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Quote by: monty of ll This is getting good now and I have talked to several Jewish people about it and they just hate it. That's a good sign! If anyone wants some cheap entertainment from this issue, just ask any Jewish American how he sees the whole spying allegation. Ask him if he's an American first or a backer of those who would spy on his country and then kick back and listen to the double talk. |
Maybe if you were at New York JFK airport you might have gotten some answers.
Some US Jews move to Israel despite Gaza evictions
http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/N16159789.htm
16 Aug 2005 22:04:45 GMT ...Source: Reuters ...By Chris Sanders
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NEW YORK, Aug 16 (Reuters) - Some American Jews leaving for new lives in Israel are making the move even though immigration to the country is slowing and say they are not deterred by the forced removal of Gaza Strip settlers from their homes.
A crowd of 250 immigrants boarding an El Al flight for Israel from New York on Tuesday said their desire to be part of a Jewish homeland erased any hesitancy they may have felt after watching media reports of Israeli troops clearing settlers from their homes in the Gaza Strip. The evictions were the first uprooting of Jewish settlements on land Palestinians want for a state.
"My thoughts are with the people being 'disengaged' -- we share their pain," said Rivka Segal, a mother of five moving from Baltimore to Jerusalem. "The best way we can show support for what they believe in is to move to Israel."
Several people interviewed by Reuters at New York's JFK International Airport spoke of their lifelong dream of moving to the Jewish state and bolstering its economy. Most of those leaving were married couples with several children.
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Immigration from around the world to Israel has been declining. Last year, 21,000 Jews immigrated to Israel compared to 23,000 in 2003, as immigration from Russia and other former Communist states slowed.
I can only speak for the Irish. Whether they were called Irish-American or American-Irish one thing was for sure - there was no doubting their loyalty to America. Their hearts may have been with the 'old sod' for generations but their loyalty was firmly American.
You'll have to tell me about the loyalties of American-Jews or Jewish-Americans. Which army they serve in if often a good place to start!