Cassi Creek: The
Great War is still unfinished.
“ In
November 1915, The Jewish Chronicle reported examples of recruiting officers
saying, “Lord Kitchener does not want any more Jews in the Army.” Before the
end of the Great War, the Balfour Declaration promised those unwanted Jews a
homeland in what became the Palestinian Mandate.
Unfortunately, someone else promised the same real estate
to the Arabs who were caught in the demolition of the Ottoman Empire. Thus, the twice promised land, and the
political and religious struggles still taking place in the Middle East today.
Cohen’s article provides familial and personal
viewpoints. The rampant anti-Semitism of
Europe also remains unresolved.
http://www.nytimes.com/2014/02/25/opinion/25iht-edcohen25.html?ref=opinion&_r=0
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