Lela Gilbert: Today, history is repeating itself. The Jews, the “Saturday People,” who ran for their lives not so long ago, have found new homes, new lives and a new homeland in Israel or in other Western countries. Now the “Sunday People” are facing the same abuses, the same pogroms, the same disappearances of loved ones, the threats, rapes, burned churches and deaths, as the Jews that went before them. The Christians that can leave are doing so by the thousands. But many Egyptian Christians simply do not have the financial resources or the international connections to flee. Where will the “Sunday People” go? There is no Christian homeland to take them in, no “Israel” to offer them right of return. There are between 8 and 10 million Christians in Egypt – perhaps more – not to mention the Syrian and other Middle Eastern Christians who are also living in a constant nightmare. Those with the means are quietly leaving their homes in record numbers. Others either cannot or will not flee. Will anyone defend them? Will anyone support them? Who will help them when and if they have to abandon their homes and homeland? Who will take them in? - See more at: politichicks.tv/column/guest-writer-lela-gilbert-after-saturday-comes-sunday-jews-and-coptic-christians-in-egypt/#sthash.v9xwZdtV.dpuf
Posted on: Sun, 18 Aug 2013 19:07:02 +0000
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