The first Jewish Settlers entered the land, created a sovereign homeland, and then were evicted by the conquering Babylonians in 586 BCE, and again by the Romans in 70 CE.
The first modern Settlers, in the late 1800s, farmed, manufactured, worked to clear the swamps, and then they became citizens of their own nation.
The next Settlers built houses, factories, made farms and wineries on the Golan Heights. In the empty land of Judea and Samaria they built roads, laid sewer pipes, established schools and colleges, and thus, the Settlers became citizens of their own nation.
They did what Israelis do. They worked, created communities, paid taxes, served when they were called up to defend the nation, and, like other Israelis, became citizens of their own nation.
The Settlers have settled. Whether in Tel Aviv, Haifa, Jerusalem, Emmanuel, Efrat, Gush Etzion, Eilat - they have settled and become citizens of their own nation a long time ago.
So forget the present pejorative used by the corrupt Leftists and the Leftist media. For them, every Jew is a Settler and they say, "Better the Jews are transferred back to the graveyards of Europe, because they (and we) do not belong." It seems amply clear who must leave. Those who gravitate to the parties of Labor or Meretz and clamor for ?Peace Now? are ?Osloids?, who feel terribly uncomfortable living on what they have claimed is only Arab/Muslim land. So, all of them must leave. Surely, Shimon Peres would be welcomed back to Poland. Yossi Beilin would surely be welcomed to Fire Island. Ehud Barak we could send to some university in France where a Jew would be welcome - at least for his first beating.
Yes, indeed, we could escort the Leftists into the villages where they marched shoulder to shoulder with the Arab Palestinians in solidarity with their cause, which is to eliminate the Jews from the land where they have settled. Surely, they would be welcome in Ramallah, Schehem (Nablus), and Gaza; and they could leave Tel Aviv, Haifa, etc. The Leftist Jews have no national memory of an ancient homeland and, thus, have been very easily recruited by a mix of Arabs/Muslims who adopted the name 'Palestinian' and now claim the land as theirs. What?s more, the World, which feels mildly guilty for killing off six million of its Jews, has joined these "Palestinian claimants" - who seek to commit genocide in their turn - in order to expiate their guilty conscience. By blaming the Jews for fighting Arab/Muslim terrorists in self-defense, they can twist the motivation for such self-defense to mean that the Jews are just as guilty as the Europeans. Thus, all is now even.
The Leftist Jews have joined this hangman?s crowd, feeling they can blend into the mob and be accepted as non-Jews. Perhaps we cannot blame the twisted Jews among us, given the constant pursuit of our people for the last few thousand years. They have no identity and quickly join any powerful wave of Jew-hating nations, swept along like flotsam in water. They cannot help but envy and hate those Jews who do have self-identity and take pride in their Jewishness and in their ancient homeland. These poor, miserable wretches can barely stand being in the skin of what everyone calls a Jew. They so yearn to be like everyone or no one.
Surely, they should be given that opportunity in another place, if, that is, they can find some nation to take them in.
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Emanuel A. Winston is a Middle East analyst and commentator with the Gamla and Freeman organizations.
The first modern Settlers, in the late 1800s, farmed, manufactured, worked to clear the swamps, and then they became citizens of their own nation.
The next Settlers built houses, factories, made farms and wineries on the Golan Heights. In the empty land of Judea and Samaria they built roads, laid sewer pipes, established schools and colleges, and thus, the Settlers became citizens of their own nation.
They did what Israelis do. They worked, created communities, paid taxes, served when they were called up to defend the nation, and, like other Israelis, became citizens of their own nation.
The Settlers have settled. Whether in Tel Aviv, Haifa, Jerusalem, Emmanuel, Efrat, Gush Etzion, Eilat - they have settled and become citizens of their own nation a long time ago.
So forget the present pejorative used by the corrupt Leftists and the Leftist media. For them, every Jew is a Settler and they say, "Better the Jews are transferred back to the graveyards of Europe, because they (and we) do not belong." It seems amply clear who must leave. Those who gravitate to the parties of Labor or Meretz and clamor for ?Peace Now? are ?Osloids?, who feel terribly uncomfortable living on what they have claimed is only Arab/Muslim land. So, all of them must leave. Surely, Shimon Peres would be welcomed back to Poland. Yossi Beilin would surely be welcomed to Fire Island. Ehud Barak we could send to some university in France where a Jew would be welcome - at least for his first beating.
Yes, indeed, we could escort the Leftists into the villages where they marched shoulder to shoulder with the Arab Palestinians in solidarity with their cause, which is to eliminate the Jews from the land where they have settled. Surely, they would be welcome in Ramallah, Schehem (Nablus), and Gaza; and they could leave Tel Aviv, Haifa, etc. The Leftist Jews have no national memory of an ancient homeland and, thus, have been very easily recruited by a mix of Arabs/Muslims who adopted the name 'Palestinian' and now claim the land as theirs. What?s more, the World, which feels mildly guilty for killing off six million of its Jews, has joined these "Palestinian claimants" - who seek to commit genocide in their turn - in order to expiate their guilty conscience. By blaming the Jews for fighting Arab/Muslim terrorists in self-defense, they can twist the motivation for such self-defense to mean that the Jews are just as guilty as the Europeans. Thus, all is now even.
The Leftist Jews have joined this hangman?s crowd, feeling they can blend into the mob and be accepted as non-Jews. Perhaps we cannot blame the twisted Jews among us, given the constant pursuit of our people for the last few thousand years. They have no identity and quickly join any powerful wave of Jew-hating nations, swept along like flotsam in water. They cannot help but envy and hate those Jews who do have self-identity and take pride in their Jewishness and in their ancient homeland. These poor, miserable wretches can barely stand being in the skin of what everyone calls a Jew. They so yearn to be like everyone or no one.
Surely, they should be given that opportunity in another place, if, that is, they can find some nation to take them in.
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Emanuel A. Winston is a Middle East analyst and commentator with the Gamla and Freeman organizations.