I'm just saying the Israeli Jews may feel it is time for desperate measures.
On 2009-Jan-10, at 13:46, Jared Earle wrote: > Steve Jobs is an Arab. No-one cares. > > -- > Jared Earle :: iPhone-at-23x-dot-net > http://jearle.eu/ :: http://blog.23x.net > > On 10 Jan 2009, at 13:10, Stefano Mori <[email protected]> wrote: > >> >> http://www.adizes.com/insights58/index.html >> >> June 2008 >> >> >> In our lifetime, Israel's Arab population will become the country's >> majority ethnic group. Arabs have a high reproduction rate (which >> might decline as their standard of living increases, but probably not >> enough to nullify the projection). The Arabs would have become a >> majority already, according to statistics I read when I was a >> student, >> had it not been for the massive Jewish immigration from the former >> Soviet Union in the 1980s. This inflow did not discredit the >> projection, only postponed it. >> >> >> To remain a Jewish state, Israel needs large numbers of Jewish >> immigrants. That can happen if there is anti-Semitism or if life in >> Israel is so much more preferable to any other place where Jews live. >> To make Israel preferable to life anywhere else is an uphill battle. >> Anti Semitism is a ready made solution. >> It is ironic, it seems to me, that Israelis almost welcome anti- >> Semitism. With a wry smile they often ask me: "So what are the Jews >> doing in the Diaspora? They should make aliya (i.e., immigrate to >> Israel)." >> For the Jews in the Diaspora, anti-Semitism is something to dread. >> For >> Israelis it seems to be the hope for the Jewish state to remain >> Jewish. >> If such a massive Jewish immigration to Israel occurs, it means that >> there is massive anti-Semitism somewhere else. I wonder if I could >> welcome such a solution to Israel's existential problem. If that >> happens, anti-Semitism does not stop at the borders of the country >> that is experiencing it. It will be tough for Israel, too, one way or >> another. The Jews will in effect be congregated into a new ghetto, >> this time the size of a country rather than a quarter of a city. But >> still, it would be a ghetto, and under attack not only by its >> neighbors but by many other anti-Semitic countries worldwide. Not a >> pretty prospect. >> If such a massive immigration does not occur, Arabs will become a >> significant majority in Israel. They are already expanding into what >> traditionally were Jewish settlements. Upper Nazareth, which was >> built >> for Jews because Nazareth itself was Arabic and did not welcome Jews, >> is now partly inhabited by Arabs, and the Arab section is expanding >> rapidly. Carmiel, which was established to bring Jewish settlers to >> the Galilee, is now increasingly populated by Arabs. In Jaffa, which >> is part of Tel Aviv, Saudi millionaires are buying land that the >> Arabs >> will not sell to Jews. >> In a democratic country, which Israel is, every citizen has a right >> to >> vote. With a majority Arab vote, will Israel remain a Jewish state? >> Can these demographic changes lead to a civil war, since the Jewish >> Israelis will not willingly give up their Zionist dream of a Jewish >> state for the Jewish people? >> >> >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> OSX-Nutters mailing list | [email protected] >> http://lists.tit-wank.com/mailman/listinfo/osx-nutters >> List hosted at http://cat5.org/ > _______________________________________________ > OSX-Nutters mailing list | [email protected] > http://lists.tit-wank.com/mailman/listinfo/osx-nutters > List hosted at http://cat5.org/ _______________________________________________ OSX-Nutters mailing list | [email protected] http://lists.tit-wank.com/mailman/listinfo/osx-nutters List hosted at http://cat5.org/
