Wednesday, August 9, 2023

Israeli Exceptionality

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The inexplicable vicissitudes of human nature

and the primacy of tribal enmities supported

by sectarian beliefs never fail to puzzle. That

the tiny slice of the vast Middle East where

the world gave its assent to Jews to reestablish

its homeland as a place of sanctuary for its

ancient tribe of Judaeans beyond the caretaking

presence of those who never left when forced exile

scattered Jews into a global diaspora so mightily

disturbs its neighbours as an unpardonable

affront to Islam which claims ancient Judaea

as its own, refusing to recognize an old injustice

rectified when the world proved it had little

interest in absorbing Jews as equals within

their territories and Jews proved magnanimous

in assenting to the acceptance of non-Jews

within theirs in a demonstration of humanity

still fails to shatter the impenetrable walls of

hostility. In the territory where wealth is theirs

through the fortuity of natural resources the

world values for prosperity Arab nations thrive

while in contrast the tiny Jewish ancestral enclave 

derives its stable prosperity and future aspirations

through the wealth of its peoples' innovation.



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