True. And now they’re back; many regathered.
True. And Israel could be wiped off the map .... yet again. Then, say, 500 years in the future, a future version of the Maccabees may restore Israel .... yet again. Then, 200 years after that, a new version of Romans may wipe Israel off the map .... yet again.
How many times has Israel been gathered, then wiped off the map, then scattered, then regathered, then restored, then reconquered, then rescattered, then regathered ......?
Scattered by the Babylonians, regathered by Cyrus the Great, conquered by Alexander the Great, ruled by the Seleucids, restored by the Maccabees, conquered by the Romans, destroyed and scattered by the Romans, regathered by the British Protectorate of Palestine, restored in 1948 ........
What, exactly, stops the cycle right here?
What I am saying is that it is very dangerous for Israel to get into the "We're too big to fail" mentality. Especially when Israel is getting so politically soft that it is seriously considering trading hundreds of imprisoned terrorists for a single Israeli soldier.
The shepherd regathers his flock every evening then, the next morning, the shepherd allows his flock to be rescattered ...... yet again.