Balfour declaration, food for thought

over the last 2,000 years, more than 2,000 different groups of people spread across over 100 countries have expelled the Jewish people from their lands and communities. What’s really fascinating is that these groups had no contact with each other, yet they all gave remarkably similar reasons for doing so.

Now, these reasons have always been called “antisemitic stereotypes” or “false accusations” by organizations like the Anti-Defamation League. But how is it that so many completely separate communities all came up with the exact same list of complaints against the Jewish people? It’s almost like hundreds of isolated groups independently agreed on the same story.

If those accusations were really just made-up lies, you’d expect the reasons to vary a lot. Instead, there’s this consistent pattern that’s been repeated for centuries and across the world.

And if you want to dig deeper, take a look at the Talmud. You’ll see passages where the Jewish people are taught to be proud of some of the very behaviors that others label as “stereotypes” or “antisemitic tropes.”

The solution is to remove them, give those who will survive another place to live, far away from our communities, and protect them if necessary, let’s also offer them unconditional support, so they never return.

It has been 77 years now since Balfour declaration, is it going to backfire giving the current chain of events?