Hello, Refugees! Quotes

“It is the fate of the Jew, don’t you know, to love those who hate him.”
― Tuvia Tenenbom, Hello, Refugees!

“Both sides, right and left, care about the refugees as much as I care about King Ludwig II.”
― Tuvia Tenenbom, Hello, Refugees!

“And many Europeans, the same ones who fail to comply with a Geneva Convention that applies to them, still accuse Israel of not complying with the 1949 Convention…But can you preach to others to do what you don’t?”
― Tuvia Tenenbom, Hello, Refugees!

“What makes people so righteous? I ask myself. What drives them into humiliating those who don’t agree with them? ​You tell me.”
― Tuvia Tenenbom, Hello, Refugees!

“Give people the chance to hurt and humiliate, tell them that cruelty is a virtue, and they will turn into animals. Adolf Hitler tried this formula last century, and it worked. Today, self-declared humanists are trying it as well, and it still works.”
― Tuvia Tenenbom, Hello, Refugees!

“Antifa/Antira [anti-racist] folks, who are supposedly dedicating their lives to fight racism, see nothing wrong with people who will not meet Jews. Why? Anti-Semitism, I guess, does not count as racism. Jews, after all, are not human.”
― Tuvia Tenenbom, Hello, Refugees!

“Helmut says that Germany’s generous welcome of refugees is grounded in “history.” The Germans feel guilty about what their countrymen and women did during World World Two, and that’s why they do what they do about the refugees. But, he adds, the War period affected not only the Germans but also the Jews. ​How did it affect the Jews? ​“They are hard." ​Could you give me an example? ​“Gaza is in ruins.” ​Who caused Gaza to be in ruin? ​“The Jews.” ​Why did they do it? ​“The Palestinians threw rockets at them and the Jews fired rockets back at the Palestinians.” ​And this makes them “hard”? ​“Yes.” ​What should the Jews have done? Should they have ‘accepted’ rockets and not shoot back? ​“Yes.” ​Why so? ​“What did Jesus say? Jesus said: ‘If someone slaps you on one cheek, offer the other cheek also.’”…The question is: Why is it that the good people who care about refugees, and about human rights in general, somehow are unable to view Jews as human?”
― Tuvia Tenenbom, Hello, Refugees!

“It is interesting to see and hear, over and over, again and again, white people who pretend to be in the know and will defend Islam and Muslims at all cost. The naked truth is that much terror is done in our day and time by Muslims in the name of Islam, but the Islam apologists and protectors – many of whom are sworn atheists – won’t admit that at present time too many Muslims have gone nuts, in almost every Islamic country and in non-Muslim countries as well…For centuries, Christians have been murdering people in the name of Love and Mercy, but most of us tend to forget it. Fast forward to our time, when Christians are busy enjoying spaghetti in Rome and Buletten in Berlin, Muslims are even more busy slaughtering people all over in the name of the Merciful God. What’s going on with them, the Christians and the Muslims, and why are they changing roles? Well, human societies go through phases, and followers of religion – of whatever kind and sort – are no exceptions. We are all destined to go through such cycles, believer and atheist alike. That’s life. We, humans, are not as perfect as we would love to be.”
― Tuvia Tenenbom, Hello, Refugees!

“Germany has made a glorious name for itself by opening its borders to these refugees, but by not planning ahead what to do with the refugees once they were here, it sealed their fate. What the refugees go through in the camps – be it the never-ending boredom or the horrifying knife fights, the broken toilets or the tasteless food, the misplacement of yesterday’s enemies in one room or the lack of hygiene in any room, will affect the refugees for as long as they live. Samah, and hundreds of thousands of her countrymen and -women, are doomed to mental and spiritual death. Yes, Germany might have saved their bodies, but it is killing their souls.”
― Tuvia Tenenbom, Hello, Refugees!

“Maybe, just maybe, the refugee-embracing Germans feel so good about themselves that they are comfortable enough to accuse another country of crimes against humanity.”
― Tuvia Tenenbom, Hello, Refugees!

“He [an organizer for the German Catholic Day event] also tells me that it's wonderful that Germany opens its doors to so many refugees because now Germany can prove how great it is, unlike the Israelis who are “occupiers” and violate human rights. Germans are good, Jews are bad. What else is new?”
― Tuvia Tenenbom, Hello, Refugees!

“Why is it, I ask myself, that without fail I like Arabs and Germans, the very people who historically have shared a bizarre tradition of hating Jews? Is this the fate of the Jew to love his enemies?”
― Tuvia Tenenbom, Hello, Refugees!