Gary Olson and Vincent Stravino of Bethlehem were regular writers of that persuasion. When I would occasionally send a reply to their pieces, my submissions were not given the automatic editor acceptance they received.
I was surprised to see a recent piece by George Heitman who explained that Israel was responding to an entity dedicated to Israel's destruction. Mr. Heitman acknowledged that Israel was badly losing the public relations war, but that their enemy left them no alternative.
Zionism is the appreciation of the Jewish homeland. Jews have lived continously in the Holy Land since biblical times. The two-state solution has been rejected by the Palestinians and the Arab world numerous times. Today, many people use the term Zionist as a derogatory term, meant as an insult and slur.
I have yet to meet an anti-Zionist who ever had much use for Jews.
The ignorance of the historical facts involving ancient Israel, the Holy Lands, Palestine, and the modern Israel state is as deep as it is omnipresent. Those under 35 are most likely to know the least due to the very sad state of our institutions of higher learning. Too many have been propagandized instead of taught to think critically. Issues are now taught as black and white, good or bad, no nuance, no historical background or context. To those who demand Isreal be given back to the Palistines I would ask; should Constantinople be given back to the Greeks? If not, why not? By the way, terror and the intentional slaughter of innocents is also excusable now to many. History has seen all of this many times before, from long ago to the current day, sadly, too many only know the present and could care less about the past. Why? Because that's how they were taught to think. Scott Armstrong
ReplyDeleteI'll start biblically --Judeo' /Christian verses Muslim theology this has been a holy war from the biblical teachings new and old testament --And nothing can or will change that basic issue!
ReplyDeleteFor some Palestinians it may be religious, but I believe it's mostly political/national. Although Israelis were willing to co-existance, that arrangement was rejected by the Palestinians. From the Jewish/Israeli viewpoint, the issues are not religious,
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