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From: dave@lsuc.UUCP (David Sherman)
Newsgroups: net.religion.jewish,net.politics
Subject: Re: Terrorism Inc.
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Date: Tue, 22-Oct-85 10:00:54 EDT
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Posted: Tue Oct 22 10:00:54 1985
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Reply-To: dave@lsuc.UUCP (David Sherman)
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Summary: Jews have a tie to Israel

In <495@ittvax.ATC.ITT.UUCP> aouriri@ittvax.ATC.ITT.UUCP (Chedley Aouriri) writes:
>Talking with a jewish leader in my community, he suggested non-
>jokingly for the US to transplant Israel in desertic parts of
>the western states (Arizona, California,..): the climate and 
>geographic conditions are similar to those in Israel. They would
>farm and blossom the land. This would be cheaper for the american
>taxpayer than today's US aid and support for Israel, and of course,
>this would solve the Middle East problem by returning the israeli
>territories to the palestinians, would be palestininans and the
>like. Everybody would be happy!!

Hardly. The Jewish people have a special link to the Land of Israel.
For two thousand years, we have said at Passover, "Next Year in Jerusalem!".
Jewish law has a whole set of rules which apply only within the borders
of the (biblical) Land of Israel. And Israel has never been without
Jews; Jerusalem, in particular, has had a Jewish majority
since the mid-19th century or before.

"Returning territory" to the Arabs is not the issue. Resettling
the Arabs who are in "refugee camps" (once you're into the third
generation, that's hardly the right term anymore) is. Israel
absorbed millions of Jews from around the world, including hundreds
of thousands from Arab countries. The Arab countries could absorb
the "Palestinian refugees" if they wanted to.

Dave Sherman
Toronto
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