On Freedom under fire: Israel and the lessons of 9/11
Posted on September 14 at 6:48 a.m. ( Suggest removal )
Thank you, Mr. Haynes, for describing life in Israel as those of us who live here know it. Israel wasn't 'given' to us. We first built it up, starting at the turn of the 18th century; but even long before that we returned to our Homeland. The main reason for such a large Arab population here is that Jewish settlements (kibbutzim;moshavim) drew in large numbers of Arabs from surrounding ares. Those that had been living here were felaheen (peasants living on and working land owned by absentee Arab landowners). The Balfour Agreement was long before World War II. It also included what is known today as Jordan (which is a totally made up country). The British went back on their agreement by ignoring Arabs coming in illegally and turning back Jews trying to escape from the Holocaust.
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On Freedom under fire: Israel and the lessons of 9/11
Posted on September 22 at 9:28 a.m. ( Suggest removal )
There have been many Jews throughout history who have gone against their own people: during the Shoah; during the Inquisition; during the destruction of the Beit HaMikdash. It's nothing new.