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yourish.com - 12/31/2008
Dhimmitude
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Certain defenders of Iran are fond of pointing out that Iran has the largest population of Jews in the Middle East outside of Israel. What they never mention, of course, is that Jews are restricted from traveling abroad (they must leave a family member as hostage and cannot take large sums of ...

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protein wisdom:  “Good little dhimmis”

George Washington's warnings and U.S. policy towards Israel - Glenn Greenwald
salon.com - 12/30/2008
George Washington's warnings and U.S. policy towards Israel - Glenn Greenwald
— salon.com — (updated below - Update II) University of Maryland's Program on International Policy Attitudes -- July 1, 2008 : A new WorldPublicOpinion.org poll of 18 countries finds that in 14 of them people mostly say their government should not take sides in the ... (more) George Washington's warnings and U.S. policy towards ...

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rasmussenreports.com - 1/1/2009
Americans Closely Divided Over Israel’s Gaza Attacks
— rasmussenreports.com — Americans, while far more sympathetic to Israel than the Palestinians, are closely divided over whether the Jewish state should be taking military action against militants in the Gaza Strip. Forty-four percent (44%) say Israel should have taken ... (more) Americans Closely Divided Over Israel’s Gaza Attacks

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Bolton: Gaza Crisis Means We Should Attack Iran Now
thinkprogress.org - 12/30/2008
Bolton: Gaza Crisis Means We Should Attack Iran Now
— thinkprogress.org — Yesterday, on Fox’s Hannity and Colmes, Iran war hawk John Bolton said that Israel’s recent bombing campaign in Gaza is all the more reason for the United States to bomb Iran now. “So while our focus obviously is on Gaza right now, ... (more) Bolton: Gaza Crisis Means We Should Attack Iran Now

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“Good little dhimmis”
protein wisdom — Behold Meryl Yourish in a proud rage, regarding anti-war demos by Yemeni and Iranian Jews: Before Israel was created , Jews made no waves, kept their heads down, and publicly went along with whatever the prevailing sentiment was in their country. The Jews were essentially a subject people in every nation (save America), putting up with pretty much everything the host nation dished out, quietly, and without fighting back. Sadly, the Jews in Iran and Yemen are perfect examples of the Jews of the past. They’re the Jews that Hamas and Fatah want to see in the faux state of ...

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