Comments on: Spineless bookkeeping: The use of Mizrahi Jews as pawns against Palestinian refugees

By: JDC

JDC — Thu, 13 Dec 2012 00:21:25 +0000

The Arab countries such as Egypt and Jordan should also e encouraged to welcome back their Arab brethren. It makes perfect sense.

By: Barry Rosen

Barry Rosen — Thu, 27 Sep 2012 13:11:45 +0000

Mitchell Cohen, your totally right and Palmediawatch has documented this for years.

By: Bluegrass Picker of Afula

Bluegrass Picker of Afula — Thu, 27 Sep 2012 05:58:20 +0000

>>> Does that mean there aren’t Arab refugees from Palestine?

Gil: if a euro-american sneaks into the Lakota reservation, but then gets thrown out after some time of successfully squatting there…. he’s not a refugee. He’s a trespasser who got transferred out.

Get this into your head, Gil: this is a Hebrew-indigenous land. Arabic is the language of colonialist squatters. The Arabic speakers can only stay when it’s convenient for us. They can be made to go away just like the Turkish speakers were made to go away. Just like the French colonialists were made to go away from Vietnam.

The Arabic-speakers have zero national rights here. This is a Hebrew country, controlled by a Hebrew Army and Hebrew Police. Everyone else needs our permission, if they want to be here.

And we will enforce that at gunpoint. Just like the Lakota Police on the Lakota Reservation.

By: Palestinian

Palestinian — Wed, 26 Sep 2012 20:29:20 +0000

There is no Jewish community in Iraq today,few individuals only .I was talking about the Jewish Iraqi community pre-Zionism.

By: Gil Franco

Gil Franco — Wed, 26 Sep 2012 20:01:41 +0000

“Some of them arrived out of free will, some against their will. Some of them lived comfortably in Arab countries, and some lived in fear and under oppression. The history of the Mizrahi immigration is complex and cannot be resigned to one simplistic explanation”

And some Arabs stayed in Palestine, and some left Haifa despite being encouraged to stay by Jewish authorities, and some fled the fighting and some were expelled. Does that mean there aren’t Arab refugees from Palestine?

By: Carl

Carl — Wed, 26 Sep 2012 19:21:30 +0000

‘Palestinian’, though I don’t agree with much of ‘Jews’s’ points, the idea that Iraq has a ‘thriving’ Jewish population is factually wrong. Off the top of my head I think there’s about seven Jews remaining in Iraq (though more ethnic Jews who can’t reveal or don’t know their identity may exist) with one having to leave due to Wikileaks revealing their identity.

Still, nice to see a Jew and a Palestinian civilly debating, though a change of username for you both would aid clarity out here in the Interweb.

By: sh

sh — Wed, 26 Sep 2012 18:01:56 +0000

Well, this is a good way to kick off a new year.
Something that Shenhav does not mention is the Jews who chose to live in diaspora countries when they were obliged to flee Arab countries in the mid-20th century, some of whom reject as abhorrent the idea of making claims against their (often still beloved) countries of origin.

I love the suggestion that a Plaut can destroy the lies of a Shahrabani.

By: Mitchell Cohen

Mitchell Cohen — Wed, 26 Sep 2012 16:55:55 +0000

@Barry Rosen, I don’t think Palestinian is overly concerned about the survival of Jews. He/she is just concerned that we are no longer here.

By: Barry Rosen

Barry Rosen — Wed, 26 Sep 2012 12:45:08 +0000

http://prrnblog.wordpress.com/2012/06/03/fakery-and-farce-daniel-pipes-on-unrwa-and-the-palestinian-refugee-issue/

Fakery and farce: Daniel Pipes on UNRWA and the Palestinian refugee issue
June 3, 2012
Rex Brynen

By: Barry Rosen

Barry Rosen — Wed, 26 Sep 2012 12:40:16 +0000

Palestinian says,
The Arab countries should allow and encourage the return of their Jewish citizens.

LOL. 100,000 Jews are going back to Iraq. Where in Iraq? To live with the Sunnis and Shiites.
If you think the killings are bad now in Iraq, wait till the Muslims find out there’s a 100,000 Jews in Iraq. I give the Jews a year to survive there.