ISLAM is anti-Jew..............a concept you can't seem to grasp, despite the written words.
IF (and I do mean IF) the Israelis engaged in ethnic cleansing, then so did the Arabs, and it evens out.
Time for the Arabs to take care of their own, as Israel did.
And, as always, the question comes down to this:
Would you rather be an Arab in Israel, or a Jew in ANY Arab country??
The answer should inform you on which side you should be on......
In fact, you could ask Israeli ARABS, would you rather be an ARAB in Israel, or an ARAB in any Arab country, and a significant number would choose Israel.
Colpy: ISLAM is anti-Jew..............a concept you can't seem to grasp, despite the written words
Jews and Muslims lived together in peace for centuries. Jews fleeing discrimination, oppression and genocide in Europe at the hands of Christians often fled to Muslim majority countries.
History of the Jews in the Ottoman Empire - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
During the Holocaust Albania's Muslims helped Jews
Holocaust | The Nazis, the Holocaust and Muslims
During that time of systematic persecution (Nazi domination of Europe), it is nearly impossible to accept that there was one country in Europe that saw its Jewish population grow. But that is exactly what happened in Albania and Kosovo - Jews were safe there. Muslims ignored the grave risks to themselves and sheltered not only their Jewish neighbours, but also thousands of Jewish refugees fleeing Nazi terror. “During the Nazi occupation of Albania,” states Johanna Neumann of the US Holocaust Memorial Museum, “there is not one confirmed instance of a Jew being handed over to the Nazis by a Muslim Albanian.”
When Muslims Saved Jews | Feature Articles | Features | January 2010 | emel - the muslim lifestyle magazine
I suspect that Colpy refers to certain anti-semitic passages in the Qur'an, which quoted out of context can be twisted to support Colpy's point that Muslims are antisemitic. I could also use the same technique to twist the meaning of Christianity to claim Christians are antisemitic too:
Antisemitism and the New Testament - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
But it would be far easier and more valid to point out centuries of Jewish suffering as a result of Christian oppression and injustice, including in the Holocaust. Many Nazis responsible for the Holocaust were Christians.
http://www.secularhumanism.org/library/fi/paul_23_4.html
Muslim countries have no such record of extreme antisemitic oppression, injustice or genocide.
Rising antisemitism in Muslim countries is yet another consequence of Zionist ethnic cleansing, oppression and injustice as well has a series of wars. 1.4 billion Muslims have 1.4 billion unique viewpoints. Some Muslims are antisemitic and some aren't, just like Christians, Hindus, atheists... Only an Islamaphobic racist would believe that all Muslims are antisemitic.
Colpy: IF (and I do mean IF) the Israelis engaged in ethnic cleansing, then so did the Arabs, and it evens out. Time for the Arabs to take care of their own, as Israel did.
Two wrongs never make a right. (I oppose all ethnic cleansing)
People should only be held accountable for their own actions, not the actions of others. (Palestinians are responsible for the ethnic cleansing of about 10,000 Jews from the West Bank)
Jews experienced rising antisemitism in many Muslim majority countries only
after Zionists started their ethnic cleansing war against Muslims and bombed neighboring Muslim majority countries. That would make Zionists partly responsible for Jewish suffering in Muslim countries.
Any Jews in Arab countries at war with Israel that supported Zionism were considered enemy collaborators. Try giving money and material support for Canada's enemies and you will likely face similar consequences as Jews in Arab countries that supported Zionism. Prosecution for supporting the enemy isn't antisemitism.
Many Arab and Muslim majority countries were/are corrupt and some people in these countries took advantage of the situation to seize Jewish property. I am unaware of any Palestinians that profited from the Jewish exodus of Muslim countries. If any Palestinians played any role at all in the mass Jewish emigration, it was likely very minor. People should only be held responsible for their own actions. Since Palestinians were not involved, they are not responsible.
Some Muslim countries protected their Jewish citizens from discrimination:
http://www.sephardicstudies.org/iran.html
Its misleading to claim all Jews who emigrated from Muslim majority countries, after Zionists started their ethnic cleansing war, lost everything or even suffered ethnic cleansing. Many Jews from Muslim majority countries sold their property and immigrated to Israel for the same reasons as Canadian and American Jews who also sold their property and immigrated to Israel at the same time.
Many Jews immigrated to Israel for religious reasons but also many were attracted to Israel because of Israel's many discriminatory laws which favor Jews over non-Jews. Many Jewish immigrants to Israel are beneficiaries of Zionist ethnic cleansing. They moved into Palestinian homes and acquired Palestinian property that Zionists stole from Palestinians. This process continues today:
Palestinians are responsible for their actions and Zionists are responsible for their actions. So far Zionsts have gotten away with 60+ years of oppression and injustice in support of their efforts to cleanse the holy lands non-Jews.
The Harper government unshakably supports Zionist oppression, injustice and their many war crimes. Canada must treat all war criminals equally. Canada must treat all nations which practice ethnic cleansing equally.
Colpy: Would you rather be an Arab in Israel, or a Jew in ANY Arab country??
The answer should inform you on which side you should be on......
In fact, you could ask Israeli ARABS, would you rather be an ARAB in Israel, or an ARAB in any Arab country, and a significant number would choose Israel.
Palestinians like all human beings want fundamental human rights.
The same argument Colpy makes in support of Zionist oppression and injustice was also used to justify slavery. Its also true that many blacks also had a better life as slaves on a prosperous plantations than many free blacks. Many black slaves would choose the relative security and prosperity of life of a slave than take their chances as free men.
Non-Jewish Israelis want the same rights and freedoms as Jewish Israelis.
Instead they suffer discrimination, oppression and injustice. Just like the bad old days of slavery in the US south, Israeli Jews have little fear of criminal prosecution if they commit acts violence, rape and murder against Arabs:
November 2008
...Violent attacks by Jewish residents in the Israeli city of Acre last month have left 14 Palestinian families, a total of 72 people, homeless. All 72 are Israeli citizens who had their homes destroyed. For the more than 1 million Palestinian citizens of Israel, the Jewish “riots” in Acre are only the most extreme example of the systematic discrimination they face within the Zionist state...
http://directaction.org.au/issue6/acre_pogrom_highlights_zionist_anti_arab_racism
So far no criminal prosecutions...
I can literally cite hundreds of examples of Israelis getting away with committing violent crimes against their religious minorities. Here is a summary from AI's 2011 annual report:
http://www.amnesty.org/en/region/israel-occupied-palestinian-territories/report-2011#section-67-7
The fundamental cause of violence in the region remains while the Zionist State of Israel continues their ethnic cleansing of non-Jews from the holy lands and denies millions of people citizenship, the right to food, clothing, shelter and medicine, freedom of movement...
Until Palestinians have freedom and justice, Israelis won't know peace. That's an observation regarding human nature, not a wish.
Since I support freedom and justice for everyone (including Jews and Israelis), I cannot support the Zionist State of Israel's continued oppression, injustice and ethnic cleansing of its religious minorities... including those without citizenship.