The State Of Israel, Zionism, And The Jewish Worldwide Diaspora

Is the State of Israel really held by American, British and French Jews to be a safe haven - or a nuclear flashpoint?

 Bearing in mind that the majority of the Jewish Diaspora is not  Zionist – only less than half reside in Israel, the majority being  permanently resident in the US, and Europe – plus the documented fact  that the overwhelming  proportion of Zionists are not even Jewish but  are Evangelical Christians who number something in the region of 50  million – it is reasonably clear that the Jewish majority who currently  live and work in the Diaspora, not only have no desire to move to one of  the world’s most dangerous, geo-political trouble spots, but would  dismiss the idea of the State of Israel being a safe haven for anyone,  whether Jew or Gentile. 

 So, what are the facts?  

• The OECD in 2016 ranks Israel as the country with the highest rates  of poverty among its members. 21% of Israelis live under the poverty  line – (more than Mexico, Turkey or Chile).

• Israel has a population of about 8.5 million and is the 34th most densely crowded country in the world.

• 20% of Israelis are Muslim Arab; a further 20% from the former USSR  and another 20% being from North Africa. There is little commonality of  ethnicity or purpose with the EU or any Western Europe state.

• Hebrew and Arabic are the official languages.

 As a result of Likud government intransigence, there is now no peace  process with the over five million indigenous Muslim Arabs, half of whom  are forced to live under a 10 year Israeli blockade, of essential  supplies, designed to try to break them. Tragically, there is now  virtually no electricity or power in Gaza for its 600,000 families the  majority of whom are deliberately kept unemployed and hungry. 

 However, there is an absolute imperative to recognize the  difference between Jewish Diaspora communities in Europe and America,  and the hard.

 The Jewish worldwide Diaspora is universally respected for its various  talents (and its loyalty to its host countries), whereas the State of  Israel is held in fear because of its massive, undeclared arsenal of  nuclear warheads that could bring disaster to the world. There is  virtually no commonality between the two. Israel is a secular, nuclear  weapons state that has little connection with Judaism, or any respect  for human dignity and life. 

 Meanwhile the region simmers on the brink of another expected war with  Hezbollah, which would almost certainly involve heavy fatalities on both  sides.   

 Hardly a place to holiday, much less a Dar-es-Salaam, by any stretch of the imagination. 

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