THE JEWISH SITUATION IN ISRAEL AND THE MIDDLE EAST. - Draiman

THE JEWISH SITUATION IN ISRAEL AND THE MIDDLE EAST

A brief overview of the situation is always valuable, so as a service to all Americans who still do not get it, I now offer you the story of the Middle East in just a few paragraphs, which is all you really need.

The Arab/Palestinians want their own second country (since they already have the new Arab state of Jordan which was created on Jewish allocated territory). There is just one thing about that: There are no Arab/Palestinians. It is a made up word and a made up nationality. The Land of Israel was renamed and called Palestine for two thousand years by the Romans. Like "Wiccan", "Palestinian" sounds ancient but is really a modern invention. Before the Israelis won their land in a defensive war, Gaza was under Egypt control and there were no "Arab/Palestinians" then; and there were no Arab/ Palestinians during the 400 years of The Ottoman rule (which by the way do not speak Arabic). The West Bank aka Judea and Samaria was annexed by Jordan, and there were no "Arab/Palestinians" then. As soon as the Jews took over and started growing oranges as big as basketballs, what do you know, say hello to the "Arab/Palestinians", weeping for their deep bond with their lost "land" and "nation." So for the sake of honesty, let us not use the word "Arab/Palestinian" any more to describe these delightful folks, who dance for joy at our deaths until someone points out they are being taped. Instead, call them what they are: "Other Arabs From The Same General Area Who Are In Deep Denial About Never Being Able To Accomplish Anything In Life And Would Rather Wrap Themselves In The Seductive Melodrama Of Eternal Struggle And Death." I know that is a bit unwieldy to expect to see on any liberal Media. How about this, then: "Adjacent Jew-Haters."
Okay, so the Adjacent Jew-Haters want their own second country. Oops, just one more thing. No, they do not. They could have had their own second country any time in the last thirty years, especially at Camp David or numerous times thereafter. But if you have your own country, you have to have traffic lights and garbage trucks and Chambers of Commerce, and, worse, you actually have to figure out some way to make a living, instead of living on the UN and charity of the nations of the world. That is no fun. No, they want what all the other Jew-Haters in the region want: Israel, a superbly developed modern industrialized nation. They also want a big pile of dead Jews, of course - that is where the real fun is - but mostly they want Israel. Why? For one thing, trying to destroy Israel - or "The Zionist Entity" as their textbooks call it - for the last sixty eight years has allowed the rulers of Arab countries to divert the attention of their own people away from the fact that they are the blue-ribbon most illiterate, poorest, and tribally backward on God's Earth, and if you have ever been around God's Earth, you know that is really saying something. It makes me roll my eyes every time one of our pundits waxes poetic about the great history and culture of the Muslim Mid-east. Unless I am missing something, the Arabs have not given anything to the world since Algebra.
Chew this around, digest it and spit it out: Five hundred million Arabs; five million Jews. Think of all the Arab countries as a football field, and Israel as a pack of matches sitting in the middle of it. And now these same folks swear that if Israel gives them half of that pack of matches, everyone will be pals! Really? Wow, what neat news. Hey, but what about the string of wars to obliterate the tiny country and the constant din of rabid blood oaths to drive every Jew into the sea? Oh, that? We were just kidding. Furthermore; what about the consistent Arab terror and violence against the Jews; even before Israel was reestablished! And how about the Arab alliance with Hitler to eliminate the Jews!
My friend made an incredible point the other day: Just reverse the numbers. Imagine five hundred million Jews and five million Arabs. I was stunned at the simple brilliance of it. Can anyone picture the Jews strapping belts of razor blades and dynamite to themselves? Of course not! Or marshalling every fiber and force at their disposal for generations to drive a tiny Arab state into the sea? Nonsense! Or dancing for joy at the murder of innocents? Impossible! Or spreading and believing horrible lies about the Arabs baking their bread with the blood of children? Disgusting! No, as you know, left to themselves in a world of peace, the worst Jews would ever do to people is debate them to death.

The Arab countries terrorized and expelled over a million Jewish families and confiscated all their assets, including businesses, homes and over 75,000 sq. mi. of Jewish owned land for thousands of years. Most of the Million expelled Jewish families from Arab countries now reside in Greater Israel.

Why Only The Historical Land of Israel Can Be The Jewish Homeland - YJ Draiman

Why Only The Historical Land of Israel Can Be The Jewish Homeland

Why not Uganda?

Throughout Jewish history there have been a number of proposals to establish a Jewish homeland outside the borders of current day Israel.  While the Jews have ultimately and consistently maintained their historical and cultural ties to the holy land and Jerusalem with daily prayers beseeching the almighty to return to Israel and rebuilt the Jewish Temple in Jerusalem on Temple Mount. Many world leaders have attempted to create a Jewish state in less desirable locations such as Madagascar, swamplands in the Soviet Far East and Japanese territories.  The majority of these plots were anti-Semitic in nature, trying to rid Jews from unwelcoming countries or to accomplish Jewish isolation.

Ironically, despite the constant dream of the Jewish people to one-day return to their promised land, the very founder of the Zionist movement, Theodore Herzel, was not instrumental in one such proposal to settle the Jews outside of Israel. In 1903, as the president of the World Zionist Congress Herzel received The British Uganda Program, a proposal which would establish a very temporary refuge in Uganda for Jews urgently needing to flee the pogroms in Russia. In collaboration with the British mandate, the plan slated 5,000 square miles (13,000 km2) of British East Africa to be given to the Jewish people as a homeland.  While Herzel maintained that this temporary solution did not in any way replace the ultimate Zionist goal of obtaining their historical land of Israel for the Jewish people, the proposition nearly caused a rift in the Zionist movement and was ultimately rejected in 1905.

Clearly, Herzel’s proposal stemmed from his desire to save Jewish lives as well as a likely sense of desperation after years of failed efforts to reestablish the Jewish homeland in Israel. If, under the Uganda proposal, the Jews finally had an opportunity for freedom, self-sovereignty and nationhood, why were his attempts met with such virulent opposition by most of his Zionist comrades? Why was Uganda out of the question?

For those with any sense of historical or religious perspective, it is inconceivable to consider a Jewish homeland in any part of the world other than Israel, the Jewish holy-land consecrated by the almighty. The bond between the Jewish people and The Land of Israel has its origin in the Bible, when G-d promised the land to Abraham and his Israelite descendants.  Throughout history, the Jewish people in Israel have been forced to live under foreign occupation and sovereignties and periodic Jewish self-rule.  Nevertheless, the Jews continually pray for their own country, with religious Jews praying three times a day facing Jerusalem and the site where their holy temple once stood, longing to return to their eternal holy city.

After WWI, when the Supreme Allied Powers defeated Germany and conquered the Ottoman Empire after 400 years of domination, which included The Land of Israel and Jerusalem. The Jews and the Arabs helped the Allied Powers. The Supreme Allied Powers after WWI; in 1920 at The San Remo Conference allocated over five million sq. mi. to the Arabs and allocated Palestine aka The Land of Israel to the Jewish people to reconstitute the National Home for the Jewish people in their historical land; this was implemented by incorporating the 1917 Balfour Declaration as international law and instructing the League of Nations to set-up the Mandate for Palestine with its primary mission to encourage Jewish immigration and developing the land and bring about the sovereign Jewish state in Palestine aka The Land of Israel. The British insisted that they want to assume the responsibility of implementing the Mandate and will abide by its terms with no deviation. Many more Jewish people arrived in Palestine aka The Land of Israel after WWI, and the Jewish population revived the land dried out the quicksand’s and planted agriculture, roads and industry. The British violated the San Remo Resolution and the Faisal Weizmann Agreement of 1919; and reallocated over three quarters of Jewish territory, all the territory east of the Jordan River to the Arabs, as the new Arab independent state of Transjordan aka Jordan.

Throughout the early 1930’s, during Hitler’s rise to power, many more Jews immigrated to The Land of Israel aka Palestine. The local Arab population in Palestine who wanted the benefits of the Jewish development of the land and capital infusion, but now was objecting to the influx of Jewish immigration. The local Arabs applied pressure on the British to violate the terms of the Mandate; the Arabs attacked Jewish communities and rioted consistently and at time attacked and killed Jews and British personnel. The British relented and initiated restrictions on Jewish immigration and the purchase of land.

As a result of the massive calamity that struck the Jewish people during the Holocaust in Nazi Germany, the world began to sense the importance of many of the Jews returning to their Jewish homeland. Around the same time, the Uganda proposal was briefly revived by Winston Churchill in an attempt to create a place of refuge for Jews fleeing the Nazi regime.  This time, however, the Zionist organizations were firmly opposed to settling for any state outside of Palestine aka The Land of Israel, fearing that accepting such a plan would threaten their efforts to increase Jewish emigration to Israel as instituted by international law and the terms of the Mandate for Palestine to reconstitute the National Jewish Homeland in Palestine.

In 1948, after six Arab armies invaded Palestine, the Jews in Palestine who were fighting for their survival, defended their land and fought back with limited weapons and personnel, and finally retained some of their territory. The Jewish people’s resistance paid off and they finally achieved their dream of over 2,000 years, regaining control of their historical promised land and establishing their national homeland within some of its borders. There is no other land in the world which holds as much significance, history and holiness for the Jewish people. In Israel, after the 1967 war, when Israel liberated its territory and destroyed Jewish communities from Arab control; the Jewish people can now freely practice their religion and visit their holy sites without trepidation.  What’s more, religious worshippers of all denominations from throughout the world are welcome as well, and can freely enjoy pilgrimages to this holy country and Jerusalem.

Starting in the 1940’s through the 1970’s; The Arab countries terrorized and expelled over a million Jewish families and their children; confiscated all their assets, including businesses, homes and over 75,000 sq. mi. of Jewish owned land; valued today in the trillions of Dollars. The million expelled Jewish families from Arab countries, who lived in the Arab countries for over 2,500 years, majority now live in Greater Israel and comprise over half the population.

The Jewish people are tied to the land of Israel historically, biblically and emotionally in ways that they could never be connected to Uganda or any other land.  The establishment of a Jewish homeland in Israel is a testament to this strong bond, and the fulfillment of a dream that will never be forfeited.

“Jewish Determination and perseverance will bring your goal to fruition” – never give-up and NEVER AGAIN.

YJ Draiman

THE ORIGIN and the DEVELOPMENT OF THE JEWISH NATION - YJ Draiman

THE ORIGIN and the DEVELOPMENT OF THE JEWISH NATION

In the year 1741 BCE, Abraham began his long journey from Haran to Canaan - a journey which would change the history of the world and have a profound effect on the development of most major religions.

The Jewish people can trace their origin to Abraham, who established the belief that there is only one God, who is the "creator of the universe"- is based on the old Biblical testament! The name Israel is drawn from the name given to Jacob. His 12 sons were the seeds of 12 tribes that later developed into the nation of Israel. The name Jewish derives from Yehuda (or Judah) one of the 12 sons of Jacob which Jewish Kings evolved, including the future Messiah.

The descendants of Abraham crystallized into a nation about 3,000 BCE after their exodus from Egypt under the leadership of Moses. They crossed the Red sea and headed for Canaan which consisted of the Hittites, the Girgashites, the Amorites, the Canaanites, the Perizzites, the Hivites, and the Jebusites, (seven nations) and the Philistines in the location where Gaza is today.

The people of modern day Israel share the same language and culture shaped by their Jewish heritage, tradition and religion. The Jewish identity is ethnic, religious, traditional and cultural.

While a large number of Jews are descendants of Jewish parents, some are converts to Judaism from other ethnicities. People, whose religion is not Judaism but are descendants of Jewish parents also identify themselves as Jews and have a strong cultural and historical bond with the Jews and the land of Israel; which dated back to about 1280 BC.

The Jews have a belief deeply ingrained in their traditions that they are a Chosen People of God and that the land of Israel, formerly called Canaan, is the Promised Land pledged by God to their patriarchal forefathers Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob as the land where their descendants will live peacefully for ever and be a blessing to the world.

During King Solomon’s era, the Jewish people controlled territory from The Red Sea, Sinai extending all the way to the Euphrates River in Iraq.

Jews in every part of the world, since their dispersion in the Diaspora have longed and prayed at least 3 times a day to return to Israel with the rebuilding the Jewish Temple in Jerusalem, since generations.

Throughout history of Jewish Generations in the Diaspora; there was always a continuous Jewish community in The Land of Israel. They suffered persecution and violence in their own occupied homeland.

Few ethnic groups in the world can pride themselves of having a history as long and as uninterrupted as that of the Jewish people, though they did not live in their own country for several centuries and were persecuted and abused. The Jewish people throughout over 20 centuries have showed remarkable resilience and survived repeated onslaughts, persecution and pogroms from many quarters in their long history.

The Jewish sense of nationhood was often kept alive by the deeply entrenched religious and social traditions that were passed down by family elders to successive generations. They remained tightly knit together even while leading secluded lives in diverse circumstances in various parts of the world adopting the cultures and languages of the host countries, but most maintaining their traditions.

The Jewish peoples contribution to medical, economic and industrial growth was and is remarkable, in spite of the ridicule and political persecution they were and are subjected to since the medieval times.  The Jewish homeland was and is The Land of Israel since the time of Abraham; but Jacob and his family left for Egypt during a famine.  Years later Moses lead them back to The Land of Israel where the Jewish people built two Temples in Jerusalem. The Land of Israel was later conquered by the Assyrians, Babylonians, Greeks, Romans and afterwards various Muslims, Crusaders and other Middle Eastern countries controlled it for centuries as occupied territory until after WWI. The Allied Powers in combination with the British gained control of The Land of Israel from the Ottoman Empire.

In the 1800's the Ottoman Empire realized that their revenues from the land is decreasing due to increased desolation; they changed the laws and invited the Jewish people from around the world back to their homeland in the Land of Israel and encouraged them to develop the land.

After WWI the British issued the Balfour Declaration in 1917 and in 1920, The Supreme Allied Powers Allocated The Land of Israel aka Palestine to the Jewish people as their historical land as international law, and allocated over 5 million sq. mi. to the Arabs. The League of Nations followed the terms of the Supreme Allied Powers and set-up the Mandate for Palestine to advance Jewish immigration and bring about the sovereign Jewish National Home in Palestine.

The British volunteered to assume that responsibility; but the British violated the terms of the international law and assigned over 77% of land allocated to the Jewish people to the Arabs as the New Arab state east of The Jordan River, furthermore, the Arabs confiscated all their assets and expelled all the Jewish people from the new Arab state of Jordan.

The Jewish people had no choice but to accept all the reduced territory which included everything west of the Jordan River.

During the ensuing years, the British turned a blind eye while hundreds of thousands of Arabs came illegally into the Land of Israel.  Many local conflicts developed where the Arabs were instigated to attack the Jewish population while the British stood by.

Before WWI many Jews tried to immigrate to the Land of Israel aka Palestine and after WWII many Jewish survivors of the holocaust tried to come to The Land of Israel, but the British sent their agents to blow-up Jewish refugee Ships under “Operation Embarrass”. Eventually against all obstacles, the Jewish population grew to a substantial number and fought back against the violence by the Arabs and their British co-conspirators.

The British who were attacked by the Arabs and the Jews finally decided they had enough and in early 1947 notified the U.N that they are relinquishing their obligation and duty as trustee under the Mandate for Palestine to take effect in May 1948.

The UN without authority and in violation of international law and treaty voted and recommended to partition the Land of Israel a second time and set-up another second new Arab state.

The Jewish people accepted the recommendation and on the 14 of May 1948 declared the sovereign state of Israel but the Arabs refused to accept such a recommendation, they wanted it all, without any Jews, just like Jordan. Subsequently 5 Arab Armies and Arab militias attacked the newly reconstituted sovereign state of Israel; the Arab armies and the Arab League asked the local Arabs to vacate their homes while they were destroying Israel. It is interesting to note, that the world community did not apply any pressure on the Arab countries to stop and withdraw their armies. The Jewish people were fighting for survival and eventually prevailed and defeated the advancing Arab armies, but in the process lost some territory and The Ancient City of Jerusalem.

During the ensuing years the neighboring Arab countries consistently sent Arab terrorists to attack neighboring Jewish communities.

In 1956, Egypt president Abdel Nasser nationalized the Suez Canal and declared a shipping embargo, which stopped Israel shipping lanes to Africa.

Israel joined the British and French in breaking the blockade and took over the Sinai Peninsula which included Sharm El Sheik and up to the Suez Canal. This stopped terrorist incursion into Israel.

After the U.S. exerted pressure on Israel to return the Sinai Peninsula; Israel withdraw its forces. A UN peacekeeping force was placed as a buffer and the Egyptians agreed not to have any military presence in the Sinai Peninsula and the terrorist’s activities from Egypt resumed their attacks against Israeli communities.

In the spring of 1967; the president of Egypt Gamal Abdel Nasser’s military force was rearmed and retrained by the Russians with the latest military equipment. Nasser requested the UN peacekeeping forces to leave. He sent over 100,000 troops to the border with Israel; set up a confederation of Arab Nations with Syria and Jordan; whereby Syrian troops were massed along the border with Israel. At this point Nasser went on the radio and announced the new Arab Confederacy and told his nation that he is preparing to attack Israel and take over Israel. Much diplomatic pressure was applied to try and calm the winds of war; but to no avail. Nasser was persistent on his threats and kept sending additional military units and supplies to the border with Israel.

Israel intelligence received information on the upcoming coordinated Arab Attack on all three fronts against Israel.

In the early morning of June 5^th, 1967, in a critical defensive action Israel sent its Air-force to neutralize the Arab Air-forces. Within 8 hours, Israel destroyed all the Arab Air-forces. Israeli forces advanced in the Sinai, and within 3 days were at the Suez Canal with The Egyptian Army defeated. Meanwhile, Israel military forced defended against Syrian shelling of Jewish communities from the Golan Heights. Israeli forces pushed forward and took over the Golan Heights and defeated the Syrian Army.

The Jordanians kept firing and shelling Israeli positions in Jerusalem and from the West Bank. Israel kept sending diplomatic messages to Jordan’s King Hussein to stay out of the war and Israel would not attack Jordan. King Hussein of Jordan ignored and attacked.  Israel responded and liberated the ancient city of Jerusalem and its surrounding communities. Israel’s military forces also liberated the West Bank aka Judea and Samaria, all the way to the Jordan River.

 The Canaanites and other 7 nations in what became the Land of Israel