If you believe in the Bible then we left Israel to sojourn in Egypt and then returned. In that return, God granted the land to us. This supersedes all other titles as God owns all of the land.
If you don't believe in the Bible, then archeological and historical evidence puts us in the land for literally thousands of years. Pick your poison, but either way, its the homeland of the Jews, a group of people who practice rather strict marriage rites and baring new blood from converts, can trace their genetic lineage across time and space right back to that homeland. On Thu, Jul 17, 2014 at 4:04 PM, Maureen <[email protected]> wrote: > > Aboriginal people? So that whole Exodus, Promised Land thing that > tells when and how the Hebrews arrived in that area, we should just > ignore? > > On Thu, Jul 17, 2014 at 2:36 PM, Michael Dinowitz > <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > The bottom line problem is that you see Israel as an invader, not at the > > aboriginal people of the area. We Jews have our origin there, have prayed > > for return there, have been there for generations, have archeological > proof > > of our existence there, etc. WE are aboriginal people to that area. To > deny > > that is to deny thousands of years of provable history. If you accept > that > > we are not invaders and that we have a right to be there, then all of a > > sudden this stops being an invader vs. native issue. If you actually go > the > > extra step and understand the cultures of the area, then things get even > > more interesting. > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:371728 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
