I decided long ago, that in writing a blog, I wouldn't try to defend the Jewish people or Israel; that I would try to share other things with people in other places… but then I got carried away by some of the things that happened, and did write about these dangerous subjects, and got this letter which I have printed in full below.

Yes, I don't know Maureen Lipman, or Leo Solomon, or even Liz Davies for that matter, but I've had some non Jewish friends in my life, and I don't cast doubt about Liz's ability to care for, admire, or even love some Jews. I didn't mean to suggest that all non Jews dislike all Jews, but I'm an old man, and I've been around this world for a while, and I thought that most people would realize that what I said was true, as a general rule. I could give some hair raising examples as evidence to my claim, but I don't think there would be much point in it.

But Liz also asks, "Do you imply that because of what Israel does, we don't much care for Maureen Lipman?" And I do have to answer that. First of all, it's not what Israel does. I believe that most people don't like Israel because it's the Jewish homeland. I believe that Israel is a more moral and ethical democracy than most of the western countries that see themselves enlightened.

Liz believes that we should possibly get out of Palestine altogether and doesn't realize that Palestine is our ancient homeland, and that we were forcibly evicted by the Romans some 2000 years ago, and that we have one of the richest literatures in all the world, in which the land, its hills and valleys, its culture and history is all recorded. She doesn't know that the Palestinians can't even pronounce their so-called homeland in their own language because they don't have a P in their native tongue, and that they are a make believe people that never really existed. She doesn't know that though there was a Jewish presence in Israel since the forced exile, they were picked upon and abused over and over again, killed and raped and their houses burnt, and their fields destroyed, and pushed and pushed so they became a smaller and smaller community over the years. All of this is recorded. And the different colonial powers that ruined Palestine over the years, all of their anti Jewish acts were recorded too. There was never a sovereign state of Palestine though, and till about 1964, the name Palestine was always identified with Jews.

I could tell you about how immediate members of my family were murdered, or how a friend of mine was stabbed in the back and died at a bus stop, and the perp claimed that this was a political act. But I won't go into that. It seems it's hard for people who are not acquainted with the reality here to understand what's going on. I'm sure that the intentions are good and honorable.