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    Taking property
    • Andrew Brehm
    • 03.12.09 | 19:55 (IST)

    "I challenge anyone to provide us with the name of one Israeli Jew who has had the state come in and take 40% of his property because part of the family went somewhere else and the remaining ones were charged rent." Isn't that pretty much what happened to all the Jews who fled Arab countries for Israel? I don't understand why the practice is suddenly a problem. In fact I think Israel should give the 40% of the house to the family. The family are obviously loyal citizens and not enemies. But cries of racism and condemnation of Israel over an incident that is COMPLETELY NORMAL in the Middle-East and wouldn't even get questioned by a newspaper outside Israel are nonsense. Those who point at this as a "Zionist crime" and who completely ignore that it was (and remains) common practice in Arab countries are just a bunch of worthless Anti-Semites.

    from the article: Why is Israel laying claim to an Arab home in Jaffa?
    First published 00:56 22.11.09 | Last updated 09:34 22.11.09