Unbelievable: ISIS executes Christians, Israel gets blamed
The link goes to
this Haaretz article (who else in Israel would publish such a thing?). But when you read the story, blaming Israel doesn't exactly add up.
At least one of the three asylum seekers, T., was held in the Holot
detention center in the Negev before leaving Israel. T.'s relative,
Mesi, told Haaretz that the family identified him in the ISIS video. "He
appears in the video and in the photographs, definitely," she said. "He
had been in Israel since the end of 2007. He decided to go back after
the [Israeli] Ministry of Interior told him he would be better off."
According to Mesi, T. "went back to Uganda or
Rwanda – I think Rwanda – where they are not accepted. From there he
went on to Sudan, and from Sudan to Libya." She said that he was not
able to remain in Libya, and tried to reach Europe by boat. "I
understood that the boat was returned to Libya," she said, "where they
were arrested. Rumors have it that the extreme Islamic group snatched
them from the jail itself."
Mesi said she tried to dissuade T. from going to a
third county. "They told him he would be better off if he flies. I asked
him not to. He didn't tell us he had signed [papers] to leave." She
added that she and other friends of T. tried to tell him things could
change for the better, "that [asylum seekers] would be released from
Holot."
Mesi added that she did not keep in touch with T. after
he left Israel, but received updates from his brother, who resides in
Norway. "He told me that T. arrived in Sudan and Libya and that he
hadn't spoken to him in a long time because he was in Libyan prison."
She said T.'s brother saw the images of ISIS' execution, but did not
think his brother was among the group of Ethiopian Christians.
So why is Israel being blamed? Who sent the boat back to Libya? Why isn't Uganda or Rwanda or Sudan blamed? Why isn't the United States blamed because President Hussein Obama
led from behind to depose the Gadhaffi's? Why isn't ISIS blamed?
But wait, it gets worse. There's
this hit job from the Daily Beast (the title is enough to tell you where this article is headed).
At least three of the victims were Eritrean refugees who had been
deported from Israel. An Eritrean named Mesi Fashiya who works as a
translator for The Hotline for Refugees and Migrants, an Israeli NGO
that advocates for Israel’s estimated 46,000 refugees, identified the
victims.
Sadly, one was her relative.
Fashiya told the Israeli newspaper Ha’aretz
that her cousin, identified as “T.,” was deported from Israel “back to
Uganda or Rwanda—I think Rwanda—where they are not accepted. From there
he went on to Sudan, and from Sudan to Libya.”
“I recognized my relative, T., from the photos published by ISIS that
appeared on Facebook before the video was released,” Fashiya told +972 magazine.
T. was sent abroad in a program that Israel initiated to deal with
its burgeoning refugee problem. In a brochure obtained by The Daily
Beast, the Israeli Population and Immigration Authority “offers foreign
nationals from [Sudan, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Ivory Coast, and Guinea
Conakry], who entered Israel illegally, the option to leave the country
voluntarily, in a fair and dignified manner.”
In the brochure,
Israel offers to assist in the “arrangement of travel documents,
purchase of airline tickets, and a financial grant in the amount of
$3,500 per person, including children,” to asylum seekers who agree to
leave.
While this may seem a fair deal, Israel’s record with asylum seekers and migrant workers is, for lack of a better word, awful.
Excuse me, but since when is little Israel responsible for solving the world's problems? Until ISIS came in, these people were economic refugees - what country in the world grants asylum to economic refugees? (Answer: The United States under Obama, but there are a lot of people who are unhappy about that, and it will likely change in 2017). The financial grant is quite generous for that part of the world. And note that Libya is not one of the countries on the list. These people could have gone to Eritrea or Ethiopia where they came from.
Funny how Israel is the only country blamed for this. Coincidence? I think not.
Labels: Barack Hussein Obama, Eritrea, Ethiopia, illegal immigration, Islamic State, Libya, Sudan
Undercover among Israel's illegal immigrants
Sorry about the break - I was wiped out.
The area around Tel Aviv's old central bus station was seedy before the new station ever opened. Since the 'new' station opened a number of years ago, it has only gotten worse. YNet reporter Danny Adino Ababa spent a week in Levinsky park near the old bus station. It's a place where many illegals stay. Here are some
highlights - they sound a bit like the Occupy movement in the US.
I enter the park wearing my new Saharonim shoes. Welcome to the State of Levinsky. Two slides and three swings, but this afternoon there are no children here; only infiltrators, most of them in their first days in Israel. My cover story has not been finalized yet, but luckily I run into Jeremiah, who’s been in Israel for three years now. “What do I tell those who ask how I got into Israel?” I ask him. “Lie,” he says. “Don’t tell the whole story. The Israelis, and mostly the non-profit groups working with the infiltrators here, like to be lied to.”
“Say you were a soldier, and that if you return to Eritrea you’ll get a death sentence. Keep in mind that you must be consistent with your story. The bottom line is that everyone uses the story I’m telling you here, and this way they fool everybody,” he says. “Almost none of them arrived on foot from Egypt to Israel. None of us crossed any deserts…it’s all nonsense.”
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Three Eritreans position themselves nearby. “How long have you been here?” asks one of them. “Not long,” I reply, and sigh. “I’m looking for an apartment, but I don’t have much money. “I’ll teach you how to make a quick buck here,” he says. “You can’t sleep here at Levinsky Park with these Sudanese; you’re humiliating yourself. An Eritrean does not sleep with Sudanese. The best thing to do if you want to make money is to steal cell phones…they’re sold like hotcakes here. There’s a market over there where you bring your cell phone, and that way you have a little money for food and drink.”
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I decided to expand my walks and enter more corners in Levinsky State to see from up close how things really work around here. Quickly I discovered that here too there is a clear hierarchy, especially among the infiltrators who chose to turn to crime (this certainly does not all of them). For example, look at what takes place at the corner of Bnei Brak and Neve Shaanan Streets. Hundreds of people arrive in this area using the State of Levinsky’s official vehicle: Bicycle. The infiltrators refer to this area as the “Sudanese Quarter.” Nobody messes with them; they are exclusively in charge of the stolen bicycle market. Dozens of bikes, some of them brand new, are arranged in rows and sold for ridiculous sums.
I try to purchase a new bicycle, a well-known brand that must have cost its owner thousands of shekels. Here, their starting price stands at NIS 180. If one haggles, one can get it for less. They also make sure to provide good service: A mechanic is nearby and ensures that the brakes work properly and that every flat tire is taken care of. A big Sudanese man stands to the side and watches over. Someone quietly tells me that he is “one of the heads of the bicycle mafia.” The thieves bring him the bike, he pays them and sells the bicycle for a profit. All of this takes place in the middle of the street, out in the open.
Meanwhile, I’m told that the Eritreans control two other markets: Stolen bags and stolen cell phones. I went to look for a phone. The “sales center” is at the corner of Rosh Pina and Neve Shaanan Streets. Improvised stalls boast an impressive array of cellular devices. Some of them still contain family photos and the personal text messages of the victims they were stolen from.
On Friday morning, my Eritrean friends tell me that I must go see Nagasi, or things will get messy. I ask them to explain it. Nagasi is apparently the representative of the Eritrean government, or the unofficial Eritrean ambassador in the State of Levinsky, if you will. They tell me that Eritrean authorities don’t care why and how you arrived in Israel: They only want you to keep paying taxes to the homeland. How much? Two percent of your income. As there is no way to find out your income, most Eritreans pay a regular monthly fee of $100. “What will happen if I don’t pay?” I ask. “Bad things will happen, to you and to your family,” was the reply.
Sorry to anyone who disagrees but I have NO guilt feelings about sending these people back to their homes in Africa. None whatsoever.
Read the whole thing.
After
Thursday's court ruling that allowed the government to deport 1,500 South Sudanese, the government announced that those affected
have a week to leave voluntarily, and that those who do leave will receive a plane ticket home and 1,000 Euros (I doubt the US gives the Mexicans or Guatemalans that much). After that, they will be deported. Somehow, I doubt there will be a lot of takers for the free tickets. Under these circumstances, they can probably stay here for months.
Labels: Eritrea, illegal immigration, South Sudan, Sudan
Obama paying for African illegals to defecate in Israel's streets, but much of the money is disappearing
In case you're wondering why many Israelis aren't happy about our illegal immigrants, take a close look at the picture in the top left corner of this post. It was taken on the streets of Tel Aviv....
The Israeli web site
Kr8 (link in Hebrew) reports that the Obama administration is sending between $1,000 and $2,000 per month per illegal immigrant to Israel via the United Nations. Why this money is being sent via the UN is not clear, but what is clear is that a lot of it is being skimmed off the top. Kr8 reports that Israel is paying NIS 1,500 per month for rent, and approximately NIS 180-200 per month for health insurance. Both items should cost a lot more than that.
Moreover, at current exchange rates, $1,000 is approximately NIS 3,850 and $2,000 is double that. An awful lot of money is disappearing. Where is it going? And why is Israel accepting money from the US (and the UN) rather than stopping the inflow of illegal immigrants?
But it gets worse. Kr8 also reports that American tax free foundations (it names the Ford Foundation but there are presumably others) are donating money to the New Israel Fund, which is organizing the illegals. You know, community organizing. Kr8 goes on to speculate about connections between the Ford Foundation and the CIA, and the possibility that the illegals may be used in the future to foment a rebellion against Israel.
And then there is this from
JDL UK:
What is fairly well known is that the police bring the 'refugees' from the Egypt/Israel border, right up, all the way to south Tel Aviv, the central bus station. But that's not all. What else is now coming to light, is that with these funds, these illegals are somehow opening businesses and will soon start their own newspaper!
There is further testimony in the audio interview in which it is alleged government inspectors frequently close down illegal Jewish-owned businesses, but not the illegal businesses belonging to the illegal immigrants.
This financial improbability of all this likely hints towards further sources of funding, which as yet are undetected.
The interview to which he refers is with Meir Turgeman. It's in Hebrew, but I know I have some Israeli readers, so I'm putting a clickable link to it below.
http://www.kr8.co.il/BRPortalStorage/a/28/68/57-DjhUrjLo5p.mp3
Make sure also to check out
Pam Geller at Atlas Shrugs, who has much more on this story.
Finally, for those of you who think that those who oppose having the illegals here are racists, we have absorbed thousands of Ethiopian Jews over the last 25 years, and none of us would propose sending them back.
Labels: Barack Hussein Obama, Eritrea, Ethiopia, illegal immigration, South Sudan, Sudan
Just the start?
This is the first live post since the holiday ended, and I want to remind you all that I am online because in Israel we only have one day of holiday, and not two like in the rest of the World.
The Syrian newspaper Tishreen is reporting that the 'Naqsa day' attempts to breach Syria's borders with Israel are '
just the start' of efforts that will include bringing hundreds of thousands of Syrians to attempt to breach the border with the 'Zionist entity.'
According to the article, Israel should be ready for more than 600,000 refugees to march across the border, ostensibly to return to their homes in the Golan. "The Palestinian refugees who gathered at the border were part of a mass march of progress for the right of return," the article said.
...
Another article in the same paper claimed that Israel should know that mass marches are approaching, and does not have grounds for deterrence. "Israel can not even use the pretext of self-defense, for what it calls its borders," the article says.
Actually, under international law, Israel can defend its borders, even if they are not recognized as such by the 'international community.'
The question is whether a state can forcibly protect land that it peacefully possesses even if it lacks sovereignty over the land. The answer is yes. The classic recent example is the Ethiopian-Eritrean war of 1998. According to the arbitral rulings, the chief disputed territory (Badme) was sovereign territory of Eritrea, but it was possessed by Ethiopia both before and after the war. Eritrea initiated hostilities to recover Badme. The arbitrator ruled that Eritrea had violated international law by using force against the Ethiopia in the territory because Ethiopia was in peaceful possession of the territory before the war, even though Ethiopia never had sovereignty.
There is a cease-fire agreement between Syria and Israel from 1974 and it establishes the lines where Israel and Syria have control.
Labels: Eritrea, Ethiopia, Golan Heights, Majdal Shams, Syria, Syrian-Israeli 1974 cease fire agreement
