Tag: Israel Advocacy

Interior of the Palace des Glaces during the signing of the Peace Terms. Versailles, France on June 28, 1919.

The Slippery Path Of Misguided Expediency

The Balfour Declaration’s bold expression of support for a Jewish homeland issued in 1917 by British Foreign Secretary Arthur Balfour on behalf of King George V and the government of Great Britain did not go unchallenged. The Mandate to establish a Jewish national home was virtually derailed by government officials motivated by misguided expediency rather than moral clarity.

Vineyards shrivels in the sun following agro-terrorism raids where the vines are intentionally severed to destroy the grape crop, 2018.

If Only Scarecrows Were Enough

Attempts to generate peaceful coexistence on the part of ancient Israel were met with obstinate refusal to cooperate. Squatters from neighboring lands were committed to hostility and any hope for peaceful resolution was blocked by their premeditated, continuous and unrelenting aggression. Today, it seems nothing’s changed.