Ambassador Danny Danon at Kristallnacht memorial event
Ambassador Danny Danon at Kristallnacht memorial eventPermanent Mission of Israel to the UN

Jay Shapiro claims that in order to understand modern Jewish history it is necessary to understand two important events.

He thinks that the defeat of the Turkish army at the Battle of Be'er Sheva by the Australian Lighthorsemen resulted in the issuance of the Balfour Declaration, and the horrors of Kristalnacht showed that Jews no longer had a place in Europe.

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