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Title:#2 "their ancient homeland"
Name:hala
City: GPPState: MI
Here is a pesky question that no one has ever answered: if the Jews have such an unbreakable bond with the area, why did they wait so long to migrate there ("return" is incorrect since the definition demands that one must have been in a place to turn there again--the descendants of ancient Israelites and converts cannot possibly claim that they are "returning" to a place where they have never been)? Why did they stay in the West where they were cruelly persecuted by Christians? Why did so many migrate to the US instead of Palestine? Why did they allow the Arabs to establish villages and a culture over the centuries? Zionism is a new concept, an abnormality of the mind. You waited hundreds of years, now it is too late.