tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6579213173749170024.post4880819667923995342..comments2024-01-02T02:18:30.960-08:00Comments on Israel Thrives: The Departure of the Jews and the Decline of Western EuropeMike L.http://www.blogger.com/profile/06450806807610560873noreply@blogger.comBlogger17125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6579213173749170024.post-35429825704573859052016-01-21T12:36:28.153-08:002016-01-21T12:36:28.153-08:00whoops - I meant to respond to Mike L., JeffwithaJ...whoops - I meant to respond to Mike L., JeffwithaJ and oldschooltwentysix, but I think I was navigating incorrectly.<br />Ritahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01905667628853229999noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6579213173749170024.post-29900123963382405842016-01-21T12:30:13.350-08:002016-01-21T12:30:13.350-08:00I actually meant to say that I think only TRULY in...I actually meant to say that I think only TRULY intelligent people dont resent/envy/hate Jews. I dont count many among the so-called "progressives", "Leftists" and assorted members of the herd that follow the prevailing Zeitgeist among the TRULY intelligent. Jew Hatred today is propelled by Arabo-Muslims, but it is eagerly followed by the so-called "progressive" herd.<br /><br />And à propos "progressive": this belongs to the language that has been completely perverted - like "human rights" etc. just look at the language used by the fully discredited UN, just as an example. Ritahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01905667628853229999noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6579213173749170024.post-19713251537003321602016-01-21T10:11:28.632-08:002016-01-21T10:11:28.632-08:00Don't kid yourself. Too many "intelligent...Don't kid yourself. Too many "intelligent" people are very misinformed about many things, including their own intelligence, and quite prone to engage in hate.oldschooltwentysixhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15672887176887940797noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6579213173749170024.post-56914881343355100322016-01-21T09:41:13.184-08:002016-01-21T09:41:13.184-08:00"My grievance with western-progressives has n..."My grievance with western-progressives has never been that they are a bunch of Jew haters. "<br /><br />Many hide it well. JeffwithaJhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07073609950380822171noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6579213173749170024.post-68297892336568934302016-01-21T07:32:28.139-08:002016-01-21T07:32:28.139-08:00Y'know, Rita, I basically agree with that.
Mo...Y'know, Rita, I basically agree with that.<br /><br />Most westerners absolutely do not hate Jews.<br /><br />My grievance with western-progressives has never been that they are a bunch of Jew haters. My complaint has always been that they, along with the Democratic party in the US, have made a home of their venues for those who actively despise the Jewish state.<br /><br />This is why in places like Daily Kos or the Huffington Post or the Guardian there is the relentless drumb-beat of the demonization of Israel.<br /><br />By doing so they end up justifying Arab-Muslim violence against the Jewish people the world over.Mike L.https://www.blogger.com/profile/06450806807610560873noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6579213173749170024.post-23612752908998259612016-01-21T00:17:01.266-08:002016-01-21T00:17:01.266-08:00https://pbs.twimg.com/media/CReFBnhUsAA760R.jpg
Bu...https://pbs.twimg.com/media/CReFBnhUsAA760R.jpg<br />But still, unfortunately it takes no "intelligence" to breed. <br />VERY FEW truly intelligent people (intelligence is no prerequisite for succeeding in academe, politics, journalism these days) hate Jews. NOT ONE even half-way decent PERSON will deny Israel the right to exist, to be secure and to thrive. <br /><br />So in saying that mainly STUPID people hate Jews (really nothing to do with Israel's politics which are being used as a false alibi for jew-hatred), I agree with a friend who recently made a statement that might seem simplistic. He asserted that the main motivation for Jew Hatred/Judenhass is: "the tall poppy syndrom". <br /><br />The truly moronic really believe the crap that "da Joos rule the world", the others, who have walked upright for more than one generation (intellectually speaking), are truly envious of the achievements that Jews have brought to the world and that come out from this little embattled but brave state Israel. <br />http://littlenotesfromparis.blogspot.com.au/2015/10/im-that-jew.html<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /> <br />Ritahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01905667628853229999noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6579213173749170024.post-31380692136403617502016-01-20T22:06:21.056-08:002016-01-20T22:06:21.056-08:00Come into my parlor, said the spider to the bozo.Come into my parlor, said the spider to the bozo.Randall Kohnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06262147784760614189noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6579213173749170024.post-60759388402092240302016-01-20T14:09:35.091-08:002016-01-20T14:09:35.091-08:00And there's this:
http://mickhartley.typepad....And there's this:<br /><br />http://mickhartley.typepad.com/blog/2016/01/the-time-of-the-packed-suitcases.html<br /><br />Good grief. How depressing.khttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04651898817618608477noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6579213173749170024.post-26638030410521464082016-01-20T11:00:24.512-08:002016-01-20T11:00:24.512-08:00Ah-ha-ha-ha-ha!!!!
Jesus.Ah-ha-ha-ha-ha!!!!<br /><br />Jesus.Mike L.https://www.blogger.com/profile/06450806807610560873noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6579213173749170024.post-45677388823924836622016-01-20T10:57:09.812-08:002016-01-20T10:57:09.812-08:00HMMMM.....competition.
"The head of Russia’s...HMMMM.....competition.<br /><br />"The head of Russia’s Far East Jewish Autonomous Region in Siberia has invited the Jews of Europe suffering antisemitism to come and resettle in his oblast, which once had a population of at least 17,000 Jewish residents.<br /><br />Aleksandr Levintal, the governor of the Jewish Autonomous Oblast, said his region “will welcome Jews from European countries, where they may face attacks by antisemitic elements,” Radio Free Europe reported on Wednesday.<br /><br />Levintal also noted that his oblast, whose 1934 establishment predated the 1948 declaration of Israeli independence, was the “first officially established Jewish statehood.”<br /><br />http://www.algemeiner.com/2016/01/20/russian-governor-invites-europes-persecuted-jews-to-resettle-in-siberian-jewish-state/Doodadhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03349941094682080146noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6579213173749170024.post-38941102070328023142016-01-20T07:53:59.183-08:002016-01-20T07:53:59.183-08:00Heya guys,
I guess I want to say a couple of thin...Heya guys,<br /><br />I guess I want to say a couple of things.<br /><br />First, to Shirlee's point, as I know that she well understands, it is rarely easy to simply pick oneself and one's family up and just go elsewhere.<br /><br />If I were in that position I do not know what the heck I would do. <br /><br />As for Kate's insistence that the problem is not just one of traditional Arab-Muslim discrimination against Jews, but also of European animosity, she has an important point.<br /><br />The EU despises Israel and many Europeans, perhaps most, treat Israel as a proxy for the Jewish people in need of a good smacking around.<br /><br />I do not think that we are likely to see anything resembling the Shoah in Europe anytime soon, however. But what we will see, and are seeing, is the ongoing harassment of European Jews primarily from young Muslims on the street level that will slowly drive Jews off of the continent. On the somewhat more sophisticated level we will continue to see the ongoing harassment of Israeli Jews by the Euro elites as they endeavor to sufficate Jewish economic well-being and diplomatic amity.<br /><br />The brilliance of our enemies strategy is that they have managed, over decades, to portray their aggression against Jews as a response to Jewish aggression against an Arab minority.<br /><br />It's both insidious and unjust, but it is effective.Mike L.https://www.blogger.com/profile/06450806807610560873noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6579213173749170024.post-46272608562597584702016-01-20T05:25:26.271-08:002016-01-20T05:25:26.271-08:00Trudy, I am in contact with French Jews in this co...Trudy, I am in contact with French Jews in this country and I am involved in settling them if they want to come here, but it is very difficult unless you come in a leaky boat.!!<br /><br />I find out that many Jews do not want to leave France? Considering the history of of Judenhass - the fore runner of the word antisemitism, I find this quite astounding.Shirl in Ozhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08145644692590907775noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6579213173749170024.post-3749540579217758312016-01-18T21:39:01.129-08:002016-01-18T21:39:01.129-08:00Although I subscribe to this view suggested by Ben...Although I subscribe to this view suggested by Ben Kingsley a year ago:<br /><br />http://www.algemeiner.com/2015/01/27/actor-ben-kingsley-warns-europe-did-not-grieve-the-holocaust-video/oldschooltwentysixhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15672887176887940797noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6579213173749170024.post-71811189610892011762016-01-18T21:18:02.983-08:002016-01-18T21:18:02.983-08:00Even with that at play, Jews would not feel the sa...Even with that at play, Jews would not feel the same tangible threat they do now. They had assimilated into the society to the extent they desired.<br /><br />Yes, the antisemitism still exists and Zionism is a mask for it, but it is only with the influx of Muslim Jew haters that people are in actual peril.<br /><br />Jews are just the tip of the iceberg. It is European culture that is threatened, too. Europe has a dark history and the newest disaster it has created will cause suffering everywhere.oldschooltwentysixhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15672887176887940797noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6579213173749170024.post-71728783796024311662016-01-18T14:03:07.688-08:002016-01-18T14:03:07.688-08:00I'll hand you over to Howard Jacobson to expla...I'll hand you over to Howard Jacobson to explain this phenomenon; brilliantly. If you don't understand this, you don't understand Europe.<br /><br />http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/172613khttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04651898817618608477noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6579213173749170024.post-20454072604423826672016-01-18T13:51:08.470-08:002016-01-18T13:51:08.470-08:00Mike,
I think you miss an absolutely critical poin...Mike,<br />I think you miss an absolutely critical point. Even without newer migration, Europe had turned on its Jews. And it's <i> not </i> all about Israel and anti-colonialism etc, it's because Europe cannot come to terms with what happened to its Jews in the Twentieth Century. The psychology of it is fascinating. And several people have written well about it. Europe can never forgive the Jews for the Holocaust. <br />Everything else is a further layer on top of that. khttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04651898817618608477noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6579213173749170024.post-31545385197856943092016-01-18T13:11:41.874-08:002016-01-18T13:11:41.874-08:00700,000 is slightly more than half. A third would ...700,000 is slightly more than half. A third would be about 450,000. In either case this is the last generation of Jewish communal existence in Europe. It will shrink very quickly just as it did in the Magreb. If people scoff at the notion of this, remember that 99% of all Jews were ethnically cleansed from the Mideast less than 25 years. Empress Trudyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06073538968722986065noreply@blogger.com