Israel Claims 'Lost Property' In Arab Countries

[vierundzwanzig]

GAZA CITY, August 17 (IslamOnline.net & News Agencies) – In a bid seen as trying to get a bigger slice of the grand Iraqi cake, Israel has drawn up a file on Jewish property and money allegedly left by Jewish immigrants in Arab countries, particularly Iraq.

The Israeli justice ministry spokesman said that the government would ask Jews in Israel and all over the world within the few coming days to present information on their purported belongings in Iraq, the Palestinian Information Center (PIC) said Saturday, August 16.

Israeli sources put at $10 billion the value of the so-called Jewish property in Iraq alone, noting that Israel expects the would-be Iraqi oil minister return these money calmly and without any media fuss.

One of the Jews whose family used to live in Iraq has estimated the value of Jewish property there at a mind-boggling $20 billion, the PIC said.

http://www.islamonline.net/English/News/2003-08/17/article01.shtml

[vierundzwanzig]

1. The Israeli version

of compensation. Truly twisted.

[Resistance]

2. When does the bully ever not get what it wants?

[Muddleoftheroad]

3. Only Arabs?

Get compensation in your world?

Fair...

[vierundzwanzig]

4. My commentary related to the metaphor

'I'll take your stuff away and then I'll make you pay me reparations'.

[Muddleoftheroad]

6. Sounds like the ARAB metaphor

nt

[Violet_Crumble]

8. That was interesting, Muddle...

Vierundzwanzig mentioned a nationality, and you come back talking about an ethnic group...

btw, unlike yr world, in mine anyone who's been forced from their homes should have the choice to either return or be given compensation for their loss by the state that was responsible for it (in the case of the Palestinians, it's Israel, and in the case of any Jews forced from their homes in Iraq, it's Iraq). From what I've read yr vehemently opposed to the right of return for Palestinian refugees, yet demand that Jews (I don't know if this extends to other groups as you never speak of them) not only have the right of return, but that only a particular group of people have the right to move to Israel even though they and their families have never been there, and are only going there for economic reasons. Do you really think that's fair? I sure don't...

Violet...

[mmm]

5. They wanna have a free for all!

I hope the Iraqis have some WMD - they are gonna
need them to prevent the brewing plunder.

[papau]

7. Dupe of a few threads - interesting link to Arabia.com (a bit PA bias)

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=124&topic_id=6300&mesg_id=6300

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=124&topic_id=6299

http://www.arabia.com/newsfeed/article/english/0,14183,372927,00.html

[Lithos]

9. Locking

Continue here:

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=124&topic_id=6299