'Jews to be airlifted out of Zimbabwe'

[AlphaCentauri]

Source: thezimbabwe guardian

A MISSION to airlift some members of the Zimbabwean Jewish community to Israel is alleged to have been launched by the Jewish Agency, according to a report published in the Jewish Chronicle.



“Staff have spoken individually to every member of the 350-strong community and are believed to be making arrangements for their removal at short notice,” reports the paper.



The details of the airlift are said to be a closely guarded secret. Zimbabwe and Israel have close diplomatic ties although there is no Jewish embassy in the country.



“This weekend a rabbi will fly to Britain from South-Africa to raise funds to support the operation, the cost of which could run into hundreds of thousands of dollars,” reports the weekly newspaper.



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http://www.talkzimbabwe.com/news/117/ARTICLE/2673/2008-06-12.html

[noonwitch]

1. Zimbabwe is not good place to be a human of any backround

I'm not big on assassinating foreign leaders, but someone needs to get Mugabe out of office before he slaughters any more people.

[maxsolomon]

2. airlift zimbabweans out of zimbabwe

we haven't seen the worst of it yet.

[lurky]

3. Somebody airlift Mugabe out of Zimbabwe.

How's that for a solution.

[Mike Daniels]

5. Better solution - Airlift Mugabee out and see that he has a slight accident

involving a slippery helicopter deck, a open door and about 1000 feet of elevation.

[sofa king]

19. Not a good idea.

You may recall that the last major genocide in that region was precipitated after a plane crash which killed the presidents of Rwanda and Burundi.

Zimbabwe fortunately has a much lower population density than those two nations, so the prospect of a Malthusian nightmare is somewhat lower, but it's still a bad idea to knock off heads of state in regions where political power is strong at the local level. As soon as it happens, the local politicians start to settle scores--against their neighbors.

[Carnea]

23. They have been doing that for years already just at a slower pace than Rwanda. NT

[classysassy]

24. Sick hateful

you must be a Bush fan,FU.

[Carnea]

25. Your right Bush fans are so shall we unimaginative.

I'm an Obama fan here in Florida (Where every vote counts )and I'm thinking wood chipper feet first with a break every half an hour for a cup of tea. Oh and first I would cut of his wife's feet and hands with a machete and set her on fire. I hear it's a tradition in Zimbabwe.

[MidwestTransplant]

7. Yes and drop him in the ocean.

[LeftishBrit]

14. That might be the very best solution...

and fly the plane to The Hague.

[Boojatta]

16. Good idea!

:thumbsup: :-)

[Fredda Weinberg]

4. Fascinating history for those who think Jews shouldn't have resettled in Israel

Then again, we're vulnerable wherever we land

http://www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org/jsource/vjw/zimbabwe.html

[Bucky]

6. Thank you for that nonsequiter

Or did I miss the comment by someone saying "Jews shouldn't have resettled in Israel"?

[IronLionZion]

8. What does that have to do with anything?

:wtf:

[dionysus]

11. you have some serious issues in your mind... serious ones....

:freak:

[Critters2]

20. Everyone is vulnerable in Zimbabwe. nt

[BonnieJW]

9. There are Jews in Zimbabwe????

Who knew????

[Indenturedebtor]

10. We're everywhere man! Seriously. Israeli music is a really cool blend of styles from everywhere n/

[Sen. Walter Sobchak]

12. Rhodesia and South Africa took in jewish refugees

before, during and after the second world war, there are a good number of them in both countries.

[Ghost Dog]

13. "Jewish Embassy"?

Well, if Israel wants to insists on calling itself the "Jewish State", I suppose. Though I oppose.

[DavidDvorkin]

15. Jewish Agency, a private organization

[nodehopper]

17. the article says "there is no jewish embassy in zimbabwe"

[JVS]

18. Are there any Jewish embassies anywhere?

[nodehopper]

26. I don't think so,

I was just pointing out the part of the article that I thought the commenter hadn't seen.

[DavidDvorkin]

21. Sorry, I didn't see that part

Sounds like an error on the reporter's end, then.

[Ghost Dog]

22. That's what I thought too, sorry.

Though to be clear, I oppose the concept as such of any and all religiously- or ethnically-exclusive or -prioritising States. With due respect to History, of course.