FYI! ... the 1922 Congressional Resolution (HOUSE RESOLUTION 360) was approved unanimously by the US Congress in the wake of World War I, long before World War II and the Holocaust ... this Congressional Resolution reads as follows:
The United States Congressional Record
1922 HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
National Home for
THE JEWISH PEOPLE JUNE 30, 1922
HOUSE RESOLUTION 360 - UNANIMOUSLY ADOPTED
"Palestine of today, the land we now know as Palestine, was peopled by the Jews from the dawn of history until the Roman era. It is the ancestral homeland of the Jewish people. They were driven from it by force by the relentless Roman military machine and for centuries prevented from returning. At different periods various alien people succeeded them but the Jewish race had left an indelible impress upon the land.
"Today it is a Jewish country. Every name, every landmark, every monument and every trace of whatever civilization remaining there is still Jewish. And it has ever since remained a hope, a longing, as expressed in their prayers for these nearly 2,000 years. No other people has ever claimed Palestine as their national home. No other people has ever shown an aptitude or indicated a genuine desire to make it their homeland. The land has been ruled by foreigners. Only since the beginning of the modern Zionist effort may it be said that a creative, cultural, and economic force has entered Palestine. The Jewish Nation was forced from its natural home. It did not go because it wanted to.
"A perusal of Jewish history, a reading of Josephus, will convince the most skeptical that the grandest fight that was ever put up against an enemy was put up by the Jew. He never thought of leaving Palestine. But he was driven out. But did he, when driven out, give up his hope of getting back? Jewish history and Jewish literature give the answer to the question. The Jew even has a fast day devoted to the day of destruction of the Jewish homeland.
"Never throughout history did they give up hope of returning there. I am told that 90 per cent of the Jews today are praying for the return of the Jewish people to its own home. The best minds among them believe in the necessity of reestablishing their Jewish land. To my mind there is something prophetic in the fact that during the ages no other nation has taken over Palestine and held it in the sense of a homeland; and there is something providential in the fact that for 1,800 years it has remained in desolation as if waiting for the return of the people."
[Written by Representative Frank Appleby, New Jersey]
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http://www.israelunitycoalition.org/aa/alert.php?id=41US President Obama will reach out to the Muslim world in a landmark speech scheduled to be delivered in Egypt on June 4th, 2009. The Unity Coalition for Israel is concerned that he will promote the "Two State Solution" policy, which calls for the establishment of a new Palestinian State within Israeli borders.
With this Urgent Action Alert, you can oppose a policy which would leave Israel 9 miles wide in its most populated area and militarily indefensible. Your letter will also request that our President call for the Palestinian Authority and the Arab League to recognize Israel as a sovereign Jewish State.
With one click, you can send your letter automatically (as shown below) or change the introduction in any way you wish. Simply add your own comments. Unchanged, your letter will be sent as follows and will go to President Barack Obama with copies to the Prime Minister of Israel Benjamin Netanyahu, the President`s Cabinet, and to select Members of Congress and the Knesset.
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http://www.israelunitycoalition.org/aa/alert.php?id=41Your letter will read as follows:
Dear President Obama,
Before putting together the final touches on your anticipated `Peace Speech` expected to be delivered in Egypt on June 4, 2009, I request that you please read what your fellow legislators had to say in the year 1922.
The issue at the time was the re-creation of the Jewish National Home in the area designated for them by the "Mandate for Palestine." This was a League of Nations historical document referencing the Jewish legal right to settle anywhere in western Palestine, the area between the Jordan River and the Mediterranean Sea, an entitlement unaltered in international law.
Mr. President, there has always been a Jewish presence in the land of Israel. Reducing any land granted to the Jewish people under international law is a grave injustice. The "Two State Solution" would reward Fatah and Hamas terrorism and leave Israel militarily indefensible.
The Congressional Resolution follows:
The United States Congressional Record
1922 HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
National Home for
THE JEWISH PEOPLE JUNE 30, 1922
HOUSE RESOLUTION 360 - UNANIMOUSLY ADOPTED
"Palestine of today, the land we now know as Palestine, was peopled by the Jews from the dawn of history until the Roman era. It is the ancestral homeland of the Jewish people. They were driven from it by force by the relentless Roman military machine and for centuries prevented from returning. At different periods various alien people succeeded them but the Jewish race had left an indelible impress upon the land.
"Today it is a Jewish country. Every name, every landmark, every monument and every trace of whatever civilization remaining there is still Jewish. And it has ever since remained a hope, a longing, as expressed in their prayers for these nearly 2,000 years. No other people has ever claimed Palestine as their national home. No other people has ever shown an aptitude or indicated a genuine desire to make it their homeland. The land has been ruled by foreigners. Only since the beginning of the modern Zionist effort may it be said that a creative, cultural, and economic force has entered Palestine. The Jewish Nation was forced from its natural home. It did not go because it wanted to.
"A perusal of Jewish history, a reading of Josephus, will convince the most skeptical that the grandest fight that was ever put up against an enemy was put up by the Jew. He never thought of leaving Palestine. But he was driven out. But did he, when driven out, give up his hope of getting back? Jewish history and Jewish literature give the answer to the question. The Jew even has a fast day devoted to the day of destruction of the Jewish homeland.
"Never throughout history did they give up hope of returning there. I am told that 90 per cent of the Jews today are praying for the return of the Jewish people to its own home. The best minds among them believe in the necessity of reestablishing their Jewish land. To my mind there is something prophetic in the fact that during the ages no other nation has taken over Palestine and held it in the sense of a homeland; and there is something providential in the fact that for 1,800 years it has remained in desolation as if waiting for the return of the people."
[Written by Representative Frank Appleby, New Jersey]
Mr. President, this Resolution was approved unanimously by the US Congress in the wake of World War I, long before World War II and the Holocaust.
I ask that you reaffirm the legality of the State of Israel and its existence as a Jewish State. During his recent visit to the United States, Prime Minister Netanyahu made the same request of the Palestinian Authority. This reality should be acknowledged by the Arab League as well.
Beginning in Egypt on June 4th in your outreach to the Muslim world, please recognize Israel`s rich history and sovereignty as a Jewish State.
Respectfully,
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http://www.israelunitycoalition.org/aa/alert.php?id=41If you would like more information about President Obama`s June 4 address to the Arab world in Egypt read this Voice of America article .
http://www.voanews.com/english/2009-05-09-voa17.cfm
