Palestine’s Statehood Should not Be in Question – Israel’s Statehood Should Be

Palestine’s Statehood Should not Be in Question – Israel’s Statehood Should Be

I learned something very significant when I was working as a volunteer on an agricultural kibbutz in Northern Israel back in 1975. At that time, a retired Israeli army Colonel explained to me that, in the Hebrew language,  the name ‘Israel’ is not a place name at all, but a description of the tribe of Israel’s relationship with the God of Abraham. He said the Zionist’s obsession with claiming this land to be the exclusive dominion of the Jewish …