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History's
Tragic Repetition

Apparently many Jews do not
understand what is painfully ob-
vious to the Palestinians: The cur-
rent conflict is primarily about the
right of Jews to have and keep a History has a way of repeating it-
state of their own. In the minds of self.
the Palestinians, Jerusalem is
In 1929 Hebron was the scene
theirs; thus, any attempt by Israel of a bloody massacre. The un-
to exercise sovereignty is an at- armed Jewish community was
tack on their spurious territorial besieged by mobs of its Arab
claims.
neighbors. Sixty-seven Jews were
This Peres fantasy of a "New killed; hundreds more were mu-
Middle East" attracts the "New tilated and left wounded. What
World Order" idealists, like Clin- drove the frenzy of neighbors who
ton and many media types, who lived in peace for hundreds of
are willing to sacrifice Israelis as years?
experimental guinea pigs on their
"Al Aqsa mosque was being de-
universalist altar. As long as the stroyed by the Jews" was the cry
American taxpayer continues to that came from the mufti's men
fund the PLO to the tune of $500 from Jerusalem. With that total
million, Israel's ability to defend assault upon the truth, the an-
herself on TV and "on the ground" cient Jewish city of Hebron, the
will be severely restrained.
first capital of the Jewish King
Whether or not Israel disarms David, was left Judenrein and
the PLO, it must reassert its sov- bleeding.
ereignty, or soon, the PLO will
Almost 70 years later, Hebron
have universal de jure recognition is again tied to the big lie: Re-
and a menacing tank and aircraft peated again and again in a me-
equipped army.
dia either too naive or careless to
see for itself is the untruth that
Marc Baker the Jews are again attacking Al
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The author of the letter "State- through it. It is in no way new or
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cries the comment attributed to mosque.
What was recently opened by
Judge Hilda Gage, candidate for
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running against a Kelly and a the Temple tunnel that opens on
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Coincidentally, the Detroit
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arms around the court races, a mosque — and repeat the lie that
good Irish name will do a candi- the 'Jews are endangering Al
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"Irish names" are often the key to riously attempting to ferret out
winning. Judge Gage is aware of the truth from the web of obvious
that fact and was simply quoted distortion.
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