Brazil Now Officially More Welcoming To Palestinian Refugees Than Arab Countries. Yes, Really.
The phrase "Palestinian refugees" obviously gets us in a little trouble ("umm... weren't they just Jordanian or Egyptian back then?"), but bear with us:
Three dozen Palestinians who fled Iraq to Jordan and lived in a squalid desert camp for more than four years were flown to Brazil on Thursday for resettlement, the United Nations refugee agency said. The refugees were from a group of 108 Palestinians who escaped to Jordan following the 2003 U.S.-led invasion of Iraq and were put in the Ruweishid Camp, 350 kilometers east of the Jordanian capital Amman... Brazil, which has a large Arab community estimated at about 12 million, most of Lebanese and Syrian descent, agreed to take the Palestinians and plans to settle them in Sao Paulo and the Rio Grande do Sul region. The UNHCR has said the families will receive medical care, rented accommodations and assistance for two years. The children will attend language classes, while young men and women will be offered jobs and the unaccompanied elderly people will be settled in a home for medical treatment.
That's a much better deal than the one given to Arabs living in UN-run refugee camps throughout the Arab world. Instead of being given jobs, they often are explicitly forbidden from even applying for work - the better to lock them in a cycle of poverty, radicalize them, and then use the world's misplaced sympathy to bring pressure to bear on Israel.
Now that we think about it, though, this Brazil deal is much better than what most people on the planet get. What did these three dozen or so refugees do to deserve such largess? Other than being part of one of the most viciously and intransigently anti-Israel populations on the planet?
References:
* UN: Brazil absorbs 36 Palestinians who fled Iraq in 2003 [Ha'aretz]
Previously:
* Holocaust Denier Complains to Israeli Traitors about Israelis
* World Just Fine With Israeli Ultimatum To Palestinian-Based Terrorists: Surrender Or Die
* Liberal Cause Celebre Collides With Science: Hysterical Claims Of "Biopiracy" Get Renowned Scientist, TIME "Hero For The Planet" 16 Years In Prison





