Palestine Reimagined #05 The Charge of Antisemitism

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The speaker discusses the actions of the United States against Muslims, citing evidence from media and interviews, and acknowledges that Islam is inherently antis Recovery and appeasement is not a question of apologetic behavior. They note the transformation of Jewish life into a culture of protection and profit from Western powers, and address the accusations of antis Recovery, which is a war of justice against beforehand. The speaker warns that the current focus on creating false propaganda and promoting peace will only happen if people believe it. Balfour's endorsement of Zionism and its potential to create outrageous media is also noted, but the speaker warns that this will only happen if people believe it.

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My view

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that the policy of his majesty's government is

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anti semitic and

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in result will prove a rallying ground for

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antisemites in every country in the world.

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Time and time again, the media will pounce

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on any opportunity

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to trigger alarm bells and generate a new

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wave of propaganda against Muslims.

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Of genocidal ambitions towards Jews.

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To claim that Islam is inherently antisemitic.

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Responding to this feeble charge against us is

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not really a question of appeasement or to

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act apologetically,

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particularly at a time when Palestine

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is occupied, at a time when Al Aqsa

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is still desecrated and besieged. There is no

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mood to appease anyone.

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It's more a question of dissipating the deliberate

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fog

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created to

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obscure the world's vision from the actual issues

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at hand.

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Gulm, injustice,

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arrogance,

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theft,

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tyranny.

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But before I get into this, let us

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first ask the question. Do the concocters of

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this simplistic claim against the Muslims that they

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are apparently ultimately driven by Jew hatred Actually

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believe it themselves.

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Surely they know when the prophet Muhammad sallallahu

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alaihi wasallam saw the funeral procession of a

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Jew passing by, he stood out he stood

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out out of respect for human life. When

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an innocent Jewish man was framed for a

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crime that he didn't commit,

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11 verses of the Quran were revealed to

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exonerate him.

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Even when the prophet sallallahu alaihi wasallam passed

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away, his armor was mortgaged

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to a Jewish man showing that he maintained

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good relations with Jews in Medina

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up until his death.

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They also know that when King Ferdinand of

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Aragon and Queen Isabella of Castile conquered Spain

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from the Muslims in 14/92.

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It also marked the end of Muslim protection

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of Jews.

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What was once a place where Jewry had

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flourished

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marking the Jewish golden age, all Jews were

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now ordered to either change their religion or

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leave the country in 6 months according to

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the Alhambra

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enactment

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issued against the Jews.

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They also remember how the inquisition courts that

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were established and where where thousands of Muslims

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and Jews were executed.

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As a result Bayezid the second sent ships

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to Spanish ports from the Ottoman provinces to

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Spain to deliver

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100 to 200000

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Jews from Christian Spanish Inquisition. Within a short

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period of time they had found a new

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home

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in the Muslim lands and they called upon

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the Jews of the world to join them

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there. They also know,

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fast forwarding

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to World War 2,

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that it was the Grand Mosque

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in Paris that rescued Jews

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fleeing the Nazis,

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provided them with a safe haven and a

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means of escape.

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A chapter in our history that repeated itself.

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History that we are proud of.

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See had we been these antisemitic

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simpletons as they deceitfully

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portray us or had we had a history

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of persecuting the Jews like the West did.

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Muslims couldn't hide this aspect of history for

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the simple reason that within a century of

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the death of the prophet Muhammad

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in

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632,

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Muslim armies had effectively conquered

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almost the entire world where Jews lived from

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Spain eastward across North Africa, Middle East, as

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far as the eastern frontier of Iran and

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beyond almost all of the Jews in the

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world were now ruled by Islam.

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What happened instead

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was

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as mentioned by the Jewish Chronicle, that this

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new situation transformed Jewish existence.

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Their fortunes changed in legal, demographic, social, religious,

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political, geographical, economic, linguistic, and cultural terms, all

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for the better.

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And it adds that when Muslim Arabic culture

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thrived so did that of the Jews. And

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when the Muslim Arabic culture declined

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so did that of the Jews.

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Had we been

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antisemitic

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simpletons as they deceitfully portray us and Jews

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all around the world who live in Muslim

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lands today would have suffered the ramifications of

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the crimes of the Israeli entity of today.

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But in reality

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as was mentioned by Al Hanan Bek, an

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Orthodox Jewish rabbi, that despite 75 years of

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killing in Israel

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Jews, he said, continue to live in the

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Muslim world, in Morocco, Tunisia, Algeria, Iran, Turkey,

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Yemen, enjoying,

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in his words, a beautiful life

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there. So how can this charge of antisemitism

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beyond us Muslims when our Quran is in

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Arabic, Semitic language?

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Our Prophet Muhammad Sallallahu Alaihi Wasallam an Arab,

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he's a Semite.

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Palestinians

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are Semites.

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Part of the media strategy, however, is to

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simplify all of this to a matter of

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Jew hatred, antisemitism,

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to paint us as barbarians

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To desperately Nazify the Palestinians in order to

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distract the world from the core matter.

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Ethnic cleansing, stolen land, mass killing, incarceration,

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double standards, and applying international law, Al Aqsa

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Mosque desecration,

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occupation,

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years of injustice.

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So far from being a conflict against the

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Jews,

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it is fundamentally a war of justice against

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injustice.

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Regardless of the religious affiliations of the latter.

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Moreover, these accusations are typically thrown at Muslims

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precisely because

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it reflects the history and the mindset of

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many of the accusers themselves.

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In many occasions,

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it's the same groups who throw these labels

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at us. Who deemed the Africans subhuman. Who

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annihilated the native Americans. Who obliterated entire Japanese

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populations

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in, Hiroshima

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and Nagasaki.

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Who arraigned napalm on civilian villages in Vietnam.

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The same groups who glorify blood sports today.

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Whether it's in the enduring Spanish practice of

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pitting a bull against a man till death.

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Or the ancient practices of Rome within the

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Colosseum, where gladiators often slaves or convicts or

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prisoners were pitted against each other and a

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range of wild beasts

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Like lions, tigers, wolves, bears, leopards,

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wild boars, elephants, hyenas,

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buffalos,

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hippos,

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crocodiles, giraffes.

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It is estimated that around 400,000 people perished

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in that arena and the coliseum has been

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implicated in

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who unabashedly backed the Zionist project.

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Plotting effectively

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a final solution against the Palestinian people.

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The irony of it all is that whilst

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they're quick to drop on us the label

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of antisemitism,

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there is nothing more antisemitic than Zionism itself.

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Lord Balfour is hailed as the Zionist hero

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for advocating the establishment

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of a Jewish national home in Palestine.

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In reality he was no friend of the

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Jews

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The arrival of Jewish refugees in the UK

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and US fleeing persecution

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in the Russian Empire led to a rise

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in anti immigration sentiments and explicit antisemitism

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here in Britain

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Britain clamored

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for stricter immigration controls and Balfour,

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who aligning with, public sentiment,

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was instrumental in passing the aliens act while

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he was prime minister.

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This law was the first of its kind

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to restrict immigration into Britain

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and was primarily aimed

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at curbing

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the influx of Jewish immigrants from the Russian

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Empire.

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During the early 20th century, Western liberal nations,

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including Britain, grappled with integrating Jewish communities.

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Zionism presented a solution that aligned with Balfour's

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ethnonationalist

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vision, offering

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separation instead of integration. Therefore,

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Balfour's

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endorsement of Zionism can be viewed largely

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as motivated by his preference to shield Britain

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from what he perceived as the miseries of

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Jewish integration and a preference

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for exporting the problem or seizing to import

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it rather than safeguarding the rights of a

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minority group within the nation.

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And that is why you have Edwin Samuel

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Montagu,

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who was the only Jewish member of the

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cabinet headed by David Lloyd George to which

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Balfour belonged

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and only the 3rd Jewish minister in British

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history.

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Here is how he commented on the draft

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of the Balfour letter when he received it

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in August 1917. He said I wish to

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place on record

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my view

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that the policy of his majesty's government is

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semitic and

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in result will prove a rallying ground for

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antisemites in every country in the world.

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You see the only tactic left in the

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Zionist playbook today

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is to spin a web of lies against

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Muslims

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and to craft propaganda so outrageous that only

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the most naive

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and sheltered could believe.

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This deceit

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is wearing thin

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and becoming increasingly untenable both at home and

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abroad.

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The Western public are not going to accept

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neither is anyone else.

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neither is anyone else.