tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12677825.post996778849824748972..comments2024-03-14T02:22:26.957+00:00Comments on Point of No Return: Jewish Refugees from Arab and Muslim Countries: How Jewish refugees can respond to BDS Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12677825.post-84488645209763151372015-06-16T16:15:35.114+01:002015-06-16T16:15:35.114+01:00From JVP:"In fact, Jews and Arabs have been f...From JVP:"In fact, Jews and Arabs have been fighting for only about a century. While Jews were facing repeated expulsion and persecution in Europe, Jews in the Muslim world, though still facing some problems, were faring much better. Jews, as People of the Book under Islamic law, were entitled to legal protections and certain rights. To be sure, they were not the equals of Muslims, and there were incidents of anti-Semitism in many parts of the Muslim and Arab world through the centuries, some of them serious. But both the severity and the frequency of these were far lower than in Europe."<br /><br />Well I'm not so sure about that.<br />bataweenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15829104245735619972noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12677825.post-86710560089225669792015-06-16T16:04:19.184+01:002015-06-16T16:04:19.184+01:00I meant: I am thinking additional websites should ...I meant: I am thinking additional websites should be set up to discuss history and Sephardic thought in depth and provide a much wider presence on the web.Sylvianoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12677825.post-84086690721029362142015-06-16T15:59:30.592+01:002015-06-16T15:59:30.592+01:00https://jewishvoiceforpeace.org/content/israeli-pa...https://jewishvoiceforpeace.org/content/israeli-palestinian-conflict-101<br /><br />And I am not even mentioning "the missing panel".<br /><br />Something should be done and fast. Because history and existence are just the tip of the iceberg. Orthodox, national-religious, and other movements have also an interest erasing Sephardic identity, though not for the same reasons as the left. <br /><br />I am thinking of additional websites discussing history and Sephardic thought in depth.Sylvianoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12677825.post-21267529381525976402015-06-16T15:18:30.857+01:002015-06-16T15:18:30.857+01:00It is true that the radical left does the heavy-li...It is true that the radical left does the heavy-lifting for BDS. Even the 'soft left' refuses to take the rights of Jewish refugees seriously. They are too busy trying to build bridges with the Palestinians. Any talk of Jewish refugees is an obstacle, an unneccessary spanner in the peace works. Add to this their European contempt for Middle Eastern Jews and their benighted superstitions and traditions - to which you refer, Sylvia. bataweenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15829104245735619972noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12677825.post-83960892761219951652015-06-16T15:05:30.038+01:002015-06-16T15:05:30.038+01:00The BDS movement leadership is not the problem. Th...The BDS movement leadership is not the problem. They're not the ones who deal with it. They have delegated the problem of Jewish refugees from Arab lands to the Jewish radical left who have been entrusted with the job of erasing from consciousness and history to the existence of Jews from Arab countries. They don't exist, never existed, their religious legacy doesn't exist, and therefore the issue of refugees is a moot point.<br /><br /><br />In Israel the radical left uses euphemisms to attack Mizrahim, Sephardim. They don't even mention Arab Jews anymore. They are the talisman kissers or the behemot. We remember the garbuz speech addressing "those kneeling n the grave of saints" in recent days the Israelis have been irate over another euphemism by an Israeli actor who insulted "those behind the thirty Likud mandates" as "behemot", curd-eating cattle. And everyone knows who they mean.<br /><br />I think that instead of the Barghouti photograph, that of the "Jewish" Voice of peace in action would be appropriate.<br />Check their animated "history of the holy land" on their website.<br /><br /><br />Sylvianoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12677825.post-76044199909888926082015-06-16T13:40:33.428+01:002015-06-16T13:40:33.428+01:00He should be barred from re entering Israel the ne...He should be barred from re entering Israel the next time he leaves. What better way for him to stand with the courage of his own convictions? The next time he flies away, tear up his passport, void his citizenship. Empress Trudyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06073538968722986065noreply@blogger.com