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Number of Syrian refugees let in to Israel: ZERO And it's right next door.

akjainaj 10y ago
They know a thing or two about basic security and cultural hygiene, unlike most of Europe. I suppose Europe will only learn that after hundreds of rapes and dozens of trucks running over innocent people. Talk about self-destructive behaviour...
- Quarrelsome 10y ago
  ewwww. Cultural hygiene? _really_? What exactly do you mean by that sentence? Do you mean that if I am culturally abnormal then I should be purged from my homeland much like they should not enter?
  - akjainaj 10y ago
    If you're culturally abnormal for a certain country you shouldn't be allowed to enter it unless you're willing to integrate.
Quarrelsome 10y ago
While I'd concede the point; its pertinent to national security that not many neighbouring countries are very fond of them. So I can imagine why the level of immense paranoia being applied here. Tragically allowing refugees in is the sort of action that might convey the goodwill necessary for Israel to find a diplomatic home in the Middle East but alas; short-termism wins out.
siculars 10y ago
Not yet, but soon [0]. [0] http://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-38755946 http://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-38755946
- redsummer 10y ago
  There are about 5 million refugees outside Syria and more than 5 million internally displaced in Syria. 100 is nothing. Sweden and Israel both have populations of about 10 million. Sweden has taken in 200-300 THOUSAND. Israel promises to take in 100 and pats itself on the back.
  - siculars 10y ago
    It has not come without a price though. Note the rabbid anti-semitism and general domestic issues including a considerable increase in rapes. All factors considered, Israel does more than its share to help the situation. Or perhaps they should take out Assad and bring this misery to an end. Or would that even end it?Perhaps you've heard of the many many Syrians who have sought and received medical assistance in Israel. Plenty of print on that.
    - redsummer 10y ago
      Israel should share the burden, especially as they are next door. 100 refugees is pathetic. 5 million refugees should be admitted right now. Isn't it strange that 1000 American rabbis can call on the US to accept Syrian refugees? Are there 1000 Israeli rabbis doing the same? Don't they remember Anne Frank? http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/middleeast/israel/11847304/Israel-prime-minister-Benjamin-Netanyahu-rejects-calls-to-admit-Syrian-refugees.html http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/middleeast/israel/... http://time.com/4135445/american-rabbis-syrian-refugee-letter/ http://time.com/4135445/american-rabbis-syrian-refugee-lette...
    - saiya-jin 10y ago
      Yeah but 100? we can talk nice all day and dance around it, but the most simple fact is, Israel ain't helping. what you describe can be said by any country. Shame on Israel (and all other not-my-issue countries).
dogma1138 10y ago
Israel has been treating wounded Syrians since the conflict started. The number of Syrian refugees fleeing to Israel is also nearly zero, 70 years of propaganda would do it for it as well as Israel not being a welfare state. Overall you can say the same thing about most Gulf nations, only with one exception they have more cash than both Israel and Sweden and they are both culturally and ethnically more similar. Considering that many of the Muslim refugees are Sunni, a better question would be why didn't Saudi Arabia and rest of the Oil club didn't take most if not all of them.
- redsummer 10y ago
  Which country is geographically closer to Syria? Israel or Sweden?
  - dogma1138 10y ago
    Which country is geographically closer Turkey or Sweden? Greece or Sweden? Italy or Sweden? Bulgaria or Sweden? They run to Sweden for a lot of reasons geography isn't one of them, and it's not because all of the other countries are hell holes. They don't go to Israel because 70 years of government propaganda makes them think they'll eat their babies. It didn't stop Israel from treating 1000's of wounded and many of them are not reported because crossing to Israel is a death sentence to anyone who wants to return to Syria or their families.

They know a thing or two about basic security and cultural hygiene, unlike most of Europe. I suppose Europe will only learn that after hundreds of rapes and dozens of trucks running over innocent people. Talk about self-destructive behaviour...

Quarrelsome 10y ago
ewwww. Cultural hygiene? _really_? What exactly do you mean by that sentence? Do you mean that if I am culturally abnormal then I should be purged from my homeland much like they should not enter?
- akjainaj 10y ago
  If you're culturally abnormal for a certain country you shouldn't be allowed to enter it unless you're willing to integrate.

Quarrelsome 10y ago

While I'd concede the point; its pertinent to national security that not many neighbouring countries are very fond of them. So I can imagine why the level of immense paranoia being applied here. Tragically allowing refugees in is the sort of action that might convey the goodwill necessary for Israel to find a diplomatic home in the Middle East but alas; short-termism wins out.

siculars 10y ago

Not yet, but soon [0]. [0] http://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-38755946 http://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-38755946

redsummer 10y ago
There are about 5 million refugees outside Syria and more than 5 million internally displaced in Syria. 100 is nothing. Sweden and Israel both have populations of about 10 million. Sweden has taken in 200-300 THOUSAND. Israel promises to take in 100 and pats itself on the back.
- siculars 10y ago
  It has not come without a price though. Note the rabbid anti-semitism and general domestic issues including a considerable increase in rapes. All factors considered, Israel does more than its share to help the situation. Or perhaps they should take out Assad and bring this misery to an end. Or would that even end it?Perhaps you've heard of the many many Syrians who have sought and received medical assistance in Israel. Plenty of print on that.
  - redsummer 10y ago
    Israel should share the burden, especially as they are next door. 100 refugees is pathetic. 5 million refugees should be admitted right now. Isn't it strange that 1000 American rabbis can call on the US to accept Syrian refugees? Are there 1000 Israeli rabbis doing the same? Don't they remember Anne Frank? http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/middleeast/israel/11847304/Israel-prime-minister-Benjamin-Netanyahu-rejects-calls-to-admit-Syrian-refugees.html http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/middleeast/israel/... http://time.com/4135445/american-rabbis-syrian-refugee-letter/ http://time.com/4135445/american-rabbis-syrian-refugee-lette...
  - saiya-jin 10y ago
    Yeah but 100? we can talk nice all day and dance around it, but the most simple fact is, Israel ain't helping. what you describe can be said by any country. Shame on Israel (and all other not-my-issue countries).

dogma1138 10y ago

Israel has been treating wounded Syrians since the conflict started. The number of Syrian refugees fleeing to Israel is also nearly zero, 70 years of propaganda would do it for it as well as Israel not being a welfare state. Overall you can say the same thing about most Gulf nations, only with one exception they have more cash than both Israel and Sweden and they are both culturally and ethnically more similar. Considering that many of the Muslim refugees are Sunni, a better question would be why didn't Saudi Arabia and rest of the Oil club didn't take most if not all of them.

redsummer 10y ago
Which country is geographically closer to Syria? Israel or Sweden?
- dogma1138 10y ago
  Which country is geographically closer Turkey or Sweden? Greece or Sweden? Italy or Sweden? Bulgaria or Sweden? They run to Sweden for a lot of reasons geography isn't one of them, and it's not because all of the other countries are hell holes. They don't go to Israel because 70 years of government propaganda makes them think they'll eat their babies. It didn't stop Israel from treating 1000's of wounded and many of them are not reported because crossing to Israel is a death sentence to anyone who wants to return to Syria or their families.