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Israeli Position on the Right to Return Jordan Davidson 2/24/14 8:53 PM

All Jews have a right to be naturalized Israeli citizens in Palestine and have a right

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to the land as Jews. There are several historical, religious, and cultural reasons behind Jordan Davidson 2/24/14 5:43 PM

this belief. While the Israelis have succeeded in creating their own nation state, they have always deserved this, and will always reserve the right if they choose to do so. The

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beliefs behind the Jewish right right to live in their their homeland stem from from the notion that it it is their God-given or birthright. The Jewish people have faced a long and historic process of reclaiming land to

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create the new nation of Israel. Historically, the first attempt to get Jews back to their homeland emerged in 1882 when Rothschild financially backed the Jewish settlement in

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the area known historically as Palestine. This was further expanded upon in 1896 when

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Theodore Herzl wrote Der Juanstaat. This documented the need for a Jewish homeland

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and state and created the birth of political Zionism, which espoused the belief that “Palestine is our unforgettable homeland.” Returning to Israel has several historical roots. Jordan Davidson 2/24/14 5:47 PM

The Hebrew language, laws in the Talmud, the Torah, Jewish holidays, Jewish calendar, and festivals were all originated in Israel and are designed around the seasons there. In reaction to religious right to the land, Zionism was created. As Gelvin asserts,

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“Zionism emerged in the late nineteenth century for two reasons: First, Zionism was a reaction to European anti-Semitism and various nationalist movements that excluded Jews from political communities in the process of formation” (Gelvin 14). Another major religious aspect that plays a role in the right of return for Jews lies that they believe the Jordan Davidson 2/24/14 5:50 PM

land is theirs based on religious history and ideology. Abraham is said to have two wives,

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Sarah and Hager. The Jewish are said to be biologically related to Sarah, and the

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Palestinians are said to be related to Hager. The Jewish claim that Hagar was just a maid, Jordan Davidson 2/24/14 5:52 PM

Genesis 12:1-3 12:1- 3 God acts upon a group differently for the first time, promising Jews

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children, blessings, and land. The Jews have a religious right to the land, because they are

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the chosen ones of God. God has never single out favoritism to a group other than to the

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and therefore their biological connection to Abraham is the only one that mattered. In



Jewish people. God felt that the Jewish would leave the way morally for others and should be should be an example to all other citizens citizens of the world. world. In order to do so, they need to live in their historic birthplace, where they were first chosen. Historically, Israel was where the Jewish patriarchs such as Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob lived . As well as the matriarchs such as Sarah, Rebecca, Rachel, and Leah They are the original start of the line from th

wish todays Jewish people descended. In the 17 century BCE a famine occurred which


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drove the Israelites to move to Egypt. Moses then guided them away from the slavery of

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Egypt because he had received the Ten Commandments at Mount Sinai. After 40 years of

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living in the Egyptian desert the Israelites were able to form Jewish monarchy under King

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Saul in Israel. After King Saul’s reign, King David took the lead and named Jerusalem as

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the capital of Israel. Under King David’s son’s rule, Solomon, Babylonia conquered

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Israel and completely destroyed their temple and all they had created. The Jewish people

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were expelled. After this occurred, they had no homeland and their customs were seen as

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strange to others, which they were persecuted for. The discrimination forced them to live in Ghettos, further retracting them from others. The expulsion of the Jews from their homeland is the primary basis in their Right to return to their land. While in the 1800s the Jewish were granted more civil liberties, anti-Semitism still grew and the Holocaust still

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took place. The Zionist movement after the Holocaust finally allowed for the Jewish Jordan Davidson 2/24/14 8:47 PM

people to be safe safe again.

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While Israeli’s believe that Palestinians can live in their land, they still believe the Jordan Davidson 2/24/14 8:47 PM

land is rightfully theirs. One reason behind this belief is that Jews feel that Palestinians

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are of Arab descent and can live anywhere in Arab lands.

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The Jewish people have gone through unspeakable cruelty in events such as



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‘Shoah’ or the catastrophe. After going through so many horrific events, they deserve to Jordan Davidson 2/24/14 8:48 PM

live in their homeland of Israel.

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Israel’s Declaration of Independence explains several reasons why they deserve to

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return to their homeland and have political independence. One of the reasons that Jews

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should have their homeland is their right to self- determination. This is important in the Jordan Davidson 2/24/14 8:50 PM

Declaration because it is made clear that the Jewish were not returning to their homeland

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because of the the beliefs of other other nations, but rather rather because it was their birth right to live there. While not all Jews are Zionist’s, their beliefs is what allowed for the Right of Jordan Davidson 2/24/14 8:51 PM

Return. Their primary goal was to get a national home for the Jewish people in Israel,

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which they claimed to be rightfully theirs.

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Jordan Davidson 2/25/14 9:55 AM

The Jewish people have a right to their homeland because they originally settled

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and established their land and it was wrongfully taken from them. It is their historical right to live somewhere that they established. They created the starting point for the Jordan Davidson 2/24/14 8:51 PM

community in the land, and others tried to unjustly live off of what they had created. Not only did the Jewish people originally have their independence, but also they had it for more than 400 years, which is longer then Americans have enjoyed their independence. If

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today in America our land were taken away from us we would be fighting tooth and nail Jordan Davidson 2/24/14 8:52 PM

to get back what we saw as rightfully ours; which is exactly what the Jewish people did.

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While Arabic become Arabic become the common language language after the the Muslims invaded Israel, there was was

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never an independent Palestinian state, and they had taken it from the Jews. In fact,

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Palestine is a land that historically doesn’t technically technically exist, but rather just considered a

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part of Southern Southern Syria. While the Law of Return allows for Jews to automatically become citizens, it does

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not prevent others from becoming citizens as well. The Jewish people deserve to have independence in the nation that was originally theirs, yet they are still not discriminating against others who wish to live there as well. Who could argue that people don’t have the right to live in their own homeland, especially when it allows for others to live there was Jordan Davidson 2/24/14 8:54 PM

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well? --any Jewish person has right to return to Israel and can become a citizen --why Palestinians should’t have the land --cite with footnotes?

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