We Were Not Illegal Migrants in Egypt!

It is a total distortion of history and theology to claim that we must sympathize with and help the illegals, because we "were foreigners in Egypt."

“‘Do not mistreat or oppress a foreigner, for you were foreigners in Egypt,’ Exodus 22:21 — How should we treat our refugees?”
Rabbi Shlomo Riskin’s insights into the Holiday of Passover 

Biblical Jacob and family had been invited by the Pharaoh of the time to sit out the famine in Egypt where, due to Joseph's phenomenal administration, there was enough food. When the situation got better, our ancestors didn't rush back to the Holy Land. They felt too comfortable, and then afterwards, there was a new administration in Egypt. That new Pharaoh had forgotten that Jacob and family were privileged as a thank-you to all that Joseph had done. He enslaved them. And then the Jewish People were forbidden to leave. That's where the Passover Story begins.

I don't see how illegal migrants have anything in common with Jacob and family thousands of years ago. It pains me to see respected rabbis, like Rabbi Shlomo Riskin adopting Leftist ideology to Jewish History and Theology.



The illegal migrants come to Israel attracted by our high standard of living, a chance to live in a secure society with excellent healthcare and sympathetic, kind citizens, such as Rabbi Riskin. They know that they will be protected, their children educated and cared for. That's the type of society we have here in Israel. The illegals are also willing to take on jobs that very few Israelis want to do. But we didn't invite them and we don't owe them anything. The illegals are in no rush to leave Israel, because they know that they won't be enslaved.

We are not like the Egyptian Pharaoh. And the illegals are not like the Jews who were enslaved in Egypt. The neighborhoods in Israel in which the illegals live have become high crime areas. Veteran Israelis are in danger, and they are the ones we should be worrying about and caring for. Why don't I hear the rabbis, like Riskin, and politicians preaching that we must care for and protect Israelis from the dangers caused by the illegals?

Biblical/Ancient Jews Fleeing Egypt WERE NOT Refugees

What's a refugee?

a person who has been forced to leave their country in order to escape war, persecution, or natural disaster (google)

The Jews who left Egypt weren't refugees, because they weren't Egyptians. They were descendants of a foreign tribe, different religion and culture who had been invited to stay in Egypt during a time of extreme famine in their own land. One can say that when they arrived in Egypt they had been refugees at that time. But then, once there was a new ruler/Pharaoh policy towards them changed and they became enslaved, and they were denied all civil rights, including the right to go back to their homeland.

That is the Passover Story. It's about a People trying to return home to their Homeland. It's not about people aka refugees looking for better economic conditions, educational opportunities or security in a foreign land. 

The Passover story is more like that of North African Jews being forced to hike thousands of miles to the Land of Israel or the European Jews on clandestine aliyah ships trying to sneak past the British forces that aimed to keep Jews out of the Holy Land.

The Clandestine Immigration and Naval Museum

Aliyah Bet Naval Museum

In the 20th Century version, the British prevented Jews from entering the Land of our Forefathers, even when they knew that staying in Europe meant certain death by the Nazis.

Despite it all, the Jewish People did manage to return Home and establish a modern state, the State of Israel. There is no other people in the world that has done anything similar, especially after a two thousand 2,000 year expulsion.

The State of Israel is miraculous, and that is proof that we are Gd's People.

Shabbat Shalom and Chag Pesach Sameach!

Have a Peaceful Shabbat and a Joyous Passover Holiday!

Canada, Beware! SECURITY RISK!

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I keep wondering if this isn't a joke, because if the Canadian Trudeau Government didn't bother counting the children in the Syrian families they accepted as refugees, how thorough was the security check they did?

Canada: We didn’t know that refugees had so many children
Canada is having difficulty dealing with the absorption of Syrian refugees and the Minister of Immigration explains that the government didn’t take into account the size of Syrian families in planning to care for them.
Canada has accepted 32 thousand* refugees this year... 

Frightening, isn't it?

All refugees aren't the same, and one should never equate the Jews who fled Nazi Europe or Arab countries with today's Syrian refugees.

Remember that, even at their best, refugees bring to their new countries the cultures of the old country. When masses of immigrants came to Israel from the USSR, which soon after collapsed completely, they knew how to "work the system" getting the best benefits possible and brought their great study habits. They learned Hebrew amazingly quickly and well, even most adults. But they also brought their drinking culture, which didn't exist in Israel before.

Countries accepting Syrian refugees should take into account that they come from a very violent culture and follow a strong Muslim lifestyle. Their aim isn't to integrate and assimilate. Look at all of the problems in France. After a decade, or even less, life will be much more difficult than that in the countries that have welcomed Syrian refugees. Parts of Europe are already suffering.

Good luck to Canada.

Jews, remember that you have a home in Israel!

*apparently the number only refers to the adults, not the true total which would include children

World Getting More Dangerous

For all of those who have repeated the awful mantra about Israel being "too dangerous" to go to, I'd like to remind you that the world is getting more and more dangerous. The terrorism that so many found as "only in Israel"has spread far and wide, in Europe and the United States and further afield. Read Ruthie Blum's article,  Germany ‘Waking Up to New Reality’ Similar to Israel’s, Say Frightened Residents in Wake of Shooting, Machete, Suicide-Bombing Attacks by Mideast Refugees. Besides the muslim terrorists, illegals aka refugees, there are the usual American lone shooter nutcases.

(Photo: Kinfay Moroti, The (Fort Myers, Fla.) News-Press) USA Today

For years I've been saying/writing that by making excuses for and accepting the Arab terrorism in Israel, it would just make the terrorists stronger and braver. That's why Arab/moslem terrorism is spreading all over the world.

Since I'm sitting shiva for my brother, I do not have the time to write in any more detail.

Syrian Refugees: Why aren't They Clamoring to Find Refuge in Arab Countries?

Besides Syria, there are close to two dozen Arab countries, some pretty close to Syria, and some are extremely modern and affluent.

National Geographic

Maps of Arab countries and Israel. Note that Israel is a tiny island in a sea of Arab countries. MEFacts.com

Considering the difficulties all immigrants have learning new languages and adjusting to new cultures, norms and school curriculums, you'd think that the innumerable syrians fleeing their country would make a beeline to nearby Arab countries.

List of Arab countries from Wikipedia

Population[edit]

Pos	Country	Population	World ranking
1	Egypt	89,100,000	16
2	Algeria	39,500,000	33
3	Sudan	38,448,000	35
4	Iraq	37,425,000	39
5	Morocco	33,666,179	40
6	Saudi Arabia	31,560,000	45
7	Yemen	25,502,000	49
8	Syria	17,740,340	55
9	Tunisia	10,982,800	77
10	Somalia	10,456,000	85
11	United Arab Emirates	9,589,000	93
12	Libya	6,449,000	103
13	Jordan	6,745,023	106
14	Palestine sic*	4,650,368	123
15	Lebanon	4,468,000	126
16	Mauritania	3,778,254	134
17	Kuwait	3,589,000	138
18	Oman	3,383,000	139
19	Qatar	2,321,000	149
20	Bahrain	1,359,000	155
21	Djibouti	923,000	158
22	Comoros	830,000	163
Total	Arab League	365,674,964

Area[edit]

Rank	Country	Area (km2)[Note 1]	Area (sq mi)	% of Total	Notes
1	Algeria	2,381,741	919,595	18.1%	Largest country in the Arab world.
2	Saudi Arabia	2,149,690	830,000	16.4%	Largest kingdom in the Arab world.
3	Sudan	1,861,484	718,723	14.2%	Formerly the largest country in the Arab world.
4	Libya	1,759,540	679,360	11.4%
5	Mauritania	1,025,520	395,960	7.8%
6	Egypt	1,002,000	387,000	7.6%	Excluding the Hala'ib Triangle (20,580 km2/7,950 sq mi).
7	Morocco	713,550	275,500	3.4%	Does not include Western Sahara (266,000 km2/103,000 sq mi).
8	Somalia	637,657	246,201	4.9%	Largest exclusive economic zone in the Arab world.
9	Yemen	527,968	203,850	4.0%
10	Iraq	435,244	168,049	3.3%
11	Oman	309,500	119,500	2.4%
12	Syria	185,180	71,500	1.4%	Including the part of the Golan Heights (1,200 km2/460 sq mi) currently occupied by Israel. sic*
13	Tunisia	163,610	63,170	1.2%
14	Jordan	89,342	34,495	0.7%
15	United Arab Emirates	83,600	32,300	0.6%	One of three federated states in the Arab world.
16	Djibouti	23,200	9,000	0.1%
17	Kuwait	17,818	6,880	0.1%
18	Qatar	11,586	4,473	0.08%
19	Lebanon	10,452	4,036	0.08%
20	State of Palestine	6,020	2,320	0.05%	Under Israeli occupation. sic*
21	Comoros	2,235	863	0.01%
22	Bahrain	758	293	0.005%
Total		13,333,296	5,148,048	100%

Population density[edit]

Rank	Country	Density (/km2)	Density (/mi2)	Area (km2)	Area (mi2)	Population	Notes
1	Bahrain	1,788	4,631	750	290	1,341,000	[3]
2	State of Palestine	713	1,847	6,020	2,320	4,293,313	sic*  [21]
3	Lebanon	408	1,057	10,452	4,036	4,268,000
4	Comoros	343	888	2,235	863	767,000
5	Kuwait	162	420	17,818	6,880	2,889,000
6	Qatar	175	453	11,000	4,200	1,921,000
7	Syria	117	303	185,180	71,500	21,740,340
8	United Arab Emirates	97	251	83,600	32,300	8,089,070	[22]
9	Egypt	96	249	1,001,449	386,662	82,532,544	[23]
10	Morocco	78	202	446,550	172,410	32,666,179	Including Western Sahara (Non-self-governing territory)[24]
11	Jordan	71	184	89,342	34,495	6,345,023
12	Iraq	76	197	438,317	169,235	33,425,000
13	Tunisia	65	168	163,610	63,170	10,673,800	[25]
14	Yemen	45	117	527,968	203,850	25,502,000
15	Djibouti	39	101	23,200	9,000	923,000
16	Sudan	18	47	1,886,068	728,215	34,848,000	[26]
17	Algeria	17	44	2,381,741	919,595	39,500,000
18	Somalia	15	39	637,657	246,201	9,656,000
19	Saudi Arabia	13.1	34	2,149,690	830,000	28,660,000
20	Oman	9.3	24	309,500	119,500	2,883,000
21	Libya	3.7	9.6	1,759,540	679,360	6,449,000
22	Mauritania	3.3	8.5	1,025,520	395,960	3,378,254

* There is no "State of Palestine" and has never ever been one!

Considering the amount and variety of Arab countries, many of which have extremely low population density, shouldn't they be the main countries welcoming Syrians fleeing their homes?

Israel Resource Review

This is an important question. Jordan has accepted some refugees, but I wonder if they will let them become Jordanians. Since 1948, they have kept their fellow Arabs from Israel in refugee camps enthusiastically supported by the United Nations aka UNRWA. Almost seventy years after the establishment of the State of Israel, these refugee camps are  still being used to indoctrinate and train terrorists to attack and destabilize Israel.

The vast majority of Syrian refugees, seem to have been able to afford to get much further away than Jordan. Considering the price the smugglers and agents demand per head, there must be someone funding this massive exodus to Europe, the Americas etc.

I suggest three simple reasons why the fleeing Syrians are not flocking to other Arab countries:

1. There are people/organizations encouraging/funding them to attempt to enter other countries and societies. There are two reasons for this, humanitarian and to get sleeper terrorists into those other countries. 
2. The Arab countries are not looking for fellow Arabs to increase their populations. 
3. The refugees want to get as far from Syria and Arab culture as they can.

What do you think?

Please write your opinion in the comments thanks.