After migrating to the Promised Land, several members of India’s Jewish community opted to come back to their land of birth. Ajay Kamalakaran revisits history. https://lnkd.in/gSfB_JJr
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I am pleased to share an insightful blog post discussing the recent declaration by the United States Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF) identifying India as a country of particular concern in 2020. This unprecedented decision has sparked heated debates and drawn strong reactions from India's Ministry of External Affairs. Read the full story here: https://ift.tt/b8rzNaZ
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Ottoman Turks Were A Better Option For Palestine To date Unlike Any Other Powers There-after So Far Today. In late 1917, British forces occupied Palestine. Thus it can be seen that, except for the Crusader interregnum, Palestine was ruled by Arabs and then by Turks for over 1,300 years following the Byzantine era. The population of Palestine was mostly Semitic Arab, both Moslem and Christian. There were also small numbers of Semitic Jews. Both the Arabs and the Ottoman Turks accorded the Jews the right to continue to worship and to keep alive the Jewish spiritual link with Palestine. During the nineteenth century, the Ottomans authorised small settlements of Jewish immigrants from European countries where anti-Jewish discrimination was increasing. At the time of the British occupation in 1917, Jews formed less than a tenth of the population of Palestine. Nine-tenths were Arab, both Moslem (80 per cent) and Christian (10 per cent). The traditions, customs and language of the Arab Palestinians constituted the predominant culture of Palestine. From the period that dates the dispersion of Jews throughout the world. Since then, until the establishment of the State of Israel in 1948, no Jewish Government has existed in Palestine. Although some Jews have always lived in Palestine, their numbers have fluctuated depending on the tolerance of the successive rulers.
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"Without either side even noticing it, we’re coming up on the centenary of the most decisive event in the fraught history of the Israel-Palestine relationship. It was not the 1896 publication of Theodor Herzl’s Zionist manifesto, nor the 1917 Balfour Declaration in which the United Kingdom pledged its support for the establishment of a Jewish state in Palestine. It was not the 1948 founding of the Israeli state and subsequent Nakba—the expulsion of many thousands of Palestinians from Israel. Nor was it Israel’s occupation, following the 1967 war, of what had been Palestinian territories, or either of the two intifadas. Rather, it was the enactment on May 26, 1924, of the Johnson-Reed Act by the Congress of the United States. Fueled chiefly by white Protestant xenophobic fear and rage at Jews and Catholics flowing into the United States since the 1880s, the act effectively outlawed immigration from Russia, Poland, Italy, and all of Eastern and Southern Europe. Had that pre-Trumpian wall not gone up on America’s borders, there’s no reason to think there ever would have been more than a trickle of Jews moving to Palestine." #israelpalestineralationship #theodorherzl #zionism #balfourdeclaration #nakba #1967war #johnsonreedact #uscongress #whiteprotestantxenophobia #jews #catholic #immigrationintous
Who Created the Israel-Palestine Conflict?
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Declaration Day Diplomats Call To Action: We commemorate this historic milestone post-October 7, and amidst a siege on Jews and Zionism as the fulfillment of Jewish self-determination. Israel Forever is calling upon the international community to join together in a global affirmation of Israel’s independence. The second annual Declaration Day initiative is a virtual campaign of international solidarity for Israel's legal and ancestral rights and the values established in the Declaration of Independence, signed and proclaimed on May 14, 1948. #israeldeclarationday #israel #jewishrights #Oct7 #solidarity #jewishlegalrights #jewishancestralrights
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Israel's religious right has a clear plan for Gaza: 'We are occupying, deporting and settling' Israel's growing community of religious Zionists believe they have a mandate from God to rule from the river to the sea, and many view the war with Hamas as an opportunity to rebuild Jewish settlements in Gaza. From the battlefield to the Knesset to dusty West Bank settlements, here is how religious nationalists are pushing their plans to expand.
Israel's religious right has a clear plan for Gaza: 'We are occupying, deporting and settling'
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#New #One #State #Solution for #Israel and #Palestine, an #alternative plan to the #usual #proposal to divide #Israel into two #states: This #Plan #recognizes the #Jewish state’s #biblical claims to #Judea and #Samaria, as well as Israel’s abilities to police the #territory and #build lasting #infrastructure that can improve the #standard of #living for all the #residents of the #world ’s most #contested territory. The plan seeks to deliver a "solution that protects Israel’s #security, #respects Biblical #covenants and affords #civilrights and #humandignity to all." This #Vision for the #Future" seeks to extend #Israeli #sovereignty to the disputed area as part of a #tripartite #agreement between the Jewish state, the #UnitedStates and an "expanded group" of #Muslim countries that have normalized ties with Israel under the #AbrahamAccords. In exchange, #Palestinians in Judea and Samaria will be awarded #permanent #residency and travel documents but no rights to #vote for the #Knesset in #Jerusalem. (See the example of Puerto Rico and Guam, whose residents do not vote in #US #federal #elections.) In addition, #Gulfcountries will be asked to fund a "#Marshall #Plan" to improve the Palestinians’ #economic #conditions. In a nutshell, the plan provides for Israeli sovereignty over all of Judea and Samaria, permanent residency of all Palestinians living in that territory, and American and Gulf support for a "Marshall Plan" to bring better #healthcare, #education and #prosperity to the region. It is a win-win plan that comports with biblical covenants, security concerns and the advancement of human dignity for every one of God’s creatures. The Palestinians will have essentially all the rights that do not threaten Israel. That includes the right to #live in their #homes in #perpetuity, to vote for their local leaders, and to transact business within Israel and the rest of the world. Under the plan, Palestinians will be assured of permanent residency in their homes and receive a significant #upgrade in #infrastructure, #healthcare, #education, and overall prosperity.
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#ICJ Israel and the US government is guilty of Genocide. Hold them accountable. 🔴STOP CENSORSHIP 🛑STOP THE GENOCIDE 🔴STOP THE ETHNIC CLEANSING 🛑HOLD THE WAR CRIMINALS ACCOUNTABLE . Today, my media is again full of videos of the latest acts of Genocide. Israel and the US government are confidently committing genocide against the Palestinians. #FREEPALESTINE #FREECONGO #Stopthegenocide #STOPUSA #Israeliwarcrimes #StopUk #StopRishiSunak #MEDIAMISINFORMATION #Mediadistortionoftruth #MEDIACOMPLICITY #STOPAPARTHEID #BIBI #NETANYAHU #Palestinianlivesmatter #HUMANRIGHTS #Humanrightsabuses #INTERNATIONLAW #Neveragainshouldbneveragainforeveryone #VIVAPALESTINE #SOUTHAFRICA #ITALIAISLAMAPHOBIA
Jewish voices in London grow to support Palestinians and condemn them. Israeli crimes in Gaza and the whole of Palestine From my people in the Uk, I learned that they come to every demo. They come every March. An example that governments do not represent religions 🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼
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