American Jewish Congress
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subjects:
Foreign Policy - American Jewry, Israel-U.S. Relationship. Jewish Heritage - Anti-Semitism, Holocaust. Individuals - Anwar Sadat, Golda Meir. Israeli-Palestinian Conflict - Arabs of Israel, Fatah, Palestinians, PLO. States - Britain/England, Egypt, France, Germany, Soviet Union (Russia), USA. Underground - British Mandate. Ideologies - Communism, Communists, Fascism, Right-Wing/Left-Wing, Socialism. Democracy , Diaspora - Diaspora Jewry, Jewish Communities (abroad). Liberty of Men - French Revolution. Political Parties - General Zionists. Greater Land of Israel - Greater Israel, Settlements. Jewish Nationality , Nationalism , Aliyah - Prisoners of ZionA speech Begin gave while serving as the chairman of the debate at the 10th Annual American-Israel dialogue of the American Jewish Congress. The word revolution can be either progressive or retrogressive, depending on who the revolutionaries are fighting and their ultimate goals. After the calls to slaughter the Jews were ignored in the 1930s the left cannot expect Israel and the Jews to just ignore the Palestinian and wider Arab calls for the destruction of Israel and extermination of the Jews. Begin says that the people on the New Left are ignorant of the history of the Jews. Violence as used in revolutions should only be used against tyrannies. In democracies, there are other, better ways to bring about change. The Arabs have 20 countries and a vast land. There is no problem if a percent of them live in Israel, and there is no reason for countries to only have one ethnic group in them. That is the thinking of Hitler.
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