Boondock Saint wrote:
Rostyslaw J. Lewyckyj wrote:
Yang wrote:
On Sat, 26 Jul 2003 00:30:07 -0400, "Rostyslaw J. Lewyckyj"
<urjlew@bellsouth.net> wrote:
Is Ok. Whether fundamentalist or not, a flood of these Christian
immigrants
into Palestine/Israel would in my opinion be beneficial to both places
Palestine and the places these people emigrate from.
Of course many Israelis are, have been trying to emigrate, particularly
to the USA, or at least so I have heard/read.
I move that we trade one for one. An American Christian Fundamentalist
who wants to live there has to swap citizenship with an Israeli who
wants to come to the US.
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Well it does reduce the benefits for the USA but increases them a bit
more for the mid-east. So I'd still be agreeable.
Quibble - No dual citizenships. The emigrant from Israel may not
retain an Israeli citizenship, even if the US laws might otherwise
permit this.
Unfortunately, I don't think this immigration of Christians into
Palestine could happen. The Israelis would not permit it.
Individual cases, perhaps, anything more would be blocked.
--
Rostyk
Christians have lived in the area for a very long time.
Well now there is pressure on the Christian communities to leave.
Expropriations etc. and even armed attacks on holy places.
Remember the IDF attack on the monastery in Bethlehem?
Remember the disuasions of pilgrims coming to Bethlehem during
Christmas.
There will not be a mass exodus of Christians into Judea, however. Not
on the kind of scale you are speaking of.
That's what I said, and gave my opinion that it wouldn't be allowed.
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