As appealling as the thought of arguing pointlessly about an obvious fact (Israel has been around for thousands of years) for 19 more posts, I must digress.
I imagine you believe I am being a smartaleck here. But honestly, as a real point of discussion, this comment from you got me thinking. I tried hard to think of any hollywood productions that were about, or included in the story, the history and creation of the (ahem, ancient) nation of Israel. I honestly cannot think of any. I do have somewhat of an interest in history, and usually like to see movies (even if fictional) that are about history. If you know of any that are about the history of Israel please post the name, I would like to see such a movie.
I was at a parade on Saturday, the rain held off long enough to allow the parade to finish. If it wasn't for such a solemn ceremony, it would have been a nice event.
I must work on my vocabulary, it pains me to admit that I had to look up the word 'altruistic'. And no, I am not that noble(I am pretty fantastic in other ways though). I post just for the sake of discussion, to inspire others to respond, for my own benefit. When you respond, I learn. Perhaps not what the responder intended or hoped I would learn, but I learn. It is always good if both parties benefit from the exchange, but not crucial.
One thing, you said that there is nothing political about history. I will have to respectfully disagree with that idea. True, history as it happened is nonpolitical, whatever happened, happened. But history as we know it, is very political. Historians, no matter how impartial they may have been, which I have serious doubts about to begin with, would have had a very difficult time recording what had happened without giving an account of what they saw, or what was reported to them. Which of course, would always be a very narrow view.
History as recorded by one side, often will differ greatly from what was recorded by the other.
Also, many historians worked under a certain amount of duress from their political leaders. You can imagine they would have had to put a bit of a spin on their words, rather than record, "today, our army unjustly attacked a poor fishing village, and the fishermen whipped our butts". It was probably beneficial to record what your political leaders approved of.
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