Global Slavery Index finds Jewish state doing relatively well, but problem persists
ed note–let the screeching begin, that this is all a ‘Khazar’ thing, with their abominable “talmud’ which allows slavery, and how it is all a refutation of the ‘holy’ teachings of the ‘holy’ Old Testament, handed down by ‘holy’ men such as Moses, Joshua, David, Solomon, etc.
The only problem however is that it actually ISN’T a ‘Khazar’ thing or a ‘Talmud’ thing, but rather gots its start with the Hebrews, Israelites etc, of the Old Testament, to wit–
‘Your male and female slaves are to come from the nations around you; from them you may buy slaves. You may also buy some of the temporary residents living among you and members of their clans born in your country, and they will become your property. You can will them to your children as inherited property and can make them slaves for life, but you must not rule over your fellow Israelites ruthlessly.” (Leviticus 25:44-46)
Times of Israel
Israel has as many as 8,500 slaves, according to a new comprehensive study of worldwide slavery. Israel placed 111 out of 162 slave-holding countries in the Global Slavery Index 2013, recently published by the Australian Walk Free Foundation. Mauritania was found to have the most serious slavery problem.
According to the study, the first-ever country-by-country survey of its kind, Israel has 7,700 to 8,500 slaves. Still, Israel ranked well relative to the lower standards in the Middle East, though Lebanon, Tunisia, and Egypt scored better than the Jewish state.
The Palestinian Authority and the Hamas-run Gaza Strip were not covered by the survey.
Israel did place well in the study’s examination of the risk of enslavement. The survey measured five factors to determine the policies adopted by the country to combat slavery, human rights, human and economic development, political stability, and women’s rights. Israel was the only Middle Eastern country to enjoy a low risk-of-slavery ranking, but still ranked much lower than European states.
The study claimed that “foreign workers make 40-90 percent of the populations of Jordan, Saudi Arabia, Israel, the United Arab Emirates and Kuwait.” However, in Israel there are 300,000 foreign workers out of a total population of 8 million. The Walk Free Foundation could not be reached for clarification by the time of publication.
The trend in Israel is driven by the sex trade and the human trafficking that comes with it. ‘There are 15,000 prostitutes in Israel’ writes Rebecca Hughes from ATZUM’s Task Force on Human Trafficking ‘who enter the profession at an average age of 14.’
“By the 1990’s Israel was established as a destination country for trafficking, and international sex trafficking victims had replaced the local market,” Hughes wrote. “Israel’s flesh trade was booming and making between half a billion to three quarters of a billion dollars a year. It was a particularly desirable market for traffickers because the purchase of sexual services was, and still is, legal in Israel. ”
“Throughout the 1990’s traffickers acted with impunity and, according to the Hotline for Migrant Workers, smuggled 3,000 women annually into Israel,” she added.
The deteriorating situation led the US State Department to rank Israel as a Tier 3 nation in its Trafficking in Persons report, the lowest ranking. Tier 3 nations faced potential economic sanctions. The report was a wake-up call for Israel’s government, which passed a comprehensive anti-trafficking law, and was upgraded to a Tier 1 state.
According to the index, there are nearly 30 million people trapped in slavery around the world.
The study defined slavery as “the possession and control of a person in such a way as to significantly deprive that person of his or her individual liberty, with the intent of exploiting that person through their use, management, profit, transfer or disposal. Usually this exercise will be achieved through means such as violence or threats of violence, deception and/or coercion.”
It relied on secondary sources for its study, especially reports from media, NGOs, and governments. It also used local surveys and interviews.
In absolute numbers, India led the list with up to 14.7 million slaves, followed by China and Pakistan. Mauritania, with 3.8 million inhabitants and over 150,000 slaves, had the highest prevalence of slavery.
Ireland, Iceland, and the UK enjoy the lowest prevalence of slavery, the survey said.
The Walk Free Foundation is a nonprofit that seeks to end modern slavery, according to its website. The organization was founded in May 2012 by Australian metal magnate Andrew Forrest, who first became aware of the problem when his teen-aged daughter worked alongside slaves at a Nepalese orphanage.
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Why, Mark, in your passionate defense of the Torah as the true fountain of Judaism — amply justified in and of itself — you must not unfairly discard the valuable refinements and lustre brought to it by the Talmud. Think Maimonides.
Also, let there be a place of recognition for the Khazars, adoptive sons of the Torah, as well as their wise king Bulan, who had the keen eye to see the uncanny compatibility between the Judaic precepts of the Torah and the natural inclinations and customs of the Khazars, maligned by their neighbors (anti-semitism avant la lettre) as born thieves and liars.
Fair is fair: let us recognize the source but also acknowledge the continuum.
I do not think the Khazars were maligned by their neighbors. It was the other way around. The Khazars as we know were thieves, liars, impersonators, murderers who use their Babylonian learned knowledge of Satanism, offering human victims (children) to their god Baal, Moloch, Azazel, Beelzebub, Satan etc. in order to get money and power. That is how they have gotten away with so many crimes against humanity for hundreds of years. The Khazars chose Judaism because that Satanic cult conformed to their way of being. They both are the same. mean, soulless coward, liars, blood thirsty genocidal maniacs who have caused 179 million deaths in the last century alone.