• Research shows 15% of Jewish colonists in West Bank are American nationals
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[quote]New research has revealed that 15 percent of the total Jewish settler population in the occupied West Bank are American nationals. In a presentation to promote a forthcoming book, Oxford University scholar Sara Yael Hirschhorn revealed that approximately 60,000 Americans Jews live in Jewish outposts out of a total population of approximately 400,000 settlers in occupied territory, excluding East Jerusalem. The figure for the number of American nationals living in the West Bank was previously unknown. "This provides hard evidence that this constituency is strikingly over-represented, both within the settler population itself and within the total population of Jewish American immigrants in Israel," she said at the Limmud conference in Jerusalem, reported Israeli daily newspaper Haaretz.[/quote] [url]http://europe.newsweek.com/study-15-west-bank-settlers-are-american-nationals-332168[/url] Some poster is probably going to take offense at the use of the word "colonist", if that's the case look at a dictionary before complaining about me refusing to use a term that's biased by being Israeli in origin.
[QUOTE=Lamar;48565042][URL]http://europe.newsweek.com/study-15-west-bank-settlers-are-american-nationals-332168[/URL] Some poster is probably going to take offense at the use of the word "colonist", if that's the case look at a dictionary before complaining about me refusing to use a term that's biased by being Israeli in origin.[/QUOTE] Its rather absurd that you try to passive aggressively justify using the word colonist before anyone even posts in the thread. Anyways why is anyone surprised? Israel hands out citizenship for free to Jewish people so Jews from all over the world are going to flock to Israel doubly so if they find out that they can settle new land. Its not something specific to Jews of American origin nor is it some sort of conspiracy between the US and Israel as you seem to be trying to imply.
Not too shocking, there is a large % of Americans who have Israeli citizenship.
[QUOTE=Kyle902;48565144]Its rather absurd that you try to passive aggressively justify using the word colonist before anyone even posts in the thread. [/QUOTE] Why wouldn't I? Usually one of the first posts in these threads is someone complaining about me like you're doing now. [QUOTE=Kyle902;48565144]Its not something specific to Jews of American origin nor is it some sort of conspiracy between the US and Israel as you seem to be trying to imply[/QUOTE] Didn't imply a conspiracy, you can have your tinfoil hat back. [QUOTE=Sableye;48565163]Not too shocking, there is a large % of Americans who have Israeli citizenship.[/QUOTE] I understand, Hirschorn's issue is that they're over-represented in the colonial population.
[QUOTE=Lamar;48565201]Why wouldn't I? Usually one of the first posts in these threads is someone complaining about me like you're doing now.[/QUOTE] If the first thing people do in a thread is call you out on your bizarre habits, it's usually not a good sign.
[QUOTE=Lamar;48565201]Why wouldn't I? Usually one of the first posts in these threads is someone complaining about me like you're doing now.[/quote] Perhaps, if people are calling you out in every thread, you should consider that the problem lies not with the poster but with you? [quote] Didn't imply a conspiracy, you can have your tinfoil hat back. [/QUOTE] You've heavily implied conspiracy in the numerous other Israel threads you've posted.
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