Found its voice in 1948 and was made manifest in the US by the purchase of Northeast Veternary College to use as the seed for Brandies University.
In the territory ceeded by the Balfour agreement one reason the Brits were shooting at the Zionist was the bombing of the King David Hotel.
Zionism really ceased to be much of an issue when Isreal became a legitimate state by virtue of recognition among the member nations of the United Nations. Wars have been an unfortunate measure of nation building. In Isreal fought in 1948, 1963, 1967 and I would count the Intifada as being a war.
It does confuse me that so many of the posters on these boards want territory captured in war to be returned to the losers of those wars. I can't think of any historical precedent for this. It might not be the way it should be, but the "spoils of war" concept has been the historical operative rule.
Publius
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The re-birth of Zionism............
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- "The Disenchanted American"
- re: If the US did not exist
- Again, the astounding memory hole...
- re: If the US did not exist
- Wow I Didn't Realize You Were Anti-Semetic
- I don't see the antisemitisim in Raoul's post.
- re: Wow, I didn't realize you hated me that much
- Anti-Zionist
- re: If the US did not exist