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Rashida Tlaib’s insistence on pushing her Nakba lie and the UN giving its stamp of approval made me want to go back in time and review a period that seems to have been swept under the rug and forgotten. I will hit some of the highlights.

The Yom Kippur War of 1973 proves just how vulnerable Israel is and highlights the importance of the Israel American Alliance.

With the barrage of untruths emanating from Mahmoud Abbas and his Authority, it is always a welcome and refreshing phenomenon when world leaders recognize and speak the truth. Pat Robertson, who passed this past week, was one such leader. He was a great friend of the State of Israel. He will be sorely missed. I am always grateful when leaders clearly state that the Jews are the rightful heirs of Israel, promised by the Almighty to the Jewish people. I appreciate it when diplomats and dignitaries point out that King Solomon’s Temple and the Second Temple stood on the Temple Mount.

July 4, 1776, was a pivotal and extraordinary day, bringing freedom and liberty into a dictatorial and oppressive world. The American Revolution against tyranny brought the ability for all to practice their respective religions. Judaism was allowed to flourish. There were 2000 to 3000 Jews at the time of the Revolutionary War. They were concentrated in New York City; Philadelphia; Savannah, Georgia; and Charleston, South Carolina. There were only 2 million people in the colonies at the time; only 45% actually participated in the war effort against the British. Actual independence was not achieved until September 3, 1783, in the “Treaty of Paris.” This September 3, we will celebrate 240 years of actual Independence from the British.

Winston Churchill (some say it was Abba Eban) said, “Americans can always be counted on to do the right thing…after they have exhausted all other possibilities.” It is believed Churchill said or at the very least felt this way prior to the United States entering the Second World War.

As Israel celebrates its 75^th year in the modern era, it is always important to review aspects of the past to learn lessons for the future. With all the hullabaloo about “Nakba,” which Rashida Tlaib likes to pull out of her hat frequently, the Arab world started wars with Israel eight years after the so called “Nakba” (of 1948) in 1956, 19 years later in 1967, and 25 years later in 1973. Israel never wanted to go to war ever. The Jewish People despise war. It is against our character and genetics. As Golda Meir said, “…It will be harder for us to forgive them [the Arabs] for having forced us to kill their sons. Peace will come when the Arabs will love their children more than they hate us.”