11-30-2007, 08:18 PM | #1 | |
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Let me ask one of the forbidden questions...
Was it right for western powers to create a Jewish state, where no Jewish state existed?
An analogy might be something like this: the United States feels bad for Cubans and creates a Cuban country in Florida, or Puerto Rico. Some Floridians and Puerto Ricans might be perturbed. Based on my reading, what you have is wave after wave of immigration, Jews to Palestine, but the Jews are still in the minority. Then Britain creates a new state, war erupts, people flee their homes, and afterwards homes and property are confiscated. Am I reading this wrong? Quote:
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11-30-2007, 08:28 PM | #2 |
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Deuteronomy 30:3, "That then the Lord thy God will turn thy captivity, and have compassion upon thee, and will return and gather thee from all the nations, whither the Lord thy God hath scattered thee."
Psalms 107:3, "And gathered them out of the lands, from the east, and from the west, from the north, and from the south." Isaiah 54:7, "For a small moment have I forsaken thee; but with great mercies will I gather thee." Ezekiel 28:25, "Thus saith the Lord God; When I shall have gathered the house of Israel from the people among whom they are scattered, ..." John 11:52, "And not for that nation only, but that also he should gather together in one the children of God that were scattered abroad."
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11-30-2007, 08:31 PM | #3 |
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Yeah too bad they weren't gathered to a place where they could build their own homes and streets and cities, instead of taking over stuff that was already there.
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11-30-2007, 08:35 PM | #4 |
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What's the problem Mike? Certainly their 20th century repatriation was a helluva lot more humane and less invasive than what God had them up to with Joshua, Saul and company.
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11-30-2007, 08:39 PM | #5 |
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We should have never kicked the Ottomans out of the Middle East. It seems things ran much better when they were in charge.
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11-30-2007, 08:45 PM | #6 |
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Bottom line, no one likes to ask the question because no one likes the answer. It makes no sense. Only the supreme guilt resulting from WWII has the ability to make this decision seem logical.
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11-30-2007, 08:53 PM | #7 |
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That was a factor but it may have been the least of the reasons. Other perhaps more important factors were Truman's biblical literalism, the fact that his lifelong friend Eddie Jacobson was a Jew, and Jews' powerful political clout in this country.
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11-30-2007, 08:56 PM | #8 |
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If the Jews won't compromise, then they deserve their suffering. Building new settlements in occupied territories was outrageous, and I'm glad they are dismantling those.
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Kinda harsh, but I've always figured that the Jews should have considered the South American option. I agree it was a mistake, a mistake born out of guilt, and one which we are suffering from even now.
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11-30-2007, 09:42 PM | #10 |
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That wasn't the only reason. Do you read my posts? It's right above yours.
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