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[Imtiaz Mahmood @ImtiazMadmood]

A little history for those wanting to 'restore Palestine'.

1. Before Israel, there was a British mandate, not a Palestinian state.

2. Before the British Mandate, there was the Ottoman Empire, not a Palestinian state.

3. Before the Ottoman Empire, there was the Islamic state of the Mamluks of Egypt, not a Palestinian state.

4. Before the Islamic state of the Mamluks of Egypt, there was the Ayubid Arab-Kurdish Empire, not a Palestinian state.

5. Before the Ayubid Empire, there was the Frankish and Christian Kingdom of Jerusalem, not a Palestinian state.

6. Before the Kingdom of Jerusalem, there was the Umayyad and Fatimid empires, not a Palestinian state.

7. Before the Umayyad and Fatimid empires, there was the Byzantine Empire, not a Palestinian state.

8. Before the Byzantine Empire, there were the Sassanids, not a Palestinian state.

9. Before the Sassanid Empire, there was the Byzantine Empire, not a Palestinian state.

10. Before the Byzantine Empire, there was the Roman Empire, not a Palestinian state.

11. Before the Roman Empire, there was the Hasmonean state, not a Palestinian state.

12. Before the Hasmonean state, there was the Seleucid, not a Palestinian state.

13. Before the Seleucid empire, there was the empire of Alexander the Great, not a Palestinian state.

14. Before the empire of Alexander the Great, there was the Persian empire, not a Palestinian state.

15. Before the Persian Empire, there was the Babylonian Empire, not a Palestinian state.

16. Before the Babylonian Empire, there were the Kingdoms of Israel and Judah, not a Palestinian state.

17. Before the Kingdoms of Israel and Judah, there was the Kingdom of Israel, not a Palestinian state.

18. Before the kingdom of Israel, there was the theocracy of the twelve tribes of Israel, not a Palestinian state.

19. Before the theocracy of the twelve tribes of Israel, there was an agglomeration of independent Canaanite city-kingdoms, not a Palestinian state.

(The Kingdom of David - historic map for those wondering how the region looked over 2000 years ago, and how deep the roots of the Jewish people run in these lands)

[Israel ישראל @Israel]

In 1950, 13 year old Holocaust survivor Yisrael Meir celebrated his bar mitzvah as an orphan (his parents were murdered by the Nazis).

73 years later, Rabbi Yisrael Meir Lau (the former Chief Rabbi of Israel) stood beside 13 year old Ariel Zohar -an orphan whose parents were murdered on October 7th- as he marked his Bar Mitzvah.

Two orphans, two heroes, two links in a long chain of Jewish survival and triumph over darkness.

Am Yisrael Chai.

[Kathleen Hayes @renegade_Kathy]

My grandparents fled Holland soon after this photo, abandoning Judaism along with their homeland. The Holocaust must have convinced them Jewishness only means suffering. With love and respect I disagree: it's so much more. So I pick up where they left off, rekindling the flame.

[jon green @RabbiJonGreen]

Speaking to my students about lighting Menorah and had this thought! We wanted to share it with you. Have a Chanuka full of light and a homecoming!

[jon green @RabbiJonGreen]

@EylonALevy A Chumash

[Rep. Elise Stefanik @RepStefanik]

At today’s hearing, Harvard’s President shamefully refused to say whether the calling for the mass violence and genocide of the Jewish people is considered harassment or bullying according to Harvard’s own code of conduct.

Claudine Gay should resign immediately.

[jon green @RabbiJonGreen]

My inflight entertainment! Perhaps ⁦⁦@ELALUSA⁩ would like to offer Tzizis making as an option!

[Rabbi Efrem Goldberg @RabbiGoldberg]

The slogan should not be "bring them home" which suggests the burden is on Israel or the IDF. The slogan that should ring and reverberate around the world should be "Let our people go" putting the pressure and responsibility where it belongs, on Hamas.

[jon green @RabbiJonGreen]

“Making Tzitzis for chayalim is taking making friendship bracelets to a whole new level”!! My daughter shares a beautiful thought.

[Michael Elgort @just_whatever]

The Israeli U-21 team played on Friday against Poland. UEFA did not authorize holding a minute of silence for the victims and abductees by Hamas on 7/10. Yet both teams showed that they have greater dignity: they did not play the first minute of the game

[Orthodox Union @OrthodoxUnion]

"We have each other and we must treasure each other, all of us who were in shul on Monday or in DC on Tuesday. Let’s build together on what matters." - Rabbi Moshe Hauer. Read our EVP's full message: https://t.co/XM71dchdj2

[jon green @RabbiJonGreen]

It worked that time and IYH it will work again!

[jon green @RabbiJonGreen]

My father asked me today why I’m going to the rally?
I said “You went to Soviet Jewry rallies in the 70s and 80s when you were a young rabbi:
LET MY PEOPLE GO!

I’m just following in your footsteps. With 240 people held as hostages I am going to tell Hamas:
LET MY PEOPLE GO!

[Vibhor Anand🇮🇳(हिंसक हिंदू) @AlphaVictorVA]

The Real Apartheid 👇👇👇👇

[Larry Rothwachs @LarryRothwachs]

Remarkably, I vividly recall this historical event, December 6, 1987 - Freedom Sunday for Soviet Jewry - the largest Jewish rally in U.S. history, with 250,000 people marching in Washington. The Iron Curtain fell shortly thereafter, forcing open the gates of the Soviet Union, clearing the way for more than one million Jews to make their way to Israel.

Let’s do it again on Nov 14.

[Visegrád 24 @visegrad24]

Stop tearing them down…

[Rabbi Shmuel Reichman @ShmuelReichman]

The most important video on the internet!

This is a breathtaking moment that occurred in the UN.

Now more than ever, we need to remember the ethnic cleansing of the historic Jewish communities of the Middle East and North Africa. 

Algeria, Egypt, Libya, Lebanon, Iraq, Syria, and Yemen: 

Where are your Jews?

There’s a much larger story here… there always has been… and there always will be.

[Neil Harris @neilsharris]

What an incredible short video that focuses perfectly on hate and the best in people.

[jon green @RabbiJonGreen]

Seder Prep. We are the 133rd דור(generation)[Door]. Since we left Egypt. I can’t wait to bring this to my Seder. Special thanks to my neighbor for throwing out a door this week!. Thanks to my son for putting on the numbers. He had no idea why…..he will tonight!

[jon green @RabbiJonGreen]

@MeaningfulMin @Talking_Torah @gordon770 He has taken @NCSYCampSports many times in Baltimore in the summer and he I such a great guy….I just did not know how great. Hope to see Bill again this summer!