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Originally posted by Serge_Oprano@Nov 22 2002, 02:53 PM
We have not always been totally supportive of Israel... but, our support of Israel is primarily a "common Heritage" thing... Many of Israel's population are American born and raised...probably the most famous is Golda Merir.
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really??????
so you know,
Golda Meir was born in Ukraine,
and brought to Milwakee at the age of 16...
she is as much american raised and born as me
;-)))
american jews are VERY small % of Israeli population,
VERY SMALL
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I stand corrected....... I did not realize she was not Native born.... But she was from America when she went to Israel
But I stand by the common heritage statement....
Although the American population in Israel may be small, the Jewish population in the States is quite large and quite vocal.....
The United States "offical" support for Israel prior to the seventies was sporadic at best...lots of good talk, very little action...
Since the seventies, we have gradually increased our active support....
From my background (Long Island born and raised in a very Jewish area, I was the token Protestant) I know that Israel, in the Jewish community, was the hot spot... You did not say anything bad about Israel, support and loyalty towards supporting Israel, no matter what the endeavour, was blind.....