[goldstategop]

Israel's extreme Left wants to discredit Masada, in order to advance its contention there's nothing good in the Jewish past. This isn't about archaeology; this about the pursuit of an ideological agenda. The Israeli critics of the Yigal Yadin just don't want to admit they have one.

(Denny Crane: "Every one should carry a gun strapped to their waist. We need more - not less guns.")

[robowombat]

I suspected that was the provenance of some of this article. I keep trying to understand the mentality of the Israeli left and cannot. I keep coming down to 'these people are so alienated that they really are Jews who hate being Jewish. They truly are self hating and seem to implicitly have a death wish. Something that is really dangerous for Jews to embrace.

[kenavi]

The Zealots murdered more fellow Judeans than they did Roman soldiers. I'll take Rabbi Ben Yishai and the Academy he established at Yavneh any day of the week (especially on the 7th).

[Suzy Quzy]

I am sincerely asking this question....why is mass suicide of 900 people a GOOD thing?? I HAVE NEVER understood why this is considered a "holy" site. I could defintely call it holy if the 900 people were slaughtered by the Romans, but SUICIDE?? I just don't get the prided involved.

Can anyone explain, and don't call me an anti-Semite for asking such a basic question since in my religion suicide is a sin, and I had thought it was also in the Jewish religion.

[MrCruncher]

Exactly.