At 2001-09-07-16:18 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrute:
>British Zionists became very influential between WWI and WWII. The
>holocaust was all they needed to get the Jewish state on to the postwar
>agenda. The UN designated the UK, because of its experience in the area, as
>mandatory over Palestine even though the Brits where very reluctant to
>accept it.
The UK had the mandate to rule Palestine from the League of Nations
following WWI. The Holocaust took place during WWII.
>Religious delusions aside. The Zionist will claim that since there have
>always been Jews in Palestine they have a right to a homeland there and
>that it was the Arabs that invaded them (another myth to add to their
>collection). They have occupied the area as a very small minority but this
>is beside the point. Palestinian Xtians were there for two thousand years
>and in fact the Palestinian majority were once Xtian but were never Jews so
>should we divide up a section for them as well? This is what happens we try
>to live in the past.
My impression is that there were no Jews in Palestine from 70 AD to the
late 19th century when Zionism started.
Joseph B. Reid
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Toronto M5P 1C8 Tel. 416 486-6071
