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To: AK2004 who wrote (2198)	10/3/2002 5:59:02 AM
From: GUSTAVE JAEGER	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 3959

NO! ISRAEL IS NOT A RACIST PIT.... But then, who needs Jewish darkies when you can bring in Russian goyim by the million?? After all, Israel must care about preserving her "Jewishness". Excerpted from my previous post: Those now expressing interest in immigrating are non-Jews concerned that domestic Israeli pressure will lead to a change in the law, he said. The percentage of immigrants from the CIS who are non-Jews has been estimated at between 50 to 70 percent. _________________________________ State defends slow pace of Ethiopian Falash Mura arrivals Dan Izenberg Oct. 2, 2002 Only one-third of the applications by members of the Falash Mura in Ethiopia to immigrate to Israel have been accepted, the state said in a reply to the High Court of Justice. About 22,000 Falash Mura, or Ethiopian Jews forced to convert generations ago, have congregated in Addis Ababa and in Gondar over the past three years waiting for permission to come to Israel. The state investigates whether or not applicants are Jewish before allowing them to immigrate according to the Law of Return, or whether they fulfill the criteria of the Law of Entry into the Country or, in certain humanitarian cases, the Law of Citizenship. The state told the court Wednesday it has accepted 1,200 applications and rejected 2,300. Many other applications are still being processed and the Interior Ministry is waiting for others to complete their conversion procedures before processing them. The state's reply came in response to a request by Prof. Michael Corinaldi to the High Court of Justice to find the state in contempt of court for failing to fulfill promises it made that were turned into a court decision on March 6, 2002. According to that decision, the state promised to publish the procedures for processing aliya applications from the Falash Mura in Ethiopia. In August, hundreds of Ethiopians demonstrated in front of the Prime Minister's Office in Jerusalem against the allegedly slow pace of immigration. Many held up pictures of their relatives still waiting for permission to come. According to reports, the conditions of the Falash Mura in the unofficial camps set up in Gondar and Addis Ababa are run-down and unhygienic. jpost.com

To: AK2004 who wrote (2198)	10/3/2002 6:17:34 AM
From: GUSTAVE JAEGER	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 3959

Follow-up.... Oh, well... now, we know what Putin and Sharon have been talking about: Sharon asked Putin a favor --he wants to resettle Ethiopian Falashas in Birobidzhan! No kidding: Israel is not the Jews' only country, Putin tells Sharon Herb Keinon Oct. 1, 2002 MOSCOW Russian President Vladimir Putin corrected Prime Minister Ariel Sharon yesterday when the later said Israel is the Jews' only country. Wrong, Putin said, reminding Sharon of the Jewish autonomous region of Birobidzhan set up under the Soviets. Moreover, Putin invited Sharon to visit the area with him on his next visit, an offer Sharon told leaders of the Jewish community last night to their amusement he readily agreed to. When the Soviets came to power they were in favor of autonomous regions for ethnic groups in territorial concentration with their own language, culture, and identity. Birobidzhan was designated for the Jews, and a Soviet system of Jewish education, press, literature, and theater developed in the 1920s and 1930s, while many Jews remained determined to preserve Hebrew and genuine Jewish culture. But the experiment petered out, due in part to assimilation and anti-Semitism. The issue of Birobidzhan came up when Sharon was using an argument on Putin he has used a hundred times before on world leaders and various audiences that Israel is willing to make concessions for peace, but not over the security of its citizens because Israel is the only country the Jews have. It is then that Putin raised his eyebrow. Sharon related this story with humor to the leaders of the Jewish community, and used it to show that Putin is both interested in the Jews, and concerned with their fate. He thanked Putin during their meeting for his unequivocal stance against anti-Semitism, and publicly praised him for this in front of the Jewish audience as well. According to Sharon, Putin said there are now more Jews in Birobidzhan than there were at the onset of the massive Soviet immigration wave in 1990. [...] jpost.com