Israel Matzav

Fatwa against fleeing

Arutz Sheva reported last night that Muslim leaders have issued a fatwa (a religious law ban) against 'Palestinians' fleeing from street violence in Gaza, Judea and Samaria by emigrating from Israel.

Sheikh Hamad Al-Bitawi, a Muslim religious leader and Hamas member, has announced that Arab Muslims are forbidden to emigrate from Israel.

Al-Bitawi ruled recently that Muslims must remain in order to counteract the fast growth of the Jewish population. Thousands of Jews arrive in Israel each month, Al-Bitawi said. It “makes the heart weep,” he told PA residents.

Despite Muslim leaders’ protests, however, thousands of Arabs are abandoning their homes and flooding out of Israel every month, particularly from Judea, Samaria, and Gaza.

At a news conference in Ramallah last November, PA Foreign Ministry spokesman Ahmed Suboh told reporters that 10,000 Arabs had received permits from Western diplomats to enter their countries since July 2006. He said that most are university graduates or potential immigrants able to invest financially in their new country and called for a halt to the Arab brain drain.

Suboh added that some 45,000 more had requested permission to emigrate since the deterioration in the economic situation and constant violence between the Fatah and Hamas terrorist groups.

Previously at Israel Matzav:

'Palestinian' emigration and birth rate defy demographic doomsayers

'Palestinians' leaving Gaza for Eurabia, Cuba

The voluntary transfer of 'Palestinians' abroad can work

posted by Carl in Jerusalem @ 2:02 AM