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July 10, 2007
The War Against Britain's Jews
Britain.
What comes to mind when you think of the British Isles?
Stiff upper lip.
Rugby.
Alfred Hitchcock.
Jane Austen, for sure.
And British Jews?
Well, there's always been, how shall we put it, polite British Jew-hatred. But Jews have persevered and built solid communities, religious schools and organizations within the larger British society.
In spite of London electing an anti-Semitic Mayor, the odious and oily Ken Livingstone, British Jews felt safe and accepted.
Until now.
Now that British Islamists have joined forces with the jihadist loving left, a relentless war of hatred against British Jews is being waged.
Indeed, welcome to: Not So Great Britain.
Click here to see the excellent videos at Little Green Footballs.
Keep this in mind: when a society tolerates Jew-hatred, that society is well on its way to a final decline and collapse. The health and vigor of a culture can always be measured by how she treats her Jewish citizens. If you doubt me, just check your history books.
For a fine overview of Britain's Islamist terrorist problem, read Britain Under Siege by Vasko Kohlmayer.
Posted by Robert J. Avrech at July 10, 2007 06:50 PM
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Jewish immigration from Britain to Israel is up. Just as it is all across Europe. The canaries are fleeing.
Posted by: seawitch at July 10, 2007 09:07 PM
Seawitch:
Very true. And more immigration to Israel from France than any other country in Europe. But British Jews will, hopefully, wake up and quickly exit. The hostile Muslim demographic is simply overwhelming.
Mazal Tov Great Britain, you are about to trade productive, patriotic middle class Jewish citizens for hostile, sharia yearning Muslims, many on the dole.
Posted by: Robert J. Avrech
at July 10, 2007 09:37 PM
Its truly as if we are witnessing the transformation of Great Britain into something frighteningly surreal - and I just can't understand why so many there cannot see it. Perhaps the myopic smug view is the result of having dominated the world for so long during various times in history.
Its really hard to picture them being a mighty force any longer.
Posted by: Dana at July 10, 2007 10:29 PM
Dana:
Even when Britain was a great world power prior to World War Two, there was great reluctance to accept the notion that Hitler was evil and planned world domination, hence Neville Chamberlain's policies of appeasement which were extraordinarily popular.
The appeasement we are now seeing is simply a resurrection of this mind-set, but tragically there is no lion-like Churchill to lead Britain from her torpor. Instead there is a government which refuses to name the enemy and an MI5 which is woefully unprepared to wage battle at home against a Muslim 5th column, or overseas, where Britain has few intelligence assets.
Memo to Argentina: If you want the Falklands, they are yours for the taking. No one in the present government has the stomach for a fight. The last great British man, Margaret Thatcher, is gone.
Posted by: Robert J. Avrech
at July 11, 2007 12:49 AM
I agree with every word you said!
Posted by: Uneasy at July 11, 2007 03:38 AM
when a society tolerates Jew-hatred, that society is well on its way to a final decline and collapse.
I can think of several contrary examples:
(a) Great Britain, whose golden age came after its medieval expulsion of the Jews.
(b) France, which sanctioned Jew-hatred throughout the medieval era, yet afterward experienced centuries of success.
(c) Germany. The ultimate in Jew-hatred, yet for several decades one of the most prosperous countries in Europe.
Posted by: kishke at July 11, 2007 08:04 AM
Kishke:
Great points. However, I should have qualified my remark by stating that this decline and fall seems to take place in post-medieval states, nation states that are well on their way to developing market economies, where an educated and stable middle-class is a necessary component. As soon as such a population was seen as necessary for the development of the economy of the state Jews were invited to settle as citizens. When political turmoil engulfed such states, and Jews were persecuted and expelled, these states were hollowed out.
Will Britain collapse because Jews flee her shores? No. But Britain will become a far poorer land by allowing a hostile Muslim and leftist population to drive Jews from her shores after 350 years. The inevitable decline into sharia will be long and agonising.
Posted by: Robert J. Avrech
at July 11, 2007 09:23 AM
Uneasy:
Thanks so much. I agree with me too.
Posted by: Robert J. Avrech
at July 11, 2007 09:26 AM
The first thing I think of when I think British Isles is: a people taught and conditioned over hundreds of years to think about themselves only and to present a "stiff upper lip" face to hide the fact that they are really two-faced ideologues of the two place caste system: rich and poor!
Posted by: sharinlite
at July 12, 2007 02:04 PM
Sharin:
I also think of warm beer.
Posted by: Robert J. Avrech
at July 12, 2007 08:56 PM
