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Miriamnae's avatar

Thank you for the essay of some of our history. And for the sources to study. I believe something incredibly good is going to happen to rid Israel of the Gazan terror, with America fully helping. Am Yisrael chai.

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Richard Redstone's avatar

I voted for Trump because his son-in-law Kushner has a family relationship with Netanyahu (who is a hero in my book). Trump has already fuc#ed Israel forcing Netanyahu to take a hostage deal that was clearly bad for Israel. I assume that Mossad has been tracking the 1000 released terrorists who have murdered Israels and has plans to eliminate them at a further date (with no help from Trump). Am Yisrael Chai.

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Robin Alexander's avatar

I hope so! I like it!

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Steve S's avatar

Excellent essay. Israeli Jews told to "Go back to where you came from, go back home," know they are in their home. Returning to hostile nations from which they fled is impossible. Recent explosions of Jew hatred show even nations like the United States, Canada, Australia, and the United Kingdom, are less than welcoming. The ending says it all: "But Israel has defeated its enemies, and will likewise defeat Hamas, because they mistake a 3,000-year-old re-indigenized nation for a European colony."

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Richard Hacker's avatar

The arc of history is long and the Arabs consider Israel as the tip of the spear of the latest Crusade; however, this is their mistaken conclusion of the lessons of history. The people living in Israel are not Christian armies who can eventually be forced to go home. The Israelis are indigenous to the land and they are already "home". Years ago, Yasser Arafat traveled to Vietnam to consult with Chou En Lai. He wanted Chou's advice regarding expelling the Jews from Israel since Vietnam had the experience of expelling the Americans. Chou responded that yes, they expelled the Americans but Arafat's " problem" was different. Chou and Vietnam knew that eventually, "the American people would become tired of the war (and the returning body bags, my comment) and would give up and go home. The Jews have no where else to go." And may I add, that especially after Oct. 7, the Israeli people are not giving up.

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Tanto Minchiata's avatar

Zhou Enlai was the first premier of Communist China. Historically China and Vietnam are enemies. When did this meeting take place? Are you talking about Ho Chi Minh?

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Richard Hacker's avatar

Yes. I apologize. I mixed up the bosses from years ago.

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Robin Alexander's avatar

And, the Americans were not fighting for their own land; they mostly didn't want to be there in the first place!

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Tanto Minchiata's avatar

The future is hard to predict and most experts like Marx and Fukuyama and various Messianic groups get it wrong, although at some point history on Earth will actually cease when the Sun burns out. Everybody is selling something.

Israel has the green light from America to do what it needs to do. I hope they will step on the gas and get through the intersection to a safer future. The world cannot live comfortably with mass terrorist movements. This only benefits evil people. It’s a question of will. There is no lasting peace to be had when one side is fervently committed to wiping out the other. I’m not the first to make that observation. There’s nothing pleasant about war. By its nature it’s shocking, tragic, and offends our sense of decency. Yet it appears to be an inevitable part of the human landscape. Maybe at some point in the future we’ll be better at not killing each other, or lose our appetite for violence, but not any time soon. Israel has to do what it has to do.

Regardless of which decision is made, the world will condemn it. So that should not be the deciding factor. Survival is the issue at hand.

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Robin Alexander's avatar

You are absolutely 100% correct: 1) War is horrible BUT it becomes necessary from time to time because evil must be eradicated. The trick is to put the decency on hold, do what needs to be done, and then return to decency. 2) The world will condemn Israel no matter what it does . . . Again, right on! We have to stop thinking we can ever appease "the world." Some will always find fault, no matter what Israel does, so give it up.

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Anonymous's avatar

“ Imagine Yahya Sinwar consulting the Oracle of Khan Yunis on October 6, 2023. “Should I attack Israel?” he asks. “If you do,” the veiled fortune teller replies, “the map of Palestine will be redrawn.””. The map of Palestine needs to be erased completely and replaced by Israel.

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Doug Israel's avatar

All Palestinians are extremists. The entire movement is dedicated to the destruction of Israel by any means necessary. This includes Fatah.

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Mark Urho's avatar

We Jews have ascended Egypt twice and we have left Egypt only once. So we have to leave “Egypt “ once more and this time permanently. We living now the last days of Diaspora ( Galut) .These are the “ End of Days “ in Torah and Kabbalah.HASHEM ALMIGHTY is uniting us Jews with hard and difficult ways. HASHEM destroy soon all the evil and Satan himself away forever to eternity. There will be eternal peace and happiness, all Jews will make Aliyah to our ancestral homeland Eretz Yisrael, two and half tribes have their land share on eastern side of Jordan river. The Third Temple and the Kingdom of Israel ( Davidic Dynasty) are ETERNAL and Sanhedrin is also in the Third Temple on Mount Moriah in Jerusalem Very Soon Baruch HaShem. HASHEM ALMIGHTY has the control of everything everywhere all the time. We have new dimensions in our prayers after the Third Temple is built 🙌🙏🔥🇮🇱✡️❤️✡️🇮🇱🙌🙏🔥The final peace comes after Shechinah is dwelling in the Third Temple on Mount Moriah in Jerusalem. 🙌🙏🔥🇮🇱✡️❤️✡️🇮🇱THIS IS ALL ABOUT JERUSALEM AND MOUNT MORIAH 🙌🙏🔥🇮🇱✡️❤️✡️🇮🇱🔥

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Lukáš Konečný's avatar

I am very pleased regarding dialetical hegelin proof method of describing israel etnicity. To be honest, zionist movement implicated two kind of fruits. The good one, the proud be jew and the bad one, bad message for non jews. And that is point of interest. Shuld be be one israel, no Gaza, no Hamas, no proxy Írán terorist? I Hope, that the Day will Come, I wish it.

Let me explanation from czechoslovak history. Before 2nd ww we have in czechslovskia german minority. It was not only etnical german, also jews spoken by this culture vertical more than czech etnicity. Speak, more write in german inplicated were nobility, high society membership. Be Czech culture vertical implicated proletariat, poor, local.

And Red army gived czechslovskia freadem.

And now I want highliht what happend with move german population out of czechoslovak space..

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Robin Alexander's avatar

Fascinating!

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