Source? As I've said, there was tensions between the various constituents of the Ottoman Empire but the Jews' case wasn't unusual. Also, Muslims ruled the place for ~1000 years before the French and British ruled the place, and the Jews were not exterminated.
As said, they were not exterminated because the muslims are fine with jews being a minor second grade citizens that pay special tax and subject to the occasional pogrom or massacre. if they thrive to a certain point, they could always go and dwindle their numbers or shift them around.
All non-Muslims were exempt from conscription but they had to pay a tax. It wasn't just for Jews. Jews were quite rich and known for their expertise in finance. With the money they brought to Ottoman Empire after getting exiled from Europe, their banks flourished there and dominated the economy of Ottoman Empire.
For the "occasional pogrom or massacre" this is flat-out wrong. A lot of Jews ended up in Ottoman empire after getting a hard treatment in Europe and they didn't get massacred. I have no idea where you got this from. Non-Muslim couldn't join the army or work in many governmental areas (probably all of them but I might be wrong, Google it) but they weren't treated as second-class citizens in the European sense. "Muslims exterminate Jews" also sounds... abstract. Governments operate genocides, not nations or members of a religion as a whole group. We can talk shit about atheism by looking at Stalin with the same logic. I'm really the last guy to defend Ottoman Empire, and its' emperors, to be more specific, but facts are there. After mid 19. century the situation got worse. And massacres really did happen (especially on eastern parts), but not at a level of genocide and certainly not state sponsored. They were also very rare, but strong enough to force many Jews to move to less religious regions in the empire.
I dont see how the bad treatment jews got in christian countries says anything about the bad treatment they got in muslim countries.
Also, this just prove that religion was the main motivator for the pogrom and occasional massacre. and yes, a full scale genocide didn't happen (probably because the jews were too thinly spread and too scared to even show themselves as jews), unlike, say, the christians who enjoyed a full scale genocide by the same people that established that constitution sheb praised here.
edit: TBH I see a lot of misinformation here (this is not directed at anyone), as an ex-Muslim now-Atheist, and even those who are aware of this misinformation do not know enough to prove the misinformed wrong. I don't have the time and not much can change beliefs set in stone in the minds of many even though we can reach information with one click at this age (and I don't care really, misinformation is everywhere and this forum is the least). I do not give a shit about any religion (especially Islam) but at least let's criticize them with facts, not things we hear on oh-so-very-unbiased news sources. Those who are religious, they are people too, and most atheists used to be theists. Hate breeds hate, and all that good stuff.
If this does direct to me, then by all means, Point to the misinformation.
At this point I'm just going to assert that Israel was founded by lizardmen looking for a way to kill puppies. We both have source of the same quality (read, none) so our readers can decide.
Just so we're clear, i am going to summarize our arguments in plain simple words, just so anyone and especially you could actually realize what exactly you are saying.
For the record, I agree with everything UrbanGiraffe said (including the part about Arab leader don't giving a shit about Palestinians).
Cryxis, I'll try to stay extra calm and polite then.
Your argument is basically: The arab leaders don't give a shit about the palestinians. The arab leaders set up the PLO because they cared about the palestinians.
My argument is basically: The arab leaders didn't give a shit about the palestinians. The arab leaders set up the PLO because they wanted the jews out of israel.
(Or wait, are you basically arguing that the PLO was
not founded by the arab leaders?)