.750+00:002011-12-12T09:48:51.750+00:00About 'Nakba' - we always end up discussin...About 'Nakba' - we always end up discussing alternatives to this word, Silke! Open to suggestions, but so far no word has quite the instant recognition of Nakba. Don't forget the Jewish refugees are playing 'catch up'here with the Palestinian refugees.bataweenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15829104245735619972noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12677825.post-37119928538514074012011-12-12T09:43:33.090+00:002011-12-12T09:43:33.090+00:00I am impressed by that photo -
purely on a gut l...I am impressed by that photo - <br /><br />purely on a gut level it seems to speak to me better than the other photos I have hitherto seen. <br /><br />PS: isn't there a Hebrew word for catastrophe other than Nakba - hitherto imitating has been "their" forte.Silkehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16383345395827271854noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12677825.post-47229653083489644372011-12-12T07:33:27.564+00:002011-12-12T07:33:27.564+00:00Enough with the 'Jewish Nakba' nonsense.Enough with the 'Jewish Nakba' nonsense.Droidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03334248228007162212noreply@blogger.com