>Think of it: People fleeing cruel,
>oppressive, anti-Semitic Europe--the Dreyfus Affair, Kishinev, et
>cetera--come to America, where they are welcomed and become an
>important part of the task of civilization.
Welcomed? Was it not the U.S. that did not relax its immigration quotas to let in jews that were headed for the concentration camps?
...an important part of the task of civilization? Please elaborate.
>Others fleeing cruel,
>oppressive, anti-Semitic Europe come to Palestine, where they are
>scorned, attacked, told that they will be pushed into the sea--and
>then for good measure all the other Arab countries decide to expel
>their Jewish populations as well.
You are either falsifying/lying or you are ignorant. The jews came to take over Palestine. If some ethnic group decided to land in your neighborhood take your job, house, water, roads, etc., would you not be upset?
As for the expulsion of the jews from other Arab countries...did that not happen after Israel expelled (in various ways) 3/4 of the population of Palestine?
But you never answered my original question: is your support for Israel religious? or is it an extension of your support for U.S. foreign policy? Or both?
Joanna