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Originally Posted by Tribesman
Really, you mean one might be desperate to bring in as many people as possible from outside to try and address the local demographic inbalance it has always had and probably always will have.
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i am aware of the inherent demographic tension regarding israel as a jewish democratic state - but i am not convinced that was as significant a factor in the politics of the 50's - 60's as it is today. At the time i would say it was more a response to the question of "What is Israel for?"
but you don't wonder about the contrasting treatment of arab refugees. this was also a political decision.
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excessive? childish?
A picture paints a thousand words.
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as you say..
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Yes, and you put the emphasis on a point that isn't actually true. Thats when CAPSLOCK strikes
Its a frequent occurance when someone puts the emphasis in big letters, they draw attention to the very thing that diminishes their point rather than emphasises it.
You could have chosen any of whole pile of nasty crap Egypt did to its Jewish population over a period of several decades, but if you want to claim that at one specific point they did something to ALL then you had better be sure it was all, you ought to also check about the international protests about its actions too over the expulsions, imprisonments and murders.
Which of course could tie in nicely with peace plan proposalsd concerning jewish refugees from arab/muslim states and the occupied territories as six of the recent different proposals from different factions/states deal with the problem of that too.
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oh whatever! yes, we are all outraged about the expulsion of middle eastern jews now. i read about it everyday. there's always a footnote about it whenever there's an article about the plight of palestinians.
And omg the difference between ALL and all and practically all. Expulsion without mentioning accompanying pogroms, murders, arson, dispossession of property, and mentioning Egypt without also mentioning Iran, Iraq, Libya and whoever else. Holy smokes. And failing to mention that although many went to Israel, some also went to France and america. I can feel the whole case just collapsing around me.
Yes you are completely right and i was completely wrong. I'm going to go and drown my sorrows in a friday evening beer.
And Tribesman, I promise I will never use caps again, and henceforth will join you in the art of emoticon usage
i think it makes the point rather well - how does it come across to you?