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If Jews were welcome as members of the community while Europe was swept up in nationalism rather than persecuted as outsiders, the Zionist movement would never have been born
You don't think that the pull of the "holy lands" wouldn't have held sway without persecution? I think the zionist movement could have still existed, it just couldn't have garnered the support it received. As I mentioned in a comment last week, Israel is lucky that we have strategic interest in their success. If the US were energy independent, I couldn't see our govt and our people giving two squats about this never-ending feud. My sense is that the average american is tired of the "mid-east" in general and has no dog in this fight.