Israel and the Land

Israel and the Land

Myths about Israel and Zionism

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Summary ... Debates about Israel and Palestine often assume a historical narrative that is at odds with historical realities. The facts are much different than critics have claimed them to be. Once again, Israel is at the top of the news. Jeffrey Goldberg reports in the Atlantic that the Obama   read more ...

"I Support Israel; Let's Divide It"

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There are many people who say they support Israel. And that's great! But for some people it's a blanket statement they proclaim in public speeches and interviews with the media. They place pro-Israel statements on their websites. They may write blog posts or letters to the editor about it. They   read more ...

What Has Happened To Us?

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[Some things never change. This commentary, originally written in 1983/5743, is as applicable today as it was then. Nothing in it has changed except for replacing the name of Reagan with Obama or Biden and the settlement of Yamit with Gush Katif.] Jabotinsky compared it to a stagecoach, its   read more ...

Occupation? Whose Occupation?

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The word "occupation" has been used for many years now to describe the rule of Israel in Judea and Samaria (known as the "West Bank") and the Gaza district which Israel took from the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan and from Egypt respectively in the course of the Six Day War in 1967. In the distorted   read more ...

Who Stole the Holy Land?

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Summary ... For some reason those people who are opposed to Zionism feel that a thousand-year old claim to the land of Israel by the Arabs is valid, while a 1,900-year claim by the Jews should be rejected as absurd. They say it is valid because the thousand-year-old Arab claim is more recent than   read more ...

Who Profits From the Myth of Israeli Democracy?

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Summary ... When we look at the myth that Israel is a democracy, we must ask, who profilts from this? Are there any Zionist organizations in the United States that are exploding this deadly myth? Are there any Zionist organizations in the US that do not profit from this insidious myth? The grand   read more ...

The End of an Era

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Summary ... We are approaching the end of an era. Democracy and communism have both proven they do not work. All objective truth is being destroyed before our eyes. Soon the Kingdom of God will be established in our midst. We are approaching the end of an era. Politics and democracy have entered   read more ...

A Salute to the True Leaders

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Summary ... The deliverance of Israel and the Jewish people cannot come from career politicians who think that the battle for the Land of Israel is some sort of tactical game. It cannot come from those who think that the biased media and their completely nonobjective opinion polls represent the   read more ...

Beyond Politics

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Summary ... Israel's salvation requires a Torah-oriented statesman on the one hand, and a Judaic form of government on the other. Only when the two are conjoined will Israel transcend politics and restore the greatness of the Jewish People. Political scientists are not wrong when they define   read more ...

Apocalypse Now

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Summary ... The Land of Israel is not speculative real estate to be bartered away for some high sounding false promise of peace. The hills and valleys of Judea and Samaria contain the collective memory of the Jewish people. It was on this soil that they wrote the holy Scriptures we call the Tanakh.   read more ...