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Politics : Israel to U.S. : Now Deal with Syria and Iran -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Crimson Ghost who wrote (9922)	1/30/2006 7:10:08 AM
From: sea_urchin	Respond to of 22250

Crimson > One of the key elements of Zionist psychological warfare is their argument that God has always severely punished the enemies.of the Jews -- now identified 100% with the state of Israel Yes and that's why they always try to blur the distinction between the religious side and the political side, namely Zionism. Furthermore, and as you know, political Zionism as it is today isn't only a Jewish phenomenon, in fact, many of the non-Jews in the US government, because of their evangelism, regard themselves as Zionists. The separation of church and state may still exist in the US itself but it definitely doesn't when it comes to American foreign policy. > Of course one can also argue that God has sometimes severely punished the Jews for their own transgressions. In recent years that's always attributed to anti-Semitism. Of course, right in the beginning when they were expelled from Israel to Babylon they did believe it was God's doing and that's how the religion developed. remember.org >>In 598 B.C.E., Judah was invaded by King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylonia. Much of the population of the Israelites was sent into exile in Babylonia. Jerusalem itself fell under siege in 586 B.C.E. and was destroyed. The destruction of the First Temple of Jerusalem is commemorated by the Fast of Tishah be-Av, the ninth of the Jewish month of Av. In exile, the Israelites found themselves to be able to participate in the economic and social life of their new land, and to reorganize and maintain Jewish life. When the Persians conquered Babylon in 538 B.C.E., the Persian King Cyrus permitted all conquered peoples to return to their homelands. About 50,000 Jews returned to Judah, although many stayed in Babylon, having established a new life there. After several decades of delays, the Second Temple was built and dedicated in 516 B.C.E. The focus of Jewish intellectual life following the destruction of the Second Temple was established in Yavneh. Jewish scholars met here and during the end of the second century and beginning of the third established an oral Jewish law to complement the Torah. This oral law was written down at the end of the second century C.E. by R. Judah ha-Nasi, and is known as the Mishnah. Discussion on the Mishnah was also put to writing, and is known as the Gemara. The Mishnah and Gemara together are called the Talmud. The Jewish scholars in Babylon also developed a Talmud, which eventually supplanted the Palestinian version as the ultimate authority in Jewish legal matters. New centers of Jewish scholarship were established in the diaspora, principally in North Africa and Muslim Spain by the end of the 10th century. <<