A middle East perspective

[john madden]

"all the wealth they already have" sounds to me like stereotyping.

 

[Balifrog]

There is no denying there is a powerful Zionist lobby in the US

There about as many Jews in the US as in Israel, and they are not the blue collar type.
So yes, they have a VERY important lobbying power !

 

[centurion]

Glad you at least gave it a thought. If you watched that 4 part series about the Brits and Jews, you would have seen a brief segment of all these Jewish ladies working around a table with piles of Diamonds! They are still doing this in New York City. These people are very, very, wealthy and smart business people. Let them pay for Israel!!! The Governments of the World should stop supporting these people with piles of money and weapons!
They have plenty of their own! But they are very good at acting like the poor, poor mistreated Jewish people!! Yada Yada!

For you, Jews are existential problem. Seems you are resentful the Fuhrer did not solve the problem on time.

 

[centurion]

There about as many Jews in the US as in Israel, and they are not the blue collar type.
So yes, they have a VERY important lobbying power !
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Intersting data. In Egypt in 1945 there was 80.000 Jews, and now there are only 18 (6 in Cairo and 12 in Alexandria).

Why is that, Watson? Global warming?

 

[Bob]

Still, things could have been so much worse. I read somewhere that the Dutch had the worst colonial system because they are well known racists and apartheid practitioners.
Luckily the Palestinians have been under British mandate; they left a good administrative system.

Belgium says hey on that worst colonial system thing. Spain and Portugal too.

 

[Bob]

In writing, in the Bible.

Is that notarized?

 

[Bob]

This is spilling over into antisemitism. During my 20s I began to do have a lot with the Jewish community in Melbourne. There are good Jews and bad Jews and as I have previously said the extremist Zionists who live with the arrogant assumption that they are God's chosen and deserve to take the land of Palestinians. This is the kind of thinking which has much to do with the present war and the lack of empathy for the long occupied territory of Palestine and blockade of Gaza. That said there are many Jews who do not hold these kind of extreme, inhumane views. As for very wealthy Jews, yes there are but much of that wealth stems from the encouragement of the intelligence of Jewish children as they grow up. I was most impressed with Jewish families and the manner in which they encouraged their childrens' powers of reasoning whereas in the general, working class Australian community growing, questioning children were often greeted with, "Ask your father" and then, "Ask your mother" or "Go out play" or even, "Shut up."

There is no denying there is a powerful Zionist lobby in the US that effects US foreign policy and in Australia Zionists are quick to jump on anyone critical of Israel or Israelies. That said it does not justify blanket anti-Jewish statements to deny the decency of many Jews and those who have contributed generously across the spectrum of social activity not to many the many brilliant, scientists, doctors, artists, musicians and other creative people.

In the 50s I heard people say. "Hitler did not do a good enough job." So easy to fall into the trap of repeating these old shibboleths that are inherent in the underlying racism that perpetuates stereotypes and hatreds.

Well said.

 

[Bob]

I don't mean to be criticizing honest hard working people. You forgot to acknowledge the part about rich Diamond merchants taking care of their own! You are absolutely right about all the creative, talented, skilled, Jewish people! Leonard Cohen, Bob Dylan, Steven Spielberg, Bette Midler, Liberace, Paul Zuckerberg etc! So please excuse me if you think I am on the edge of antisemitism. I am not! I was just mentioning about all the wealth they already have!

That has to be sarcasm with Liberace, Midler, and Dylan (post 1975 anyway).

 

[snpark]

Why was the elephant standing on an orange outside the synagogue?
Waiting for all the Jews to come out

 

[Samoerai]

Why was the elephant standing on an orange outside the synagogue?
Waiting for all the Jews to come out

But OJ will kill you.

 

[Balifrog]

Intersting data. In Egypt in 1945 there was 80.000 Jews, and now there are only 18 (6 in Cairo and 12 in Alexandria).

Why is that, Watson? Global warming?

Muslim Brotherhood ?

 

[snpark]

Well the last time there was a Jewish census it didn't end so well, so probably more like
"Jewish? Who me? No I wear this tiny hat to keep my bald spot warm" Sorry Mrs Goldsteinburgcohen