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The only decent solution for this problem in Jerusalem would be to house the millions of refugees streaming out of next door Syria. Israel has accepted none so

The only decent solution for this problem in Jerusalem would be to house the millions of refugees streaming out of next door Syria. Israel has accepted none so far.

petre 10y ago
Israel has enough problems already without the refugees. The US and Saudi Arabia who created this mess in the first place are accepting none so far. Anti muslim sentiment is growing across Europe exactly because Merkel invited these refugees over without asking anyone and then imposed refugee quotas on other EU countries. Now we have nutcackes like Marine LePen and Geert Wilders gaining in popularity and threatening with Fr/Nl exits that would most likely break the EU apart.
- redsummer 10y ago
  Israel is next door. Germany, Sweden, Holland, USA are not. 5 million need to be allowed into Israel right now. Surely Israel is not a racist society?
  - golergka 10y ago
    "Need to be allowed"? I'm genuinly curious as to how one can even theoretically come to such a phrasing, regardless particular countries and their politics.
    - dpc59 10y ago
      International law didn't have any problem doing just that.
      - golergka 10y ago
        Appeal to authority? In my eyes, "international law" has very shaky moral authority anyway, so it's not very effective.
- mattmanser 10y ago
  You're rewriting history, those sentiments, parties and political leaders were growing in popularity across Europe way before then, that was just gas on the fire.
Sacho 10y ago
How do you plan to balance the budget when you're getting rid of tax income from wealthy homeowners and replacing it with a likely subsidy burden to help each refugee integrate?
golergka 10y ago
False. Israel has so far treated thousands in hospital and accepted several hundreds. Given the country's relationships and syrian population general attitude towards Israel and jews, it's more than anyone could reasonably expect.
- redsummer 10y ago
  Accepted several hundreds? That would be astoundingly ungenerous even if true. According to here: http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/syrian-refugee-crisis-how-different-countries-have-responded-france-lebanon-uk-a7220616.html http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/syrian-refugee... .. "Despite its proximity and high level of economic development, Israel has refused to take any Syrian refugees." If we take a country similar in population size to Israel - Sweden - we can see that they have taken in 2-3% of their population. Israel should at least match that - they are next door! That would mean at a minimum of 300,000 refugees. Open up Israel.
  - golergka 10y ago
    You're just repeating the same things you already said, and don't even acknowledge counter-arguments I presented. You really expect to convince anyone with this rhetorical style?

The only decent solution for this problem in Jerusalem would be to house the millions of refugees streaming out of next door Syria. Israel has accepted none so far.

petre 10y ago

Israel has enough problems already without the refugees. The US and Saudi Arabia who created this mess in the first place are accepting none so far. Anti muslim sentiment is growing across Europe exactly because Merkel invited these refugees over without asking anyone and then imposed refugee quotas on other EU countries. Now we have nutcackes like Marine LePen and Geert Wilders gaining in popularity and threatening with Fr/Nl exits that would most likely break the EU apart.

redsummer 10y ago
Israel is next door. Germany, Sweden, Holland, USA are not. 5 million need to be allowed into Israel right now. Surely Israel is not a racist society?
- golergka 10y ago
  "Need to be allowed"? I'm genuinly curious as to how one can even theoretically come to such a phrasing, regardless particular countries and their politics.
  - dpc59 10y ago
    International law didn't have any problem doing just that.
    - golergka 10y ago
      Appeal to authority? In my eyes, "international law" has very shaky moral authority anyway, so it's not very effective.
mattmanser 10y ago
You're rewriting history, those sentiments, parties and political leaders were growing in popularity across Europe way before then, that was just gas on the fire.

Sacho 10y ago

How do you plan to balance the budget when you're getting rid of tax income from wealthy homeowners and replacing it with a likely subsidy burden to help each refugee integrate?

golergka 10y ago

False. Israel has so far treated thousands in hospital and accepted several hundreds. Given the country's relationships and syrian population general attitude towards Israel and jews, it's more than anyone could reasonably expect.

redsummer 10y ago
Accepted several hundreds? That would be astoundingly ungenerous even if true. According to here: http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/syrian-refugee-crisis-how-different-countries-have-responded-france-lebanon-uk-a7220616.html http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/syrian-refugee... .. "Despite its proximity and high level of economic development, Israel has refused to take any Syrian refugees." If we take a country similar in population size to Israel - Sweden - we can see that they have taken in 2-3% of their population. Israel should at least match that - they are next door! That would mean at a minimum of 300,000 refugees. Open up Israel.
- golergka 10y ago
  You're just repeating the same things you already said, and don't even acknowledge counter-arguments I presented. You really expect to convince anyone with this rhetorical style?