Quote:And even Syria isn't just Syria. An apartment neighbor of mine is a refugee from Syria proper, given that British colonialism designed artificial borders within territory now occupied by Arabs of which were originally settled by distinct ethnic tribes such as the true Egyptians, Hittites, Phoenicians and, of course, Jews. He himself is an Assyrian Coptic Christian of whom has one of those Icon paintings, as seen in Eastern Orthodox churches, hanging on his wall. He was telling me that things were fine there, until repression was applied to non-Muslims after the Six-Day War. Before that, Muslims, Jews and Christians used to interact and lived peacefully with one another, he said.
Residing here in Germany, since 2015 I've been seeing refugees of whose visual features differ from those of the usual economic refugees. This is because once homogeneous settlements have been disrupted by the infiltration of the ultra-fundamentalists who have been destroying not only the ancient artifacts of which record the distinct identity of the ancestors lineating from these still homogeneous groups (Palmira being the most dramatic example of such senseless destruction):
http://www.heritageforpeace.org/syria-co...geography/
Points well taken, Alan! On a personal note...... A friend sent me this link recently. It is one of many relating ongoing discoveries as sections of the City of David are unearthed......
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=43NbzpDa...ityofDavid
I am glad beyond my ability to express in words that they are saving these remnants of the ancient city for all to see. The Arabs are doing all they can in the chambers and corridors beneath the Temple Mount to destroy all evidence of Jewish history. I sincerely hope they can be stopped. I have always believed that the Arc of the Covenant is hidden there off the lower level door and corridor the Levites used when they came in the separate entrance along the Western Wall that was reserved for them.
Regarding your neighbour...... There is a woman here in America who made her way here from Lebanon some years ago. Like your neighbour, she is a Coptic Christian and she said the 1967 War was the point of demarcation in Lebanon, as well. Following that, both Jews and Christians alike were targeted by militant Islamists. She is quite outspoken and uses the nom de plume 'Brigitte Gabriel'. In relating her personal story, I recall her saying that as children in Lebanon, Coptic Christians were taught to distrust Jews much as Muslims were.
But then war came and her family were living a day to day existence in a bomb shelter as radicalized Muslims searched for Jews and Christians alike to kill them...... Her views on that changed. For when help finally arrived, it was the IDF and she and her family owe their lives to the Israelis. It was at that point her eyes were opened and she began to see the world and those within it for who and what they truly were.
So now she is here in America and speaks publicly on the dangers of radical Islam, that the fate that befell her native country might not be repeated here in our own......
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D5blC44K...ndFaithful
Best regards,
Daryavesh