... for showing a friendly face in response to emergency situations, then that is not my country". As I write this, Germany has taken in over half a million refugees, leading the European numbers by several hundreds of thousands. They even plan on taking in a total of 800,000, more than all of Europe combined in 2014. Germany is the golden boy of Europe ... the first Muslim to hold the post), is highly critical of the Hungarian Governments treatment of the refugees. Police have used tear gas and water cannons on them, and their prime minister has said that his country does not welcome Musli...

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... czarist Russia. Both the Allies and Central Powers needed Jewish support, but Germany could not espouse Zionism due to its ties with the Ottoman Empire, which still controlled Palestine. British Prime Minister Lloyd George & Foreign Secretary Lord Balfour, favored Zionism and supported their cause in a letter that became known as the Balfour Declaration, ensuring that the British government would control Palestine ... the Jewish state. But Jewish paramilitary groups soon seized lands not allotted to them, while Arab commandos retaliated against Jewish targets. Both sides committed acts ...

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