LETTER: Reality and myth of King David and Israel
The reality that Israel is an apartheid state is now acknowledged by increasing numbers of both Israeli and Diaspora Jews
I am delighted to learn that Zionist hasbara propagandists Milton Shain and Sydney Kaye begrudgingly admit that Abraham and Moses were allegorical myths, and thereby concede that God was/is not some property developer who bequeathed Palestine to Jews in perpetuity (“Debunking Crawford-Browne’s myths (https://www.businesslive.co.za/bd/opinion/letters/2021-06-03-letter-debunking-crawford-brownes-myths/)” and “Implying Middle East scholarship where there is none (https://www.businesslive.co.za/bd/opinion/letters/2021-06-03-letter-implying-middle-east-scholarship-where-there-is-none/)”, June 3).
As regards King David: the Israeli government has evicted Palestinians from their homes in Silwan, adjacent to the Old City in Jerusalem and, in search of evidence of King David, has fruitlessly spent millions excavating 17 layers of civilisations in what it proclaims as “the City of David”. Ironically, it was during one of my several visits to those diggings when my Israeli archeologist...
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