LETTER: Chris Thurman errs in assessment of Israel
Columnist misses some important landmarks regarding Israel’s right to exist
A pilot will tell you it is not good enough to imagine a horizon, you must be able to see it, lest you become disoriented. I want to venture that Chris Thurman is not only failing to start his journey with a fixed point of reference but is missing not only the horizon but some important landmarks (“Imagining a horizon beyond war and oppression (https://www.businesslive.co.za/bd/life/arts-and-entertainment/2021-05-19-chris-thurman-imagining-a-horizon-beyond-war-and-oppression/)”, May 19).
The connection of the Jewish people to the land of Israel is not random, and it is not colonial. In fact, it is 3,500 years away from being colonial. The Jewish connection to the land stayed alive not just because of history or the centrality of Israel and Jerusalem to Jewish people, but because wherever the Jews went there were those who viciously told — often by force — that they belonged elsewhere. It is no surprise that the next generation of bigots has followed them to Israel to tell them...
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