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The people in Israel could easily be our families
Coach is Right ^ | 7/26/14 | Kevin "Coach" Collins

Posted on 07/26/2014 10:11:17 AM PDT by Oldpuppymax

In her all-out battle with Hamas terrorists, Israel is fighting for the entire civilized world. The Israelis are our side, our family in this war.

Call it the “great grandparents” factor: The vast majority of those of us who enjoy the blessings of living in America can trace our good fortune to a decision by our great grandparents to come to America instead of staying where they were or going elsewhere.

At the turn of the 20th century, millions of people came to America to build a country and contribute to its greatness. The list of American achievements since then is virtually endless. Almost all of us can trace our participation in America’s stunning success to a single decision we had absolutely no influence on. We weren’t even thought of when the people who struck out to live free and productive lives in the “new world” said, “Enough, let’s go to America.”

In four generations we have grown apart from the families and friends that were left behind, but in our blood and our soul, in our heart and our very being we are the same as those whose great grandparents did not come to America or went elsewhere.

The Jews of Eastern Europe emigrated almost exclusively to America, but a small band of maybe 40,000 went to what is now Israel to build...

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1 posted on 07/26/2014 10:11:17 AM PDT by Oldpuppymax
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In her all-out battle with Hamas terrorists, Israel is fighting for the entire civilized world. The Israelis are our side, our family in this war

Well said. Israel, please finish it. Make it so Islam will remember for generations how bad it turns out to attack Israel. May the King of the Universe go before you against the enemy!
2 posted on 07/26/2014 10:16:56 AM PDT by Tzfat
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Israel is the history of the world.

I have ancient ancestors in Israel and ancestors that died there in the Crusades. The tribes of Israel and their forefathers’ blood flow in all our veins.

Israel is forever


3 posted on 07/26/2014 10:27:31 AM PDT by mountainlion (Live well for those that did not make it back.)
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AM ISRAEL CHAI ! the people of Israel live!


4 posted on 07/26/2014 10:39:52 AM PDT by ncfool (Can America wait til 2016? or will it be to late to save the USA?)
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