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General Category => General Discussion => Topic started by: Irish Zionist on June 30, 2010, 08:28:14 AM
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I hope this wakes them up to move to The Land Of Israel.
http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/138351
European Jewry is in its worst condition since the end of World War II. This bleak evaluation was delivered by European Jewish Congress President Moshe Kantor on Tuesday.
"Jews are afraid to walk the streets in Europe with Jewish signs," Kantor said. "Synagogues, Jewish schools and kindergartens require barbed-wire fences and security, and Jewish men, women and children are beaten up in broad daylight."
EJP (European Jewish Press) reports that Kantor was speaking at a lunch meeting in Brussels, organized in honor of Belgium’s ascendance to the presidency of the European Union. The participants were members of the European Parliament from Benelux (Belgium, the Netherlands (Holland) and Luxembourg), as well as representatives of the Jewish communities of those countries.
Malmo, For Example
"Most worryingly," he added, "Jews are being forced out of many European cities, like Malmo, because of the atmosphere of hostility and violence." Malmo, on the southern tip of Sweden, is the country's third largest city, with 290,000 people. It has the highest proportion of non-Scandinavian natives of any Swedish city; the largest group of immigrants is from Iraq.
Earlier this year, the Sunday Telegraph reported that increasing numbers of Jews were leaving Malmo for Israel and England because of a jump in anti-Semitic violence by both Muslim extremists and neo-Nazis.
Where are European Leaders?
Kantor asked for support from European leaders: "I would like European politicians to state loud and clear," he said, "that there is no justification or understanding whatsoever for the attacks on Jews or Jewish institutions in Europe."
He rejected the claim uttered by Malmo Mayor Ilmar Reepalu, and many others, that the attacks on Jews are simply a byproduct of the Middle East violence, especially Israel's counter-terror attack on Gaza 18 months ago. "This line of reasoning is illegitimate as well as dishonest," Kantor said. "There are tens of conflicts raging in the world, where hundreds of thousands of people are losing their lives. Has anyone heard of a single other act of violence in Europe that is justified because of a foreign conflict?"
Three months ago, at a conference organized by the European Jewish Congress, under the patronage of the president of the European Parliament, Kantor said that in January 2009, there were more anti-Semitic incidents in France, Germany and Britain than in all of 2008. "Europe did not demonstrate any significant reaction to this," he said.
In addition to legislating stronger laws against incitement, Kantor said that Europe should also make better efforts to pressure Hamas to release captive IDF soldier Gilad Shalit. Shalit, who will be 24 in August, has received no neutral visitors and been held captive by Hamas-affiliated terrorists for just over four years.
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If they do not realize HaShem is calling them home I don't know what it will take. I wish I could go sooner myself.
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Why would any Jew want to stay in Europe after the Holocaust?
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Why would any Jew want to stay in Europe after the Holocaust?
I don't mind Jews being there in principle because they contribute so much to the society but I think for their own sake they shouldn't be there because historical anti-Semitism could return with a vengeance and that would be even more horrible because it was preventable.
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Why would any Jew want to stay in Europe after the Holocaust?
I don't mind Jews being there in principle because they contribute so much to the society but I think for their own sake they shouldn't be there because historical anti-Semitism could return with a vengeance and that would be even more horrible because it was preventable.
For me, it's a matter of pride, I would never stay in Europe because of what they did to the Jews. I would never feel safe there. I would carry a pistol 24/7 if I had to live there
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I believe that is a sign from Hashem for them to return home. We do not need another holocaust god forbid.
Literally.
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However, they are not moving to Israel. They'd rather deal with anti-semitism and persecution, instead of going to the Jewish state. They must be too worried about the economic, i.e job, and political instability in Israel. They're probably afraid they won't be able to find work in Israel, and maintain their current standards of living.
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However, they are not moving to Israel. They'd rather deal with anti-semitism and persecution, instead of going to the Jewish state. They must be too worried about the economic, i.e job, and political instability in Israel. They're probably afraid they won't be able to find work in Israel, and maintain their current standards of living.
Believe me, if I were a Jew living in Europe right now, I would be making it to Israel. Israel is the only country for the Jews and the future of the Jewish faith is in Israel.
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They must be so used to anti-semitism and persecution, that they consider this to be a normal environment.
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European leftists + anti-Israel media + rabbit like muslim population growth + possible admission of Turkey into European union = another impending holocaust for European Jews (God forbid!)
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Throw in the ultra-leftism with Muslim-loving Jew hating, and you have a recipe for disaster. We can't ignore whats going on there. :'(