During the Crusades, there was a influx of Middle Eastern Jews into Europe because they saw tremendous business opporttunity. Muslims and Christians were fighting eachother and left the Jews alone. Jews were the only group who had the safety to set up trade routes between Europe and the Middle East. The trading outposts became towns and the Jews raised generation after generation in these towns.
If they left their beloved homeland of their own volition, what right do they have to want it back?
2006-12-28 17:30:33 · 11 answers · asked by Anonymous in Politics & Government ➔ Politics
Zionism is against true Judaism. It violates the Torah.
2006-12-28 17:37:19 · answer #1 · answered by eatmorec11h17no3 6 · 2⤊ 2⤋
Jews didn't leave Israel after or during the Crusades, they were kicked out by the Romans back in like 400 AD or so. There were a number who stayed behind, especialy in Jerusalem, but by no means was it a "sizable percentage of the population" of the land that would be given to Israel by the UN.
An earlier poster insisted that the Palestinians moved out of Israel against the wishes of the Israelis but that just isnt true. Organizations like the Stern Gang and teh Hagannah (sp?) engaged in terrorism to vacate Palestinian land.
In retrospect, it would have been better to have one designated state for both Muslims and Jews. If the Jews want to live in someone else's land, they should have to play by that country's rules.
2006-12-28 18:04:43 · answer #2 · answered by brickity hussein brack 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Learn some history. Jews were expelled from Israel by the Romans. Later they were expelled by many other countries including Spain & England. Neither the Christians nor Muslims left the Jews alone. We did not leave our homeland of our own volitions & we prayed for our return to our homeland every day.
2006-12-28 18:10:07 · answer #3 · answered by yupchagee 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
They were expelled, they didn't leave on their own for one.
Second of all, there was always a nice size population of Jews living in Israel that never left.
The Jews got in on the money business because Christians were forbidden from doing so because of usury that is used in banking.
Only Jews and Muslims were allowed to do it within Christendom.
2006-12-28 17:34:17 · answer #4 · answered by . 7 · 2⤊ 2⤋
Past is history. We must examine the ground realities. There is strong desire in younger generation to live in peace without any fear to their lives. World atmosphere has completely changed. Israel with its present attitude will always remain weak. It must buy peace at any cost.
Migration process is part of history and you cannot challenge it.
2006-12-28 19:11:59 · answer #5 · answered by snashraf 5 · 2⤊ 0⤋
since we now know through DNA that the Palestinians are the lost tribe of Israel and they changed there religion, and stayed in the homeland, the land is rightfully theirs. they are the true Israelites, the sons and daughters of Abraham and David, that's the qualification to rule the land of Israel, not being Jewish by religion.
2006-12-28 17:36:16 · answer #6 · answered by mumtaz 4 · 2⤊ 1⤋
for a homeland. as for the great number of jews,
http://www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org/jsource/History/brits.html
2006-12-28 17:58:42 · answer #7 · answered by kissmy 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋
The same could be said for the Palestinians, who left in droves in 1947 despite the Israelis' begging them to stay. Neither group could forsee the future.
2006-12-28 17:34:49 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 3⤋
Some clain they were scattered, but the reason is they wanted to enforce their way of life to where they came from, get even with some Arabs and reclaim the promised land
2006-12-28 17:34:24 · answer #9 · answered by paulisfree2004 6 · 1⤊ 3⤋
There is exactly nothing in your post that is accurate.
You hate Jews, we get it.
2006-12-28 17:48:48 · answer #10 · answered by bettysdad 5 · 1⤊ 2⤋