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Category Archives: Syria
Syrian Refugees Bringing Flesh-Eating Disease into U.S.?
Pretty sure my hippy friends are already busy crafting a homeopathic remedy that will keep us safe. From Breitbart: JERUSALEM – There is a risk that Middle Eastern refugees entering the U.S. could be infected with a flesh-eating disease that … Continue reading
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Syrian educational system: “The Jews are cancerous”
Stephen Steinlight writes: “Further proof, if any were required, why the LEADING ROLE taken by Jewish organizations to bring tens of thousands of putative “Syrian” “refugees” to the United States (there is no way to ascertain how many are either … Continue reading
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As lawmakers clash over refugees, Syrian immigration quietly tops 100,000 since 2012
From Fox News: A proposal to admit 10,000 Syrian refugees to the United States has ignited a bitter debate in Washington, but more than 10 times that number of people from the embattled country have quietly come to America since … Continue reading
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What Syria’s refugees think about Israel might surprise you
Jews and Muslims are antagonists. Why would you expect anything else? Imagine looking at the world if your IQ was 83. You’d be suspicious and surly too and prone to conspiracy theories. Do you think Europe and America and Australia … Continue reading
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NYC mayor urges Syrian Jews to empathize with refugees
Who wants to empathize with Americans? I suspect that Syrian Jews in America don’t feel great ties to Syria. The country was never that wonderful to them. REPORT: New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio in a Sabbath address to … Continue reading
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Newsweek: To Undermine ISIS, We Should Welcome Syrian Refugees
I see no place to comment on this essay. I am surprised by the number of Republicans who echo these talking points. The essay does not mention the low average IQ of Syrians (about 83). By Kim Cragin and Ben … Continue reading
Why Russian-Jewish Refugees are Different From Syrian Refugees
Yuri Kruman writes: In a recent op-ed entitled “I’m a Russian-born American Jew. My people’s rejection of Syrian refugees breaks my heart,” Ilya Lozovsky slanderously paints all Russian Jews as fascist hypocrites for failing to join his crusade to resettle … Continue reading
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Senate Dems meet with Jewish leaders, talk Iran and refugees
WASHINGTON (JTA) — Senate Democrats meeting with Jewish organizational leaders pledged to police the Iran nuclear deal and applauded Jewish backing for resettling Syrian refugees… The senators were moved by presentations on the refugee crisis by Mark Hetfield, the president … Continue reading
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Social Justice
Letters to the Fort-Worth Star Telegram: * Your Nov. 22 editorial (“Syrian refugees and terrorists are not the same”) said that “Jews must have cringed at the memory of times in their history … when they were required to wear … Continue reading
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ZOA Chief: Don’t Accept Syrian Refugees ‘Because They Hate Israel and Jews’
From Haaretz: Annual gala of Zionist Organization of America, featuring Sheldon Adelson, breaks into wild applause over far-right views and the prospect of a Republican president. NEW YORK – The United States should not accept any Syrian refugees, Zionist Organization … Continue reading
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