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Barack Obama’s Belfast speech was a shameful, distorted rewrite of Israel's history - opinion

Never mind 3,000 years of Jewish history, two Temples in Jerusalem, or centuries of Jewish longing for Zion. In Obama’s telling, the Jews somehow became interlopers in their own land.

  • Obama's Belfast speech distorted Israel's history, portraying Jewish return as refugee story
  • Failed to acknowledge Jewish 3,000+ year connection to land, kingdom, language, Jerusalem
  • Omitted Balfour Declaration (1917), UN Partition Plan (1947) as historical evidence

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