tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12677825.post2801482351953042020..comments2024-03-14T02:22:26.957+00:00Comments on Point of No Return: Jewish Refugees from Arab and Muslim Countries: Pro-Arab MPS urge UK resettlement of Yemeni JewsUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12677825.post-71546134052572664192010-02-25T03:20:37.930+00:002010-02-25T03:20:37.930+00:00Oh, please. If you actually believe that any of t...Oh, please. If you actually believe that any of those MPs care in the slightest about any Jew, including these Jews, then I have some lovely swampland in Florida for you, going cheap.<br /><br />These great humanitarians wish only to use this fig-leaf to cover their anti-Semitism; these people are not merely "pro-Arab," they are anti-Jew. They know that the ingress of at least some of the Yemenites is inevitable, and although I am sure that they do not want any more Jews in the UK, they are cynically using these poor people as pawns.<br /><br />Their purposeful leaving out of Israel as a destination for the Yemenites gives the whole game away. These MPs are despicable hypocrites and one can only hope for their defeat at the next election.<br /><br />On a nicer note, this website is excellent, and it is one of the first things I read every day.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12677825.post-92226393928674951912010-02-25T02:35:14.729+00:002010-02-25T02:35:14.729+00:00Very interesting! We shall see how this plays out....Very interesting! We shall see how this plays out. I would obviously like to see them in Israel, but the UK would still, in my opinion, be better than Monsey.<br />Meanwhile, new vid: http://joshberer.wordpress.com/2010/02/23/master-silversmith-yehuda-tassa/Josh Onehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05326858326789255520noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12677825.post-21856590553602465742010-02-24T22:49:44.006+00:002010-02-24T22:49:44.006+00:00I certainly don't trust the Satmar and anythin...I certainly don't trust the Satmar and anything that they are involved in. <br /><br />These 3 MPs seem to be taking the hypocritical line that, We are not antisemitic, only anti-Zionist. Note that they are anxious that these Jews might go to Israel. The possibility has to be foreclosed.Eliyahu m'Tsiyonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07973268399414290195noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12677825.post-41968871465573818842010-02-24T19:51:58.898+00:002010-02-24T19:51:58.898+00:00The 3 m.p.s mentioned are only interested in jewis...The 3 m.p.s mentioned are only interested in jewish votes I cannot recall any of them speaking out for any jews in the past, to be honest I would not trust the m.p.s let alone vote for themUnknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12099095495964113800noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12677825.post-76497061500839022892010-02-24T14:30:58.992+00:002010-02-24T14:30:58.992+00:00Dear bh
The MPs are indeed to be applauded for hig...Dear bh<br />The MPs are indeed to be applauded for highlighting the plight of these Jews who are desperate to leave. They are to be commended for taking a stand on antisemitism. At the end of the day it doesn't really matter which country takes in these Jews, as long as they are rescued.<br /><br />But these MPs are not acting purely from humanitarian motives. Israel has taken in about 100 - more Yemenites than the UK and US, but it is deliberately omitted from the EDM as a safe haven. The MPs are aligning themselves with the anti-Zionist Satmar in their enclaves of Monsey, NY and Stamford Hill, who since the 1990s have tried everything in their power to prevent the Yemenites going to the godless secular society of Israel, although 90 percent of the community of 50,000 were airlifted to Israel in 1950.<br /><br />These latest arrivals have not had 100 years to decide where to go. The choice between America and Israel has not been as free as you make out. In the 1990s some 80 Yemenis ended up with the Satmar in in Monsey and 60 in Stamford Hill. But their integration into a basically Yiddish Ashkenazi sect without a support structure has not been without its problems - and a film was made a few years ago alleging that some children were 'kidnapped' from Yemeni families and placed with Ashkenazi Satmar families. The Yemenites who ended up in the US and UK are not necessarily better off than those who ended up in Israel, and may be worse off. <br /><br />Of course there are those with relatives in the US and the UK who naturally wish to join them and I support these MPs for calling on the UK to make things easier. All I am saying is that with their EDM these MPs are also making a political point. <br /><br />BTW I don't doubt that US congressemen and some Israeli MKs support the Jewish refugees issue in order to get votes.bataweenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15829104245735619972noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12677825.post-47557326938330919372010-02-24T14:30:44.359+00:002010-02-24T14:30:44.359+00:00I second what bh says.
The EDM mentions the US go...I second what bh says. <br />The EDM mentions the US govt in order to compare it favourably with the UK govt.'s lack of action, and urges the UK govt to help those with ties to the UK - not in order to recommend these two countries as the only possible safe haven for Yemeni Jews.<br />I personally would be more disturbed by an EDM written by a non-Jewish politician which implied "Jews should go back to Israel!" <br />The EDM has been signed by Andrew Dismore, who probably has far more Jewish voters in his constituency, but also by Mark Durkan of the SDLP, who probably has far less; and what is so bad about an MP representing their constituents wishes?David Kameshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08055283614338886809noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12677825.post-6495987496088434862010-02-24T09:31:35.525+00:002010-02-24T09:31:35.525+00:00I think you're wrong on several points with th...I think you're wrong on several points with this post and that these MPs should be applauded for the stance they have taken. <br /><br />Whilst there are no doubt some votes in it for Diane Abbott with the Jewish community, the constituency she represents is massively diverse.<br /><br />Also just because these MPs have supported Palestinian causes or groups why should this preclude them from supporting Jews suffering anti-Semitism. They are surely taking a stance which is in keeping with a liberal humanitarian viewpoint and not being hypocritical. <br /><br />This website is always quick to point out the hypocrisy of supporting the Palestinian refugee cause over the cause of Jewish refugees, and when American politicians - or Israeli ones for that matter - bring up the issue of Jewish refugees they are not accused of pandering for votes although I am sure it is as true for them as it is for Diane Abbott.<br /><br />Finally you point out that Israel is not mentioned as a destination for these refugees, and that America is. It is my understanding that often the refugees who went to America went because they didn't want to go to Israel, and that those remaining don't want to go to Israel either - they've had over one hundred years to decide! Perhaps in this context those with existing links to the UK would choose to come here and these MPs are voicing their support for this.<br /><br />bhbhhttp://jewishrefugees.blogspot.com/2010/02/pro-arab-mps-concerned-at-persecution.htmlnoreply@blogger.com