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hyperbola1 year ago
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Do you consider this professor at Tel Aviv University to be a self-hating anti-semite? How about all the Israelis who made it one of Israel's most popular books? Anti-semites too?
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When and How Was the Jewish People Invented?
No one is more surprised than Shlomo Sand that his latest academic work has spent 19 weeks on Israel's bestseller list – and that success has come to the history professor despite his book challenging Israel's biggest taboo.
Dr. Sand argues that the idea of a Jewish nation – whose need for a safe haven was originally used to justify the founding of the state of Israel – is a myth invented little more than a century ago.
An expert on European history at Tel Aviv University, Dr. Sand drew on extensive historical and archaeological research to support not only this claim but several more – all equally controversial.
In addition, he argues that the Jews were never exiled from the Holy Land, that most of today's Jews have no historical connection to the land called Israel and that the only political solution to the country's conflict with the Palestinians is to abolish the Jewish state.
The success of When and How Was the Jewish People Invented? looks likely to be repeated around the world.
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truthiness1 year ago
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arguing that the jews were never exiled from the holy land makes him sound like a kook to me, since that is a matter of historical record.. the romans were very good about keeping records of everything, just like the US govt today. after the second major revolt, the roman's exiled the jews and destroyed the temple (leaving the current wailing wall)
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the part about no historical connection, definitly a kook, possibly self-hating (don't now well enough) since the sheer volume of historical documents and archaeological evidence connecting the hebrews to that land makes such an argument silly.
this is the land of the hebrews as much as it is the land of the palestinians.. which is why a two state solution is just and reasonable. anyone who argues for the elimination of israel, regardless of heritage, is either a hater or a nutcase.-
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hyperbola1 year ago
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Sorry truthiness, but anyone who argues for a "jewish state" (especially one based on massive ethnic cleansing of christians and moslems) is no different than those who argued for a "white, democratic" state in South Africa.
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Your statements make it clear that you subscribe to "if it is my tribe, it cannot possibly be wrong" racism.
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