Israel plans to build 3,300 new settlement homes. It says it's a response to a Palestinian attack

[The Magistrate]

48. Conquest Is Conquest, Sir, And I Will Pass Over Your Poor Arithmetic --- We Are Not In The Twenty-Third Century

All you have done is establish the duration of time through which Muslims lorded it over the various dhimmi populations here, Christian and Jew alike. Most of the Muslim population today are descended from converts in the wake of conquest, it's not like Arab believers displaced the populace, or killed it off. Conversion brought benefits, and was easy, once you got over the fear of Hellfire if you did. The point of recollecting the past is enlightenment of the present, in this case to illustrate the deep roots of Muslim feelings of superiority and entitlement. Religious minorities still suffer bouts of abuse in Muslim-majority countries. You might want to look into the matter of Coptic Christians in Egypt for a nearby, contemporary illustration.


It may be ancient history to you, but this region has a peculiar attachment to the past, otherwise who would give a fig for Jerusalem? One thing which emerges from study of the past is how little people have changed, how persistent are the ways in which we behave and think. Same tune, different key, so to speak. I am not, here, commenting on the means and methods of Israel's government, whether at present, or in the past, or in a future to come. Merely pointing out that existence as a religious minority in a Muslim-majority country is something to be avoided. It's not pleasant. A lot of what is urged on Israel, regarding citizenship and title, amounts to reducing Jews to a minority population there.