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Many have no idea what kind of persecution the Jewish people have suffered over the years. In fact, those that wish to destroy the Jewish state, often deny that the Holocaust even happened, or they say that the Holocaust was not that bad of an event altogether. Why? Because the catalyst for the UN creating Israel was the Holocaust. However, everything that was done to the Jews in Nazi Germany was done centuries prior. The Holocaust did nothing new to the Jewish people, other than create a much more efficient method of persecution and extermination.
Here is a brief, but by no means comprehensive, look at our dark past.
70 AD. The Roman army destroyed Jerusalem and killed over 1 million Jews. Then they took about 100 thousand Jews into slavery and scattered many from Palestine to other locations in the Roman Empire.
So from there, what happened to them in Europe?
200 AD Roman Emperor Severus forbade religious conversations to Judaism.
379 AD Emperor Theodosius the Great permitted the destruction of they synagogues and made Christianity the state religion.
561 AD The bishop of Uzes expelled Jews from his diocese in France
613 AD Jews in Spain were given the options of either leaving Spain or converting to Christianity. Jewish children over 6 years old were taken from their parents and given a Christian education.
722 AD Leo outlawed Judaism as Jews were baptized against their will.
855 AD Jews were exiled from Italy.
1096 AD The first Crusades were launched. Although the prime goal was to liberate the Holy Land from the Muslims, the second target were the Jewish people that still remained there. Along the way to the Holy Land, 12,000 Jews where murdered in the Rhine valley, that is, those who refused to convert to Christianity. This behavior continued for 8 additional Crusades until the end of them in 1272.
1099 AD. Once the Crusaders arrived in the Holy Land, they forced Jews in Jerusalem into a central synagogue and set in on fire.
1121 AD. Jews were exiled from Flanders which is present day Belgium.
1146 AD The Second Crusades began as French monk Rudolf called for the destruction of the Jews.
1180 The French King of France, Phillip Augustus, seized all Jewish property and expelled them from the country.
1215 The Fourth Lateran Council approved cannon laws requiring that Jews should have to wear a special dress and a badge in the form of a ring so they could be easily targeted for persecution.
1290 AD. Jews were expelled from England, which was about 16,000.
1298 AD Jews were persecuted in Austria, Bavaria, and France as 140 Jewish communities were destroyed killing over 100,000 in a 6 month period.
1321 AD In Guienne France, Jews were accused of various crimes as 5000 Jews were burned at the stake.
1347 AD The Black Death gripped Europe, but because the Jews practiced the Mosaic cleanliness laws, they did not suffer like the rest of the population. Rumors then circulated that the Jews must have made a deal with the Devil to bypass the plague as Jews were killed by the thousands, or perhaps more, all over Europe.
1434 AD Jews all over Europe were required to wear special dress so they could be easily identified for general persecution.
1497 AD. Jews were banished from Portugal
1540 AD Jews were expelled from Naples.
1550 Jews were expelled from Genoa and Venice.
1555 AD Jews were forced to live in ghettoes after a Roman Catholic Papal bull, "Cum nimis absurdum". It also required them to wear special dress and were forbidden to own property.
1582 AD Jews were expelled from Holland.
1648 Chmielnicki Bogdan began an uprising in Poland and the Ukraine to exterminate all Jews in their respective countries. It is estimated that over 100,000 Jews were murdered and about 300 communities destroyed.
1806 A French Jesuit Priest Abbe Barruel wrote a treatise blaming the Jews for the French Revolution that triggered increased persecution of Jews all across Europe. This was the first international Jewish conspiracy theory created with many more to come.
1846 AD Pope Pius lX created another Jewish ghetto in Rome, the last one till the Nazis created more later on.
1940's Holocaust
9-10 centuries of persecution of the Jews, and now the Arabs want to cast the Zionist nation into the sea?
I'm no Jew, but even I can see that to give up their state for any reason would be to divorce themselves of reason. It would be suicide.
Here is a brief, but by no means comprehensive, look at our dark past.
70 AD. The Roman army destroyed Jerusalem and killed over 1 million Jews. Then they took about 100 thousand Jews into slavery and scattered many from Palestine to other locations in the Roman Empire.
So from there, what happened to them in Europe?
200 AD Roman Emperor Severus forbade religious conversations to Judaism.
379 AD Emperor Theodosius the Great permitted the destruction of they synagogues and made Christianity the state religion.
561 AD The bishop of Uzes expelled Jews from his diocese in France
613 AD Jews in Spain were given the options of either leaving Spain or converting to Christianity. Jewish children over 6 years old were taken from their parents and given a Christian education.
722 AD Leo outlawed Judaism as Jews were baptized against their will.
855 AD Jews were exiled from Italy.
1096 AD The first Crusades were launched. Although the prime goal was to liberate the Holy Land from the Muslims, the second target were the Jewish people that still remained there. Along the way to the Holy Land, 12,000 Jews where murdered in the Rhine valley, that is, those who refused to convert to Christianity. This behavior continued for 8 additional Crusades until the end of them in 1272.
1099 AD. Once the Crusaders arrived in the Holy Land, they forced Jews in Jerusalem into a central synagogue and set in on fire.
1121 AD. Jews were exiled from Flanders which is present day Belgium.
1146 AD The Second Crusades began as French monk Rudolf called for the destruction of the Jews.
1180 The French King of France, Phillip Augustus, seized all Jewish property and expelled them from the country.
1215 The Fourth Lateran Council approved cannon laws requiring that Jews should have to wear a special dress and a badge in the form of a ring so they could be easily targeted for persecution.
1290 AD. Jews were expelled from England, which was about 16,000.
1298 AD Jews were persecuted in Austria, Bavaria, and France as 140 Jewish communities were destroyed killing over 100,000 in a 6 month period.
1321 AD In Guienne France, Jews were accused of various crimes as 5000 Jews were burned at the stake.
1347 AD The Black Death gripped Europe, but because the Jews practiced the Mosaic cleanliness laws, they did not suffer like the rest of the population. Rumors then circulated that the Jews must have made a deal with the Devil to bypass the plague as Jews were killed by the thousands, or perhaps more, all over Europe.
1434 AD Jews all over Europe were required to wear special dress so they could be easily identified for general persecution.
1497 AD. Jews were banished from Portugal
1540 AD Jews were expelled from Naples.
1550 Jews were expelled from Genoa and Venice.
1555 AD Jews were forced to live in ghettoes after a Roman Catholic Papal bull, "Cum nimis absurdum". It also required them to wear special dress and were forbidden to own property.
1582 AD Jews were expelled from Holland.
1648 Chmielnicki Bogdan began an uprising in Poland and the Ukraine to exterminate all Jews in their respective countries. It is estimated that over 100,000 Jews were murdered and about 300 communities destroyed.
1806 A French Jesuit Priest Abbe Barruel wrote a treatise blaming the Jews for the French Revolution that triggered increased persecution of Jews all across Europe. This was the first international Jewish conspiracy theory created with many more to come.
1846 AD Pope Pius lX created another Jewish ghetto in Rome, the last one till the Nazis created more later on.
1940's Holocaust
9-10 centuries of persecution of the Jews, and now the Arabs want to cast the Zionist nation into the sea?
I'm no Jew, but even I can see that to give up their state for any reason would be to divorce themselves of reason. It would be suicide.