I may be missing something here ...
Could ANY of you please provide me with one shred of evidence that the area now known as Israel was the homeland of the Jews in the Middle East?
The argument provided by Beethoven is spurious ... since it refers in equal - if not greater measure to the Jews. There is NO country in the World today where you will not find a Jew. You could hardly say that for a Palestinian.

Don't confuse the Jewish religion/ancestry with Israeli Nationality. I'm sure there are Jews in most nations on Earth, but the same applies to Muslims. It's probably less true for Israelis/Palestinians.

I don't know how to feel as far as the establishment of the state of Israel as a homeland for Jews; I wasn't around when it happened, neither was I around when Americans drove Native Americans off the land, or when the Normans invaded England.

I wouldn't suggest that a Palestinian state encompass the whole Israeli/Palestinian territories and Israelis be thrown out; neither would I suggest that Israel indefinitely hold the West Bank and Gaza. I am in favor of the creation of an independent Palestinian state. I am in favor of shared control of Jerusalem, but then I don't live there and deal with their day-to-day life. I would hope that one day these neighbors could live in peace and both be prosperous. Of course, even if that day were to come, I don't think that would solve the Arab/Muslim/Western strife. Terrorists would still be unsatisfied.

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That last statement hits the nail on the head.

I may be missing something here ...
Could ANY of you please provide me with one shred of evidence that the area now known as Israel was the homeland of the Jews in the Middle East?
The argument provided by Beethoven is spurious ... since it refers in equal - if not greater measure to the Jews. There is NO country in the World today where you will not find a Jew. You could hardly say that for a Palestinian.
The essence of all of this diatribe is just to fulfill a statement by Goebbels: “If you tell a lie big enough and keep repeating it, people will eventually come to believe it. The lie can be maintained only for such time as the State can shield the people from the political, economic and/or military consequences of the lie. It thus becomes vitally important for the State to use all of its powers to repress dissent, for the truth is the mortal enemy of the lie, and thus by extension, the truth is the greatest enemy of the State.”
Joseph Goebbels"
And in the World as it is today, all you have to do to be labelled an anti-semite is to confront Jewish/Israeli interests. For they will not brook even token resistance to their demands. These same interests control every utterance and policy of America. Jewish interests control The American Dollar. As is so often said: "When you have a man by the gonads, his mind soon follows ... :" (paraphrased)

Not so, Bodley, the Israelis have never vowed to push the Palestinians "Into the sea" or anything like it. LOL

About your Goebbels Warming argument: I think you'll find that the Jews are the hired managers, not the actual owners of the show. Jewish interests control the American Dollar???! Hahahah! You mean the Masons, don't you? LOL

As for "one shred of evidence" that the Jews inhabited ancient Palestine, consider the Dead Sea Scrolls that contain many portions of the Jews' Old Testament, and is written in...EEK! biblical Hebrew!

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