It’s a question Jerusalem based journalist Matthew Kalman asks in an essay published today and pointed out to me by Robert Cargill. It’s exceedingly well done.
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Jim,
Did you tell them that you yourself were not so Israeli friendly?
well besides being untrue how is that relevant to the topic at hand? i love israel. i just love palestinians too.
With all due respect Sir Jim, you have a very funny way of showing your love for Israel! But that is my opinion. But then, I am pro-Israel certainly, and “Zionist”. One has to fly their flag! (My point was you are not without your bias.)
That took some guts to roll my last one..thanks!
Why, especially in 2010 do you call Israel/Palestine the “Holy” land?
In way way or another, and for one reason or another, this patch of real estate has been one sustained killing field–forever and a day. And if the current patterns continue it is more than likely that a global conflagration will be ignited there.
As such it much be saturated or haunted with the screaming tormented ghosts/souls of all of those countless butchered human beings.
When was the last time a genuinely Holy person appeared or emerged from there?
If anything it is concentrated lunatic asylum full of psychotics (Islamic, Christian and Jewish) dramatizing their dreadful absolutist “god is on our side” end-time prophecies.
Armageddon anyone?
just to be clear, i dont call it the holy land, so if your remarks are directed at me, they are misdirected.
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If people are asking this question in 2010, they are about a century out of touch.
actually no one living these days and asking the question lived a century ago. so for them to ask the question is ok, isnt it. i mean after all people ask questions every day dont they and we dont say ‘people asked that 100 years ago- what, are you an idiot and you dont know the answer?’
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