Like the biblical prophet Bilam in the Torah, Robert Cherry sets out to castigate “Zionist” Israel but winds up with an extraordinary, long list of Israel’s herculean, expensive efforts to uplift its Arab minority (“Zionist Policies Towards Israeli Arabs,” Opinion, Sept. 23).
Yes, “Zionist” Israel was established by the League of Nations (ca. 1921) and the United Nations (1947) as the homeland of the Jewish people. It will continue to be that.
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