Old Palestinian Longs for the Good Old Days. . .

[marshabar1]

92-Year-Old Palestinian Woman in a Right-of-Return Demonstration On Hamas TV: Palestinians Should Massacre the Jews Like We Massacred Them in Hebron


Following are excerpts from an interview with Sara Jaber, a 92-year-old Palestinian who participated in a Right of Return demonstration on the Jordanian-Israeli border. The interview was aired on Hamas' Al-Aqsa TV on May 13, 2011.

To view this clip on MEMRI TV, visit www.memritv.org/clip/en/2929.htm.

Interviewer: "Please tell us who you are."

Sara Jaber: "I am from Hebron. The Jaber family."

Interviewer: "What is your name?"

Sara Jaber: "Sara Muhammad 'Awwadh Jaber."

Interviewer: "How old are you?"

Sara Jaber: "I am 92."

Interviewer: "So you remember May 15, 1948, the day of the Nakba."

Sara Jaber: "Why wouldn't I remember? May Allah support us. I hope we forget those days. Allah willing, you will bury [Israel], and massacre the Jews with your own hands. Allah willing, you will massacre them like we massacred them in Hebron."

Interviewer: "What does this day mean to you? You have lived 63 years since the Nakba. You have experienced the entire Nakba..."

Sara Jaber: "92 years. That's 92. I lived through the British era, and I lived through the massacre of the Jews in Hebron. We, the people of Hebron, massacred the Jews. My father massacred them, and brought back some stuff..."

Interviewer: "Thank you very much."

[ed1066]

Sounds like a charming old gal. I bet she bakes some mean cookies...

[deziloooooo]

May 18, 2011 11:56:02 GMT -5 @ed1066 said:

Sounds like a charming old gal. I bet she bakes some mean cookies...

Hebron incident, slaughter of, I believe was in the 30's.

They were, Jews slaughtered, for the most part, older religiouse Jews, in Palastine, name at the time for the area, were there to study the Bible, Talmud, religiouse tects, who being Orthodox were not in favor of Zionism, their belief was , I believe, a bit hazy here, the return of of Israel for the Jews was not to happen till the Messia came back, that the Zioist had no right to lobby , work for, for a State of Israel, but they were the ones slaughtered, just because, they were Jews.[They did not , as all Jews of faith, believe Jesus is that Messia, sorry, the way it is,] If we did, then the Jews would be no more, all being Christians, but then again, possible not the problems we have seen, though there is no guarantee there either, some one can always find a reason for...

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1929_Palestine_riots

[marshabar1]

THE GOOD OLD DAYS SHE LONGS FOR WHEN HER FATHER "BROUGHT HOME STUFF"

For some time, the 800 Jews in Hebron lived in peace with their tens of thousands of Arab neighbors. But on the night of August 23, 1929, the tension simmering within this cauldron of nationalities bubbled over, and for 3 days, Hebron turned into a city of terror and murder. By the time the massacres ended, 67 Jews lay dead and the survivors were relocated to Jerusalem, leaving Hebron barren of Jews for the first time in hundreds of years.

The summer of 1929 was one of unrest in Palestine. Jewish-Arab tensions were spurred on by the agitation of the mufti in Jerusalem. Just one day prior to the start of the Hebron massacre, three Jews and three Arabs were killed in Jerusalem when fighting broke out after a Muslim prayer service on the Temple Mount. Arabs spread false rumors throughout their communities, saying that Jews were carrying out "wholesale killings of Arabs." Meanwhile, Jewish immigrants were arriving in Palestine in increasing numbers, further exacerbating the Jewish-Arab conflict.

Hebron had, until this time, been outwardly peaceful, although tension hid below the surface. The Sephardi Jewish community in Hebron had lived quietly with its Arab neighbors for centuries. The Sephardi Jews (Jews who were originally from Spain, North Africa and Arab countries) spoke Arabic and had a cultural connection to their Arab neighbors. In the mid-1800s, Ashkenazi (native European) Jews started moving to Hebron and, in 1925, the Slobodka Yeshiva, officially the Yeshiva of Hevron, Knesset Yisrael-Slobodka, was opened. Yeshiva students lived separately from the Sephardi community, and from the Arab population. Due to this isolation, the Arabs viewed them with suspicion and hatred, and identified them as Zionist immigrants. Despite the general suspicion, however, one yeshiva student, Dov Cohen, still recalled being on "very good" terms with the Arab neighbors. He remembered yeshiva boys taking long walks late at night on the outskirts of the city, and not feeling afraid, even though only one British policeman guarded the entire city.

On Friday, August 23, 1929, that tranquility was lost. Arab youths started throwing rocks at the yeshiva students. That afternoon, one student, Shmuel Rosenholtz, went to the yeshiva alone. Arab rioters later broke in and killed him, and that was only the beginning.

Friday night, Rabbi Ya’acov Slonim’s son invited any fearful Jews to stay in his house. The rabbi was highly regarded in the community, and he had a gun. Many Jews took him up on this offer, and many Jews were eventually murdered there.

As early as 8:00 a.m. on Saturday, the Jewish Sabbath, Arabs began to gather en masse. They came in mobs, armed with clubs, knives and axes. While the women and children threw stones, the men ransacked Jewish houses and destroyed Jewish property. With only a single police officer in Hebron, the Arabs entered Jewish courtyards with no opposition.

Rabbi Slonim, who had tried to shelter the Jewish population, was approached by the rioters and offered a deal. If all the Ashkenazi yeshiva students were given over to the Arabs, the rioters would spare the lives of the Sephardi community. Rabbi Slonim refused to turn over the students and was killed on the spot. In the end, 12 Sephardi Jews and 55 Ashkenazi Jews were murdered.

A few Arabs did try to help the Jews. Nineteen Arab families saved dozens, maybe even hundreds of Jews. Zmira Mani wrote about an Arab named Abu Id Zaitoun who brought his brother and son to rescue her and her family. The Arab family protected the Manis with their swords, hid them in a cellar along with other Jews who they had saved, and found a policeman to escort them safely to the police station at Beit Romano.

The police station turned into a shelter for the Jews that morning of August 24. It also became a synagogue as the Orthodox Jews gathered there and said their morning prayers. As they finished praying, they began to hear noises outside the building. Thousands of Arabs descended from Har Hebron, shouting "Kill the Jews!" in Arabic. They even tried to break down the doors of the station.

The Jews were besieged in Beit Romano for three days. Each night, ten men were allowed to leave to attend a funeral in Hebron’s ancient Jewish cemetery for the murdered Jews of the day.

When the massacre finally ended, the surviving Jews were forced to leave their home city and resettled in Jerusalem. Some Jewish families tried to move back to Hebron, but were removed by the British authorities in 1936 at the start of the Arab revolt. In 1948, the War of Independence granted Israel statehood, but further cut the Jews off from Hebron, a city that was captured by King Abdullah's Arab Legion and ultimately annexed to Jordan.

www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org/jsource/History/hebron29.html

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That's horrible..

[marshabar1]

May 18, 2011 20:16:01 GMT -5 @krickitt said:

That's horrible..

Not to everyone, krickitt.

[deziloooooo]

May 18, 2011 20:16:01 GMT -5 @krickitt said:

That's horrible..

Theres a lot of history here, on both sides, and this nice little old lady, 92 no less, at her time in life, is a perfect example of it.

To invite her in for tea, toast, fine , just make sure you butter her toast for her, I wouldn't let her near any thing sharp if the one inviting her in happens to be Jewish.

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Rachel Maddow trashes Beck for Israel rally. Isn't she just so liberal and cool??
www.theblaze.com/stories/rachel-maddow-mocks-beck-his-fans-for-courage-event-in-israel/

[marshabar1]

Granny, what big teeth you have . . .


sheikyermami.com/2011/05/17/the-arab-obsession-with-murdering-jews/

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It's all so ancient and unfair. The Jewish people have not made it their mission to kill Muslims or anybody else. I really do not understand how anybody can accept any of this.

[marshabar1]

May 18, 2011 20:44:56 GMT -5 @krickitt said:

It's all so ancient and unfair. The Jewish people have not made it their mission to kill Muslims or anybody else. I really do not understand how anybody can accept any of this.

It's deeper than politics. It's a soul thing.

[deziloooooo]

May 18, 2011 20:35:48 GMT -5 @marshabar1 said:

Granny, what big teeth you have . . .


sheikyermami.com/2011/05/17/the-arab-obsession-with-murdering-jews/

Sorry , but can't play the clips, but can imagine. Marsha where in heck do you find these things.

Truthffully, this is what is what is broadcast and worse, I am assuming by the titles of the flicks what they are about, to the populace in the territories, the countrys , in the media..son the attitude, what can one expect , and teh Israeli leadership, all sides realize this , thus if needed, "Brute Force ' to protect their people and State.

[marshabar1]

Here it is at YouTube, Dezi.

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Dez has a pretty new comp, and videos don't play. Can you advise him? Dez-- you should ask Virgil for help. He's a whiz, and very patient.

[deziloooooo]

May 18, 2011 21:15:50 GMT -5 @marshabar1 said:

Here it is at YouTube, Dezi.

Ok , started to play it, got the gist, have a feeling the cleric whoe's yadding is related to that 92 year old lady, and I with drew my invitation for tea and toast.

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Don't worry, Dez. Many, many millions have your back.