DATING THE CHANGE IN JEWISH LAND OWNERSHIP

Moshe David Har holds that by the 2nd half of the 3rd century (from 250 CE on), most of the land is no longer owned by Jews. He believes that the turning point occurred at the end of Rabbi Yohanan’s life (ca 180 – ca 280 CE).

C.2.The Land Problem and Bar
Kokhba’s Revolt135 – 132) CE)

According to Applebaum, one of the causes of Bar Kokhba’s Revolt (perhaps even the main one) was the agrarian factor – the situation in which Jewish farmers found themselves in the decades following the Great Revolt. This situation had two aspects: 1. Ever-reducing size of land for Jewish needs; 2. Jewish population growth compared to the size of land at its disposal.

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C.1.Land Confiscation Following the Great Revolt, 70 CE

In their effort to crush the revolt the Romans burned homes and destroyed farming equipment.

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B.HEROD’S POLICY: CONTINUED POLEIS PREFERENCE (ׂ 37- 4ׂBCE)
The imbalance between the demographic pressure and the availability of land for Jewish settlement increased in Herod’s time.
The Estates of king Herod and His Sons

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The Romans confiscated land for three reasons: To expand the poleis territories; for the Imperial estates; and for foreign settlement after the revolts were suppressed in 70 CE and 135 CE.

INTRODUCTION
The expansion of Jewish settlement in the Land of Israel was halted under Hellenist rule: lands were confiscated, leaving no reserves for the settlement of the naturally increasing Jewish population. Jewish emigration from the Land of Israel was the consequence.

THE HASMONAEAN REVERSAL (142 – 63 BCE)

April 15 2013

04.04.13
Archaeological dig in western Germany unearths myriad traces of daily life in one of Europe's oldest, biggest Jewish communities

After long being sidelined for Roman excavations, an archaeological dig in western Germany has unearthed myriad traces of daily life in one of Europe's oldest and biggest Jewish communities.

From ceramic dishes and tools to toys, animal bones and jewelry, some 250,000 artifacts have so far shed light on various periods in 2,000 years of the city of Cologne's history.

Emotional Debate
First rabbis ordained in Cologne since WWII / AFP

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Introduction

The romans conquered the Jewish state in 63BCE and thrned it into a vassal of Rome. The Jews revoted against Roman occupation in 66 CE (THE GREAT REVOLT), becuse of Rome's policy to replace the Jewish population and its culture by an Hellenist population and the Hellenist culture.

The role of the Hellenist population in the war against the Jews

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Rome turned the land of Israel into a Hellenist country by spreading 30 poleis and also military cities throughout the country. Under Roman occupation a network of poleis and military colonies was established and expanded throughout the Land of Israel, on the basis of a similar network built during the Hellenist occupation. Roman roads were laid to connect the cities and the military colonies to ensure that the Roman army could move around the country freely.

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Introduction
Zeev Safrai and Gedalyahu Alon pointed out the significant growth in population and settlement and rapid urbanization during the Roman period. This urbanization process and population growth were not the result of a development policy, but rather resulted from a colonization policy and the increase in foreign settlement in the Land of Israel during the first and second centuries CE.

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Before the establishment of the Hasmonaean Kingdom (140 BCE) the foreign population was the largest minority in the country. Under Hasmonaean rule Jews returned to became the majority.

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Introduction
The Jewish state (the Hasmonean kingdom) became a vassal of the Roman Empire in 63 BCE. From 6CE it came under direct rule of the Roman empire.In 66 CE the Jews revolted against the Roman occupation.

24 Oct 2012
In order to understand the sophistication of the Egyptian deception that preceded the Yom Kippur War in 1973, it is essential to know that the Egyptian military doctrine was revolutionized in 1969. While the Israeli military thought remained stagnated.

ON THE BOOK
9/21/2012
Israeli Scholar, Veteran Pens Study of Palestinian Incursions
Tel-Aviv, Israel - Shaul Bartal's nonfiction The Fedayeen Emerge: The Palestine-Israel Conflict, 1949-1956 (published by AuthorHouse) describes each community's struggle in the 1950's as another stage in the conflict between Jews and Muslims from the British Mandate to the present. It shows how the Palestinians recovered from the Naqba - the catastrophe - of Israel's creation in 1948 and continued the struggle.

MASSACRES, DEPORTATION AND SALE OF PRISONERS-OF-WAR INTO SLAVERY

(Please refer to note No. 4 for references)

Hellenist treatment of conquered nations was cruel and included massacring the population and the sale of captured survivors into slavery. The purpose of this policy was to reduce the size of the local population, while colonising the Land of Israel and transforming it into a Greek-Macedonian colony. This policy destroyed the Jewish demographic majority in the Israel.

08 August 2012
Seventy years ago, on 8 August 1942, the World Jewish Congress representative in Geneva, Gerhart M. Riegner, sent a telegram to British and American diplomats providing them with reliable information about Hitler’s plans to annihilate millions of European Jews. The telegram was the first authoritative word that the Nazis actually had a coordinated extermination plan.

July 24, 2012
Israelis and friends of the Jewish State alike are accustomed to the never-ending scorn the United Nations heaps on the Middle East's only free democracy, never mind its desire for peace with all of its Arab neighbors. It may seem unfathomable that the very same institution was ultimately responsible for the creation of Israel nearly 65 years ago.

The Arab policy did not include forced Islamization (except for short periods),but mainly cultural Arabization.

Introduction

juin 10th, 2012
Translated to French by Dominique Kahtan

Chers Lecteurs, comme vous le savez ce site participatif propose du contenu très pragmatique et laissent peu de place aux errances de l’imagination. La situation nous amène à nous poser la question ! Apocalypse ? Armaguédon, Gog ou Magog,, 2012 fin du monde selon le calendrier des Mayas – il semble que ce soit bien plus simple que cela !

Par IQ al Rassooli traduit par Dominique Kahtan pour israel-flash

L’ARMAGGEDON EST A NOS PORTES!

The Immigration of Egyptian Workers into the Land of Israel during the British Mandate Period

April 18, 2012
Israel is often referred to as a colonial power responsible for much of the instability in the Middle East. The problem is that this labeling is a total fallacy. Unlike nation-states in Europe, modern Lebanese, Jordanian, Syrian, and Iraqi nationalities did not evolve; they were arbitrarily created by colonial powers.

Jan.31 2012
As a book reviewer I receive countless requests to read books and, when I received one regarding “Kosher Jesus” by Rabbi Shmuley Boteach, I was intrigued by the title. In addition to fathering nine children, the rabbi has written 27 books, is a regular contributor to The Huffington Post and the profile on his website is filled with achievements and encomiums

Futile Efforts to Challenge the
“Mandate for Palestine”

Myth: The “Mandate for Palestine” is a Class “A” Mandate
There is much to be gained by attributing Class “A” status to the “Mandate for
Palestine.” If the inhabitants of Palestine were ready for independence under a
Class “A” mandate, then the Palestinian Arabs that made up the majority of the
inhabitants of Palestine in 192238 (589,177 Arabs vs. 83,790 Jews) could logically
claim that they were the intended beneficiaries of the “Mandate for Palestine”
provided one never reads the actual wording of the document:

Political Rights in Palestine Were Granted to Jews Only

The “Mandate for Palestine” clearly differentiates between political rights—
referring to Jewish self-determination as an emerging polity—and civil and
religious rights, referring to guarantees of equal personal freedoms to non-
Jewish residents as individuals and within select communities. Not once are
Arabs as a people mentioned in the “Mandate for Palestine.” At no point in the
entire document is there any granting of political rights to non-Jewish entities

The Two Most Significant Events in Modern History Leading to
the Creation of the Jewish National Home:
I. The Founding of Modern Zionism
Benjamin Ze’ev [Theodor] Herzl (May 2, 1860 – July 3, 1904)
After witnessing the spread of antisemitism around the world, Herzl felt
compelled to create a political movement with the goal of establishing a Jewish
National Home in Palestine. To this end, he assembled the first Zionist Congress
in Basel, Switzerland, in 1897. Herzl’s insights and vision can be learned from
his writings:

The Goldstone Report “Reconsidered” – A Critical Analysis
Edited by Gerald M. Steinberg and Anne Herzberg NGO Monitor and Jerusalem Center for Public Affairs

To order a copy of this book, visit Amazon.com or contact books@ngo-monitor.org.

Israel has been the subject of numerous controversial U.N. inquiries related to armed conflict and responses to terror attacks. But, the scope and impact of the Report of the United Nations Fact-Finding Mission on the Gaza Conflict, known as the Goldstone Report, were particularly extreme.

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http://www.rslissak.com/content/chapter-one-colonization-and-land-confis... Part One

IV - MASSACRES, DEPORTATION AND SALE OF PRISONERS-OF-WAR INTO SLAVERY
(Please refer to note No. 4 for references)

29 November 1947 - The UN Vote that Established Israel
November 29 2011
November 29 is a significant date in Jewish history. On November 29, 1947, the UN General Assembly voted in favor of a resolution, which adopted the plan for the partition of Palestine, recommended by the majority of the UN Special Committee on Palestine (UNSCOP). 33 states voted in favor of the resolution and 13 against. 10 states abstained.

Nov.29 2011
A "Green Light" for Jewish Statehood - A 'Dead' Blueprint for Peace (November 29, 1947)
In 1947 the British put the future of western Palestine into the hands of the United Nations, the successor organization to the League of Nations which had established the Mandate for Palestine. A UN Commission recommended partitioning what was left of the original Mandate - western Palestine - into two new states, one Jewish and one Arab [Not a Palestinian state]. Jerusalem and its surrounding villages were to be temporarily classified as an international zone belonging to neither polity.

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