| Topic: | Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Peaceful march of Jews in London to support Israel... | |
| Posted by: | Lucille Grant | |
| Date/Time: | 31/12/23 17:42:00 |
| Thanks Philippa! Just one point with regard to the Nakba. Just as many Jews were expelled from Arab countries at the same time, losing homes and businesses from where they had lived for generations. The were absorbed into the Jewish state. This was what could have happened if fellow Muslims with huge amounts of land at their disposal had welcomed their brethren instead of letting them fester in refugee camps eg in Lebanon. Greater radicalisation may well ensue but Hamas is entirely to blame for what is happening now. Sadly Israel is doing just what Hamas wants. I won't go back and forth as to the rights and wrongs of the establishment of the State of Israel. The country came into being 75 years ago in the same month I was born. I no longer visit as I don't agree with the colonisation of the West Bank but I do consider it my spiritual home having first visited in 1969. Suffice it to say that British Jews now have a homeland should we need it. And it appears that we do now that antisemitism stalks London's streets on a weekly basis. I am not ashamed to be a Zionist. For clarification that means the right of Jews to live in their ancestral home. I appreciate that there are Jews who do not accept this. Let's hope they never need the protection of the Jewish state to escape from AntiSemitism as my German born mother did in 1939 after being refused permission to travel to the British Mandate in Palestine. People living in Gaza are ruled by Hamas. No free elections have been held there since 2006 I believe. Israel has free democratic elections regularly. Some might say too regularly as they have a ridiculous system of proportional representation that lets in the worst of extremist politicians. Once Netanyahou goes, as he will come the end of the war, if not sooner, Israel will hold elections where, I might add, both Jews and Arabs have equal right to vote. Happy New Year x |