| Gandhi opinions are based on the idea that the | | | | Arabs if you will. Mind you, long before there was |
| Arabs were living in the land of Israel before the | | | | a Mosque in Jerusalem there was a Jewish |
| Jews. This is not true and it has nothing to do | | | | Temple -- there is absolutely no analogy that can |
| with a justification in ancient religious text, but in | | | | be drawn between the Jews and the Arabs and |
| contemporary historical evidence. It is a common | | | | the quot;Americans quot; to the Native |
| misperception, that all the Jews were forced into | | | | Americans. The Arabs and jews both semitic |
| the Diaspora by the Romans after the destruction | | | | groups who share a common ancestry that dates |
| of the Second Temple in Jerusalem in the year 70 | | | | back thousands of years, in addition to a religion |
| C.E. and then, 1,800 years later, suddenly returned | | | | which the Arabs derived from the Jews. Gandhi |
| to Palestine demanding their country back. In | | | | was a great man, but that doesn t mean was |
| reality, the Jewish people have maintained ties to | | | | right about everything, everyone should do their |
| this land for more than 3,700 years. Jews settled | | | | own research and reach their own conclusions. |
| this land, they developed this land alongside the | | | | |