Israel is really far too busy building in Judea and Samaria to have spare Jews for the colonization of Hungary. Really. Honestly.
I don’t usually post after I put the tune up for the night but I had a little free time to kill so I thought I would tackle the 3-day backlog in my reader and discovered there is a whole level of stupid which I have never really gotten around to contemplating when it comes to Europeans and what passes for their ‘right’-wing. Ha’aretz:
For some time now, spokespeople for Hungary’s extreme right have been arguing that Israel aims to “colonize” Hungary. As proof of this claim, the right often misinterprets an (unfortunate) quote by President Shimon Peres, who spoke about Israel’s investments abroad, and said that Israel was “buying out Manhattan, Poland, Hungary…”
Now these claims have escalated to the next level: A well known extreme rightist Web site, www.hunhir.hu, is now saying that Israel and American Jews are planning to transport three million Jews with dual Israeli-U.S. citizenship into Hungary over the next two years
According to the Website, the quarters designed to house the new immigrants are already being built. Every one of them will sign an agreement to stay in the country for at least ten years, after which they will automatically become the owner of an apartment in the designated quarters, the Website says.
This operation, including a guaranteed job for degree holders, is being organized by Judit Polgar, the famous Jewish Hungarian chess player who currently resides in the U.S., the Website argues. The first 1,800 immigrants, the Website goes on to say, have already arrived in Hungary, but their whereabouts have not been found, despite efforts to locate them.
Hunhir.hu can also explain their argument, saying that Hungary was chosen for this “colonization” by American Jews because it has “the best natural attributes in the world.”
I really don’t understand where these people get these ideas, and even if there was an alleged ’surplus’ of Jews; I still think Hungary is a hard sell from the Elder’s perspective…considering how it worked out the last time. Did I mention recently how eternally grateful I am that my ancestors left Europe?
Nah. We got Hungary about 800 years ago, in toto. We just didn’t bother to tell them.