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Originally Posted by johnnyFPM  I know a family of jews who say they are christians to protect themselves in Lebanon. They estimate the number of jews still to be leaving in Beirut to 600...
If your parents are from Beirut, you can ask them about their childhoods: my mother tells me she had lots of jewish lebanese people in her class as a kid. Now I bet you can't find anyone of our generation that can say that to his kids!
If they are not here anymore its perhaps because they do not feel protected enough. And perhaps because we, rightly, suspicion some to have spy ties with Israel... |
Rightly? I think most spies to Israel are Christians and many Muslims too! I know that the Lebanese Jewish community does keep in contact with Israel, but not as spies, only to make sure Israel doesn't bomb places where Jews might live. In fact, it would be too dangerous for Lebanese Jews to be spies, since they are known and constantly watched. Muslims (and specifically Shiites) can make far better spies, since nobody would suspect them!
Plus, maybe we should also take a look at Christians and Muslims that are spies to Syria, Iran, the US or France. Or perhaps we should also take a closer look at potential terrorist groups, armed movements and
real threats, rather than harmless and threatened minorities...