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jacquelyn sauriol's avatar

Perhaps he saw it as a 'Chesterton's fence' situation; an equilibrium disturbed by the new forced demographic is bound to have unforseen repurrcussions. I have to ask, why is it that this Jewish homeland was needed, then, a mere 75 years ago or so? The case for reparations from another Holocaust, I suppose. The youngest child finally kicking the dog, the last link in a chain started with the fathers anger at the mother, transferred down through the children. The native peoples that were here in America before Europeans arrived were ultimately decimated and genocided, so we could plant our flag. I see little difference, except for the century it occurred.

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Stegiel's avatar

The Zionist movement, which took its name from “Zion” - the Biblical name for Jerusalem - emerged in the 19th century in Central and Eastern Europe as a national revival and liberation movement. Zionism advocated the return of the Jews from the Diaspora to the Land of Israel, the re-establishment of a Jewish homeland and state there, and the creation of a 'new society' based on humanistic, democratic and Jewish values. It also sought to obtain international legitimacy for the inalienable rights of the Jewish people to self-determination and freedom in its historic homeland. Between 1882 and 1914, while the area was still under Ottoman rule, approximately 60,000 Jews returned to the Land of Israel in two major waves of immigration.https://www.gov.il/en/pages/jews-in-the-land-of-israel-1880-1914

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jacquelyn sauriol's avatar

I didn't think Bob Marley was born that long ago. (Badda bing badda boom). Well, at least we see where 'humanism and democracy combined with Jewish values' ends up, eh? They do seem to love to haggle, taking their discount in human lives. Never pay full price, I have heard said.

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Stegiel's avatar

Amusingly until 1692 and the Port Royal EQ Jamaica was slated as a probable Jewish Homeland. https://www.smithsonianmag.com/travel/forgotten-jewish-pirates-jamaica-180959252/

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