It is that Zionist movement, begun in the 1880s, that spawned much of the persecution stories, as a justification to do onto others what others are not permitted to do elsewhere.
Are you now repeating Arafat's line that the Holocaust is a fiction invented by the Zionists for political purposes? Or do you, unlike Arafat, retain at least some respect for historical facts?
If you came into my neighborhood and had the Police powers establish a Christian State, you would be surrounded by enemies as well.
They came, bought land, reclaimed wasteland, and attracted a large Arab immigration (the Arab population of Palestine grew five-fold between 1880 and 1948). Most of the Arabs would have lived peacefully with the Jews; but the Nazi Mufti of Jerusalem's power was threatened and he needed war. So the terrorist campaigns began. Also the charming Palestinian custom of shooting moderates as collaborators. |
