Peace AlexB
You have a knack for not comprehending what is being said. I said that you misunderstood me and then I answered you straight away ... now you ask me as though it is some sort of pending topic .... You want the starter question then you need to realise that by forcefully or by coersion taking over a land is not the same as God blessing the Jews with the Chosen Land. The whole idea of Zionism is mute if you do not acknowledge God. If you are an atheist Zionist then it should not matter to you where you build Zion. Go to Poland, Germany and Russia to do this, and see if they love you enough to make you home there.
First of all, it has nothing to do with God. Zionism started as a secular national liberation movement. The religious Zionism branch was a later development. I should also point out that the Zionists did not employ coercion or forceful taking over the land until the Arabs attempted a forceful expulsion of Jews from Palestine. Until then, the Jews either settled in uninhabited areas or bought the land from Arab landowners.
Again, the religious concept of the Promised Land is not the basis of Zionism (except for the religious branch). The history is the basis of Zionism. The land of Israel/Palestine is the birthplace and the homeland of the Jewish people. It is analogous to the Palestinian liberation movement. Palestine is not promised to Palestinians by God, but it is a homeland of the Palestinian people. To suggest that Jews should have their state in Poland is the same as suggesting that Palestinians should have their state in Canada.
I should also point out that about 50% of Israeli Jews are not Ashkenazim. What is their relation to Poland?
It is simple ... be just ... and you will be loved by God, the love of people will come about and for sure there will be those evil people who will not love you.
It so happens that those who don't love us NOW are evil people. Again, not much of a change.
What are you talking about? Are you trying to put words in my mouth? Just read back to my point and really take it in before you respond next time please.
OK, let's see. You wrote,
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Of course Muslims will not care about international law if it breaches civil rights and the laws of God.
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Now, what constitutes "the laws of God" depends on one's religious beliefs. So, are others - Jews, Christians, or Hindus - justified in honoring the international law only if it agrees with what what they believe to be "the law of God"? Or is this a prerogative reserved exclusively for the Muslims?
No you are not
Surely, I am. I'm one of Bnei Israel, a Jew. I assume you know that Israel as another name of Jacob. Hence, the name Bnei Israel (or "sons of Jacob"). Obviously, "Jacob" is a mythological figure rather than a historical one, but the existence of a people, which has called itself "sons of Jacob" for the last ~3,000 years and has originated in the Land of Israel/Palestine is a historical fact. I'm one of them. Nice to meet you.