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The myth of Jewish colonialism
16 hours ago ago from eChurchWebsites Christian Blog covering the news, politics, media, law, religion, science, medical, education, internet, technology, Israel and more for the Church
Cross-post from Point of no return. Hat-tip Harry's Place . In much discourse about the Middle East, there is a widespread myth that Jews are interlopers from Europe and the US white westerners who came to ‘colonise’ and ’steal land’ from the ‘native’ Palestinian people to whom it rightfully belongs. This myth, drawing on Marxist terminology, gained increasing legitimacy after 1967 when Israel annexed East Jerusalem and ‘conquered’ the ...
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En av vår tids mest omhuldade myter är den om Israel som ett "kolonialt projekt". Idag tar Harry´s Place upp saken i en längre, mycket intressant essä: The Myth of Jewish colonialism . Bland annat sägs detta: "We often hear or read about Israel being populated by pork-munching non-Jewish Russians and settlers from Brooklyn. But these groups are marginal. We almost never hear that 40 percent of Israel’s Jews trace their ancestry from Muslim ...
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