Some people call Israel’s 1967 partition lines “Auschwitz borders,” or the kind that could lead to another Holocaust. Others say that a move to return to those borders would be “suicide” for Israel. United Nations Resolution 242 promised Israel defenisble borders, but if Israel withdrew to the 1967 lines—parts of the nation would only be 9 miles wide—the distance is exactly the same between the John F. Kennedy and Laguardia airports in New York.Israel’s major roads as well as all planes taking off and landing from the main international airport would be in danger of rocket fire.
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Author: Christian Broadcasting Network
Keywords: Jewish homeland, History of the Jews, Jewish history, History of Israel, Israelite history, Diaspora, Jewish diaspora, 1948, Birth of Israel, State of Israel, Israeli state, Jewish state, Jewish statehood, Restoration of the Israeli state, Restoration of the Jewish state, restoration of Israel, May 1948, Jewish independence, Palestine, Palestinians, PLO, Balfour Declaration, British declaration, aliyah, Balfour, James Balfour, Arthur Balfour, Palestinian mandate, Mandate for Palestine, Israel's regathering, Ingathering of Jews, Zionism, Zionist, Palestinian Arabs, Philistines, Latter day Philistines, Philistia, Palestina, West Bank and Jerusalem, West Bank, Palestinian West Bank, 1967, Six Day war, 1967 six day war, 1967 border
Bible reference(s): Deuteronomy 30:3, Psalm 53:6, Psalm 83:4, Psalm 106:27, Isa 49:19-22, Isa 66:8, Jeremiah 16:14-15, Jeremiah 23:3, Jeremiah 29:14, Jeremiah 30:3, Jeremiah 31:8, Jeremiah 31:36-37, Jeremiah 32:37, Jeremiah 33:7, Jeremiah 46:27-28, Jeremiah 50:19-20, Ezekiel 5:10, Ezekiel 6:8, Ezekiel 11:16-17, Ezekiel 20:23, Ezekiel 20:34, Ezekiel 20:41 , Ezekiel 22:15, Ezekiel 28:25, Ezekiel 36:19, Ezek 37, Ezekiel 39:26-27, Hosea 6:11, Joel 3:1-2, Amos 9:14-15, Oba 1:19-20, Zephaniah 3:19-20, Zechariah 10:10, Luk 21:24
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