Excellent grasp of what Kristof does not grasp!

Chana Givon

It is imperative to examine trends: during the last 90 years or so, a viable Jewish homeland has been whittled down to a 'slice' of what the League of Nations and the Balfour Declaration had envisioned. Kristof seems not to know about the historical background of the region - or does he choose to ignore it............

1. A Jewish state including what is today Jordan and all of Palestine - respectful of all religions.
2, Churchill lopping off 78% to create Transjordan - known as 'eastern Palestine' - for Arabs only - therefore, an apartheid state!
3. The remaining 22% -historic Palestine - all that is left for the Jewish state but open to all.
4. The British limitation of Jewish immigration -even in the face of the Holocaust -while allowing Arabs to emigrate from surrounding Arab entities

5. The British favoritism of the Arabs - arming them while turning a blind eye to their pogroms against Jewish communities.,,i.e. Hebron.
6. Arab collaboration with Hitler re the 'final solution'. This all took place before the formal creation of Israel in 1948.
6. The UN takeover after the failure of the British Mandate.
7. Continuous demands that Israel relinquish land and make dangerous concessions 'in the interest of peace' while the Arabs have never lived up
to any agreements - not a 'process' which implies give and take on both sides.
8. The fact that Israel's enemies are part of the same network of international terrorism that is threatening the destruction of Western civilization -
the agenda of that enemy - radical Islam - to create a worldwide caliphate ruled by sharia - strict Islamic law.
9. The Middle East conflict is not a Palestinian/ Israeli war ; it is an Islamic/Jewish-Israeli conflict . Territory is not the issue - only in that the
land concessions demanded of Israel would weaken her and bring her close to destruction and the long range goals of radical Islam against the
West.

It is most unfortunate that the world has not recognized the dangers to its own existence when it relates to Israel as Kristof does. Thankfully, we have a Jonathan Tobin on the side of reality! Bless you!