An Existential War or a Second War of Independence for Israel? Israeli Fear Porn
There is a lot of talk from Israel about this war being an existential war. That’s absolutely ridiculous. There is also endless talk from Israel that the agenda of its enemies is to kill all the Jews in Israel or for that matter the world.
Iran has specifically stated that it is not going to throw the Jews into the sea. They said it’s ridiculous.
Iran wants a plebiscite. All Palestinians and all Jews who can trace their ancestry back before 1948 would be allowed to vote on what is to be done with the Jews who came after 1948 - whether they should be made to leave the country or allowed to stay.
One can argue that forcing any Jews out of the country is a bad idea, but it’s not the same as killing 7 million Jews.
A surprisingly large numbers of Jews can trace their ancestry back to before the founding of the state. Now I don’t like any project where any number of Jews is ordered out of the country at gunpoin…
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