The truth about Israel pt. 1
Well, I feel certain that what I am about to say will earn me the label ‘Anti-Semite’ by the Jewish Lobby and their fan-club (if I was Jewish, then I would be labelled as a ’self-hating Jew’
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Much has been made-in light of recent events-about how Israel is an ‘innocent nation’ simply ‘defending itself’ from foes who want to destroy it. Though I agree that their are organisations which want the destruction of Israel (a totally unrealistic attitude which I utterly condemn, btw) these statements are highly simplistic. The truth is that the 1st Century Diaspora left the nation of Judea with only a very small Jewish population (less than 10%). The rest of the population were decendants of the Caananites-later known as Palestinians. This remained the case right up until 1918, when there was a substantial boost in Jewish migration from Europe and America. Yet by 1945, the Jewish people still only made up around 30% of the total population of Palestine. However, a series of events were about to change that demographic forever…