Nadene Goldfoot
The famous movie scene featuring massive hordes of zombies swarming and piling over a tall perimeter barrier to reach people is from World War Z (2013) starring Brad Pitt, specifically the iconic Jerusalem wall sequence. In actuality, these zombies could be Palestinians to the Jews of Israel, getting that fear of being swallowed up by them when people push for a Palestine. Picking such a feeling and picture shows my inner feelings of it all.
Like it or not, Israel has been facing a war of extinction; their own extinction !! The very numbers of the population of the Palestinians and Israeli Jews can tell you this. Jews, whether they live in Israel or elsewhere, are a very small familial group of people while Palestinians can be Arabs from every surrounding country of the Middle East; even the Iranians who are not Arabs, and are the very cause of the war against the Jews, and are out to destroy Israel.
Today, The world population of Jews is approximately 15.7 to 15.8 million, making up roughly 0.2% of the total global population.
The global Arab population is estimated at roughly 450 to 500 million people, while the total population of Iran is approximately 90 to 93 million people, with ethnic Persians making up over half of Iran's population (about 45–50 million).
- The Arab World: The population across the 22 member states of the Arab League (spanning the Middle East and North Africa) exceeds 500 million people according to recent regional reports.
- Most Populous Arab Country: Egypt is the largest, with a population of over 120 million.
- Diaspora: Millions more people of Arab descent live outside the traditional Arab world, particularly in the Americas and Europe. Just look at Belgium.
- Jews have a history of almost being extinguished with Haman of Persia, today's Iran during the days of Queen Esther. Queen Esther reigned as queen of Persia starting around 479/478 BCE, during the seventh year of the reign of King Ahasuerus (most commonly identified in modern historical sources as Xerxes I, who ruled from 486 to 465 BCE). Hitler making an impression on British royalty that they share with Germans.
- Then who can forget Hitler whose goal was to exterminate all Jews everywhere. The fact showed up in 1933-1945 with hatred for Jews, Jews out of jobs, etc; schools, He managed to kill 6 million of us before he was stopped. The Midianites that Gideon had to fight.
- So the world shouldn't be surprised when we get quite defensive. We have developed wonderful minds like Einstein as well as technical ones in fighting. I remember a part in the Bible in ancient days showing the hero of the story to ask the men to drink from the river and those who lapped water up were told to go home; while those who cupped the water in their hands to drink were kept as his forces; a test of developed intelligence. These would be the fathers of our today's fighters.
- This story comes from the Bible in the Book of Judges (Judges 7:2–8), featuring the judge and hero Gideon. Gideon Biblical Hebrew: גִּדְעוֹן, romanized: Giḏəʿón) also named Jerubbaal (יְרֻבַּעַל Yərubbaʿál) and Jerubbesheth (|יְרֻבֶּשֶׁת Yərubbéšeṯ) was an Israelite shopeṭ ("judge"), military leader, and prophet whose calling and victory over the Midianites is described in Judges 6–8 in the Hebrew Bible.
Gideon was the son of Joash, from the Abiezrite clan in the tribe of Manasseh, and lived in Ephra (Ophrah). As a leader of the Israelites, he won a decisive victory over a Midianite army despite a vast numerical disadvantage, leading a troop of 300 men.
- The Context: God tells Gideon his army of 32,000 men is too large to fight the Midianites. God wants to ensure Israel knows the victory comes from Him—not from human strength. The Test: Gideon leads the men down to a spring. Those who kneel down and plunge their faces into the water to drink are sent home. Those who scoop the water up with their hands and lap it (like a dog) are kept. The Result: Only 300 men remain. With this tiny force, Gideon defeats the Midianites.
- Israel's Law of Return (Chok ha-Shvut), passed by the Knesset on July 5, 1950, grants Jewish people from around the world the legal right to immigrate to Israel (Aliyah) and receive immediate Israeli citizenship. The Basic Right: Every Jew has the right to settle in Israel as an oleh (immigrant) by obtaining an immigrant visa or certificate.
- Definition of a Jew: Under the original 1950 law and a 1970 amendment, a Jew is defined as a person born of a Jewish mother, or someone who has converted to Judaism and is not a member of another religion.
- The Grandchild Clause (1970 Amendment): The right of return was extended to children and grandchildren of a Jewish person, as well as the spouses of Jews, children, and grandchildren. This means having at least one Jewish grandparent qualifies an individual for citizenship, even if they are not considered Jewish under strict Orthodox religious law (Halakha).
Exclusions & RestrictionsThe Minister of the Interior can deny an immigrant visa or certificate under specific conditions:- Actively working against the Jewish people.
- Posing a threat to public health or state security.
- Having a serious criminal record that may endanger public peace.
- Voluntarily converting to another religion
- Palestinian demands are based on an international legal right of return, something only recently developed. Israel became a state legally through the League of Nations and the United Nations. Israel declared its independence and became a state on May 14, 1948. David Ben-Gurion proclaimed the establishment of the State of Israel in Tel Aviv, coinciding with the expiration of the British Mandate for Palestine.The Palestinian Right of Return
- International Framework: The Palestinian right to return is grounded in international human rights and refugee law, as well as United Nations General Assembly Resolution 194 (passed in 1948), which states that refugees wishing to return to their homes and live at peace with their neighbors should be permitted to do so at the earliest practicable date, with compensation provided for those who choose not to return.
- Who It Involves: It applies to the estimated 5 million to over 7 million Palestinian refugees—including those displaced during the 1948 Nakba and the 1967 Six-Day War—as well as their descendants.
- Nature of the Demand: Palestinian organizations, international bodies like Amnesty International and Human Rights Watch, and many advocates view this as an individual, inalienable human right that cannot be negotiated away or altered by changes in sovereignty.
The Israeli Position- Opposition to Repatriation: Israel strongly rejects the Palestinian right of return to sovereign Israeli territory.
- Demographic Concerns: Israeli leaders and opponents of the return argue that absorbing millions of Palestinians would fundamentally alter the demographic balance and end Israel's status as a Jewish-majority state. Right now it's 80% to 20%.
- Alternative Frameworks: Israel has historically maintained that the refugee issue should be resolved through resettlement in a future Palestinian state or in host countries, rather than through repatriation into Israel proper, and points to regional events and the actions of Arab states during past wars. They have had the meeting in 1967 in Africa of No, No, No, No peace with Israel. Under no conditions. What do you think they would do to Israel after what they did on October 7, 2023 ?
- The Israeli government, along with the vast majority of the Israeli political spectrum (including both the right and the left), strictly rejects the Palestinian right of return. It's No, No, No, from Israel.
- Existential Threat to Sovereignty: Israel's primary objection is demographic and existential. If millions of registered Palestinian refugees and their descendants returned to Israel, it would alter the demographic balance, making Jews a minority and effectively ending Israel's status as a Jewish democratic state.
- The "Live at Peace" Condition: Israel points to the exact phrasing of Article 11: "Refugees wishing to return to their homes and live at peace with their neighbors...". Dating back to Israel's first Prime Minister, David Ben-Gurion, Israel has argued that because neighboring Arab states and Palestinian factions remained hostile to Israel's existence, the critical prerequisite of "living at peace" was never met, invalidating the possibility of repatriation.
- An Option, Not a Mandate: Israeli legal scholars argue that the resolution does not use the word "right," but rather states refugees "should be permitted" to return. Furthermore, because the text adds that "compensation should be paid for the property of those choosing not to return," Israel interprets the resolution as offering resettlement and financial compensation in host Arab countries as a preferred alternative to physical return.
- A "Non-Binding" Recommendation: Israel highlights that General Assembly resolutions do not have the power to create international law or enforce compliance on sovereign nations, rendering 194 a historical recommendation rather than a binding legal mandate.
- Population Exchange Analogy: Israel has historically argued that the 1948 war resulted in a dual displacement: hundreds of thousands of Palestinians fled or were expelled from Israel, while a comparable number of Jewish refugees were forced out of Arab nations and subsequently absorbed into Israel. Israel contends that the issue should be viewed as a regional population exchange, meaning Palestinian refugees should similarly be permanently resettled within Arab nations or a future Palestinian state.
My question shows intellect deciding the question, not emotion. One must have both to make a good decision. To me, the Jews again show both. - Now we'll see if the Israeli government come up with a good government being Eisenstat just had more votes then Netanyhu by a few. How will they manage to make a government?
Israel has declared itself a Jewish State. It has a LAW OF RETURN
