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Following Laura Loomer's lead, the US is repeating an egregious Holocaust-era mistake

JL;DR SUMMARY Hadar Susskind voices deep concern over the U.S. decision to halt medical-humanitarian visas for children from Gaza, drawing parallels with the infamous rejection of Jewish refugees aboard the MS St. Louis in 1939. A way out west there was a fella, fella I want to tell you about, fella by the name of Jeff Lebowski. At least, that was the handle his lovin' parents gave him, but he never had much use for it himself. This Lebowski, he called himself the Dude. Now, Dude, that's a name no one would self-apply where I come from. But then, there was a lot about the Dude that didn't make a whole lot of sense to me. And a lot about where he lived, likewise. But then again, maybe that's why I found the place s'durned innarestin'.

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GazaJewish EthicsTrump AdministrationUs Immigration PolicyPalestinian RefugeesHadar SusskindAmerican ValuesLaura LoomerMs St. LouisMedical Visas

Places mentioned

Israel
"As an Israeli-American, I was raised with deep awareness of how the horrors of the Nazi killing machine were compounded by the refusal of countries outside of Europe to see the humanity of Jewish refugees."
United States
"The United States was no exception. Strict quotas, put in place by xenophobic politicians in Washington, restricted entry."
Gaza, Palestinian Territories
"Ahmad Abdullah Al-Ghalban, a 16-year-old Palestinian boy in Gaza whose injuries sustained in an Israeli airstrike which killed his brother led to the amputation of both his legs and the loss of several fingers on his hand."
Cuba
"28 were allowed to disembark in Cuba. The remainder, most of whom were Jewish refugees who had applied for U.S. visas, were denied entry; the ship wasnt even allowed to enter American ports."
Hamburg, Germany
"In 1939, the ship sailed to North America from Hamburg, with 937 passengers on board."

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