there was a jewish kingdom in arabia for around 100 year.
No dispute here.
jews were forced to leave, convert or pay the jizyah.
Yes, this is true too (are you finally starting to deal in truth, Aris?) Some of the tax went into national coffers to cover general expenses like roads, military, whatever. The rest went to cover the expenses of the separate Jewish government, for Jews just like Christians had their own "millet." I am not going to bother to defend the Ottomans because they were rotten so and sos who occupied Arab lands for hundreds of years and kept them down.
Every time jews are forced from someplace, much of their goods/wealth is lost.
Historically true, looking at Spain in 1492, England at several different points over the centuries, Germany frequently, and various other places across Europe. This is why Jews entered fields like gemstones, banking, etc. as a way of keeping their wealth in liquid form so they could escape with it at a moment's notice. This also made them rather indispensable to European leaders in the era before modern nation states, when they wanted someone to bankroll their exploits!
Although there are surely lunatics in every nation, it was rarely the case in the Muslim Middle East. The history is a very different picture and Arab history is full of stories of very well known Jews from the middle ages, which was a time of flourishing in the Arab world. Jews made contributions to Arab culture consisting of everything from science to literature. so we can well believe they were in much better shape there than in Europe.
Jews were forced out of their land several times, but the greatest loss was after the jewish revolts. Jews have aways been tied to the land, to their ancient homeland.
Very much agreed, yes. I think your big mistake is in believing that Palestinians are any less tied to the land. That is the miscalculation that bites you in the butt.
And now this thread is thoroughly off topic. Please start a new topic about anti-Semitism. i am sure we could all profit from it.
