<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN"> <html> <head> <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html;charset=ISO-8859-1"> <title></title> </head> <body> ravi wrote: <blockquote type="cite" cite="mid4504BC99.8020500@exitleft.org"> <pre wrap="">At around 10/9/06 9:24 pm, joanna wrote: </pre> <blockquote type="cite"> <pre wrap="">The diaspora of Arab Jews back to Israel followed on the heels of 48 and the disposession of the Palestinians. It is also the result of terrorist actions on the part of Israel to make Jews feel unsafe in the rest of the Middle East. This happened in Iraq for a fact. </pre> </blockquote> <pre wrap=""> So, you think Yoshie wasn't being sarcastic? I thought she was!</pre> </blockquote> Oh, I just didn't get it. I think sarcasm is tough to do online. <blockquote type="cite" cite="mid4504BC99.8020500@exitleft.org"> <pre wrap=""> As for the Jews in the middle east, they were historically safer there than anywhere else in the world up till 48 except perhaps in the U.S. </pre> <pre wrap=""> I saw a documentary the other day with an interview of a leader of Jewish groups in India, who mentioned that through their long presence in India, they might have been the only group who did not face [systematic or large scale] discrimination. FWIW.</pre> </blockquote> What does FWIW mean? <blockquote type="cite" cite="mid4504BC99.8020500@exitleft.org"> <pre wrap=""> --ravi </pre> </blockquote> </body> </html>