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Originally Posted by alansmithee
I remember watching the interview that 60 minutes had with the Iranian president. He made the point that if it was the west that felt guilty over their treatment of the Jewish people, why did not they set aside land for a Jewish nation? Why was not part of Germany made to be a home for Jews, a refuge in the center of Europe (which has long had a great deal of anti-semitism).
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Was it the Holocaust that brought about the idea of a Jewish homeland?
The world began accepting the idea of a Jewish homeland prior to the holocaust. The 1917 Balfour declaration (
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Balfour...ration%2C_1917) stated the position, agreed at a British Cabinet meeting on October 31, 1917, that the British government supported Zionist plans for a Jewish "national home" in Palestine.
Who set aside the land for the Jewish Nation, was it not the "West"?
The Brittish set aside land that they controlled.
The Jewish people made no claim to land in Germany, that is why Germany was not considered. Whether one agrees with the Jewish peoples claim to the land, their claim is the reason it is that piece of land and no other.