Grandma's army

  At the conclusion of WWI, a conference was held in 1920 at San Remo that determined the precise boundaries for territories captured by the Allies. The attendees were the Principal Allied Powers, with The United States as a neutral observer. Great Britain was given the mandate for the establishment, in Palestine, of a national home for the Jewish people. “Whereas recognition has thereby been given to the historical connection of the Jewish People with Palestine and grounds for reconstituting their national home in that country.” The Arabs received equivalent national rights in all the remaining parts of the Middle East – over 96% of the total area formerly governed by the Ottoman Turks. A year later, Winston Churchill cut off 75 percent of the territory of British Palestine area officially recognized as a Jewish national home, - which he named “Transjordan - and   gave it to the Hashemite dynasty from Arabi. Current-day Israel is only a quarter the size of the...

  WHY ISRAEL? It is hard to understand why the territory of Israel was chosen by God as the Jewish homeland. A small narrow piece of land, not at all distinctive and with no obvious resources. The very location proves that Israel   cannot be built into an empire. If one considers the geography: the Judean hills in one direction, the Sinai desert in the other, with a narrow coastal plain open to easy attack from the sea. Situated at the juncture of powerful empires makes it a major trade route,    both   strategic and vulnerable. Israel must always be a small country.                                                                                                    ...