Toby Cadman ‏@tobycadman  

Retweeted Ben White (@benabyad): Shocked that Israeli football fans waved a banner reading ‚Refugees Not Welcome‘? Well don’t be: http://fb.me/7r8qF2tlk 

Toby Cadman ‏@tobycadman  

Senior Palestinian officials, meanwhile, are urging Israel to permit Palestinian refugees from Syria to come to the Occupied West Bank and Gaza Strip.

An estimated 3,000 Palestinians have been killed in Syria since the start of the uprising. Around 80,000 of the 560,000 UNRWA-registered Palestinian refugees in Syria are no longer in the country. Yarmouk camp, once home to some 200,000, now has 5-8,000 civilians remaining. In the devastated camp, many still rely on food parcels, and over-stretched doctors are treating cases of typhoid.

The demographic threat is real, and the need to preserve the Jewish nation state’s character as a democracy doesn’t allow for large minorities. The current numbers of Muslims pose a complicated challenge even without additions. 

Toby Cadman ‏@tobycadman  

Retweeted Borzou Daragahi (@borzou): The Sisi era: Egypt military mistakes convoy of tourists for terrorists and… http://fb.me/4Nqc3dlmY 

Egyptian security forces mistakenly shot at a Mexican tourist convoy killing at least 12 people, officials said http://nyti.ms/1UQfjoH 

WEIN for the NEW YEAR and all year long…. http://conta.cc/1MerHPY 

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Birgit Schmeitzner ‏@BSchmeitzner  

#UNHCR: concerned that #refugees will „find themselves moving around in legal limbo“ http://www.unhcr.org/55f5b5016.html  JHA council today in Brussels

Kann ein Amerikaner einem Russen aus der Seele schreiben? In diesem seltenen Fall schon (Leseempfehlung) http://mobile.nytimes.com/2015/09/11/opinion/david-brooks-the-russia-i-miss.html?referrer= …

NL: we should pay for „safe places“ close to #Syria (in order to keep #refugees there) http://www.irishtimes.com/news/world/middle-east/dutch-plan-to-keep-refugees-close-to-syria-to-be-tabled-1.2350416 … #JHA council today