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...talked loud to your neighbor, they would swing a rifle in your direction. They never stopped swearing at us. They called us Yahudi [Jews] and bitches. It seemed like we were face down for hours. I thought about the Holocaust. I feel I know now how they [the victims] must have felt...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Nation: And I Hadn't Typed My Will' | 3/21/1977 | See Source »

...community that once numbered more than 25,000. Jews may work for the government, but they cannot hold senior jobs. They must have written permission to travel within the country. Curiously, their identification cards, which all Syrians carry, list their religious affiliation as Musawi (follower of Moses) rather than Yahudi, the Arabic word for Jewish...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: SYRIA: The First Arab on the Second Front | 12/8/1975 | See Source »

...some 15 miles he rode with us, his gun pointed at my head. As we rode, he and the driver argued over what should happen to me. The usual procedure, if they catch a Yahudi, is to shoot him at once. Finally, the driver said: "Look, would I be carrying a Yahudi?" That seemed to do the trick, so the assassin motioned him to halt at a side road. As he climbed out, he glanced up & down for British patrols, then turned towards me and, bringing his gun up to his brow, he said: "B'khatirkum," meaning "by your...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: PALESTINE: Dead City | 12/29/1947 | See Source »

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