What did America do and how did America help the Jews following liberation?
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It depends on the time frame.  Straight after the war the USA took in afew thousand refugees but left tens of thouusands stranded in countries hostile to them after the war.\n\nThe USA was also pretty silent on the British treatement of Jewish refugees that tried to kae their way into the British mandate of Palestine- they restricted immigration to a trickle and threw the rest into internment camps (so from concentration camp to internment camp, very humanitarian!)\n\nThe USA did lobby for the implementation of the UN partition plan that ked to the creation of the state of israel, but did not prvide the state with much support (in fact for years they had an arms embargo that left Israel very vulnerable to the surrounding Arab nations.).  it was only after Israel's success in the Six day war in 1967 that th&#92;at began to change.  Their current level of support did not really occur for another decade- even after Israel was attacked in 1973 (The Yom Kippur War) and nearly destroyed- they threatened israel with retaliatory action if they did not pull back (The Israel army, after beating off the initial invasion against ridiculous odds, and the war seeing the largest tank battles in history, turned the tables on the invaders and were on their way to Damascus and Cairo when the US forced them to turn back- who knows what the world would look like today if Syria and Egypt had been forced into signing peace treaties in 1973, as oppossed to the fact that Syria has NEVER receognised Israel and still has an open state of war against Israel!)
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Thank you for sharing. Unfortunately some people cling to their ideas no matter how much truth is thrown at them. Do not worry, not all Americans feel that Israel is the innocent in all this. Some of us do recognize Israel as being in the wrong and the major aggressor in that region.
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A. Bomb first, ask questions later\nB. The proof is in the pudding, what have we accomplished?\nC. Lots, it's a strategic ally with great harbors and a good pit stop to the middle east if needed. Also as the holy land it does hold a certain soft spot in the hearts of Americans. As much as Palestinians hate both Americans and Isrealis do you think the place would remain sacred and UNTOUCHED?
96622
If America is so supportive of giving land to people who were killed in masses by an oppressive government than why haven't they given blacks their 40 acres and a mule yet? They coukld use all the money our government gives in Isael's miltary under the table to purchase the land. Israel recieved more money from the US than any other country and the US military baking them is why they have the right to exist. That and the fact they can have an Atomic weapon but no country around them that they threaten to use it on can.
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After WW II, and what happened to the Jews because of Nazism, many countries felt it would be politically advantageous to give the Jews their own country and put it in modern-day Israel.  Which at the time was inhabited by Palestinians.  So you can imagine why the Palestinians feel slighted when they had no say in what they saw as their own land being given away.  So they did what humans often do and attacked Israel.\n\nNow the Jews of Israel didn't really see this as they took the land, the land was given to them.  And so they saw Palestine attacking them and the defended themselves, basically these wars were two groups of people defending themselves from actions they saw as attacks by the other group.  These wars created strong feelings of hate, especially when Israel took the Gaza strip in the Six Day War of 1967 and refused to give it back when the war was over.  Israel saw it as an aggressive war by the Arabs (I'm not sure the countries except for sure Egypt, Palestine, and Syria; I believe Iraq and Iran, Yemen and a few others were in it against Israel, which fought by itself), and when they won and took the land, they felt it rightfully theirs.  Arabs saw it as a war to retrieve what was theirs (Israeli land) and felt it wrong when more of the land they were on was taken.\n\nSo there will likely always be fighting until the last days of this system humans have set up and God comes to fix things.  Or if you happen to believe in evolution, the fighting probably will never end until something huge happens, bigger than the current wars we see there.
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the british wanted nothing to do with the zionist movement, and if you haven't noticed, europe was decidedly more hostile to the Jews far before the Arab world decided to start blowing them up. remember the holocaust? you should also remember that the british fought against the zionist movement that became the state of Israel, but simply didn't have the political will to defeat it. another thing that you should think about: if you were the Jews, and had been mass murdered in one continent, none of the other continents let you take refuge there either, and had a historical homeland close-by, wouldn't you flee there too?
808961
Everyone in American unknowingly contributes to help Israel and the Jews. But if you drink Pepsi and Coke, I imagine you give even more.
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you can teach \n\nWomen serving jewish families at the time\nwomen who where nurses\nwomen in the third reich\n\nCheck my sources, there is a whole list. Include all those in my answer ;-)
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We entered WWII after Japan attacked Pearl Harbor, not because Hitler declared war on America, it was common knowledge that Hitler wanted to take over the world. It wasn't 20 million people it was 11-12 million. if you really want to place the blame anywhere but the Nazis and Fascists then you should blame France and Britain and the other Allies that attend the Munich Conference. It was here that the policy of appeasement was applied towards Hitler. Appeasement if you don't know is the act of giving in to enemies in order to avoid war. Britain and France allowed hitler to take over the Rhineland and it was only after hitler's invasion of Poland that the rest of Europe declared war. Also the blame lies with the individals that lived in areas surrounding the concentration camps that swore after the war that they had no idea what was going on in their backyards (as if the smell of rotting and burning flesh isn't and obvious give away!!) and FDR's New Deal Programs helped to pull us out of the Great Depression as opposed to Hoover who didn't try to help the unemployed and starving people that were being thrown from their homes!
653397
America supports Israel because it is the politically smart thing to do as a large amount of the American population is Jewish and thus supporting Israel keeps those Jews from voting against the government.
1027651
The US supporst Israel for the sole and simple reason that it is a highly strategic position in the middle east and one that needs our help.  Its a case of "you sratch my back and I scratch yours" right?  Yes we did in fact embargo S. Africa, however, S. Africa is a highly divided nation whose sides are more than willing to accept help from anyone (and believe me, America has its hand there too).  S. Africa offers no political or military advantage.  What America does there is purely arbitrary.  They have some diamonds and a little oil, but so does Russia.  So, that's why.  Political science is kinda my thing
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Much in the same way the Cuban-American population has exerted political influence over US foreign policy towards Cuba, the Jewish-American population (which is, by the way, larger than the Israeli Jewish population) has consistently lobbied for a US protected Israel.\n\nAlso, Israel is not a theocracy, it is a secular country of Jewish people.\n\nIt is also worth noting that Egypt receives more foreign aid from the US than Israel does.  And the Palestinian Authority  gets a huge chunk of change too.  It's not the fault of the US and Israel that the PA and Egypt are so corrupt that the aid gets pocketed by the leaders while the people are left destitute and seething with anger.
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I don't think America has a war with Muslims per se.  They wanted to get rid of Saddam Hussein so they made up the weapons of mass destruction scenario to excuse their invasion and several other countries fell for it and got involved. I don't think the Jews manipulated America to do it. Jews and Muslims have been fighting each other for so long, and there has been wrong on both sides  (anyone who claims that they are the good guys and the  other side are the bad guys is either dishonest or hopelessly indoctrinated and naive). The problem with being oppressed for a long time is that you feel as though you are being, (oppressed). even when you're not. (In other words you become paranoid) It's happened to both sides in this case and is especially difficult for the people to resolve as they are both very volatile and seem to believe that it is a matter of honour to go on  fighting.  In fact it is just insanity and will end with both sides being destroyed. Anyone who thinks that killing is going to solve their problems is nuts (and I include the US in that judgement too!)  ( Bhanu Raval, if you think America has a superiority complex you haven't been paying attention. America has an INFERIORITY complex, that's why they are always trying to prove they are superior. You don't need to prove ANYTHING if you feel you are OK!)
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The holocaust could have been averted if more people had spoken out and had united against the Nazis.  The allies could have bombed even one of the railroad tracks to the camps.  Those who knew what was going on did nothing.  They allowed the atrocities to continue.\n\nThe same thing is happening today, on *our* watch in Darfur, Sudan.  What are your doing about it?  Are you speaking out against the first genocide of the 21st century?  Write your legislators.  Demand that the U.S. use diplomacy to place U.N. troops in Sudan!!!\n\n“In the End, we will remember not the words of our enemies, but the silence of our friends.”\nMartin Luther King, Jr.. Baptist minister who led the civil-rights movement in the US, 1929-1968.\n.
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Occupied Jerusalem: 3 October, 2001 (IAP) -- According to Israel radio (in Hebrew) Kol Yisrael, [Shimon] Peres warned [Ariel] Sharon Wednesday that refusing to heed incessant American requests for a cease-fire with the Palestinians would endanger Israeli interests and "turn the US against us."\n\nAt this point, a furious Sharon reportedly turned toward Peres, saying "every time we do something you tell me Americans will do this and will do that. I want to tell you something very clear, don't worry about American pressure on Israel, we, the Jewish people control America, and the Americans know it."\n\nThe radio said Peres and other cabinet ministers warned Sharon against saying what he said in public because "it would cause us a public relations disaster."
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Very much so : they were to secure the holy land and the route to Jerusalem for Christian pilgrims.          America's modern crusade is rather more to secure Palestine for the Jews.
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I am taking a holocaust class in collage. The way I understand it is that Hilterand the germans blamed the Jews for everything. Losing the war, denying Jesus Christ, and they had the best shops and house that money could buy. He had that took from them. To help u out a little more go to www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org. If u have more questions e-mail at Njacobs7477@yahoo.com, I will be glad to help u.