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| Reparations Demanded for Exodus |
| 2003-08-23 |
| Too absurd for any place other than SAST. LAW OF THE LAND Jews sued for ’stealing’ gold in Exodus Egyptians to seek compensation for ’tons’ allegedly taken As attorneys and politicians grapple over the validity of slave reparations, a group of Egyptians have trumped the debate with a claim against Jews that dates back thousands of years. Dr. Nabil Hilmi, a dean at the University of Al-Zaqaziq, said Egyptian "Since the Jews make various demands of the Arabs and the world, and claim rights that they base on historical and religious sources, a group of Egyptians in Switzerland has opened the case of the so-called ’great exodus of the Jews from Pharaonic Egypt.’ At that time, they stole from the Pharaonic Egyptians gold, jewelry, cooking utensils, silver ornaments, clothing, and more, leaving Egypt in the middle of the night with all this wealth, which today is priceless," Hilmi told the paper, according to a translation by the Middle East Media Research Institute. Claiming the alleged theft was documented in Exodus, Chapter 35, verses 12 through 36 in the Torah, Hilmi described how a convoy of 600,000 Jews trailed by a long line of donkeys loaded with the stolen goods – including 300,000 kg of gold – crossed the desert in the heart of Sinai, in an attempt to confuse Pharaoh’s army. Little did the Joos know how easy it is to beat Arab Armies, let alone confuse them. "The Egyptian Pharaoh was surprised one day to discover thousands of Egyptian women crying under the palace balcony, asking for help and complaining that the Jews stole their clothing and jewels, in the greatest collective fraud history has ever known," the MEMRI "One of the women approached Pharaoh, her eyes downcast, and said that her Jewish neighbor who lived in the house on the right of her house had come to her and asked to borrow her gold items, claiming she had been invited to a wedding," Hilmi continued. "The Jewish neighbor took [the items] and promised to return them the next day. A few minutes later, the neighbor to the left knocked on the door and asked to borrow the cooking utensils, because she was having guests for dinner. Using this same deceitful system, they took possession of all the cooking utensils." Just the facts, Ma’am. Just the facts. Hilmi estimates the nominal value of the 300 tons of gold purportedly stolen 5,758 years ago would be Hilmi said a legal team will file the lawsuit after the calculation of the compensation is completed. But we are not that good with numbers, so this may take a while. Wait and see how many times this will be brought up in arguments. |
| Posted by:Penguin |
| #10 Every article on this story traces back to a translation of an Arabic interview done on 08/09/03. The translation was by MEMRI, and almost all sources quote it. MEMRI is based in Washinton DC, and is run by six former Israeli intelligence officers (articles questioning this group have appeared often). An Arabic speaking friend of mine could not fine any interview in Al-Ahram with Dr. Hilmy, and I scanned all their English translations with no results... |
| Posted by: MICHAEL SHANNON 2003-8-27 9:20:54 AM |
| #9 Is the right to reparations transferable like a car warrentee? Didn't the Arabs overrun the Pharoh and his minions and pillage the joint? How does that give them the right to the reparations owed to another ethnic group? Wait a minute... we get a California lawyer to sue the Danes for furs that he stole off native americans. It will work because we can trot in some shamen to present an "oral" history as proof. |
| Posted by: Steve D 2003-8-23 9:32:02 PM |
| #8 CyberSarge: the only problem is that it would set a precedent for the goofs in the US who are demanding reparations here. I wonder if Belgium can claim universal jurisdiction for all wrongs committed in history? |
| Posted by: Steve White 2003-8-23 9:22:14 PM |
| #7 If the Jews are smart (and they are) they should counter-suit with slave reparations payment. Entire race enslaved for X number of years at minimum wage (sliding scale for skilled labor). I bet Mr Hilmi will drop the whole thing after that calculation. |
| Posted by: Cyber Sarge (VRWC CA Chapter) 2003-8-23 8:42:20 PM |
| #6 Caveman 1: Uhg. Booga booga uhg. Caveman 2: Uhg? (grunt. snort.) Zug-zug off! Jihad! First Lawyer Evar: (I smell cash...) "Uhg. Here's my |
| Posted by: .com 2003-8-23 8:41:47 PM |
| #5 Btw Mr Hilmi, charging interests is forbidden by the Quoran. Actually, they've found a way around that, TGA. It's called "damages". Instead of "ursury" (ie, interest), the person who has the money is charged "punative damages" or "fines" for not returning it on time. The fact that the "fine" is roughly the same amount as the interest would have been (had it been charged), is just a coincidence, don't you know. ENTIRELY coincidental! Allah says so! And so on... They've obeyed the letter of the Koran (No charging of interest), yet still manage to profit from the loaning of money. Not that they're cynical, mind you... Ed Becerra |
| Posted by: Ed Becerra 2003-8-23 7:53:14 PM |
| #4 the middle east is doomed with idiots like these. time to put the past behind. |
| Posted by: Anonymous 2003-8-23 7:18:07 PM |
| #3 These clowns are sooooo stupid. I should sue for mental anguish. |
| Posted by: Tom 2003-8-23 3:47:29 PM |
| #2 Al-Zaqaziq? They make those rolling papers? |
| Posted by: Frank G 2003-8-23 3:44:13 PM |
| #1 Wait until that WMD lawsuit against Moses' "chemical warfare" (turning water into blood), "biological warfare" (frogs, gnats, flies, cattle pest, boils, locusts), "ecological warfare" (hailstorms, darkness) and infant genocide (killings of the first borns) against Egypt comes up! Hello Brussels? Btw Mr Hilmi, charging interests is forbidden by the Quoran. But hey, maybe the Jews get their money back from Berlusconi... you know, the Romans... |
| Posted by: True German Ally 2003-8-23 3:40:41 PM |