Like I have always said.
Anytime there is chaos, war, or any type of economic or civil unrest.
Just scratch the surface a little and you will find one of the so called "Chosen People" causing the problem.
Yes, Sunni Man. Chosen for a duty. When G-d calls...
Israel is created to be attacked by all sides. Well, the definition of 'sides' has changed to 'tangents’ and enough of them to create a circle that is worldwide. The Internet age is another encircling of the globe which is enough for me to move on in the history.
Each attack on our covenant with our G-d (
by H-s choice) has been so far thwarted. We continued through the Assyrian Empire's attempt to exterminate us. The expulsion of ten (of our twelve) tribes in an attempt to separate us from our Law, books and traditions. Multitudes of our best people were taken as slaves to Mesopotamia which is where Iraq and Iran are now. They are gone. We remain.
We continue that we followed our laws in our book reminding us of where we came and where we were to return. The Babylonians conquered, we recreated the Israeli cities three times to end with the final destruction of Israel, and our temple of Jerusalem.
We continue that we did not surrender our belief to the incoming Greeks after we had rebuilt Israel and its great Second Temple. We are a slow breeding people. There has never been more than twenty million Jewry worldwide. We are estimated this year to be thirteen million souls but I digress. Alexander was not a man to estimate lightly. Research this man if you want to see his warring abilities. Ah, we were with him for a bit. We translated our book and gave it to them in the name of the "Septuagint". All was well until the Greek ruler Antiochus Epiphanes decided he was a God (hence the term epiphany – remember its birth and use it wisely) and moved to destroy the Jews belief where he came to pass a law requiring the devoutly Monotheistic Jews to come in four times a year on their Sabbath day of prayer to bow to him as senior G-d. Simply put, the Jews revolted, and it was this Maccebean revolt where we gained our independence and rebuilt Israel.
We continue that we kept The Law, as we were chosen to, or we would all be Egyptian/Babylonian pagans. They are gone...
Once again, we have Israel recreated, and are back in our land, which G-d gave us, and which our book says we must hold for the end of times. Life was good for about a hundred years but we were close to this failing Empires end.
We continue that we understood the wants of the Roman Empire who came and picked up the Empiric pieces. Gnaeus Pompeius Magnus (Pompey, for short) has us in his grasp, but the Romans are happy just to financially benefit.
We continue in that we did move through and about the birth of and death of Jesus Christ with his concurrent new belief extension.
We continue that we did not surrender to a Roman edict proscribing circumcision (our major covenant with G-d) to be self-mutilation, and thus against Roman law, and fought to the death rather than accede to this mundane commandment regarding our very covenant with our G-d.
Thus were we scattered to the known worlds winds, still with our language, traditions and the plethora in dissertations of our book and traditions and which we have carried through all our trials.
We continue through the many pogroms and attempts to end us and our belief because we had learned. Our G-d has trained us well. There have been those who demanded our end at every nexus point in time where the Jews, as a people had to decide if it was worth it to continue on with the book, belief, traditions, etc. Keep in mind it is no simple easy thing to be a devoutly practicing Jew. The Israeli people hold their government accountable, but the fear of dissolution is palpable and now, having their country again, they will not let it go unless it is the end of times. That time is not yet come but it must be close for we are at year 5772 at the time of this writing and our G-d has given the maximum of days to be six millennia.
From the days of the Golden Calf to Jews against Israel, there have been those of ours who have been against us as well, but we continue through them regardless...
There is a reason why such a small population of slow breeding people should outlive all the Empires. We are not that reason. We are the reason for the reason. We are to shine the light in and out as the Law bearers of our Lord G-d. Still, we have those who want to ensure we as Jews are all gone, and if not gone, then Israel gone so that our book's ending is incomplete. As if one can change the will of G-d. Some of the time is within our grasp, no more. The journey may be longer, but the result will be a reaching end of times regardless.
We will hold Israel whatever the cost.