June 2009

Chapter One - The Roman Policy: Elimination the Jewish National-Cultural Entity and the Jewish Majority in the Land of Israel

The Roman conquest proved a calamity for the Jewish people. The Romans
destroyed the Jewish independence and canceled its population majority in
Israel. Following the Great Revolt (66 – 70 A.D), and increasingly after the
Bar Cochva revolt (132 – 135 A.D), the Roman policy as dictated from above was
to turn the Jews into a minority in their land, and to eliminate the
rebellious Jewish nationality. For a while, the Romans also tried to force the
Jews to integrate into the Hellenistic culture through religious persecution.

about

Rivka Shpak Lissak was born in Israel when it was under British occupation.

She has a second degree in Jewish history, and a Ph.D in American history.

Her specialty in american history includes Immigration, Ethnic Groups
(Ethnicity)and Socio- Economoc history of American society.

Her book "Pluralism and Progressives", was reviewed in many professional
journals.

Responding to Palestinian Rewriting of History

HOW AND WHEN THE JEWISH MAJORITY IN THE LAND OF ISRAEL WAS ELIMINATED AND THE JEWISH DIASPORA WAS CREATED / DR.RIVKA SHPAK LISSAK

Content:

Preface
Chapter One - The Colonization and Helenization and Land Confiscation under Hellenistic Occupation ( 332 - 142 BCE )

Chapter Two - Elimination of the Jewish National - Cultural Entity and Jewiush Majority under Roman Occupation(63 BCE - 324 CE)

Chapter Three - The Failure of Forced Conversion of Jews under Byzantine Occupation 324 - 640 CE)

Chapter Four - Population and Arab Settlement unde Arabic - Muslim Occupation (640 - 1099 )

Chapter Five - Cultural Arabization without Islamization
of Jews under Arab - Muslim Occupation (640 - 1099 )

Chapter Six - Population Composition under Crusaders' Occupation (1099 - 1260)

Chapter Seven - Population Composition under Mamluk Occupation (1260 - 1516 )

Chapter Eight - The Creation of Jewish Diaspora

Preface

A new idea, recently, from Israeli-Arab leaders calls to turn the Jewish state into a bi- national state alongside a Palestinian state on the Western Bank and Gaza Strip.

The rationale for this demand by the Arabic- Palestinian minority in Israel is that "Israel must recognize the Arab- Palestinian minority as an indigenous minority."

Chapter 3: The Failure of Forced Conversion of Jews to Christianity under Byzantine Occupation / DR.Rivka Shapak Lissak

The Christian-Byzantine occupation’s policy towards the Jews (395 – 640 A.D)
included religious and economic decrees, pogroms, destruction of synagogues and
a focused policy on the part of the government and the church to convert the
Jews, along with other local non-Christians, into Christianity.
Israel’s population during the Christian-Byzantine occupation included, according to Avi-Yona in his study “In Roman and Byzantine Times”, between 1.5 and 2 million people (Avi-Yona was a world-renowned archaeologist who based his research on original sources and archaeological research). Another archaeologist, Maggen Broshi, estimated in his study “The Population of the Land of Israel in the Roman-Byzantine Period” that the province’s population was no greater than one million. Based on archaeological studies, Zeev Saffray estimated in his article “Population Size in the Land of Israel in the Roman-Byzantine Period” that it ranged between 2 and 2.5 million.

Irshad Manji, a Muslim woman, believes in the right of Jews for self- determination

Irshad Manji, author, journalist and broadcaster, believes that Zionism is the return of a persecuted people to their homeland. Her book "The Trouble with Islam" discusses the Israeli Arabs, the refugee problem, and Arafat's provocations.