Almost 1,000 cars torched around France on New Year's Eve but government insists it 'went particularly well'
É ALTA TRAIÇÃO TER DESCOLONIZADO COMO O FIZERAM E AGORA COLONIZAREM-NOS COMO O ANDAM A FAZER.POR MAIS PROPAGANDA QUE FAÇAM UM DIA VÃO PRESTAR CONTAS
PERTENCE CERTAMENTE AO submundo da blogosfera DE ACORDO COM CIENTÍFICAS CLASSIFICAÇÕES DUNS GAJOS QUE VIVEM DOS MEUS IMPOSTOS E ANDAM A AFUNDAR PORTUGAL
Tuesday, January 3, 2017
Monday, January 2, 2017
FRANCISCA É PRECISO MAIS UMA REVERSÃO.EM NOME DO ACESSO À JUSTIÇA EXTINGUE O CIMPAS
Vinte tribunais extintos com a reforma do mapa judiciário reabrem portas hoje
O CIMPAS TEM UM EMBRULHO MUITO LINDO.TEM LÁ O ACP, A DECO, A PRP, A TUA DGPJ(!!!), O MINISTÉRIO DA JUSTIÇA(!!!) NUM DOIS EM UM CREDIBILIZADOR E CLARO OS "PATRÕES"...ASSOCIAÇÃO PORTUGUESA DE SEGURADORES E A APROSE...
COM TANTO GOVERNO OLHOS NOS OLHOS SERIA NATURAL TER UMA ESTATÍSTICA REVELADORA DA "ACTIVIDADE" DAQUELA JUSTIÇA PARTICULAR FEITA POR ADVOGADOS-JUÍZES.AFINAL É UM "TRIBUNAL" EM QUE OS JUÍZES-ADVOGADOS LEVAM A SÉRIO O SEREM "JUÍZES".MAS UMA ESTATÍSTICA POUCO ESCLARECEDORA.AO ESTILO QUANTOS RECLAMANTES GANHARAM A 100%, A 50%, QUANTOS PERDERAM.MAS MAIS IMPORTANTE É SABER PORQUE É QUE NO ANTERIOR REGIME O INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE SEGUROS DECIDIA A RESPONSABILIDADE DOS ACIDENTES A PAGAR PELAS SEGURADORAS POR VIA TÉCNICA, NOMEADAMENTE POR RECONSTITUIÇÃO DO ACIDENTE(COM OS INTERVENIENTES LÁ NO LOCAL) E AGORA POR ARTES MÁGICAS É UM ADVOGADO-JUIZ QUE LÊ UNS PAPÉIS E SEM SEQUER OUVIR OS 2 CONDUTORES "JULGA" NA MAIOR...POR ACREDITAR NA "SEGURADORA"...E UM PASSARINHO LHE DAR A VERSÃO DO OUTRO CONDUTOR...
FOI UM GRANDE AVANÇO DEMOCRATA ENTREGAR A "JUSTIÇA PÚBLICA" A UNS PARTICULARES QUE NÃO SÃO "ESTADO".MAS SEM A ANÁLISE FINA DAS ESTATÍSTICAS QUEM É QUE SABE O QUE SE PASSA?COM A COLABORAÇÃO DOS DEFENSORES DOS "CONSUMIDORES"?
O CASO É QUE SENDO O CIMPAS TUTELADO PELO MINISTÉRIO DA JUSTIÇA ALGUÉM JÁ DEVERIA TER EXIGIDO MAIS TRANSPARÊNCIA NAS ESTATÍSTICAS NÃO?SÓ PARA SE AVALIAR COM HONESTIDADE O QUE SE LÁ PASSA...
O CIMPAS TEM UM EMBRULHO MUITO LINDO.TEM LÁ O ACP, A DECO, A PRP, A TUA DGPJ(!!!), O MINISTÉRIO DA JUSTIÇA(!!!) NUM DOIS EM UM CREDIBILIZADOR E CLARO OS "PATRÕES"...ASSOCIAÇÃO PORTUGUESA DE SEGURADORES E A APROSE...
COM TANTO GOVERNO OLHOS NOS OLHOS SERIA NATURAL TER UMA ESTATÍSTICA REVELADORA DA "ACTIVIDADE" DAQUELA JUSTIÇA PARTICULAR FEITA POR ADVOGADOS-JUÍZES.AFINAL É UM "TRIBUNAL" EM QUE OS JUÍZES-ADVOGADOS LEVAM A SÉRIO O SEREM "JUÍZES".MAS UMA ESTATÍSTICA POUCO ESCLARECEDORA.AO ESTILO QUANTOS RECLAMANTES GANHARAM A 100%, A 50%, QUANTOS PERDERAM.MAS MAIS IMPORTANTE É SABER PORQUE É QUE NO ANTERIOR REGIME O INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE SEGUROS DECIDIA A RESPONSABILIDADE DOS ACIDENTES A PAGAR PELAS SEGURADORAS POR VIA TÉCNICA, NOMEADAMENTE POR RECONSTITUIÇÃO DO ACIDENTE(COM OS INTERVENIENTES LÁ NO LOCAL) E AGORA POR ARTES MÁGICAS É UM ADVOGADO-JUIZ QUE LÊ UNS PAPÉIS E SEM SEQUER OUVIR OS 2 CONDUTORES "JULGA" NA MAIOR...POR ACREDITAR NA "SEGURADORA"...E UM PASSARINHO LHE DAR A VERSÃO DO OUTRO CONDUTOR...
FOI UM GRANDE AVANÇO DEMOCRATA ENTREGAR A "JUSTIÇA PÚBLICA" A UNS PARTICULARES QUE NÃO SÃO "ESTADO".MAS SEM A ANÁLISE FINA DAS ESTATÍSTICAS QUEM É QUE SABE O QUE SE PASSA?COM A COLABORAÇÃO DOS DEFENSORES DOS "CONSUMIDORES"?
O CASO É QUE SENDO O CIMPAS TUTELADO PELO MINISTÉRIO DA JUSTIÇA ALGUÉM JÁ DEVERIA TER EXIGIDO MAIS TRANSPARÊNCIA NAS ESTATÍSTICAS NÃO?SÓ PARA SE AVALIAR COM HONESTIDADE O QUE SE LÁ PASSA...
Sunday, January 1, 2017
EM 2017 VAI FAZER 100 ANOS A REVOLUÇÃO DE OUTUBRO QUE FEZ A URSS.COMO ACTUALMENTE OS COMUNISTAS CASEIROS SÃO OS DETENTORES DA RESPECTIVA "CHAMA" ANDAM NUM DESASSOSSEGO...
Venezuela frees politician and student activists jailed during 2014 protests
Releases of former opposition candidate Manuel Rosales and five other activists come amid talks over country’s economic and political crisis
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Maduro diz que Chávez lhe apareceu como passarinho Nicolás Maduro garante que Hugo Chávez, falecido ex-presidente da Venezuela, lhe apareceu em forma de passarinho, e os dois comunicaram por assobios.
Ler mais em: http://www.cmjornal.pt/mundo/detalhe/maduro-diz-que-chavez-lhe-apareceu-como-passarinho
E VALE TUDO.
QUANTO A PASSARINHOS A COMUNICAR POR ASSOBIOS É COISA QUE TAMBÉM CÁ SE PRATICA.NO MAIS MODERNO ESTADO DE DIREITO ONDE NÃO HÁ VOTO EM POPULISTAS(AQUELA DEMOCRATA CONSTITUIÇÃO QUE TUDO PREVIU)
CONHEÇO UM ALEGADO REPUTADO ADVOGADO COM UMA LONGA VIDA AO ALEGADO SERVIÇO DOS CONSUMO E DA DEMOCRACIA QUE "JULGA" UM ACIDENTE DE VIAÇÃO ENTRE 2 CONDUTORES COM RECURSO AO PASSARINHO FORNECIDO POR UMA DAS SEGURADORAS...E TUDO "LEGAL" CLARO...
Releases of former opposition candidate Manuel Rosales and five other activists come amid talks over country’s economic and political crisis
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Maduro diz que Chávez lhe apareceu como passarinho Nicolás Maduro garante que Hugo Chávez, falecido ex-presidente da Venezuela, lhe apareceu em forma de passarinho, e os dois comunicaram por assobios.
Ler mais em: http://www.cmjornal.pt/mundo/detalhe/maduro-diz-que-chavez-lhe-apareceu-como-passarinho
E VALE TUDO.
QUANTO A PASSARINHOS A COMUNICAR POR ASSOBIOS É COISA QUE TAMBÉM CÁ SE PRATICA.NO MAIS MODERNO ESTADO DE DIREITO ONDE NÃO HÁ VOTO EM POPULISTAS(AQUELA DEMOCRATA CONSTITUIÇÃO QUE TUDO PREVIU)
CONHEÇO UM ALEGADO REPUTADO ADVOGADO COM UMA LONGA VIDA AO ALEGADO SERVIÇO DOS CONSUMO E DA DEMOCRACIA QUE "JULGA" UM ACIDENTE DE VIAÇÃO ENTRE 2 CONDUTORES COM RECURSO AO PASSARINHO FORNECIDO POR UMA DAS SEGURADORAS...E TUDO "LEGAL" CLARO...
O REBANHO A CAMINHO DO MATADOURO
Knife-wielding Afghan migrant 'stabs Christian woman, 50, because she was reading the Bible at the Austrian refugee centre where he lives'
The middle-aged woman was set upon by a 22-year-old Aghan migrant in Austria
She had been invited to an accommodation in Timelkam to talk about the Bible
When he heard her reading from the religious scripture he launched his attack
Christian woman was saved from serious injury by her thick winter coat
By Gareth Davies For Mailonline
An Afghan migrant attacked a Christian woman at an asylum centre because he could hear her reading the Bible.
The 50-year-old was attacked in accommodation in Timelkam, Voecklamarkt in North Western Austria.
Her alleged attacker was a 22-year-old man from Afghanistan who had taken offence to the fact that the woman had been invited by Christian residents of the property to discuss the Bible.
When he found out what she was doing, he stormed into the kitchen where the woman was standing and tried to plunge the knife into her upper body.
Luckily her thick winter coat protected her from serious injury, but she did injure her ear when she fell backwards from the force of the man's violent blows.
When questioned by police, the man accepted he had overreacted but claimed he was suffering from 'personal problems'.
He was ordered remanded in custody and taken to Wels Prison in Upper Austria.
It is unclear if he has been charged yet.
Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-4078430/Knife-wielding-Afghan-migrant-stabs-Christian-woman-50-reading-Bible-Austrian-refugee-centre-lives.html#ixzz4UVr2qd6m
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Papa Francisco afirma que ajudar imigrantes é como "acolher Deus" PDF Imprimir E-mail
O papa Francisco usou sua conta no Twitter para enviar uma mensagem pelo Dia Mundial dos Migrantes, data lembrada neste domingo (18).
"Exprimo a minha solidariedade aos migrantes do mundo e agradeço a todos aqueles que os ajudam: acolher o outro é acolher Deus!", escreveu o líder da Igreja Católica.
COMO É LINDA TANTA TOLERÂNCIA RELIGIOSA MESMO PARA COM OS INIMIGOS DE SEMPRE.PELOS VISTOS O VATICANO TEM FALTA DE MÁRTIRES...
The middle-aged woman was set upon by a 22-year-old Aghan migrant in Austria
She had been invited to an accommodation in Timelkam to talk about the Bible
When he heard her reading from the religious scripture he launched his attack
Christian woman was saved from serious injury by her thick winter coat
By Gareth Davies For Mailonline
An Afghan migrant attacked a Christian woman at an asylum centre because he could hear her reading the Bible.
The 50-year-old was attacked in accommodation in Timelkam, Voecklamarkt in North Western Austria.
Her alleged attacker was a 22-year-old man from Afghanistan who had taken offence to the fact that the woman had been invited by Christian residents of the property to discuss the Bible.
When he found out what she was doing, he stormed into the kitchen where the woman was standing and tried to plunge the knife into her upper body.
Luckily her thick winter coat protected her from serious injury, but she did injure her ear when she fell backwards from the force of the man's violent blows.
When questioned by police, the man accepted he had overreacted but claimed he was suffering from 'personal problems'.
He was ordered remanded in custody and taken to Wels Prison in Upper Austria.
It is unclear if he has been charged yet.
Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-4078430/Knife-wielding-Afghan-migrant-stabs-Christian-woman-50-reading-Bible-Austrian-refugee-centre-lives.html#ixzz4UVr2qd6m
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Papa Francisco afirma que ajudar imigrantes é como "acolher Deus" PDF Imprimir E-mail
O papa Francisco usou sua conta no Twitter para enviar uma mensagem pelo Dia Mundial dos Migrantes, data lembrada neste domingo (18).
"Exprimo a minha solidariedade aos migrantes do mundo e agradeço a todos aqueles que os ajudam: acolher o outro é acolher Deus!", escreveu o líder da Igreja Católica.
COMO É LINDA TANTA TOLERÂNCIA RELIGIOSA MESMO PARA COM OS INIMIGOS DE SEMPRE.PELOS VISTOS O VATICANO TEM FALTA DE MÁRTIRES...
O BOM DO GUTERRES DEPOIS DE LHE TEREM ENCONTRADO UM NINHO DE AMOR CONSIDERA QUE TEM UMA DEMOCRACIA TÃO AVANÇADA QUE POPULISMO NADA...
"Portugal é um país onde o populismo não dá votos"
Entrevista a António Guterres para ler este domingo na Notícias Magazine
MEU OLHA QUE POR CÁ É A MODALIDADE DO 8 OU 80...E DEPOIS ANDA POR AÍ 50% DOS VOTANTES A NÃO IR VOTAR.NÃO DEVEM GOSTAR DA MANJEDOURA QUE LHES SERVEM...
CHEIRA-ME QUE DEPOIS DE SE DESCOBRIR UM INTERNACIONALISTA DEBAIXO DE CADA PEDRINHA A SE DESSE UM PONTAPÉ VAI ACONTECER COM OS NACIONALISTAS.PORQUE DECIDIDAMENTE A MALTA NÃO ALINHA COM A FEITURA DA RAÇA MISTA POR NOSSA CONTA...
Entrevista a António Guterres para ler este domingo na Notícias Magazine
MEU OLHA QUE POR CÁ É A MODALIDADE DO 8 OU 80...E DEPOIS ANDA POR AÍ 50% DOS VOTANTES A NÃO IR VOTAR.NÃO DEVEM GOSTAR DA MANJEDOURA QUE LHES SERVEM...
CHEIRA-ME QUE DEPOIS DE SE DESCOBRIR UM INTERNACIONALISTA DEBAIXO DE CADA PEDRINHA A SE DESSE UM PONTAPÉ VAI ACONTECER COM OS NACIONALISTAS.PORQUE DECIDIDAMENTE A MALTA NÃO ALINHA COM A FEITURA DA RAÇA MISTA POR NOSSA CONTA...
Saturday, December 31, 2016
OS SEFARDITAS ESCREVERAM NO FACEBOOK DE UM DEPUTADO E FORAM LOGO ATENDIDOS.GENEROSAMENTE.EU ANDO A ESCREVER ACERCA DO CIMPAS E NINGUÉM ME OUVE?PORRA...
Brexit vote sparks rush of British Jews seeking Portuguese passports
More Sephardic Jews are applying for citizenship of Portugal under law making amends for expulsion centuries ago
Lisbon skyline
Lisbon. Thousands of Jews were forced from Spain and Portugal at the end of the 15th century. Photograph: Alamy Stock Photo
Sam Jones in Madrid
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Saturday 31 December 2016 07.00 GMT Last modified on Saturday 31 December 2016 07.02 GMT
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The UK’s decision to leave the European Union has fuelled an 80-fold increase in the number of British Sephardic Jews seeking Portuguese citizenship under a recent law intended to make amends for their ancestors’ expulsion from the Iberian peninsula more than 500 years ago.
Last year both Spain and Portugal brought in legislation to facilitate the return of the descendants of the thousands of Jews who were forced from the countries at the end of the 15th century.
The Spanish government said the offer of citizenship was intended to right the “historical wrong” that saw the country’s Jewish community exiled, forced to convert to Catholicism or burned at the stake. Portugal said that while there was no way to make up for what had been done, the offer of citizenship represented “an attribution of a right”.
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In the wake of June’s Brexit vote, however, a rapidly increasing number of British Sephardic Jews have been applying for Portuguese citizenship as a way to deal with the uncertainty created by the leave victory.
According to the Jewish Community of Oporto – which, along with the Lisbon Jewish community, is certifying applicants – demand from the UK has soared since 23 June.
Dr Michael Rothwell, a delegate to the community, said it had received just five applications before Brexit compared with 400 in the two months following the vote.
“I think people are a bit nervous about this and therefore feel that having a European Union passport would be an advantage even if they are not necessarily planning to move to Portugal,” he said. “Having citizenship of an EU country has its benefits.”
Rothwell said the community had not been surprised by the rush for Portuguese passports, adding that the number of individuals applying was greater that 400 as many had applied in groups. Although there are no precise figures, the UK’s Sephardic population is estimated to be in the thousands.
Alison Rosen, executive director of the S&P Sephardi Community in London, said its archivists had also seen a rise in the number of people inquiring about their Sephardic ancestry.
“One hundred per cent, the minute Brexit happened, we definitely saw an increase in volume and I think it’s continuing,” she said. “In the past, we had a handful of people and it’s now a steady flow of people. In the past we might have got one a month and now it’s a couple a week or something.”
However, Spain’s Federation of Jewish Communities said it had not seen a similar rise in UK applications after Brexit, perhaps because the language tests required by the Spanish government are pushing would-be applicants to try the Portuguese route, which makes no linguistic demands on applicants. The UK does not feature among the Spanish government’s top 10 countries for applications, a list led by Argentina, Israel, Venezuela, the US and Canada.
Gillie Traeger, a 45-year-old teaching assistant from Greater London, is one of those now seeking Portuguese nationality. For her, the offer of citizenship is a matter of recognising both her Sephardic roots and asserting her wider European identity in the aftermath of Brexit.
“There’s kind of a sense of pride from coming from this very old Jewish family in England,” she said. “[But] historically, I don’t feel like I’m just English. I feel I’m European and would like to stay that way. Having the opportunity to do this is rather nice, actually.”
Another British descendant of Sephardic Jews, who did not want to give his name, said his decision to apply for Portuguese citizenship had been political and pragmatic.
“The moment that I heard about the decree in Portugal, I said to my wife: ‘If we leave the European Union, I’m going to apply for Portuguese citizenship,’” he said.
“I’m literally in mourning about Brexit. I’m a European, a cosmopolitan and I think all forms of nationalism are pretty hateful. If you look at the 19th and 20th century and see what nationalism does, it’s not a history to be particularly proud of.”
Particularly distasteful, he added, had been the rhetoric surrounding the debate with its familiar attacks on “the hated Johnny Foreigner”.
“My going for Portuguese citizenship is in part symbolic; it’s in part protest and in part the embracing of a particular cultural heritage. But it’s in part the practicality of being able to travel in Europe without having to produce a non-European passport.”
Yoram Zara, an Israeli lawyer representing Sephardic Jews from all over the world, said the reasons for the rise in applications were self-evident.
“They are used to being a part of the European Union and enjoying all the privileges and rights of European citizens,” he said. “Now there’s some uncertainty about what will happen in the coming years, so it’s safe to have it if you intend to live, work or study in the EU or to retire there. Having a Portuguese, EU passport certainly shouldn’t harm you and might give you things that a British passport will no longer allow you to have.”
Zara and Rothwell said that while applications to Portugal from the UK were on the increase, there was also strong interest from Turkey, which welcomed many Sephardic Jews following the expulsion from Spain and Portugal.
Five hundred years on, the dwindling community has found itself the target of terrorist atrocities, and many feel increasingly unwelcome in Turkey’s shifting political climate.
“This law came out at a time when precisely Turkish Jews are feeling under stress from the political changes that are taking place in Turkey,” said Rothwell.
“Five hundred years ago, Spain and Portugal expelled the Jews and the Sultan of the Ottoman empire received them very happily – it was a very good deal – and they have been living in those areas very happily for 500 years, but now the circle is kind of closing because the Turkish Jews are not feeling very safe where they are, and so you have the inverse.”
Zara said that Sephardic Jews in Turkey were now applying in their “hundreds and thousands”.
He added: “They are concerned – and I think the last few months have proved them right – because things are not stable in Turkey and maybe they will need to leave if things get worse.”
Despite the emollient words from Madrid and Lisbon, though, some of those whose ancestors were persecuted and chased from their homes are still left pondering the epic injustice of it all.
“To them it may be an offer of amends but to me it’s part of my cultural identity and heritage,” said Misty Kenney, who applied for Portuguese citizenship before the Brexit vote.
“I’m surprised they didn’t start doing this years ago. If it wasn’t for the inquisition maybe I would be in Portugal today.”
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More Sephardic Jews are applying for citizenship of Portugal under law making amends for expulsion centuries ago
Lisbon skyline
Lisbon. Thousands of Jews were forced from Spain and Portugal at the end of the 15th century. Photograph: Alamy Stock Photo
Sam Jones in Madrid
@swajones
Saturday 31 December 2016 07.00 GMT Last modified on Saturday 31 December 2016 07.02 GMT
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The UK’s decision to leave the European Union has fuelled an 80-fold increase in the number of British Sephardic Jews seeking Portuguese citizenship under a recent law intended to make amends for their ancestors’ expulsion from the Iberian peninsula more than 500 years ago.
Last year both Spain and Portugal brought in legislation to facilitate the return of the descendants of the thousands of Jews who were forced from the countries at the end of the 15th century.
The Spanish government said the offer of citizenship was intended to right the “historical wrong” that saw the country’s Jewish community exiled, forced to convert to Catholicism or burned at the stake. Portugal said that while there was no way to make up for what had been done, the offer of citizenship represented “an attribution of a right”.
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In the wake of June’s Brexit vote, however, a rapidly increasing number of British Sephardic Jews have been applying for Portuguese citizenship as a way to deal with the uncertainty created by the leave victory.
According to the Jewish Community of Oporto – which, along with the Lisbon Jewish community, is certifying applicants – demand from the UK has soared since 23 June.
Dr Michael Rothwell, a delegate to the community, said it had received just five applications before Brexit compared with 400 in the two months following the vote.
“I think people are a bit nervous about this and therefore feel that having a European Union passport would be an advantage even if they are not necessarily planning to move to Portugal,” he said. “Having citizenship of an EU country has its benefits.”
Rothwell said the community had not been surprised by the rush for Portuguese passports, adding that the number of individuals applying was greater that 400 as many had applied in groups. Although there are no precise figures, the UK’s Sephardic population is estimated to be in the thousands.
Alison Rosen, executive director of the S&P Sephardi Community in London, said its archivists had also seen a rise in the number of people inquiring about their Sephardic ancestry.
“One hundred per cent, the minute Brexit happened, we definitely saw an increase in volume and I think it’s continuing,” she said. “In the past, we had a handful of people and it’s now a steady flow of people. In the past we might have got one a month and now it’s a couple a week or something.”
However, Spain’s Federation of Jewish Communities said it had not seen a similar rise in UK applications after Brexit, perhaps because the language tests required by the Spanish government are pushing would-be applicants to try the Portuguese route, which makes no linguistic demands on applicants. The UK does not feature among the Spanish government’s top 10 countries for applications, a list led by Argentina, Israel, Venezuela, the US and Canada.
Gillie Traeger, a 45-year-old teaching assistant from Greater London, is one of those now seeking Portuguese nationality. For her, the offer of citizenship is a matter of recognising both her Sephardic roots and asserting her wider European identity in the aftermath of Brexit.
“There’s kind of a sense of pride from coming from this very old Jewish family in England,” she said. “[But] historically, I don’t feel like I’m just English. I feel I’m European and would like to stay that way. Having the opportunity to do this is rather nice, actually.”
Another British descendant of Sephardic Jews, who did not want to give his name, said his decision to apply for Portuguese citizenship had been political and pragmatic.
“The moment that I heard about the decree in Portugal, I said to my wife: ‘If we leave the European Union, I’m going to apply for Portuguese citizenship,’” he said.
“I’m literally in mourning about Brexit. I’m a European, a cosmopolitan and I think all forms of nationalism are pretty hateful. If you look at the 19th and 20th century and see what nationalism does, it’s not a history to be particularly proud of.”
Particularly distasteful, he added, had been the rhetoric surrounding the debate with its familiar attacks on “the hated Johnny Foreigner”.
“My going for Portuguese citizenship is in part symbolic; it’s in part protest and in part the embracing of a particular cultural heritage. But it’s in part the practicality of being able to travel in Europe without having to produce a non-European passport.”
Yoram Zara, an Israeli lawyer representing Sephardic Jews from all over the world, said the reasons for the rise in applications were self-evident.
“They are used to being a part of the European Union and enjoying all the privileges and rights of European citizens,” he said. “Now there’s some uncertainty about what will happen in the coming years, so it’s safe to have it if you intend to live, work or study in the EU or to retire there. Having a Portuguese, EU passport certainly shouldn’t harm you and might give you things that a British passport will no longer allow you to have.”
Zara and Rothwell said that while applications to Portugal from the UK were on the increase, there was also strong interest from Turkey, which welcomed many Sephardic Jews following the expulsion from Spain and Portugal.
Five hundred years on, the dwindling community has found itself the target of terrorist atrocities, and many feel increasingly unwelcome in Turkey’s shifting political climate.
“This law came out at a time when precisely Turkish Jews are feeling under stress from the political changes that are taking place in Turkey,” said Rothwell.
“Five hundred years ago, Spain and Portugal expelled the Jews and the Sultan of the Ottoman empire received them very happily – it was a very good deal – and they have been living in those areas very happily for 500 years, but now the circle is kind of closing because the Turkish Jews are not feeling very safe where they are, and so you have the inverse.”
Zara said that Sephardic Jews in Turkey were now applying in their “hundreds and thousands”.
He added: “They are concerned – and I think the last few months have proved them right – because things are not stable in Turkey and maybe they will need to leave if things get worse.”
Despite the emollient words from Madrid and Lisbon, though, some of those whose ancestors were persecuted and chased from their homes are still left pondering the epic injustice of it all.
“To them it may be an offer of amends but to me it’s part of my cultural identity and heritage,” said Misty Kenney, who applied for Portuguese citizenship before the Brexit vote.
“I’m surprised they didn’t start doing this years ago. If it wasn’t for the inquisition maybe I would be in Portugal today.”
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