tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3458341.post1310968601222177654..comments2024-01-06T10:36:04.084-05:00Comments on A Commonplace Blog: Holocaust and IsraelD. G. Myershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10659136455045567825noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3458341.post-68233414333380830052009-06-07T20:13:24.357-04:002009-06-07T20:13:24.357-04:00Calamitous.Calamitous.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3458341.post-85341761416458374472009-06-07T20:04:33.701-04:002009-06-07T20:04:33.701-04:00My reading of Obama's remark suggests that his...My reading of Obama's remark suggests that his view is closer to yours than you seem willing to admit. He opens with a statement of the historical aspiration for a Jewish homeland and refers to the Holocaust as the culmination of longstanding European anti-Semitism, not as a primary cause of the drive for the re-establishment of Eretz Israel. His remarks clearly convey the historical continuity of the desire for a homeland, with the Holocaust as a calamatous reminder of the consequences of Jewish statelessness.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com