Merged Israel to demand 1 billion more Euros from Germany, for Holocaust compensation

[Thunder]

http://haaretz.com/hasen/spages/1136383.html

i'm sorry...but when does the guilt end?

haven't the Germans and other Europeans made enough reparations???

honestly...

...meanwhile, Israel continues to fund more settlements, demolish more Palestinian homes, strip Palestinians of their permanent residency status.

the hypocrisy never ends.

 

[Doctor Evil]

http://haaretz.com/hasen/spages/1136383.html

i'm sorry...but when does the guilt end?

haven't the Germans and other Europeans made enough reparations???

honestly...

Reading comprehension fail.

From the story:

Israeli officials estimate that according to a ghetto workers act passed by the German parliament in 2002, all of the 30,000 living forced labor survivors are entitled to a retroactive payment of approximately 15,000 euros each.

However, Finance Ministry officials say that according to the German government's calculations, the one-time payment is larger than that estimated by Israel, and reaches a total of 1 billion euros.

The story, as I understand it, is as follows. The compensation of forced labor is a not fully resolved issue between Israel and Germany. In 2002 a German court have passed a law regarding such compensations. However, the German government have been very slow to follow the ruling and Israeli holocaust survivor who were forced to work for the third Reich have not received the compensation according to the new law. As a result the subject was taken by the Israeli government who will apply on their behalf.

To summarize, the issue here is the application of a German law to 30000 Israeli citizens. It has nothing to do with Parky's comments, hence my reading comprehension comment.

...meanwhile, Israel continues to fund more settlements, demolish more Palestinian homes, strip Palestinians of their permanent residency status.

And how this is connected to the right of compensation of 30000 people who were forced to work under the third Reich, according to the German law?

the hypocrisy never ends.

Indeed, but not in the way you intended. Back to ignore.

 

[Thunder]

Indeed, but not in the way you intended. Back to ignore.

good. sorry, but I just think the lawsuits over WW2 need to end. its time to let go.

 

[shuize]

good. sorry, but I just think the lawsuits over WW2 need to end. its time to let go.

I feel the same way about the Palestinian "right" of return.

 

[Thunder]

I feel the same way about the Palestinian "right" of return.

how many billions of dollars have the Palestinians received in compensation so far? none?

hmmmm...interesting comparison there. never mind the fact that the Palestinians just want their damn land back, and don't really care about money.

 

[The Fool]

Is this money going to the victims or that wackjob Netanyahu's regime?

 

[Thunder]

Is this money going to the victims or that wackjob Netanyahu's regime?

there is a great deal of evidence that money received by these organizations help the organizations more than the purported victims.

but since the Israeli govt. is doing the suing, money will indeed go to the Netanyahu regime. maybe even some will go to build more illegal settlements.

 

[shuize]

I just think the lawsuits over WW2 need to end. its time to let go.

Jews should just let stuff go. Palestians, not so much.

Got it.

 

[Thunder]

Jews should just let stuff go. Palestians, not so much.

Got it.

The Jewish people, both collectively and individually, have received billions of dollars in reperations for the crimes committed against them during WW2.

The Palestinian people, however, have received nothing. They have received no land and no money, to compensate them for lost property after 1948.

Clearly, justice has been done for the Jews. But justice has yet to even begin for the Palestinians.

 

[Slayhamlet]

how many billions of dollars have the Palestinians received in compensation so far? none?

hmmmm...interesting comparison there. never mind the fact that the Palestinians just want their damn land back, and don't really care about money.

The 1 billion euros (according to Germany's estimate) is to be payed to survivors of Nazi work camps as compensation for their forced labor. I'm not aware of Israelis ever using Palestinians for forced labor, so in this particular case there's no comparison.

The ancillary matter of Adolf Sommerfeld's claim to land the Nazi's kicked him out of is comparable, all the more so because Germany dismissed it.

 

[Slayhamlet]

there is a great deal of evidence that money received by these organizations help the organizations more than the purported victims.

but since the Israeli govt. is doing the suing, money will indeed go to the Netanyahu regime. maybe even some will go to build more illegal settlements.

That's not what the article says. Either provide some evidence that this is so or stop spouting off about what you don't know to be true. Is that so hard, Parky?

 

[Thunder]

That's not what the article says. Either provide some evidence that this is so or stop spouting off about what you don't know to be true. Is that so hard, Parky?

lets see what happens to the $$ once its dished out.

i got some relatives who were killed in the Holocaust. can I sue too????? can I?

 

[Slayhamlet]

The Jewish people, both collectively and individually, have received billions of dollars in reparations for the crimes committed against them during WW2.

These particular Jews haven't.

 

[Slayhamlet]

lets see what happens to the $$ once its dished out.

So you're going to fail to back up your statement once again, Parky? Typical.

 

[Thunder]

So you're going to fail to back up your statement once again, Parky? Typical.

i know...right????

 

[Slayhamlet]

i know...right????

Yes, and apparently you're proud of it.

Any evidence on those Al Qaeda demands you made up? No? Thought so.

 

[Thunder]

Any evidence on those Al Qaeda demands you made up? No? Thought so.

another zinger!!!

 

[WildCat]

good. sorry, but I just think the lawsuits over WW2 need to end. its time to let go.

So in 3 more years you'll say the Palestinians should let it go also?

Oh, I forgot, you expect more from Israel...

 

[Skeptic]

So in 3 more years you'll say the Palestinians should let it go also?

Oh, I forgot, you expect more from Israel...

Do you know I am a holocaust survivor?

And so are my parents, brothers, and most of my family, and my children?

Well...... not really, but my grandparents were, so (using the Palestinian definition of "refugee") so are my parents, and myself, and my children, and so on ad infinitum.

How can you expect us to forget about it when the holocaust survivor problem is still not solved, and there are more holocaust survivors every day?!

 

[Eyeron]

Okay, now how can there be more Holocaust survivors every day? If there are more holocaust survivors every day, then that means that eventually there'll be more people than there was at the time of the holocaust.