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Category Archives: Syria
@thelateempire: ‘Syria war has been the most globally destabilizing event since 9/11’
Who was behind the push to destabilize Syria? People like Yossi Klein Halevi who wrote in the Los Angeles Times April 15, 2003: Next, Turn the Screws on Syria The anti-terror effort must go on. Pressure all the jihadist regimes. … Continue reading
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Ricky Vaughn: ‘FLASHBACK: Syria’s Bashar Assad warns terrorism will come back to West’
Los Angeles Times April 17, 2013: Syria’s Bashar Assad warns ‘terrorism’ will come back to West President Bashar Assad says the U.S. and Europe are supporting his Islamist opponents, which will come back to haunt them. Los Angeles Times April … Continue reading
Spot The Cuck
From the Chateau: Background. The story is nominally about Germans “adopting” Syrian refugees into their homes, but in reality it’s about German women with the thousand cock stare welcoming Syrian schlong into their godless holes and effeminate German betas sitting … Continue reading
Madison Jewish congregation supports settling Syrian refugees
I hope they settle the refugees in their neighborhood so that they can experience the joys of Islam first-hand. Surprisingly, this Jewish congregation says nothing about the moral imperative to settle Syrian refugees in Israel. This statement was approved by … Continue reading
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THE NEW YORK TIMES’ FEATURED SYRIAN REFUGEE OF THE WEEK
Ann Coulter writes: On Christmas Day — three weeks after the son of a Pakistani immigrant and his Pakistani immigrant bride murdered 14 people in San Bernardino, California — The New York Times told the heartwarming story of “Kamal,” a … Continue reading
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Tucson Rabbis Ask Ducey to Rescind Refugee Ban Proposal
From Arizona Public Media: The Tucson Board of Rabbis this week sent a letter to Gov. Doug Ducey asking him to reverse his stand on barring Syrian refugees from entering Arizona. Nancy Montoya talks with Rabbi Samuel Cohon of Temple … Continue reading
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What 1,000 Rabbis Should Have Said in Syrian Refugee Petition
Marc Dollinger writes in the Forward: Kudos to the more than 1,000 rabbis who signed a petition calling on the United States government to welcome refugees from Syria. An impressive feat, even in the digital age, to gather such a … Continue reading
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Who doesn’t have Canada envy sometimes?
I know it constantly afflicts me, no matter how much I pray to HaShem. I just think that these sponsoring rabbis and congregations should be forced to house these Muslims in their own homes for life. Let them experience the … Continue reading
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America and the Nexus between Free Speech, Minorities and Refugees
Rabbis Abraham Cooper and Yitzhock Adlerstein write: US Attorney General Loretta Lynch infuriated many Americans when she told a Muslim gathering that the Justice Department would “take action” against individuals who “lift the mantle of anti-Muslim rhetoric.” Lynch, the highest … Continue reading
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