Spot the Irony
Tonight is the first night of Passover, when Jews across the world celebrate their ancestors' freedom from the yoke of slavery in ancient Egypt.
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THE GATES ARE LOCKED FOR PASSOVER
As the Jews in Israel and throughout the world celebrate Passover, the Festival of FREEDOM... the very thing that is celebrated is denied to an entire nation. Palesinians will be welcome to stay at home... or wander if they wish... but only within their own villages and only behind the wall that separates them from family and friends.
With hindsight maybe the Egyptians have more to celebrate than the Jews? But then again, the Egyptians are positive, joyous people, who do not bear grudges for millennia.
According to "About Judaism":
"The Israelites were forced to build cities, erect monuments, construct roads, work in the quarries and hew stones."
Basically the Jews had to contribute to society the same way as everyone else! Bad, very bad, time to check out!
The same way when you read Joshua: The Jews were oppressed in the promised land because they had not made sure to complete their genocide of the original inhabitants!
I fully understand that they have arrived at their present conclusion: When brute force does not work, it is just because we have not used enough of it!