The Balfour Declaration Is Important Because It Recognizes Something Already There
It did not create a link between the Jews and their land.
November 1, 2017
The cult of Corbyn.
With the rise of Jeremy Corbyn as its leader, the British Labor party has come to be dominated by its far left rather than by the Blairite moderates who were long in control. One of the many results has been a turn against Israel and the bubbling to the surface of much anti-Semitism. How, asks Alan Bekhor, did this come to pass? He points to “the spiritual vacuum created by the decline of traditional religion.”
It did not create a link between the Jews and their land.
Changing the narrative won’t change reality.
And perhaps some enlightened despots.
The cult of Corbyn.
It’s not hard to find ancient papyrus and write on it.
With the rise of Jeremy Corbyn as its leader, the British Labor party has come to be dominated by its far left rather than by the Blairite moderates who were long in control. One of the many results has been a turn against Israel and the bubbling to the surface of much anti-Semitism. How, asks Alan Bekhor, did this come to pass? He points to “the spiritual vacuum created by the decline of traditional religion.”
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