starting this thread, which i hope will be short-lived, to keep the board up to date with latest reports gleaned from the net

There were about 2 million across Iran and the Arab world, most of whom were forced to flee. Most wanted to stay in the lands of their birth but were forced out.
Unlike the Arabs living in the UN mandated nation of Israel who left because the Arab nations told them to get out of the way before they invaded Israel and wiped it off the face of the earth.

The worldwide Jewish population is 13.3 million Jews. Jewish population growth worldwide is close to zero percent. From 2000 to 2001 it rose 0.3%, compared to worldwide population growth of 1.4%.

In 2001, 8.3 million Jews lived in the Diaspora and 4.9 million lived in Israel. Just about half of the worlds Jews reside in the Americas, with about 46 percent in North America. (top)

Approximately 37% of worldwide Jewry lives in Israel. Israel's Jewish population rose by 1.6% the past year, while the Diaspora population dropped by 0.5%.

Europe, including the Asian territories of the Russian Republic and Turkey, accounts for about 12 percent of the total. Fewer than 2 percent of the worlds Jews live in Africa and Oceania.

Metropolitan Tel Aviv, with 2.5 million Jews, is the world's largest Jewish city. It is followed by New York, with 1.9 million, Haifa 655,000, Los Angeles 621,000, Jerusalem 570,000, and southeast Florida 514,000.

In 2001, 8 countries had a Jewish population of 100,000 or more; another 5 countries had 50,000 or more. There is not a single Diaspora country where Jews amounted to 2.5 percent of the total population. Only 3 Diaspora countries had more than 1 percent. Gibraltar (24.0 per 1000), United States (20.1), Canada (11.9), France (8.8), Uruguay (6.7), Argentina (5.3), Hungary (5.2), and Australia (5.1)[1] had the highest ratios.

Where is Iran pedantic. More bullshit from him.

"Where is Iran pedantic. More bullshit from him. "

Think about it............

you're very stupidly getting close to calling me a liar, as did MRSI aka Cielo - a damnfool thing to do

fact
in 1979 there were approx 80,000 jews living in iran and was (then) the largest concentration of jews in m/e outside israel

If you say so Mr pedantic. By the way here is the correct way to spell Iran, not iran

I'm still trying to work out the Billy Walker angle, always thought he was Annie Walkers son?

i do say so - actually, i much prefer persia as a nomenclature which resonates with its very long and interesting history and culture

A civilised country before the religious nutters took over - yes, even under Pahlavi.

c,
I always though you were only a little chappie or something like that 8-)

Your Libya seems to be getting messier and messier.

Absence of the tools and leadership.

I think they could have those SAS personalities Dave, George and George parachuted in.

Won't help them much, but will remove a few problems for Britain.

Eye-ran remains the biggest threat and that's where the world needs regime change before they attack Israel (hay parrot applauding) and we have nuclear war.

I came across this in my wanderings, and noting the date, I wonder whether this is related to the uprising in Libya.

Am I beginning to believe in conspiracies?

http://uk.reuters.com/article/2009/01/21/businessproind-us-libya-gaddafi-oil-idUKTRE50K61F20090121


http://uk.reuters.com/article/2009/01/21/businessproind-us-libya-gaddafi-oil-idUKTRE50K61F20090121

Gaddafi says looking at oil firm nationalization

Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi (R) gestures during a news conference in a tent in Kiev, November 6, 2008.

By Sue Pleming

WASHINGTON | Wed Jan 21, 2009 11:08pm GMT

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi said on Wednesday his country and other oil exporters were looking into nationalizing foreign firms due to low oil prices and suggested Tripoli might not stick to OPEC

spiracy schmiracy, as some might say!

in an age where news is live 24/7 we have rather come to expect things to be resolved quickly and easily ..... "world drama" can often feel like a tv serial with neat little conclusions at the end of each episode, which of course is ridiculous

Looking at Iraq and probably Libya and possibly Egypt your conclusion is possibly correct.

How will the Drama of Syria and SA work out?

iraq - coronation street
libya - the likely lads
egypt - carry on cleo
syria - pilot programme only
sa - never got past consideration

Is he slipping something to the frog

Israel - Waiting for Godot

the wasteland!

fred's and parrot's and fahel's favourite book is.....Mein Kampf

Is it porno

Do any of you free thinking gentlemen honestly think that it will end when Gaddafi goes?? I say there will be one big bun fight while various factions try to wrest control from the others. We may well end up out of the frying pan so to speak !!!! You cannot knock the bravery shown but to what end?? I bet that in some shady little dens deals are all ready being struck and not by the people dodging the bullets.