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Originally Posted by UNITED_LEBANON  I am a staunch hater of all things Israeli, but I have to speak out and say this destruction is just not on. |
UL, these houses belonged to lebanese jews, they have nothing to do with Israel!
Please dont mix those two... The lebanese jews were probably the most nationalistic in the entire arab world, they were always reluctant to leave Lebanon, and only a very small minority of them went to Israel...
You have to know that lebanon's jewish community was the only one in the arab world that continued growing even after the creation of Israel... They started leaving only after the civil war started... And a significant number of them are still here in Lebanon, because they are attached to this country, and feel no need to go elsewhere... As for the ones who left, most emigrated to the countries where the lebanese brothers from other communities left, Brasil, Canada, France, the USA, etc...
Check the site,
www.thejewsoflebanon.org ...