New Posts For Thread: Israel offers cash and a plane ticket to African migrants who willingly leavehttp://community.beliefnet.com/go/thread/view/44011/29172507/Israel_offers_cash_and_a_plane_ticket_to_African_migrants_who_willingly_leaveIsrael offers cash and a plane ticket to African migrants who willingly leaveInterior Ministry: Migrants who leave Israel within next week or two to receive $1,200 — or be expelledJune 9, 2012, 8:18 amJERUSALEM (AP) — African migrants whoIt seems that have arrived safe and sound: www.jpost.com/Features/InThespotlight/Ar...http://community.beliefnet.com/go/thread/view/44011/29172507/Israel_offers_cash_and_a_plane_ticket_to_African_migrants_who_willingly_leave?post_id=521329999#521329999It seems that have arrived safe and sound: www.jpost.com/Features/InThespotlight/Ar...Thu, 28 Jun 2012 04:38:08 -0500Rocky,Maybe Israel should do what Italy does? Charge them 10,000 Euros and throw them in jail for six months.www.foreignpolicy.com/articles/2010/04/2...http://community.beliefnet.com/go/thread/view/44011/29172507/Israel_offers_cash_and_a_plane_ticket_to_African_migrants_who_willingly_leave?post_id=521197203#521197203Rocky,Maybe Israel should do what Italy does? Charge them 10,000 Euros and throw them in jail for six months.www.foreignpolicy.com/articles/2010/04/2...Sun, 24 Jun 2012 13:08:57 -0500Ten pages of complaints about a perfectly reasonable and humane offer by the Israeli government to help illegal immigrants return to their country of origin with money in their pockets, yet not one of the complainers have suggested an alternative polhttp://community.beliefnet.com/go/thread/view/44011/29172507/Israel_offers_cash_and_a_plane_ticket_to_African_migrants_who_willingly_leave?post_id=521190709#521190709Ten pages of complaints about a perfectly reasonable and humane offer by the Israeli government to help illegal immigrants return to their country of origin with money in their pockets, yet not one of the complainers have suggested an alternative polSun, 24 Jun 2012 09:34:34 -0500I forgot to address this part. Actually, I did stop being Native American and Arab, too. I was out of the country for the most part of 22 years. By the time I came back for a break in 2000, to my surprise, I was White. Apparently, people suddenlyhttp://community.beliefnet.com/go/thread/view/44011/29172507/Israel_offers_cash_and_a_plane_ticket_to_African_migrants_who_willingly_leave?post_id=521181575#521181575I forgot to address this part. Actually, I did stop being Native American and Arab, too. I was out of the country for the most part of 22 years. By the time I came back for a break in 2000, to my surprise, I was White. Apparently, people suddenlySun, 24 Jun 2012 00:09:26 -0500I'm not an equal citizen of Israel, but you won't acknowledge that. Frankly, how would you know?Since dhimmi is a topic you bring up often and that I have expressed little of my own views about it ever, except to inform you that it's not part of Islhttp://community.beliefnet.com/go/thread/view/44011/29172507/Israel_offers_cash_and_a_plane_ticket_to_African_migrants_who_willingly_leave?post_id=521181325#521181325I'm not an equal citizen of Israel, but you won't acknowledge that. Frankly, how would you know?Since dhimmi is a topic you bring up often and that I have expressed little of my own views about it ever, except to inform you that it's not part of IslSat, 23 Jun 2012 23:43:24 -0500MirajAlthough you are an equal citizen of Israel, although you have the same rights as every other citizen of Israel and although there is no Dhimi status in Israel, based on your prior posts, I would think you would be honored to have Dhimi status.http://community.beliefnet.com/go/thread/view/44011/29172507/Israel_offers_cash_and_a_plane_ticket_to_African_migrants_who_willingly_leave?post_id=521178771#521178771MirajAlthough you are an equal citizen of Israel, although you have the same rights as every other citizen of Israel and although there is no Dhimi status in Israel, based on your prior posts, I would think you would be honored to have Dhimi status.Sat, 23 Jun 2012 20:11:52 -0500In the US, First nations do determine their membership. They do it different ways. One that my mom is descended from won't accept me as a member because my blood quantum is less than half Choctaw. Another one that I do belong to made it a practicehttp://community.beliefnet.com/go/thread/view/44011/29172507/Israel_offers_cash_and_a_plane_ticket_to_African_migrants_who_willingly_leave?post_id=521177127#521177127In the US, First nations do determine their membership. They do it different ways. One that my mom is descended from won't accept me as a member because my blood quantum is less than half Choctaw. Another one that I do belong to made it a practiceSat, 23 Jun 2012 18:35:35 -0500Miraj,The man can't stop being Jewish any more than you can stop being Native American.(This does not compell him to practice Judaism, just as you are not required to practice Native American faith.)If a First Nations group gained independence from thttp://community.beliefnet.com/go/thread/view/44011/29172507/Israel_offers_cash_and_a_plane_ticket_to_African_migrants_who_willingly_leave?post_id=521171973#521171973Miraj,The man can't stop being Jewish any more than you can stop being Native American.(This does not compell him to practice Judaism, just as you are not required to practice Native American faith.)If a First Nations group gained independence from tSat, 23 Jun 2012 15:36:10 -0500http://community.beliefnet.com/go/thread/view/44011/29172507/Israel_offers_cash_and_a_plane_ticket_to_African_migrants_who_willingly_leave?post_id=521170295#521170295Sat, 23 Jun 2012 14:51:25 -0500...since being a Jewish Israeli is so precious that there is a law to impose "Jewishness" on Israelis who don't want it. It's not like this man woke up one day deciding he didn't want to be Jewish anymore. He's insisted that he's not Jewish since bhttp://community.beliefnet.com/go/thread/view/44011/29172507/Israel_offers_cash_and_a_plane_ticket_to_African_migrants_who_willingly_leave?post_id=521169025#521169025...since being a Jewish Israeli is so precious that there is a law to impose "Jewishness" on Israelis who don't want it. It's not like this man woke up one day deciding he didn't want to be Jewish anymore. He's insisted that he's not Jewish since bSat, 23 Jun 2012 14:14:01 -0500