It seems the Falashas Mura are less 'Jewish' than their paler brethren and
the right of (return) immigration therfore not as automatic?

Squalor and shrinking hope for Ethiopian Jews:
http://africa.reuters.com/world/news/usnL27265224.html

Regards,

Kabir.



On 5/29/07, Momodou Buharry Gassama <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>
> Cornelius,
>              For one who acknowledges that Gambia and Gambian fora
> are not significant in determining policy, you seem to be spending an
> awful lot of time trying to defend the indefensible. Gambians on this
> forum are more sober and sophisticated than the half-baked American and
> other gullible audiences who swallow Zionist propaganda hook, line and
> sinker. So relax, take a cool bottle of coke, look in the mirror, smile
> and get ready to defend your position on Zionism or go peddle your
> Zionist propaganda elsewhere. In this vein, answer the following
> questions (not through links to Zionist propaganda sites because we are
> sophisticated and can see through the mistruths, half-truths etc.)
> about Zionism and tell us your opinion or views. You wrote in a reply
> to Habib that Zionism is not a racist policy. In your opinion,
>
> 1. What is Zionism?
> 2. What are its prinipal tenets?
> 3. Why is it not racist?
> 4. Why do the Jews have a claim to the land of Palestine including the
> part dubbed Israel?
> 5. How is Israel a democracy?
> 6. Do the Palestinians with Israeli citizenship have the same rights
> as Jews living in the same land? If not, why?
> 7. Why do "Jews" who were not born anywhere near Palestine and Israel
> have an automatic right to have Israeli citizenship and move to Israel
> whilst Palestinians whose land was confiscated do not have a right to
> return to their confiscated lands? Is this right or fair? If so, tell
> us why.
> 8a. Why has Israel not respected or implemented UN resolutions against
> it but propagates together with its puppet, the US, for the respect and
> implementation of resolutions against other countries?
> 8b. If Israel refuses to implement resolutions against it, should
> other countries be forced to comply with the implementation of UN
> resolutions? Why?
> 9. After Olmert publicly claimed Israeli possession of nuclear weapons
> (after decades of lies), why should Israel not be forced to comply with
> the same laws and guidelines being forced on Iran, North Korea etc? If
> not, why?
> 10. According to international law, why should Iran not pursue its
> nuclear program? What are the basis for the illegal and hypocritical
> stance against the country?
> 11. Why should the US (the only country to have used nuclear weapons
> against another based for the most part on racist considerations),
> Britain, Israel, India, Pakistan, Russia and France have nuclear
> weapons and not Iran? On what basis?
> 12. How were the Jews treated by Arabs before Israel was created? How
> did the Europeans treat them? How do the Jews treat the Arabs today?
> Compare the way the Jews were teated by the Arabs and the way they are
> treating the Arabs today.
> 13. Is criticizing "Israel" and "Zionism" anti-semiticism and racism?
> If it is, on what basis? Is criticizing Arabs and Muslims by calling
> them "fanatics", "terrorists" etc. anti-semitism and racism? If yes, on
> what basis?
> 14. Did the founders of Israel use terror tactics such as bombings
> etc.?
> 15. Does Israel practice Apartheid? If not, can you prove it?
> 16. If I come to house and steal your tv, stereo, money etc. because
> somebody in Mongolia gave me told me that I can take them, am I
> entitled to your property? If not, why should Israel be entitled to
> Palestinian land because the Europeans with the their racist and
> imperialist tendencies sat in London, Washington etc. and decided to
> draw up a list of countries including Uganda to give to Jews for what
> Europeans did to them? Why should Palestinians pay for European guilt?
> 17. Should someone be punished for a crime committed by someone else?
> Is it in line with legality and natural justice? If no, why does Israel
> punish the families of suicide bombers by bulldozing their houses when
> in most cases the families are not even aware that the bombers were
> planning to do what they did. How can you justify this?
> 18. Who has actually wipe a country from the map? Is it Israel or is
> it Iran?
> 19. Are the Europeans who live in today's Israel the descendants of
> the original Jews who lived there? If not, why should they have a claim
> to the land? Just assuming that "are" the descendants, why should they
> have a right to reclaim land they lost more than two thousand years
> ago? Is this logical? If it is, do the native Indians in America have a
> right to claim their land from Europeans who stole their it and expel
> them to Europe? Do the Aborigines have a right to expel the British
> unwanted criminals who were shipped to Australia as punishment back to
> Britain? If these people do not have a right to expel the thieves who
> stole their land just a few hundred years ago, why should "Jews" have a
> right to reclaim land lost thousands of years ago?
> 20. Is Irael committing genocide and ethnic cleansing in the occupied
> territories? Was genocide and ethnic cleansing committed in the former
> Yugoslavia? Was genocide and ethnic cleansing committed in Rwanda? How
> do the practices practiced in these countries differ from what Israel
> is doing in the occupied terroritories?
>
> Take your time, answer these questions and convince us.
>
> Buharry.
>

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