The other day a friend of mine, a Greek lady, said to me after I told her she is a little prejudice, (who isn’t btw) oh I think it’s horrible what they did to the Jews… as if that qualified her as not being prejudice – because she said ‘don’t you know a lot of people think it was good what happened’….

Kind of like the Chris Rock Joke -

“I’m a good dad I feed my kids”

or

“I’m a good husband I don’t beat my wife”

The Arabs who were living there did not have title, by and large.î

I consider this to be the strongest argument in favor of Israel. The Jews paid for the land and owe nobody anything. Regrettably, too many of the immigrating European Jews were radical socialists and easily persuaded that they represented colonialist oppression. They foolishly believed that all property is stolen. Everybody is either a victim or a victimizer.

If we were to reject the property rights of the Israelis—then no title of ownership is secure anywhere in the world. Why do I seem to be about the only one to point this out? This is so absurd.

We have inexplicably allowed the concept of a monolithic pan Arabic Muslim entity to hijack our view of the Middle East.

This permits any Muslim anywhere the right of grievance and the right to redress that grievance by violent means.

Starting around 1890, European Jews began buying land in the area we now call Israel. They bought this land from the Ottomans, who owned it at the time.

The Arabs who were living there did not have title, by and large.

I learned this from Edward Said, of all people.

It is amusing that the far left of the west and the Radical Muslim world can agree on only two topics, Israel must go and America is evil. The only thing that Kushner forgets is that when they have rid the world of Israel, Gay westerners will be next on the list, especially artists who like to tweak religion and who want to challange the worlds traditional attitude towards homosexuality.

I’m aware of that, Otter. But it is likewise the biblical homeland of Christians and certainly Jerusalem is a holy city to Moslems even if not on a par with Mecca or Medina. All three major religions have a biblical claim to Israeli land.

“Holocaust = Israel is dangerous”: To me it is a rather obvious historical fact. I don’t know a single person, Jewish or not, who does not see Israel as the world’s attempt to provide a “safe” haven for Jews following the Holocaust. Iran does not need a legitimate gripe to hate Israel. Israel is a Jewish state. That is enough for most Moslems, let alone Iranians. American and Israeli power are all that stands between Israel and her seemingly eternal enemies. Asking obvious questions will not change that and America will never abandon Israel.