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Politics : Israel to U.S. : Now Deal with Syria and Iran -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: sea_urchin who wrote (10895)	5/10/2006 11:06:03 PM
From: philv	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 22250

Not to take away from the article you posted Searle, which was dated 1999, but I understand that since then, in some instances, reverse migration is also taking place, that is Jews returning to Russia and East Europe, and in apparently significant numbers. The reasons for return to Russia and East Europe is because of increased opportunity and wealth in Russia, along with, of course, home sickness. They apparently feel safe enough and do not expect problems like antisemitism? Then there is also a problem within Israel between "European Jews" and others apparently, with claims of discrimination etc. Understandably, most Jews wishing to emigrate from Israel and elsewhere desire the U.S. But, I suppose it all can change in an instant depending on world political events.

To: sea_urchin who wrote (10895)	5/12/2006 3:16:46 AM
From: GUSTAVE JAEGER	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 22250

Re: But I think that Russian chow isn't so well behaved. Look how it bit Khodorkovsky, put him in jail and took away his... ...Yukos oil company. Re: Now that wasn't a nice thing to happen to a nice Jewish boy, was it? Actually, the "Jewish boy" wasn't that nice --remember the context: It is not in itself surprising that Putin, who faces legislative elections in December and a presidential election in the spring of 2004, chose to fire a warning shot across the bows of Yukos. For there has been a tacit understanding between the president and the oligarchs that he would recognise the property settlement of the mid-1990s – when many of them picked up privatised assets very cheaply – in return for their agreement to stay out of politics. Mikhail Khodorkovsky has broken the terms of that understanding, by funding at least two opposition parties – the Union of Right Forces, led by Boris Nemtsov, and Yabloko, a liberal/social democratic party led by Gregor Yavlinsky. According to some reports, his associates have even given money to the Communists. In recent arguments over legislation affecting oil companies, Khodorkovsky has allegedly out-spent the Kremlin in his attempts to influence Duma members. And he has been said to talk, at least in private, of a future political career. Almost everybody in Russia thinks the oligarchs are crooks. After all, some of them did not have to work particularly hard in order to become billionaires. And very few of them – Khodorkovsky is an exception – have put some of their money back into the community through spending on good causes. Bashing the oligarchs is popular with public opinion (almost all the oligarchs, including Khodorkovsky, are Jewish, but that is probably unconnected to the current moves against them). [...] cdi.org A piece of wisdom for Komrad Khodorkovsky: Don't bite the hand that feeds you....