“Whole Jewish communities were wiped out, usually by Cossacks, Russian peasants and townsfolk who were neighbors of the Jews, all with official sanction.”
Why? Why have Jews been repeatedly targeted for removal from so many disparate countries?
We read these accounts, but never anything about what led up to them.
The same reason Netanyahu's government is trying to wipe out the Palestinians from modern day Israel--prejudice, a desire to have their land and natural resources, a need to show off how powerful they are. War never has to have a reason. It just kills people and takes resources.
“Whole Jewish communities were wiped out, usually by Cossacks, Russian peasants and townsfolk who were neighbors of the Jews, all with official sanction.”
Why? Why have Jews been repeatedly targeted for removal from so many disparate countries?
We read these accounts, but never anything about what led up to them.
The same reason Netanyahu's government is trying to wipe out the Palestinians from modern day Israel--prejudice, a desire to have their land and natural resources, a need to show off how powerful they are. War never has to have a reason. It just kills people and takes resources.