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Thank you for this more detailed explanation. It still isn't completely clear what "legal" as in "legal status" means. Do they need to convert to Judaism? "They will return" does not imply that "they will convert". What other "legal" status of gentile is there? They cannot become citizens of the modern secular state of Israel? In the final restored state of Israel, will these people be "legally" considered "Ger Toshav" [non-Israelite protected Sojourners]? Whatever the explanations, to say that their "legal status" (and legal status must be explained) is that of gentiles is not the same as saying "for all intents and purposes they are gentiles" (because they are not in essence, in the root of their neshamot) gentiles, just their "legal status" is that of gentiles - which doesn't clarify very much.
There is more. The explanation that you gave actually teaches that these Jews have the same status as Jews who convert to a different religion (since their status, according to our Sages, is due to the fact that they worshipped idols). Jews who convert to a different religion retain the spiritual requirement to "return" to Torah, they don't stop being "Jewish" in the sense that the origin of their neshamot doesn't change, the change in their status from their physical actions is only "temporary", and when they "return" to Torah, everything is as it was before. This is VERY different than a gentile, who must convert to Judaism to be considered Jewish. You might have clarified this in your email, as well as in your article, and not implied that these 10 lost tribes are the SAME as gentiles.
Shoshanna
Insert: Sharon's Terror Child How the Likud Bloc Mid-wifed the Birth of Hamas By RAY HANANIA http://www.counterpunch.org/hanania01182003.html Extracts: Under Begin and later Shamir, Israel created, funded and controlled the "Village Leagues," a system of local councils managed by Palestinians who were hand-picked by Israel to run local city and village administrations. Yassin and the Islamic Association benefited from a system of Israeli controlled "Village Leagues," sometimes called Village Councils. The Village Leagues where largely funded by Israel. But the Islamic Association was allowed to raise tens of millions more each year from supportive Arab regimes angry with Arafat. The creation of the Village Leagues was Israel's first effort to encourage an alternative to the PLO. Sheik Yassin used the money to operate a network of schools, medical clinics, social service agencies, religious institutions and provide direct services to the poverty stricken Palestinian population. Israel saw benefits in the leagues which became a breeding ground for Palestinian collaborators who were blackmailed or bribed into reporting on the activities of other Palestinians. Many of them held positions of leadership in the Village Leagues and were friendly to Israel. Reacting angrily to Arafat's decision to recognize Israel, and seeking to play to Palestinian emotions during the Intifadah, the new organization, Hamas, openly embraced armed struggle against Israel. |
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