Tuesday, April 28, 2009
Baroud proposes amending law for 'Jewish Lebanese'
"The Jewish sect in Lebanon is recognized, and its rights are guaranteed by the ninth article of the Lebanese Constitution that guarantees all the Lebanese freedom of religion," Baroud added.
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BEIRUT: Interior Minister Ziyad Baroud proposed on Monday that the Cabinet amend the legislation that currently labels Lebanese Jews as "Israelis" to "Jewish Lebanese."
ReplyDeleteA press release by Baroud's office said on Monday that the interior minister has submitted the proposal to be discussed by the Cabinet.
Members of Lebanon's Jewish sect are referred to as Israelis on on their identification cards and on electoral lists.
"Baroud's proposal asked the Cabinet to adopt a draft law to differentiate between a sect "whose rights are legal and protected by the Constitution and between the subjects of an occupying entity."
"The Jewish sect in Lebanon is recognized, and its rights are guaranteed by the ninth article of the Lebanese Constitution that guarantees all the Lebanese freedom of religion," Baroud added. -"
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I'm surprised to hear that Lebanese Jews are referred to as Israelis on the IDs. Never heard this nonsense before!
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I was very surpised to hear that to Tgia.
ReplyDeleteBut I never heard of much discrimination against Lebanese Jews.
In fact I've never met or heard of any Jew in Lebanon.
ReplyDeleteFrom Wiki
ReplyDelete"The Lebanese Jews are traditionally a Mizrahi community living in the present-day country of Lebanon, mostly in and around the city of Beirut. Almost all of the community has emigrated to Israel, France, and North America. There are between 50 and 1,000 Jews now living in the country,<span>[</span>1<span>]</span> compared to 24,000 in 1948<span>[</span>2<span>]</span>. Emigration was not great even after Lebanon's first civil war [[1958], as Lebanese Jews were tightly integrated into society and felt no need to abandon their homeland. But emigration increased after Lebanon's 1975 civil war, and increased further after Israel invaded Lebanon in 1982.<span>[</span>1<span>]</span>http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lebanese_Jews
In 1911, Jews from Greece, Syria, Iraq, and Turkey moved to Beirut, expanding the community there to nearly 5,000. The Jewish community prospered under the French mandate and Greater Lebanon, exerting considerable influence throughout Lebanon and beyond. They allied themselves with Pierre Gemayel's Phalangist party (a right wing, Maronite group modelled after similar movements in Italy and Germany) and played an instrumental role in the establishment of Lebanon as an independent state.
ReplyDeleteDuring the Greater Lebanon period, two Jewish newspapers were founded, the Arabic language Al-Alam al-Israili (the Israelite World) and the French Le Commerce du Levant, an economic periodical which still publishes (though it is now owned by non-Jews).
The Jewish community was traditionally centered in Wadi Abu Jmil and Ras Beirut, with smaller numbers in the Chouf, Deir al-Qamar, Aley, Bhamdoun, Saida and Hasbaya.<sup></sup><span>[</span>4<span>]</span>Wikipedia
ReplyDeleteThere are many Jews in Lebanon still. They used to be a thriving community. They had refused to leave even when they were encouraged financially by Israel to emigrate. They were not kicked out as Israel shamefully propagandise!
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"Lebanon's Jews had previously rejected approaches by the Yishuv (a Zionist organisation active prior to 1948), sending fund raisers away empty handed. In 1948 Lebanon's Jews donated to the fight against the establishment of Israel."
ReplyDelete"Lebanon was the only Arab country whose Jewish population actually increased after the declaration of the State of Israel in 1948.[6] However, after the 1958 Civil War, many Lebanese Jews left the country, largely for Europe, the United States."
tgia
ReplyDelete<span style="color: #404040; font-size: 11px;">They allied themselves with Pierre Gemayel's <span style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-style: italic;">Phalangist</span></span> party</span>
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How ironic
Years later. It's the Phalangist party in collaboration with the IOF that massacred up to 3000 Palestinians in Sabra and Shatila refugee camps.
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Yes I saw that. Disgusting.
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