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Oh yes, that's it. Thanks.

Verified Atheist — Wed, 26 Mar 2014 20:16:01 +0000

In reply to According to what I read, it

Oh yes, that's it. Thanks.

According to what I read, it

Aaron Carine — Wed, 26 Mar 2014 19:46:24 +0000

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According to what I read, it was because he worked for an Israeli newspaper--I think the Jerusalem Post.

And then there's Daniel

Anonymous PS — Wed, 26 Mar 2014 17:49:03 +0000

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And then there's Daniel Pearl, whose crime was working for the WSJ?

I'm confused then. Why was he

Verified Atheist — Wed, 26 Mar 2014 16:29:55 +0000

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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.

Actually Israel is a synonym

Bruce Levine — Wed, 26 Mar 2014 01:32:14 +0000

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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).

Apparently not, so long as

Bruce Levine — Wed, 26 Mar 2014 01:21:27 +0000

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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.

I thought that Jews were

Aaron Carine — Wed, 26 Mar 2014 01:18:23 +0000

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I thought that Jews were banned from Saudi Arabia, but I guess I'm out of date.

I'm not sure that he's being

Bruce Levine — Wed, 26 Mar 2014 01:16:12 +0000

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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.

OK, so I get that this

Verified Atheist — Wed, 26 Mar 2014 00:25:28 +0000

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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.

The Jewish-American Michael

Bruce Levine — Tue, 25 Mar 2014 23:50:30 +0000

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The Jewish-American Michael Wilner in his own words:

“I am an American journalist covering the travel of an American president,” Wilner told IBTimes in a statement via email. “We have little doubt that my access was denied either because of my media affiliation or because of my religion. That is a grave disappointment and a lost opportunity for the Kingdom."