I think Israelis are an easy target for the Thais.

Thais are fed up with foreigners skirting the rules, buying houses and setting up companies with nominees.

Israelis put their head above the parapet three times in the last year.

First “My money built your country”

Second “Don’t you know this is Israeli territory?”

Third, threatening to kill a zoo owner and offering a reward for his death.

Thais accept a lot of things but the first and second point above really p?ss them off.

They’ve made themselves public enemy No.1 in many peoples eyes.

Edited yesterday at 06:53 AM1 day by JBChiangRai

Just now, Jingthing said:

You didn't answer my question.

I did answer your question. Obviously not to your satisfaction. You'll just need to learn to cope with that.

Just now, JBChiangRai said:

I think Israelis are an easy target for the Thais.

Thais are fed up with foreigners skirting the rules, buying houses and setting up companies either nominees.

Israelis put their head above the parapet three times in the last year.

First “My money built your country”

Second “Don’t you know this is Israeli territory?”

Third, threatening to kill a zoo owner and offering a reward for his death.

Thais accept a lot of things but the first and second point above really p?ss them off.

They’ve made themselves public enemy No.1 in many peoples eyes.

That was not Israelis.

That was three separate individual incidents that went viral online.

1 minute ago, LeonardoM said:

Is bad and illegal behaviour normal?

It is yes .

Is there aywhere in the World where bad behaviour doesn't happen ?

Are there any people in the World that never do anything illegal ?

No there isn't ,so YES , it is normal

Just now, LeonardoM said:

I did answer your question. Obviously not to your satisfaction. You'll just need to learn to cope with that.

You failed to say what YOU think which leads me to believe that you think Jews Out rallies and shutting down Jewish religious obervances is OK. No dude.

Some things are about having a moral compass.

Knowing the difference between right and wrong.

I don't hear that from you.

Edited yesterday at 06:58 AM1 day by Jingthing

Just now, Nick Carter icp said:

It is yes .

Is there aywhere in the World where bad behaviour doesn't happen ?

Are there any people in the World that never do anything illegal ?

No there isn't ,so YES , it is normal

In return, there are often crackdowns on bad and illegal behaviour. That is what is happening now.

1 minute ago, Jingthing said:

That was not Israelis.

That was three separate individual incidents that went viral online.

So those were not Israelis?

I think you jest sir.

Just now, JBChiangRai said:

So those were not Israelis?

I think you jest sir.

The implication is that those isolated incidents represent all Jews and all Israelis in Thailand.

They may be the social media inflamed perception of many but in no way whatsoever does it reflect objective reality.

3 minutes ago, Cameroni said:

Yes, but many host nations have strongly curtailed mosques that had political affiliations. However, nobody does that with Chabad for some reason. Even though Chabad is highly political.

Maybe because Chabad is so small and its impact so miniscule it's on nobody's radar? I never had even heard of them in Thailand until this story started dominating the headlines recently. I'd bet you could round up every Jew attending these places and they wouldn't amount to one percent of the Russians and Chinese doing illegal property grabs and running money laundering scams. And you want to compare to the number of mosques spreading around the once Christian world? There are city streets being shut down in major European and American cities by Muslims spilling out of their mosques and laying claim to their turf.

Just now, Jingthing said:

You failed to say what YOU think which leads me to believe that you think Jews Out rallies and shutting down Jewish religious obervances is OK. No dude.

Some things are about have a moral compass.

I don't hear that from you.

My moral compass states that I don't have the evidence in front of me. Thais are not happy with the behaviour of Israelis in Thailand. That is obvious. I would hope the innocent are not harmed and anything deemed harmful to the Thai people and everyone else, is removed.

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38 minutes ago, John Drake said:

Maybe because Chabad is so small and its impact so miniscule it's on nobody's radar? I never had even heard of them in Thailand until this story started dominating the headlines recently. I'd bet you could round up every Jew attending these places and they wouldn't amount to one percent of the Russians and Chinese doing illegal property grabs and running money laundering scams. And you want to compare to the number of mosques spreading around the once Christian world? There are city streets being shut down in major European and American cities by Muslims spilling out of their mosques and laying claim to their turf.

Chabad makes 2 billion every year and has locations in 100 countries, they're not small. Granted their individual Chabad houses may be relatively small but they are attended by sufficient number of jews that their numbers in Pai have swelled to a significant enclave. You'd think the Russians and Chinese would be bigger problems given their population size, but this does not solve issues like Pai.

Precisely the problems with Muslims spilling out of mosques is what we have with Israelis spilling out of Chabad houses in places like Pai. Except in Pai the Chabad places seduce Israelis to live in Thailand on top.

6 minutes ago, Cameroni said:

Except in Pai the Chabad places seduce Israelis to live in Thailand on top.

If you are allowed to live in Thailand, so should anyone else be allowed.

As long as they don't cause problems.

Still not clear to me what the protests are actually about and it seems no one on here knows for certain.

1 minute ago, save the frogs said:

If you are allowed to live in Thailand, so should anyone else be allowed.

As long as they don't cause problems.

Still not clear to me what the protests are actually about and it seems no one on here knows for certain.

Some know, but don't want to say.

Maybe they should be more concerned about the actions of HAMAS

3 minutes ago, save the frogs said:

If you are allowed to live in Thailand, so should anyone else be allowed.

As long as they don't cause problems.

Still not clear to me what the protests are actually about and it seems no one on here knows for certain.

Some Thai Muslims and Western Anti Semites don't want Jews living in Thailand .

Its quite simple really

So Thais are worried about undue Jewish influence in Thailand? I just asked AI to compare the number of Chabad Houses versus the number of Buddhist temples in my old home region of North Texas.

Buddhist temples = 35+.

Chabad Houses = 18.

1 minute ago, Nick Carter icp said:

Some Thai Muslims and Western Anti Semites don't want Jews living in Thailand .

Its quite simple really

No, it isn't that simple. That's just the way you attempt to portray it. If they were good and peaceful, there would be no need to protest.

4 minutes ago, Photoguy21 said:

Maybe they should be more concerned about the actions of HAMAS

You are welcome to explain your thinking.

1 minute ago, John Drake said:

So Thais are worried about undue Jewish influence in Thailand? I just asked AI to compare the number of Chabad Houses versus the number of Buddhist temples in my old home region of North Texas.

Buddhist temples = 35+.

Chabad Houses = 18.

Are you barred from entering any of the Buddhist temples?

2 minutes ago, LeonardoM said:

No, it isn't that simple. That's just the way you attempt to portray it. If they were good and peaceful, there would be no need to protest.

Nick Carter's question is pertinent. How many Thais have been killed by Jews in recent years? How many Thais have been killed by Muslims in the same time period. Answer to the first question is Zero.

15 minutes ago, save the frogs said:

If you are allowed to live in Thailand, so should anyone else be allowed.

As long as they don't cause problems.

Still not clear to me what the protests are actually about and it seems no one on here knows for certain.

As indeed they are, however, this is what causes the problem. Because for better or worse, not all nationalities have the angelic, law-abiding and straight forward nature that the author of this post has. The reality is that you or I, Brits, Germans, Americans, Swedes, Danes, etc, we do not, as a rule try to create alternate universes tailored only for our own kind. We may have a local restaurant with Sunday Roasts, an Irish pub etc. but we do not have Chabad houses that celebrate our chosen people status, in a mystical-nationalist manner, the way Chabad has. We do not seek to erect facilities solely geared towards our own kind. In an Irish pub everyone is welcome. In a Chabad house, even the Thai police was told to stay outside.

The Israelis are qualitatively different. And Thais are noticing how that they are causing more problems than others, as indeed the Romans already knew thousands of years ago.

11 minutes ago, John Drake said:

So Thais are worried about undue Jewish influence in Thailand? I just asked AI to compare the number of Chabad Houses versus the number of Buddhist temples in my old home region of North Texas.

Buddhist temples = 35+.

Chabad Houses = 18.

Again, that is not an accurate equivalence, the Buddhist temples do not have the 2 billion USD a year that enable them to mount campaigns in Thailand that seek to bring in thousands of Thais. This is what Chabad houses do. Hence the fantastic 54% increase in Israeli tourists year on year.

11 minutes ago, John Drake said:

Nick Carter's question is pertinent. How many Thais have been killed by Jews in recent years? How many Thais have been killed by Muslims in the same time period. Answer to the first question is Zero.

What question was that?

Are HAMAS residing in Thailand? Do they have headquarters there?

12 minutes ago, LeonardoM said:

No, it isn't that simple. That's just the way you attempt to portray it. If they were good and peaceful, there would be no need to protest.

Israelis are no more bad behaved than any other nation .

Infact, I don't ever recall seeing any Israelis at 2 AM with their shirt off fighting ladyboys and fighting security down walking street .

That ALWAYS seems to Westerners doing that

1 minute ago, Nick Carter icp said:

Israelis are no more bad behaved than any other nation .

Infact, I don't ever recall seeing any Israelis at 2 AM with their shirt off fighting ladyboys and fighting security down walking street .

That ALWAYS seems to Westerners doing that

Obviously they think the Chabad and Israelis are doing something much worse than the odd fight with a ladyboy.

Maybe you should stop treating the locals as if they are fools. They know what is going on, even if you don't want to discuss it.

5 minutes ago, LeonardoM said:

Obviously they think the Chabad and Israelis are doing something much worse than the odd fight with a ladyboy.

Maybe you should stop treating the locals as if they are fools. They know what is going on, even if you don't want to discuss it.

Chabads are just glorified Youth Clubs for adults .

Jews go there for Kosher food ,study and pray

1 hour ago, LeonardoM said:

My moral compass states that I don't have the evidence in front of me. Thais are not happy with the behaviour of Israelis in Thailand. That is obvious. I would hope the innocent are not harmed and anything deemed harmful to the Thai people and everyone else, is removed.

What more evidence do you need?
Are you suggesting Jews out and other racist Jew hating signs at the protests were fake news?

Are you suggesting that the Jewish religious observance in Phuket was not cancelled out of concerns about violence related to the street crowrd of inflamed Islamists in Phuket?

I find your entire POV disingenuous.

Edited 22 hours ago22 hr by Jingthing

1 minute ago, Nick Carter icp said:

Chabads are just glorified Youth Clubs for adults .

Jews go there for Kosher food ,study and pray

That's true about the Kosher food.

In my locations they are the only source for Kosher food and religious Jews feel they need to eat Kosher.

3 minutes ago, Nick Carter icp said:

Chabads are just glorified Youth Clubs for adults .

Jews go there for Kosher food ,study and pray

Naah...you know better.