“Although I very much respect Israel’s right to exist, many people, including me until a month ago, do not realize that Israel is a democratic Theocracy. They have their own version of Sharia Law. I am now in the process of doing more research into this situation and its implications.”
This is your first post on this thread. I thank you so much for your further research into this matter.
“When I discovered just now that the Grand Mufti was Yassar Arafat’s father, things made a lot more sense. By now, most of the Arabs who ran away in 1948 are dead. As a political gesture, it might make sense for Israel to let a few come back.”
That is the root of their so called “right of return.” Maybe they should let some very, very old AUTHENIC refugees back into their country.
However, the Palestinians claim that there are 5 million refugees.
What do you think would happen if the “right of return” was implemented?
One last thing, there are many arab muslims who are Israeli citizens, and their lives are much more free than any other arabs in the middle east. When Israel is attacked with bombs and mortars, the Israelis don’t care if the injured are arab or Israeli. They treat them all the same.
I’m hopeful that your heart has changed towards the Israelis.
My heart toward Israel has been the same since the 1967 war when I was very glad they won. My sadness for what the Jewish people have suffered has been the same since at the age of 8 I saw the terrible concentration camp and mass grave photos in Life Magazine in 1946.