Wednesday, July 21, 2010

An Egyptian Pasha accuses Egyptian Jews, in 1700, of robbing Egypt in biblical times.

The newspaper the English Post Giving an Authentick Account of the Transactions of the World Foreign and Domestick on November 6, 1700:



Also see this post, this one, and this purported news story from 2003.
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4 comments:

  1. Garnel Ironheart7:26 PM, July 21, 2010

    This is a story that keeps repeating itself. The gemara records an account of the Egyptians demanding reparations through Alexander the Great and in the 50's they demanded it through the UN. And the answer is always the same: fine, pay us back wages plus interest first.

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  2. S.10:23 AM, July 22, 2010

    Except that in 1700 the answer was different: "the Jews surprized at this strange and unreasonable Demand, were in a great Consternation, but thought fit at length to pacifie the Bassa with a large Sum of Money."

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  3. Mar Gavriel12:16 PM, July 22, 2010

    Garnel, do you have a link for the story about the 1950s / UN? I google, but found nothing.

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  4. yaak5:59 PM, July 22, 2010

    In 2003 as well.
    http://www.israelnationalnews.com/Articles/Article.aspx/2675

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