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In Israel we feel at home
Raanan Shaked
Published: 16.04.13, 15:22
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31. to #28 there is a problem with what you said, germans
ghostq   (04.17.13)
got older history in the holly land than palis, the German colonies. go look that up.
32. #4, #28 jarda
solomon ,   bklyn   (04.17.13)
The Germans attacked the Jews. In Israel, it is always the arabs attacking Israel. Read some history, or are you too scared to find out the truth?
33. Tragedy in the Miracle
Zechariah   (04.17.13)
The Tragedy is that many more Jews did not get out or where let in to Israel from 1882 and especially from 1933-1945.The Communists and Bundists Many Ultraorthodox Many Unaware did not liquidate the Galus as Jabotinsky pleaded in Tisha Be av 1937.The Galus Liquidated them Horribly.
34. solomon @ 29 ,...
split ,   US   (04.17.13)
How many times I have to correct your lie that the Temple Mount and the Temple on it was build by Herod the Great an Arab according to Jewish law, so was Masada, Herodium, the structure around/under/above the Cave of the Patriarchs, a port/city of Caesarea, his Northern Palace and more landmarks during just 30 yrs of his reign which begs for asking what did you build and leave to admire during those 4800 years of your alleged presence/existence there? ,...
35. #34 split
solomon ,   bklyn   (04.18.13)
You are not "an arab according to Jewish law". It does not exist. There are many arab Jews from arab countries. If you would bother to read, you would find out that Herod practiced Judaism. And who built all that you mention; Herod by himself? His subjects the Jews did. I repeat: The crap you spout never ceases, does it?
36. to #34 herolds murdered his wife, the one he loved
ghostq   (04.18.13)
the most, the reason was because she called him half jew.
37. solomon @ 35 - Herod practiced Judaism ,...
split ,   US   (04.19.13)
The only thing Herod got in common with Jews and Judaism is the fact that he despiced both to the point he didn't want to dwell among them or to rest (buried) according to Jewish law. His mother was an Arab his father was an Edomite, and though Herod was raised as a Jew, he lacked the social status of the powerful old families in Jerusalem who were eligible to serve as high priest as the Hasmonaean kings had traditionally done. His elitist and influential subjects considered Herod an outsider. Herod's father was poisoned by a Hasmonaean agent. Few years later, when the Parthians invaded Judaea, a Hasmonaeans allied themselves with the invaders, deposed Hyrcanus and turned on Herod. Needless to say in this moment of crisis, due to his political skills Herod got help from Romans and after defeating the Parthians and their Jewish allies he established himself as a ruler of Judea. To maintain some sort of independence he needed Judaism for political not spiritual reasons. He was a Roman overlord, he lived and acted like one. His "judaism" was for sale at Roman Senate, to maintain some sort of independence he needed Judaism I repeat for political reasons also to satisfy his megalomaniac spirit that's why he build you a Temple not a shack erected by Hasmonaeans . The idea and initiative came from an Arab by birth and a Roman in life because he was the one who led the processions up the Capitol Hill to the Temple of Jove, Rome's most sacred shrine, and there as a King of Judaea he offered sacrifice to the gods of pagan Rome. There were no Jewish priests in his residence or chapel but plenty of Roman sacred artifacts ,... By the way, addressing one of your stupid notes I want point out that for an example that Rockefeller Center or Guggenheim Museum and other landmarks around the world aren't attributed to their bricklayers or construction workers but to it's founders, the ones that conceived and realized the idea. I repeat my request from previous post, Herod have build all this landmarks during just 30 yrs of his reign, tell us what did you the Jews build and leave to admire for future generations during those 4000 years of your alleged presence/existence there you brag about? ,...
38. 36 ,...
split ,   US   (04.19.13)
No kiddin, in this case it would be prudent to enlighten us why he got pissed off, because he considered himself as a full blooded Jew or he didn't ,...
39. #37 split
solomon ,   bklyn   (04.20.13)
Interesting, how you ignore facts yet again. You speak of Herod's wall, yet ignore David's and Solomon's Temples, the civilization they lived in, "Absolom's Tomb" and other structures. Non-attribution does not negate the fact (that word again) that Jews built it, whether you like it or not. Jews were here. Arabs came from arabia. Ever wonder why they're called Judea and Arabia? You can't stand the truth? Sorry.
40. Congratulations to Israel!
Christian ,   Finland   (04.20.13)
Happy birthday to Israel, happy birthday to you! Israel is - and stays - forever!
41. solomon @ 39 ,...
split ,   US   (04.21.13)
According to the Bible it was the king Hiram of Tyre that sent Solomon architects, workmen, cedar wood and gold to build the First Temple in Jerusalem. According to your fairy tales he also extended the Tyrean harbour, enlarged the city and built a royal palace and a temple for Ba'l. Here's the problem, a modern archaeology has found no evidence for these works, not a brick, nothing so far.
42. #41 split
solomon ,   bklyn   (04.21.13)
Again; Jews built the Temple. Hiram sent architects? Welcome. They needed many to work on the Temple. But Hiram sent all workmen? All the architects? They have found portions of Jerusalems walls from the first Temple period, and the 'City of David' near the present walls. And the arabs built Absalom’s Tomb, and all the structures throughout Jerusalem? You ignore Roman history, especially Josephus. You ignore facts (that word again) and give us your usual crap.
43. 42 solomon ,...
split ,   US   (04.21.13)
They have found nothing to prove that David or Solomon ever existed or build anything - Absalom’s Tomb was build by Jews too? All those historians and archaeologists agree that it's features and architectural style points to Greece made at the same time and by the same builders that left us Petra build a millennium after Absalom’s death,... The foundation of Jerusalem's wall and the one under the structure over the Tomb of the Patriarchs (google on images to compare) build by Herod are identical and there goes the credibility of your fairy tales ,... Josephus was a biographer, chronicler and story teller not a historian ,...
44. #43 split
solomon ,   bklyn   (04.24.13)
The foundations of the walls of the first Temple period are NOT the same as those under the Temple mount. Absalom's Tomb is not Absalom's tomb. It also was not building by those of Petra, but by the indigenous Jews. There are catacombs in what you call the WB that are of the Sanhedrin, as most Jews lived there after the Romans destroyed the Temple and renamed the area Philistina (now said Palestine) after the long-gone Philistines, to eradicate the name of the Jews (not the arabs, as there weren't any). The Jews are noted on the Roman Triumphal arch, and in Egyptian hieroglyphics. Again that sticky word: facts. Your fairy tales are getting bigger every day. Some 'historian'. (No response to Biblical Archeology Review magazine? I didn't think so.)
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