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So Michael Wilner is a Jewish guy and an American citizen who has never lived in Israel. But he is the Washington correspondent for the Jerusalem Post and Saudi Arabia has denied him a visa to cover his beat when the president visits Saudi Arabia. Did I say that Wilner is an American citizen?
Reason number 6 million times infinite for the existence of the Jewish State.
Comments
The Jewish-American Michael Wilner in his own words:
by Bruce Levine on Tue, 03/25/2014 - 7:50pm
OK, so I get that this discrimination is stupid. He's being discriminated against simply because he's Jewish, having nothing to do with Israel.
So… how do you get from there to your last sentence? Don't get me wrong, I'm not wanting to abolish the Jewish State (which I'm assuming is a synonym for Israel), I'm just not following the logic.
by Verified Atheist on Tue, 03/25/2014 - 8:25pm
I'm not sure that he's being discriminated because he's a Jew. My brother-in-law is a Jew and does business in Saudi Arabia. And this has nothing to do with logic -- it's just a matter of hate, and my comment that troubles you is how I and many others of my ilk think in response to that hate. Not saying it's logical, but it's there as plain as the nose on my face. Sorry if that doesn't answer your question well. This is how the boycott will look in all of its splendor, and we can ask ourselves time and again whether it's about being Jewish or something else. I cannot take responsibility for the irrational hatred of Jewish People that makes it difficult if not impossible to parse between that which is plain old anti-semitism and that which is based on some kind of nuanced and special good faith basis that would justify the singling out the Jewish State -- or in this case an American Jewish kid who got a job in DC working as a journalist for an english language paper (imagine that) -- and those even tangentially related to it for the same kind of othering that's been standard fare for the milleniaa.
by Bruce Levine on Tue, 03/25/2014 - 9:16pm
I thought that Jews were banned from Saudi Arabia, but I guess I'm out of date.
by Aaron Carine on Tue, 03/25/2014 - 9:18pm
Apparently not, so long as you don't bring anything Jewish. I guess Saudi Arabia is a tad better in this respect than Algeria was back in the 90s. At that time, my ex-brother-in-law, an investment banker, went to Algeria to help on some currency matters. He had to lie.
Would you lie about your heritage to get into a country? Man I hope I never have to put myself in that position.
by Bruce Levine on Tue, 03/25/2014 - 9:21pm
I'm confused then. Why was he being discriminated against? I probably misread something, but I thought it was simply because he was a Jew.
by Verified Atheist on Wed, 03/26/2014 - 12:29pm
According to what I read, it was because he worked for an Israeli newspaper--I think the Jerusalem Post.
by Aaron Carine on Wed, 03/26/2014 - 3:46pm
Oh yes, that's it. Thanks.
by Verified Atheist on Wed, 03/26/2014 - 4:16pm
Actually Israel is a synonym for the Jewish State, which is what is referenced in the 1947 UN resolution that partitioned the remaining portion of Palestine that had not already been given to the Hashemite dynasty -- as kind of like a prize -- shortly after the First World War. The partition created a Jewish State and and an Arab State. We have moved on now and recognize the Palestinians as a separate People who are entitled to fulfill their nationalist aspirations (so long as it doesn't tread on Jordan).
by Bruce Levine on Tue, 03/25/2014 - 9:32pm
And then there's Daniel Pearl, whose crime was working for the WSJ?
by Anonymous PS (not verified) on Wed, 03/26/2014 - 1:49pm