Seems things never really change. Following is written by Eric Hoffer, LA Times, May 26, 1968 - after Israels victory in the 1967 War, what is striking is that the challenges faced by Jews and Israel then are almost the same as today. The Jews are a peculiar people: things permitted to other nations are forbidden to the Jews. Other nations drive out thousands, even millions of people, and there is no refugee problem. Russia did it, Poland and Czechoslovakia did it. Turkey threw out a million Greeks and Algeria a million Frenchman. Indonesia threw out heaven knows how many Chinese and no one says a word about refugees. But in the case of Israel displaced Arabs have become eternal refugees. Everyone insists that Israel must take back every single Arab... (even 3rd and 4th generation of their descendants) Other nations when victorious on the battlefield dictate peace terms. But when Israel is victorious, it must sue for peace... Other nations - when they are defeated - survive and recover, but should Israel be defeated it would be destroyed. Had Nasser triumphed last June he would have wiped Israel off the map and no one would have lifted a finger to save the Jews. No commitment to the Jews by any government, including our own (US), is worth the paper it is written on... I have a premonition that will not leave me; as it goes with Israel so will it go with all of us. Should Israel perish the holocaust will be upon us.
Posted on: Tue, 19 Aug 2014 17:52:19 +0000
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