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| Yemen to build ghetto for Jews |
| 2008-12-28 |
| Two weeks after the murder of Moshe Yaish Nahari, the brother of Yemen's Jewish community's head, the country's president Ali Abdullah Saleh pledged to build a secured Jewish ghetto in the outskirts of the capital San'a. The new neighborhood will house the 300 Jews of the Umran province where the murder took place. Yemen's president has informed human rights organizations and the heads of the Jewish community in the country of his decision to allocate an area in Sana's northern suburb for the construction of a residential neighborhood for Jews on the state's expense. Any family who decides to move there from Umran will receive $10,000 in compensation. According to President Saleh, the Jewish neighborhood will be guarded by security forces at all hours. |
| Posted by:Steve White |
| #7 How about assigning them Stars of David? 1/2 of the world may have learned history's lessons, the other half* is still medieval. |
| Posted by: Grolush Darling of the Hatfields3195 2008-12-28 21:20 |
| #6 How about assigning them Stars of David? 1/2 of the world may have learned history's lessons, the other have is still medieval. |
| Posted by: Grolush Darling of the Hatfields3195 2008-12-28 21:20 |
| #5 How about a ten to one trade for Paleos? Ok, if you insist, a hundred to one trade. [You think the Yemenis are stupid enough to give up a Jew for a Paleo?] |
| Posted by: P2k on holiday 2008-12-28 07:47 |
| #4 The original ghettos (an Italian word, by the way) were built by the Jews as walled communities to keep out the ravening mobs trying to get at the Christ killers. It was only later that they became prisons. The Jews in Yemen are the ones who chose not to go to Israel when it was offered, "on the wings of eagles", and at Israel's expense. It will be interesting to see what happens this time, especially given that even high, stout walls are inadequate protection against rocket-propelled grenades and such. |
| Posted by: trailing wife 2008-12-28 06:01 |
| #3 Wasn't there another country in history which was famous because of its Jewish Ghettos? |
| Posted by: CrazyFool 2008-12-28 01:26 |
| #2 You'd think so, huh. It's where all their cousins went when the Yemenis got all nasty the last few decades. |
| Posted by: Steve White 2008-12-28 00:26 |
| #1 Ummm... Isn't this an opportunity for Israel to offer to move them to Israel? |
| Posted by: Mike N. 2008-12-28 00:14 |