ever wondered how come the israeli lobbies have so much influence !!

As they say a picture is worth a thousand words:

http://www.thestudentroom.co.uk/attachment.php?attachmentid=18852&stc=1



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What percent of international finance do you think Jews control?

Also, do you think Jews act as a group (i.e. they coordinate their activities with each other) or do individual Jews try to make money for themselves?

With regard to 1290 i have heard a view along the lines of this: The king at the time was concerned about the 'money cartel' / 'bankers' seeking an undue influence over the english economy. He therfore made legislation against this. However when the bankers persisted the king (wrongly) responded by expelling all jews from england. This was obviousley an act of anti semetism as it is unfair to blame the jews as a whole for the actions of a few bankers who may or may not have been jewish.

Is this anti-semetic propaganda or is there any basis in fact?

I've never heard that version of the 1290 expulsions.

I read the expulsion was a response to growing anti-Semitism in England after several notorious child murders (e.g. Little St Hugh of Lincoln and St William of Norwich). Also, Edward I (the then king), owed great deals of money to Jewish financiers (remembering that Jews were focused in the mercantile professions by law). To avoid repayment he expelled all Jews, rich and poor.

Interestingly he retained some Jewish physicians and the like for his care, and it is unlikely all Jews were ever completely expelled from the country.
Perhaps the major significance of this in European history is that it was the first expulsion of the Jews in Europe.