tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12677825.post116851305149568875..comments2024-03-14T02:22:26.957+00:00Comments on Point of No Return: Jewish Refugees from Arab and Muslim Countries: How the Jews of Morocco went into exileUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12677825.post-1171098255516735532007-02-10T09:04:00.000+00:002007-02-10T09:04:00.000+00:00Thanks TaamarbuutAThe statistics do seem to vary. ...Thanks TaamarbuutA<BR/>The statistics do seem to vary. Yhe Moroccan Jewish website Dafina.com puts the figure of Jews at 3,000. The numbers probably go up in summer when<BR/>there are more visitors.bataweenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15829104245735619972noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12677825.post-1171064114512227712007-02-09T23:35:00.000+00:002007-02-09T23:35:00.000+00:00Thanks for a good article. Despite the fairly good...Thanks for a good article. Despite the fairly good relations between Morocco and Israel now (mainly because of the money the Israelis of Moroccan ancestry bring back to the country), it's obvious looking at a city like Meknes that the lives of Jews here were not so easy (although as you said, prior to the rise of Istiqlal, relations were not so bad).<BR/><BR/>That said, your statistic of how many Jews remain in Morocco seems a little off to me. In Casablanca alone (the economic capital), there are said to be about 5,000 Jews, most of whom migrated from other cities. The community there is pretty close-knit and I would imagine their count is accurate. Outside of the big city, there are still Jews in Meknes (fewer than 50, from what I understand), Fez (a few hundred), Essaouira (a few hundred) and perhaps 2,000 more scattered amongst smaller cities and villages. The number is closer to 8,000 than 3,000.Jillianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01792137126898623243noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12677825.post-1168552226655785642007-01-11T21:50:00.000+00:002007-01-11T21:50:00.000+00:00So Maghrebi, answer me this: when a Jew prays 'nex...So Maghrebi, answer me this:<BR/> when a Jew prays 'next year in Jerusalem' at the festival of Passover, is it then legitimate for him to be arrested and thrown into jail for being a Zionist?bataweenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15829104245735619972noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12677825.post-1168534747134409802007-01-11T16:59:00.000+00:002007-01-11T16:59:00.000+00:00One more thing that readers need to be aware of is...One more thing that readers need to be aware of is that often pro-Zionists try to confuse anti-Zionist feelings with anti-Jewish feelings.<BR/><BR/>Morocco made it clear that it makes a clear distinction between Zionism and Judaism. <BR/><BR/>Criminalizing Zionism should not be regarded as discrimination no more than criminalizing Al-qaeda ideology in most countries today.<BR/><BR/>Zionism was considered a threat to national security and therefore anyone caught involved in it was prosecuted.<BR/><BR/>Israel was also considered the official enemy of the state and therefore any involvement with it was considered a crime.<BR/><BR/>I am sure there has been abuses of such policies but over all I think people left because of many factors including religious indoctrination (Moroccans are known to be more conservative).<BR/><BR/>You can't call someone a refugee when they celebrated the day they arrive to their "refuge" (that is Israel).<BR/><BR/>Israel was considered their True homeland and many people believe it was.<BR/><BR/>Palestinian refugees that Israel still prosecute today never held such beliefs. They still want to go back to their homes, and they must be granted that right despite Israel's blatant refusal.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12677825.post-1168533828295243782007-01-11T16:43:00.000+00:002007-01-11T16:43:00.000+00:00You quote from a site that claims:"her latest book...You quote from a site that claims:<BR/><BR/>"her latest book, EURABIA: The Euro-Arab Axis (31 January 2005), describes the gradual transformation of Europe into "Eurabia," a cultural and political appendage of the Arab/Muslim world."<BR/><BR/>That sounds like of those conspiracy theories leveled at Jews...that they want to control the world.<BR/><BR/>One couldn't possibly take seriously all the links you posted. <BR/><BR/>You also referred to an attack that left over 400 Jews dead but such crimes do not necessary prove the conspiracy theories that you are trying to put forward. <BR/><BR/>Israel is guilty of similar crimes against its own minority (Arabs):<BR/><BR/>The Kfar Qassim massacre of 1956 in which the Israeli border police killed 49 Arabs including 6 women and 23 children:<BR/><BR/>http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kafr_Qasim_massacre<BR/><BR/>Not to mention the massacre of Deir Yassin in which over 100 villagers were gunned down. <BR/><BR/>Whatever you describe occurred everywhere (against all kind of minorities not only against Jews) including in America (which at the time didn't even grant blacks equal rights) which is the strongest ally of Israel today.<BR/><BR/>Zionism itself was and still racist (Labor Zionism excluded labor and land from non-Jews) despite the fact that it claimed it was trying to fight discrimination (by enforcing discrimination against others).Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com