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I didn't quite understand how western powers moved jews to Israel? Jews came to Israel because they wanted to come to Israel. Nobody moved them here. Actually, when the British ruled over palestine they restricted jewish immigration to Israel, and even after the holocaust they followed their restrictive policy, for example read about the ship exodus which had about 4,000 jews on it, mostly holocaust survivors, that carried jews from france to british mandatory Palestine, and the British denied its enterance, forcing it to return back. The Jewish people consider this land their homeland. Not only due to religion, but historically there are archeological evidence connecting jews, bible and the land of Israel. Of course this view by itself is also problematic, that because jews were here 2000 years ago they have the right to claim the land back, but from a Jewish perspective they also don't have many other alternatives: Without a Jewish state, jews would be targeted (like it used to be). Starting from the end of 19th century, there were many waves of massive jewish immigration to the territory of Israel. Some came from religious motives, some came driven by their zionist ideal, but also many came due to anticemitism which was rife especially in Europe. Anticemitism also didn't end when the holocaust ended, take for example the kielce pogrom which happened after the holocaust and where polish citizens and soldiers in the town of kielce killed more than 40 jews and injured about 50. These jews were mostly holocaust survivors. So there is no question in my mind, that for jews, especially after the holocaust, a state of their own was almost a necessity. Why Israel? No other territory would be as attractive to jews as Israel due to its historical and religious importance to jews.
Anna
2021-12-25 05:02:17 +0000 UTCIf one reads how the western powers & Christians, wanting to fulfill biblical prophecy, moved many Jewish people to Palestine & displaced the ‘natives’. We only have the pentatuche which claims this land for Jewish people. We know that the Exodus never happened, Jewish people were never enslaved in Egypt. How many other stories in the Talmud are incorrect or made up.
Madhup Joshi
2021-12-24 22:36:48 +0000 UTCis male circumcision unconstitutional cause of the 14th amendment?
Kazuki
2021-12-17 05:06:39 +0000 UTCPlease don't give us essays for questions, make them more concise
Atheist Republic
2021-12-17 03:23:07 +0000 UTCI'm curious - can you name someone who doesn't demonize men and promotes more positive traits associated with traditional masculinity, who unlike Jordan B. Peterson does it from a more rationalist perspective?
Ann Marigo
2021-12-17 00:01:48 +0000 UTCHelen Pluckrose gives a much better and more consistent explanation about Cancel Culture than Armin.
Ann Marigo
2021-12-16 23:59:29 +0000 UTCSuzie, in regards to moderating hate, misinformation and incitement what are your thoughts on this bit of info? “90 percent of Facebook’s audience is outside the United States. But 90 percent of Facebook’s safety budget is inside the United States.”
Musicguy20
2021-12-16 23:47:18 +0000 UTCWhat do you guys think about the unreported month long Anti-China/Pakistan govt protest in Gwadar, Balochistan? One demand is opening the border from Iran and allowing trade with the country.
Musicguy20
2021-12-16 23:29:24 +0000 UTCWhy many Muslims all around the world hate Israel? Many say it is because of the Israeli Palestinian conflict, but I think there is something more to it. Is the Israeli Palestinian conflict merely an excuse to hate Israel and in fact the hate is derived from antisemitic ideas?
Anna
2021-12-16 06:32:10 +0000 UTC
