That's not correct... Jews were leaving Palestine hundreds of years before Roman occupation. They lived in Rome, Damascus, Alexandria, Elephantine Island, Aleppo and in what is now Iran and Iraq.
Obviously some didnt if they fought, wether the occupier is to blame or the natives is irrelevant, this isnt a rant on Rome or the Italian ppl......only the fact that Rome had Judea and its native culture compleatly destroyed.
It is exceptionally relevant that Rome was tolerant, until the point the Jews picked a fight with them.
Not relevant at all to the fact they destroyed the Jewish place of worship and its culture to an extent, the reasons an ancient empire had to mass murder are not relevant.
Rome had a large Jewish community long before the destruction of the Temple. Palestine had limited water and arable land... It simply couldn't support a large population.
Thank you for the input but once again, Im not talking about the 40k that lived in Rome but on the 700k that lived in Judea, thou even those that lived outside of Judea were affected by the destruction of the Temple.
When? http://www.shalomjerusalem.com/jerusalem/jerusalem3.htm During the 19th century, immigration increased and the establishment of the modern Zionist movement revitalized the Jewish community throughout Israel. Jerusalem, which in 1800 numbered about 2,000 Jews (out of a total population of 8,750), grew to 11,000 by 1870 (out of 22,000), and 40,000 (out of 60,000) by 1905. It is the political, cultural and religious center of the State of Israel and of the Jewish People around the world. snip Herodian Jerusalem to the pinnacle of its prosperity, marked by extensive and lavish construction projects. King Herod's fortification projects also included the construction of the still standing Western Wall (of the Temple). It is estimated that the population of Jerusalem reached 120,000-200,000 under Herod's rule.
He's talking about the whole of Judaea not just Jerusalem. Are you trying to say that there never was a Jewish country now? Did you also learn that in the KSA?
They did that as a direct response to the Jews picking a fight. Ergo the Jews picking a fight is totally relevant to their cultural and religious purge.
Samaria was settled by 4 Arab tribes around 700 BC under Sargon 2.. Israel was a small city state as was Judea.
So according to your nonsense, the Jews never had a country... Talk about rewriting history to feed your anti-semitism.
Most of their history they were two small city states ruled by Egypt, or Syria or Greeks or Romans.. The Decapolis was fairly prosperous, but Jerusalem was not,. and after the Babylonian exile the languages were Aramaic and Greek. Why do you think they write so much about "the Gentiles"???
Ah yes, the whole anti-Semitic strategy of belittling the Jews. You've been raised in the most anti-Semite part of the world after nazi Germany and have the guts of coming here trying to dismiss the existence of a people. The kingdom of Judaea hosted about half the population of Israel approx. 300,000.
History and archeology are pretty good indicators or how things were.. Why is it necessary to inflate your power or importance?
Because you are doing the equivalent of quote mining. You dismiss any other archeological finding except for the few that fit you anti-Semitic agenda. No one is saying that Israel was a powerhouse in the region. We're saying that it did exist and that it was the Hebraic nation. You were raised with Muslim, don't you think that this fact has clouded your judgement about Israel?
How many Jews are in the KSA today? How come that Jews are not allowed to visit or take residence? Why there is no Israeli consular address in the KSA? No Jew in history besides Kissinger visited the KSA!!!. And speaking of the KSA, The Saudis conquered the Hedjaz and did not allow the Hashemite rightful owners to return until today... So according to you everything is fine in Saudi Arabia ...
