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  1. This is false. You need to look around you and read. Jews are still being expelled and expelled in Muslim countries. One of the stans just did a little cleansing this year. Contemporary attitudes Israeli Arabs See also: Racism against Israeli Jews by Israeli Arabs In 2003, Israeli-Arab Raed Salah, the leader of the northern branch of the Islamic Movement in Israel published the following poem in the Islamic Movement's periodical: You Jews are criminal bombers of mosques, Slaughterers of pregnant women and babies. Robbers and germs in all times, The Creator sentenced you to be loser monkeys, Victory belongs to Muslims, from the Nile to the Euphrates.[36] During a speech in 2007, Salah accused Jews of using children's blood to bake bread. "We have never allowed ourselves to knead [the dough for] the bread that breaks the fast in the holy month of Ramadan with children's blood," he said. "Whoever wants a more thorough explanation, let him ask what used to happen to some children in Europe, whose blood was mixed in with the dough of the [Jewish] holy bread."[37] Kamal Khatib, deputy leader of the northern branch of the Islamic movement, referred in one of his speeches to the Jews as "fleas".[38] Of all groups surveyed, a 2010 Pew Research global poll found that Israeli Arabs have the lowest rate of anti-Jewish attitudes in the Middle East.[39] Egypt See also: Antisemitism in Africa § Egypt, and History of the Jews in Egypt Egyptian Muslim Brotherhood leader Mohammed Mahdi Akef has denounced what he called "the myth of the Holocaust" in defending Iranian president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's denial of it.[40] The Egyptian government-run newspaper, Al Akhbar, on April 29, 2002, published an editorial denying the Holocaust as a fraud. The next paragraph decries the failure of the Holocaust to eliminate all of the Jews: With regard to the fraud of the Holocaust. ... Many French studies have proven that this is no more than a fabrication, a lie, and a fraud!! That is, it is a 'scenario' the plot of which was carefully tailored, using several faked photos completely unconnected to the truth. Yes, it is a film, no more and no less. Hitler himself, whom they accuse of Nazism, is in my eyes no more than a modest 'pupil' in the world of murder and bloodshed. He is completely innocent of the charge of frying them in the hell of his false Holocaust!! The entire matter, as many French and British scientists and researchers have proven, is nothing more than a huge Israeli plot aimed at extorting the German government in particular and the European countries in general. But I, personally and in light of this imaginary tale, complain to Hitler, even saying to him from the bottom of my heart, 'If only you had done it, brother, if only it had really happened, so that the world could sigh in relief [without] their evil and sin.' In an article in October 2000 columnist Adel Hammoda alleged in the state-owned Egyptian newspaper al-Ahram that Jews made Matza from the blood of (non-Jewish) children.[41] Mohammed Salmawy, editor of Al-Ahram Hebdo, "defended the use of old European myths like the blood libel" in his newspapers.[42] In August 2010, Saudi columnist Iman Al-Quwaifli sharply criticized the "phenomenon of sympathy for Adolf Hitler and for Nazism in the Arab world",[43] specifically citing the words of Hussam Fawzi Jabar, an Islamic cleric who justified Hitler's actions against the Jews in an Egyptian talk show one month earlier.[43][44][45] In an October 2012 sermon broadcast on Egyptian Channel 1 (which was attended by Egyptian President Muhammad Morsi) Futouh Abd Al-Nabi Mansour, the Head of Religious Endowment of the Matrouh Governorate, prayed (as translated by MEMRI😞 O Allah, absolve us of our sins, strengthen us, and grant us victory over the infidels. O Allah, destroy the Jews and their supporters. O Allah, disperse them, rend them asunder. O Allah, demonstrate Your might and greatness upon them.[46][47][48][49] Jordan See also: History of the Jews in Jordan Jordan does not allow entry to Jews with visible signs of Judaism or even with personal religious items in their possession. The Jordanian ambassador to Israel replied to a complaint by a religious Jew denied entry that security concerns required that travelers entering the Hashemite Kingdom not do so with prayer shawls (Tallit) and phylacteries (Tefillin).[50] Jordanian authorities state that the policy is in order to ensure the Jewish tourists' safety.[51] In July 2009, six Breslov Hasidim were deported after attempting entry into Jordan in order to visit the tomb of Aaron / Sheikh Harun on Mount Hor, near Petra, because of an alert from the Ministry of Tourism. The group had taken a ferry from Sinai, Egypt because they understood that Jordanian authorities were making it hard for visible Jews to enter from Israel. The Israeli Ministry of Foreign Affairs is aware of the issue.[52] Saudi Arabia Main article: Antisemitism in Saudi Arabia Hostility toward Jews is common in Saudi Arabian media, religious sermons, school curriculum, and official government policy. Indoctrination against Jews is a part of school curriculum in Saudi Arabia. Children are advised not to befriend Jews, are given false information about them (such as the claim that Jews worship the Devil), and are encouraged to engage in jihad against Jews.[53] Conspiracy theories about Jews are widely disseminated in Saudi Arabian state-controlled media.[54] According to the U.S. State Department,[55] religious freedom "does not exist" in Saudi Arabia, and therefore, Jews may not freely practice their religion. Syria Clockwise from top left: Fara Zeibak, Mazal Zeibak, Eva Saad and Lulu Zeibak On March 2, 1974, the bodies of four Syrian Jewish women were discovered by border police in a cave in the Zabdani Mountains northwest of Damascus. Fara Zeibak 24, her sisters Lulu Zeibak 23, Mazal Zeibak 22 and their cousin Eva Saad 18, had contracted with a band of smugglers to flee Syria to Lebanon and eventually to Israel. The girls' bodies were found raped, murdered and mutilated. The police also found the remains of two Jewish boys, Natan Shaya 18 and Kassem Abadi 20, victims of an earlier massacre.[56] Syrian authorities deposited the bodies of all six in sacks before the homes of their parents in the Jewish ghetto in Damascus.[57] In 1984 Syrian Defense Minister Mustafa Tlass published a book called The Matzah of Zion, which claimed that Jews had killed Christian children in Damascus to make Matzas (see Damascus affair). His book inspired the Egyptian TV series Horseman Without a Horse (see below) and a spinoff, The Diaspora, which led to Hezbollah's al-Manar being banned in Europe for broadcasting it.[58] Former Ku Klux Klan leader David Duke visited Syria in November 2005 and made a speech that was broadcast live on Syrian television.[59] Tunisia For a personal account of the discrimination and physical attacks experienced by Jews in Tunisia the Jewish-Arab anti-colonialist writer Albert Memmi wrote:[60] At each crisis, with every incident of the slightest importance, the mob would go wild, setting fire to Jewish shops. This even happened during the Yom Kippur War. Tunisia's President, Habib Bourguiba, has in all probability never been hostile to the Jews, but there was always that notorious "delay", which meant that the police arrived on the scene only after the shops had been pillaged and burnt. Is it any wonder that the exodus to France and Israel continued and even increased? On November 30, 2012, prominent Tunisian imam Sheikh Ahmad Al-Suhayli of Radès, told his followers during a live broadcast on Hannibal TV that "God wants to destroy this [Tunisian] sprinkling of Jews and is sterilizing the wombs of Jewish women."[61] This was the fourth time incitement against Jews has been reported in the public sphere since the overthrow of Tunisian President Zine El Abidine Ben Ali in 2011, thus prompting Jewish community leaders to demand security protection from the Tunisian government.[61] Al-Suhayli subsequently posted a video on the Internet in which he claimed that his statements had been misinterpreted.[62] On January 18, 2021, Tunisian president Kais Saied was caught on video telling a crowd that "We know very well who the people are who are controlling the country today. It is the Jews who are doing the stealing, and we need to put an end to it."[63] Saied's office responded that the president's words had been misheard and that he meant to say something else instead of Jews.[64] Two days later, Saied publicly apologized for his statements, holding a phone call with Djerba's chief rabbi, Haim Bitan in which he expressed regret for his statements.[65] The history of the Jews in Tunisia goes back to Roman times. Before 1948, the Jewish population of Tunisia reached a peak of 110,000. Today it has a Jewish community of less than 2,000 people.[66] The El Ghriba Synagogue in Djerba has twice been the target of terrorist atrocities: in 2002 an al-Qaeda suicide bomber killed 20 and injured dozens more, while in 2023 a lone gunman killed two worshippers and two police and injured several others.[67] Palestinian territories Further information: Racism in the State of Palestine § Antisemitism in Palestinian territories Swastikas next to Palestinian flags in Huwara The Hamas, an offshoot of the Egyptian Muslim Brotherhood, has a foundational statement of principles, or "covenant" that claims that the French revolution, the Russian revolution, colonialism and both world wars were created by the Zionists. It also claims the Freemasons and Rotary clubs are Zionist fronts and refers to the Protocols of the Elders of Zion.[68] Claims that Jews and Freemasons were behind the French Revolution originated in Germany in the mid-19th century.[69] Mahmoud Abbas, leader of the PLO, published a Ph.D. thesis (at Moscow University) in 1982, called The Secret Connection between the Nazis and the Leaders of the Zionist Movement.[70] His doctoral thesis later became a book, The Other Side: the Secret Relationship Between Nazism and Zionism, which, following his appointment as Palestinian Prime Minister in 2003, was heavily criticized as an example of Holocaust denial. In his book, Abbas wrote: It seems that the interest of the Zionist movement, however, is to inflate this figure [of Holocaust deaths] so that their gains will be greater. This led them to emphasize this figure [six million] in order to gain the solidarity of international public opinion with Zionism. Many scholars have debated the figure of six million and reached stunning conclusions—fixing the number of Jewish victims at only a few hundred thousand.[71][72][73] Lebanon Hezbollah's Al-Manar TV channel has often been accused of airing antisemitic broadcasts, blaming the Jews for a Zionist conspiracy against the Arab world, and often airing excerpts from the Protocols of the Elders of Zion,[74][75][76] Al-Manar recently aired a drama series, called The Diaspora, which is based on historical antisemitic allegations. BBC reporters who watched the series said that: Correspondents who have viewed The Diaspora note that it quotes extensively from the Protocols of the Elders of Zion, a notorious 19th-century publication used by the Nazis among others to fuel race hatred.[77] In another incident, an Al-Manar commentator recently referred to "Zionist attempts to transmit AIDS to Arab countries". Al-Manar officials deny broadcasting antisemitic incitement and state that their position is anti-Israeli, not antisemitic. However, Hezbollah has directed strong rhetoric both against Israel and Jews, and it has cooperated in publishing and distributing outright antisemitic literature. The government of Lebanon has not criticized continued broadcast of antisemitic material on television.[78] Due to protests by the CRIF umbrella group of French Jews regarding allegations of antisemitic content, French Prime Minister Jean-Pierre Raffarin called for a ban on Al-Manar broadcasting in France on December 2, 2004, just two weeks after al-Manar was authorised to continue broadcasting in Europe by France's media watchdog agency.[79] On December 13, 2004, France's highest administrative court banned Hizbullah's Al-Manar TV station on the grounds that it consistently incites racial hatred and antisemitism.[80] Yemen See also: Geography of antisemitism § Yemen The 1940s and the establishment of Israel saw rapid emigration of Jews out of Yemen, in the wake of anti-Jewish riots and massacres. By the late 1990s, only several hundred remained, mainly in a northwestern mountainous region named Sa'ada and town of Raida. Houthi members put up notes on the Jews' doors, accusing them of corrupting Muslim morals. Eventually, the Houthi leaders sent threatening messages to the Jewish community: "We warn you to leave the area immediately.... We give you a period of 10 days, or you will regret it."[81] On 28 March 2021, 13 Jews were forced by the Houthis to leave Yemen, leaving four elderly Jews the only Jews still in Yemen.[82] Horseman Without a Horse In 2001–2002, Arab Radio and Television produced a 30-part television miniseries entitled Horseman Without a Horse, starring prominent Egyptian actor Mohamed Sobhi, which contains dramatizations of The Protocols of the Elders of Zion. The United States and Israel criticized Egypt for airing the program, which includes racist falsehoods that have a history of being used "as a pretext for persecuting Jews".[83] Opinion polling In 2008 a Pew Research Center survey found that negative views concerning Jews were most common in the three predominantly Arab nations polled, with 97% of Lebanese having unfavorable opinion of Jews, 95% in Egypt and 96% in Jordan.[84]
  2. There were multiple things wrong with it. Duty free should know how to seal the bag correctly. Before rechecking the bags, security should have asked if there was anything we wanted to add to the bags because we were going to have to go through security lines again. If the airport was set up correctly, sending secure passengers back through an hour security line is completely unnecessary for everyone involved and just adds to airport chaos and frustration. From my perspective, it took probably 1hr to go through customs, 15minutes to go from international to domestic and then an hour line back through security. And then of course there was the shitheel TSA manager who escalated a situation that his underling had under control. And it was all pretty much out of my control as after a two hour process, going to ticketing and trying to check the liquor just so I could miss my connection was not an option. I know now though to pay attention to how they seal duty-free bags and if you are flying back through OHare internationally that you are re-routed through security again after customs clearance so you better have a long layover between flights and limit what you are carrying.
  3. I had a bunch of Euros that I didn't feel like converting so I purchased alcohol at the duty free shop. When we got to Chicago, they had us recheck our bags and then they sent us back through security for our domestic transfer back to Austin. The liquor bag wasn't sealed properly even though the receipt was there and the liquor was sealed. The security lady said that she thought that it would have to be confiscated but that she would ask her boss. Her boss then came over and was a complete asshole to me. I said just keep the shit and started to walk off and he followed me yapping away about me using the word "shit" in his airport with kids and families around.
  4. North Crowley three-star IOL Henry Fenuku looked on film like he has good feet and good tenacity. He needs to get stronger and get his pads lower, but with good coaching I think he will do well at the next level. I guess our class is a mix of June 14 and 21.
  5. Well, I'm not sure of other people's experiences, but I haven't had a trip go smoothly without issue in at least a few years. I know I'm going to get fucked over, I just don't know how or when. At this point, I don't really want to talk to anyone from the ticket agent to the TSA to pretty much every airport or airplane staff member. Agent somehow removed the KTN number from spouses ticket and need to go to other security line, Attendants not available for the flight, Cancelled flights in the middle of the itinerary, Improperly sealed purchases from duty free... Flying is basically a total shitshow these days. Unfortunately, there usually aren't any other options except limiting distant vacations.
  6. I agree with this, but I'll add to it - The West fucked up by providing incremental aid. If we would have avoided the javelin to ATACMS and Patriot to F16 slow progression, Ukraine could have hit Russia before it transitioned to a wartime footing. We planned first for Ukraine to lose and then we planned for a long lasting war of attrition. We also put restraints on Russian assets that Ukraine could target. You have to fight a war to win and running a war with diplomats is a sure way to keep that from happening. All is not lost, but now Ukraine is on the defensive. The world will have to change course to change the outcome. Right now, from the reports coming in, it doesn't appear that it will happen.
  7. I had to look up the name. It seems her parents and I were on the same page.
  8. No, no, Sierra Leone. If I had a daughter who was a potential stripper, that is what I would name her. Sierra Sunny has a nice ring to it though.
  9. This hits close to home. Last year I parked at Bark and Ride by mistake and rode the bus with a service dog that sniffed for peanuts.
  10. I've always liked the name Sierra Leone.
  11. So if Aaron Donald attended A&M under Jimbo, then we wouldn't be interested? I know nothing about the football culture at Pittsburgh, but I would have to think that some players can rise above shit cultures.
  12. Yeah, motte-and-bailey is a purposefully employed device and what I am talking about is a subconscious process that creates boogeymen who are easier to disagree with. Maybe in a bygone era people would say reasonable people disagree, but the general method of argument these days is to assume the other person is a nutter. Few people engage the process. Few would ever say, "I see your point". And at least online, people don't even attempt to persuade others to their side.
  13. Do you have to be smart to work in Intelligence?
  14. Yeah, I made that mistake 5 years ago or so. I don't know what the right answer is, but maybe some people will chime in. I went to Fredericksburg with my wife and son right after getting my car inspected. I have allergies from wine so I didn't do any wine tasting. I had one cider with diner. Maybe a half hour after a long early diner (so an hour and a half after the cider), we left town at dusk and I didn't notice my light weren't on. The inspector had turned the light switch from automatic. Anyway, I was stopped maybe 10mi from town for driving with my lights off. It was a new, really short policeman who was shaking speaking with me and asked if I had any drinks. I told him I had one cider with diner. He then proceeded to do a sobriety test. It was dark by that time, so as he was pointing the light in my eyes, bugs were flying up my nose, etc. He had me stand with my feet together at the side of the road, which was at probably a 25% angle - try doing that without taking a step forward. I didn't step forward but I bet 95% of the population would. Shit I could have beat the guy senseless in basketball, but obviously that wasn't part of his fucking test. Anyway, he let me go after a long lecture. Knowing that I was sober, should I have just asked him for a breathalyzer? Should I have let him take me to jail, for one fucking cider? Or should I have done what I did and hopefully pass the fucking subjective test that he was obviously trying to get me to fail?
  15. Now I'm curious, unless he got it while in Dallas, he doesn't own a 2023 orange Ford Bronco.
  16. https://www.sinkology.com/blog/guide-copper-sink-cleaning-care/
  17. I'm going to do it but haven't yet. Call Sinkology or the manufacturer - I'd like to know their answer. With that said, copper wax seems to be the answer. From Amazon: SinkSense Deluxe Copper Care IQ Kit, 8.00" x 2.00" Brand Sinkology Towel form type Cleaning Cloth Age Range (Description) Adult Material Microfiber Product Dimensions 8"L x 2"W About this item 80% Polyester, 20% Nylon Dimensions: 7" x 6" x 3" Kit includes: Copper wax, microfiber polish cloth, Breeze Non-Scratch Scrubber Easy-spray solution with neutral scent (16 oz. bottle) Helps water to bead up by forming a thin shell over the surface of your sink for protection against water and surface stains Microfiber polish cloth is machine washable and reusable Scrubber is made from Silicon and will not produce bacterial odors Recommended Products: Sinkology Copper Sinks and Tubs
  18. Levon Helm, Levon Moss - What's the difference? One beats drums. The other occasionally beats Abilene Christian.
  19. I could have guessed that without reading.
  20. What about Levon? He wears his war wound like a crown.
  21. My concern is how he handles being the cynosure.
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