tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12677825.post117414007106134517..comments2024-03-14T02:22:26.957+00:00Comments on Point of No Return: Jewish Refugees from Arab and Muslim Countries: Are US resolutions on Jewish refugees 'dangerous'?Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12677825.post-1174228824900238762007-03-18T15:40:00.000+00:002007-03-18T15:40:00.000+00:00Thanks for your comment.I know you are uncomfortab...Thanks for your comment.<BR/>I know you are uncomfortable with the idea of any kind of equivalence, and so am I. But we have such a mountain to climb to get the Jewish refugees recognised, that tactically it must be a shrewd move to at least get both sets mentioned in the same breath.<BR/>People will then be able to draw their own conclusions and the debate can then move on.bataweenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15829104245735619972noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12677825.post-1174228092482335372007-03-18T15:28:00.000+00:002007-03-18T15:28:00.000+00:00Thanks for linking to and replying to my original ...Thanks for linking to and replying to my original post.<BR/><BR/>I certainly did not mean to suggest that the Jewish refugee issue should be ignored. People absolutely should know about it.<BR/><BR/>But I must disagree about seeing this as a two-sided coin. I don't think that we should feel obligated to view the so-called "Palestinian refugees" as such in order to gain legitimacy for the Jewish refugees.<BR/><BR/>Even if "Zionist agents" assisted the Jewish exodus from Arab states, the Jews were still refugees by virtue of the fact they were fleeing before ill-treatment and persecution and coming to a strange land to participate in a strange culture that used a foreign language.<BR/><BR/>They were refugees in every sense of the word, and in those very same ways stand in stark contrast to those the world would have us view as "Palestinian refugees."<BR/><BR/>I would have no problem in terms of the peace process with tying the two refugee issues, so long as every demand being made on behalf of the "Palestinian" refugees was also made on behalf of the Jewish refugees. Of course, that would sink the whole debate, as the Arab states are never going to repatriate those 800,000+ Jews and their millions of descendants.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com