re: #376 Rancher

Because everyone accepts this as true. I think your deeper question, and correct me if I’m wrong, I don’t want to put words in your mouth, is why doesn’t everyone question the morality of not allowing Jews in Palestine when they would howl like a banshee if Israel said no Muslims are allowed in Israel? Also along those lines why don’t more people question the morality of displacing almost one million Jews from Arab and Muslim countries over the last 60 years? The answer is: because they are Jews.

That is indeed the deeper issue and while I tend to agree that your answer is correct, I will never accept it. As Kenneth said above, Jews have been living in Judea and Samaria for the better part of 3000 years, much of that time under foreign “occupation,” if you will. Many (though probably not most) of the Jews living there now would prefer to continue living there under foreign occupation again to living in Tel Aviv or Haifa under Israeli rule, as those places have historical and spiritual meaning to them that’s been etched deep into their souls for millennia. Which is to say, they would prefer living there secure in their lives and their property and at peace with their neighbors. This is a part of the story that never gets told. It needs to get told.