Joel Pett for May 19, 2021

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    RAGs  almost 3 years ago

    Israel abided by the borders set down in the UN Mandate UNTIL Egypt, Syria, Lebanon and Jordan joined forces and (as proclaimed by Nasser) they declared that they were going to “Drive Israel into the sea.” While those countries were moving their armies to Israel’s borders, Israel attacked in (self-defense) and moved those borders to more defensible positions, moving their west border to the Jordan River (instead of being a line in the sand) and capturing the Gaza strip. They captured the Golan Heights because Hamas and other groups were using them to fire rockets into Israeli cities. They also captured the Sinai Peninsula, and all forces there, including a prefab Russian radar installation and the Russian soldiers operating it. Along the way they also captured East Jerusalem, giving themselves access to their Holy sites. The UN had also mandated that access when giving the “Old City” to Jordan, but Jordan never allowed it.

    I do not approve of Israel taking Palestinian homes, but, then again, most people never seemed to seriously object to Hamas, the PLO, or other groups attacking Israeli civilians, including small children, they only objected to Israeli reprisals.

    Also, most people ignore the very long backstory of the situation, including the anti-Jewish propaganda by some officials of the Church which has been going on for almost 2,000 years.

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