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Without spelling out the connection*, Everyman** referred to the problem many Christians have with the Jewish political (or Zionist) attitude to the land of Palestine, in the light of both the Nazi experience and the general trend of Western history.*** There is a connection, in that the Jewish culture and religion sometimes seems to be characterised by insecurity over assets, whether religious or material. This insecurity would be understandable in a community which has suffered what the Jewish community has suffered throughout recorded history. It might be more tactful to avoid upsetting Jewish religious feelings**** until after the death of the last Jewish person who lost a relative during his lifetime – and, indeed, the last survivor – in the Holocaust.

So far as material assets are concerned, many Jews seem to believe that they are still entitled to Israel by God's promise. This is open to interpretation even in the light of the Old Testament.

But in more general terms, the same problem arises in relation to Sikh pressure for Khalistan: not God's promise, in that case, I think, but the support of material objectives by religious beliefs.#

It is not much use saying that Christianity doesn't (assuming it doesn't) think God's promise covers Israel's present position: only general principles of religious awareness can assist.

*{(which may not have been intended in any case)}

**[Television programme – see last previous entry.]

***Particularly pertinent in the light of current Palestinian unrest and Israeli policing methods. <880307>

****regarding the Holocaust.

#(Fundamentalist Islam and extreme Protestantism sometimes show signs of this tendency a well.)

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