Today the state of Israel marks its 25th year of existence in the modern world. This may be but a small milestone In 4.000 years of a peoples recorded history. but it Is an awesome human achievement of a living generation in the face of the forces arrayed against it. A nation of despairing refugees has become a society of proud citizens of their ancient land. The problems that pressed upon earlier generations have been solved by nationhood. this solution of nationhood is what poses the problems for the generations to come. Unreconciled still to the presence of the Jewish state. the neighboring peoples of Palestine and the Arab Middle East take solace in what they see as a historical analogy: the medieval Crusaders states. imposed upon the Levant by aliens from Europe. only to shrivel up and disappear.
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