Posted on 02/07/2020 7:27:12 PM PST by robowombat
The greatest mistake that Spain ever made was expelling the Jews in 1492. The Jews were the basis of the mercantile operation in Spain. With their departure Spain depended on the gold taken from Latin America. When that dried up with the Latin American revolutions the Spaniards were left with little. 1492 in a sense was the beginning of the end for Spain.
That’s like the minorities in Stapleton on Staten Island saying “you know, when the Italians and Irish lived here it was a much better neighborhood. Come back!”
NO THANKS!
Turn yourselves around first.
Same for the arab countries.
“I will make you into a great nation,
and I will bless you;
I will make your name great,
and you will be a blessing.[a]
3 I will bless those who bless you,
and whoever curses you I will curse;
and all peoples on earth
will be blessed through you.
Best thing will be when they take back the Fakestinians. Note how they mostly avoid doing or even mentioning that, ha! ( can’t say I blame them much — who wants more dangerous violence- prone residents, alas. ). Maybe the ( so far nonexistent?) proposed fifty billion dollar fund can be used to facilitate this - I’d think a fraction would be enough actually - we will see. As it is, nobody wants them back, or wants them period regardless of their origins. Except the ruling elites of the West — . Alas)
The only reason why the Arabs want the Jews back is because they lost their Dhimmi base.
Everything you said is TRUE.
The arab countries have used “palestinians” the way dems have used blacks.
As for us taking them, e should have a CLOSED sign at our door
Arab Christians are refugees. Arab muslims..not so much.
Many Arab Christians are refugees. Many Muslims are invaders. As history so clearly demonstrates.
Wrong. They are crazy all the time. This is just blatant “use” of the jews by them in hopes things in their islamic countries miraculously get better.
Which is really funny and idiotic because let them try to wrap their warped minds around the fact they think this will be how allah blesses them, even though allah wants them to kill all kaffirs and especially the jews and christians.
Nope they are certifiably crazy, all the time.
They should take back their “Palestinian” Arab brothers first.
Agreed.
Did they read Genesis 12:3?
They can have my neighbor! God, talk about throwing a rock to a drowning man!
Yeah, I'm sure they do. I'd say, it's safe to return after the friendly neighborhood Arabs parade down the main thoroughfares with all the mullahs' heads on poles.
"To Serve Jews" is a COOKBOOK!
Jewish immigration into Palestine was encouraged in the 1920s by Abdulaziz ibn Saud. The Third Man, of a group of British, communist spies famous in the 1950s and 1960s, Kim Philby, was the son of Harry St. John Philby. The father became high advisor to founding Saudi Arabian King Abdulaziz ibn Saud. Philby converted to Islam, had numerous wives, and bought a 15 year old slave at an auction in Istanbul, a fact that has been scrubbed from Wikipedia. Ibn Saud, under Philby’s advice, encourage Jewish immigration into Palestine.
Surprisingly, Syria and Iran are the most Jewish-friendly countries there. Not that much of course, but friendlier than others.
Maybe Egypt—and maybe Syria But no others.
That’s strange logic; after 1492 Spain spread its influence through a massive colonial empire throughout the Americans and Caribbean, as well as Africa.
While revisionists will offer their own versions of the story to fit their agendas, Spain’s treatment of Jews at the time was mild compared to other European countries; they offered conversion as an alternative, and that reflected the true purpose: Spain had just recovered its lands from the Muslims (Granada fell in 1492), and the Muslims were still a threat (across the straits in North Africa); they’d oppose them with a unified country, and the faith would be the unifying factor (as various ethnic groups in Spain were unified by little else).
Viewed outside of the military situation, it is easy to portray the Spanish situation as simple hate; it was much more complicated than that. To many Jewish refugees of Nazism, Spain was a refuge; early in the 20th century (prior to Hitler’s rise to power), the Spanish government offered citizenship to the descendants of the Sephardic Jews. To Jewish populations remaining in Arab countries in 1967, Franco offered Spanish citizenship as well (allowing them a way out). Today Spain automatically grants citizenship to the descendants of expelled Jewish people.
I have no horse in this race, being neither Spanish or Jewish.
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