To: DMaA who wrote (367468 ) 6/5/2010 9:59:09 AM From: Machaon 2 Recommendations Read Replies (2) | Respond to of 793914 --- "Helen Thomas to Israelis - go home to Poland." Such ignorance. A great number of Jews in Israel didn't only flee from Poland , Jews fled from the Arab/Muslim nations where they were forced to flee for their lives into Israel, during the early days of Israel . Helen should open up her closed, bigoted, ingorant mind and learn about the history of the horrid treatment of Jews throughout the Middle East. How can an educated person like Helen be so ignorant and uneducated about something that she feels so strongly about!? She feels so strongly against the Jews of Israel that she wants ALL Jews to leave Israel!? Such ignorance. Not only did Jews suffer horribly throughout Europe/Russia during the Nazi reign, Jews were horribly persecuted throughout the Middle East. Throughout the Middle Eastern Artab/Muslim countries Jews were murdered and tortured and driven from their homes. The majority of the Muslim Middle Eastern Jews lost their possessions, and had to flee to the fledgling state of Israel in order to defend themselves from Muslim/Arab persecution. 820,000 Jews were driven out of Muslim countries , with about 600,000 of them taking refuge in Israel. But, being in Israel hasn't protected either Christians or Jews from further Muslim/Arab attacks and persecution. In 1948 and 1956 and 1967 and 1973, combined Muslim/Arab armies, attempted to destroy Israel and murder all of Israel's Jews. These large Muslim/Arab armies' only reason to make war against Israel was because of religious intolerance and racial hatred against Jews. If you ask "moderate" Muslims today if they would want to see the Jews of Israel destroyed, most would say "yes"! Loving, kind and peaceful doesn't seem to match the behavior of the so called "moderate" Muslim/Arab world, where they have been taught since birth to hate ALL other religions. Here is a table showing how many Jews lived throughout the Muslim/Arab Middle East, and how many were driven out, losing all of their homes, businesses and possessions to "moderate" Muslims. * In 1948 Algeria had 140,000 Jews. Today, less than 100. * In 1948 Egypt had 75,000 Jews. Today, less than 100. * In 1948 Iran had 100,000 Jews. Today, around 25000. * In 1948 Iraq had 150,000 Jews. Today, around 35. * In 1948 Lebanon had 20,000 Jews. Today, less than 100. * In 1948 Libya had 38,000 Jews. Today 0. * In 1948 Morocco had 265,000 Jews. Today, around 5,500. * In 1948 Syria had 30,000 Jews. Today, less than 100. * In 1948 Tunisia had 105,000 Jews. Today, around 1,500. * In 1948 Yemen had 63,000 Jews. Today, less than 200.