Heaven help us Steve! I really do not understand your outlook. I do think you are likely to regret the position you have adopted, because I honestly believe that history will judge Israel and its supporters very harshly. This is not going to end well. I honestly do not understand your view on this. You are clearly a man of faith who believes in the teachings of the New Testament. How can you you condone such evil?
Neil, being totally non political, I can only see this from a close up and personal view point. Through my life, I've had the pleasure of numerous Jewish friends -once accepted into one family, one then becomes accepted by their wider family and friends- and nominated an 'honorary Jew", something I was enormously proud of. I feel certain these friends gave me far more than I gave them, however.............and I have to take a deep breath before saying it, I noticed, in all, however 'high' they'd risen, a deep, underlying anger. A sense of being hard done by? A sense of being denied something which was rightfully theirs? A sense that, if they didn't keep their hands tightly on the reins, they'd lose what they had? It seems to me that History says this feeling is justified. Were they not displaced back in Biblical times? Have they not been trying to find permanency ever since? I believe that "Next year, in Jerusalem" runs deep and generational. It's the ultimate aim from way back.
It seems to me that anti Semitism is as alive and well, now, as it was when Moseley was preaching it. Closer to home, my partner holds the same view. A child, in the thirties, in an upper middle class family, it's what he grew up with. I doubt that they, or he, have ever been closely acquainted with Jews, other than as tradesmen. To me, the answer is simple, we all need a space that we feel is ours. To deny this right to a whole nation -or only allow it with huge restrictions- is never going to bring a peaceable result.
