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Israeli Determination and the Afghanistan Debacle

Please see my new article in The Times of Israel called "Israeli Determination and the Afghanistan Debacle."

It’s not always the largest, strongest, fastest, and best financed that wins. Like with the story of David and Goliath or even one of my modern-day heroes, Rocky, the determination of the little guy can overcome the biggest and the best of them. The Taliban were patient and over twenty years continued to wage their struggle against us, but more than that they knew that our patience was limited and that eventually we would leave, and they took the long view and planned for the overthrow of the government and the return of their rule after we were gone. They waited us out and that can be an incredibly successful strategy!

Israel is the Jewish homeland and the Biblical Promised Land from G-d. What the Palestinians haven’t understood in all these years, since the State’s founding in 1948, is that no matter how long they try to wait us out, we have more determination than they have patience! The Jewish people will never give up our historical and legitimate rights to be a sovereign nation in our land, Israel. In the end, the Palestinians may be very patient, but we are the ones who are utterly determined: whether Ashkenazi or Mizrachi, Labor or Likud, Tel Avivian or Jerusalemite, one thing that we all fundamentally agree on is our sheer and utter determination as the Jewish people to survive and be a free nation in our land.

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Israeli Determination and the Afghanistan Debacle

The Founding Of Zionism

Key Person	Year	Published Work	Main Idea
Avraham Mapu	1853	The Love of Zion	Longing of Jewish people for their ancestral homeland
Moses Hess	1862	Rome and Jerusalem	Europe's welcome to Jews is tenuous, and Jews should seek return to homeland
Leon Pinsker	1882	Auto-Emancipation	Jews are not accepted in European host countries, and are urged to seek national rebirth
Nathan Birnbaum	1890	Self-Emancipation	Coined the term Zionism referring to a movement to re-create a national Jewish home in Israel
Chaim Nachman Bialik	1892	El Hatzipor      (To The Bird)	Poem on longing for return to Zion
Chaim Nachman Bialik	1898	Mikra'ei Zion (Assemblies of Zion)	Poem of hope and expectation of return to Zion
Theodor Herzl	1896	The Jewish State	Jewish State will usher an end to rabid anti-Semitism everywhere
Theodor Herzl	1897		Launched Zionism as political movement and convened first Zionist Congress
Theodor Herzl	1902	Altneuland	Envisions idyllic future Jewish state
Ze'ev Jabotinsky	1923	Samson Nazorei	Ideal of active, courageous, Jewish warrior

I am reading the book Israel: "A Concise History of a Nation Reborn" by Daniel Gordis.

I've prepared this summary of the founding of Zionism, which I have briefly summarized above.

Hope this is helpful to those interested in the origins of the founding of the modern State of Israel. 

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The Founding Of Zionism

Supporting Israel is Right

Please see my new article in Times of Israel called, "Dialogue with a Former Israel Supporter."

Israel is not only the biblical and historical homeland for the Jewish people, but it is the only Jewish country in the entire world. 

Nations and terrorists have attacked, again and again, denying the United Nations declaration for the State of Israel and the modern-day geopolitical reality of its existence--and it is flourishing!

The State of Israel has successfully made peace with its neighbors Egypt and Jordan, and they seek the same with the Palestinians.

Let us hope and pray for coexistence speedily in our times. 

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Supporting Israel is Right

The Embassy Arrives In Jerusalem

Please see my new article in Times of Israel today

Never Homeless Again

The U.S. Embassy has moved to Jerusalem, but unfortunately, our enemies still attack us. 

Hope you enjoy the article. 

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The Embassy Arrives In Jerusalem