"Brit-Am Now"-910
Contents:
1. Remark on Statistics and Jewish Blood amongst Persecutors
2. The Maariv Article on Brit-Am and Reactions:
A Translation and Commentary
3. The Phoenicians of Gades-Tarshish in the East

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1. Remark on Statistics and Jewish Blood amongst Persecutors
From: Hark256@aol.com
Subject: Re: "Brit-Am Now"-908 (to be archived as 909)
#3. John Michaelis; Statistical Proof

If these statistics are even close to accurate (which I highy doubt), then the Jews of today(the tiny remnant of the nation that established a Covenant with G-d at Mt Sinai) should be fully acknowledged for our sacrifices (especially physical)  by remaining Jewish and by living in a world who for centuries hated us for who we were (are) and for what we stood (stand) for.
And based on those statistics you cited--many of the Jew-haters were our own people. Many gentiles love to say that many of the nazis (including Hitler) were descendants of Jews. Takes any guilt (if any) off of them. And if that is the case--then they (the Jew-hating Israelites), are no longer part of the Covenant anyway. But--I dont believe that total amnesia affected millions of our brethren.
Chag Sameach [Happy Feastday] to the children of the Covenant--it's not Yomtov [Holy Day] here in the States yet.

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2. The Maariv Article on Brit-Am and Reactions:
A Translation and Commentary
http://www.britam.org/maariv.htm
Contents:
(1. Preamble
(2. Translation of the Hebrew Article
(3. Translation of Reactions to the Hebrew Article
(4. Analysis of the Reactions

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3. The Phoenicians of Gades-Tarshish in the East
Cadiz is in Southwest Spain enveloping Gibraltar.
It was formerly known as Gades and as Gadir and was a Phoenician port historically associated with
Tarshish.
The following entry I found in my notes may be of interest:
J.M. Cook, "The Greeks in Ionia and the East", London, 1962, p.176
About 120 BC King ptolemy vii of Egypt commissioned an Ionian Greek called Euxodus to make two voyages
far down the east African coast. On the second voyage "he picked up a ship's figurehead which was duly identified as belonging to a fishing smack of Cadiz. Euxodus thereby concluded that it was possible to circumnavigate Africa...
Made two attempts via the Atlantic, first unsuccessful, second uncertain.
Euxodus made his attempts on the basis of his conviction that sailors of Cadiz had done it before him
and sailed to and from Spain to India.
cf. "Lost Israelite Identity. The Hebrew Ancestry of Celtic Races", ch.8:
IN THE BOOK OF KINGS (1-Kings 9;26 28) it relates how under King Solomon a fleet was fitted out to sail from the Red Sea around Africa to Ophir (either in Peru of South America or an area of Southern Africa) and to return via Tarshish on the Atlantic Ocean. Phoenician sailors, "shipmen that had knowledge of the sea", lent by Hiram king of Tyre were to accompany the Israelite subjects of Solomon.
                "And king Solomon made a navy of ships in Ezion geber, which is beside Eloth on the shore of the Red Sea, in the land of Edom.
                "And Hiram sent in the navy his servants, shipmen that had knowledge of the sea, with the servants of Solomon.
                "And they came to Ophir and fetched from thence gold, four hundred and twenty talents, and brought it to king Solomon."
     (1-Kings 9;26 28).
                "For the king's ships went to Tarshish with the servants of Hiram: every three years once came the ships of Tarshish..(2-Chronicles 9;21).
                King Solomon had embarked on maritime enterprises in partnership with the presumably more experienced sea faring Phoenicians. Almost a hundred years after the demise of Solomon his descendant King Jehoshaphat (ca.867-851) of Judah (1-Kings 22;48-49, 2-Chronicles 20;35-37) and King Ahaziah of ten-tribed northern Israel attempted to renew the sea connection and "made ships of Tarshish to go to Ophir for gold". This was done through partnership of Judah in the south with the northern kingdom of Israel. The ships were all wrecked, apparently while still at port at Ezion Geber. King Ahaziah the son of Ahab of Israel offered to send his servants with the servants of the king of Judah and to renew the attempt but the king of Judah declined*32.
                The important point for our discussion is that the said incident may be understood to indicate that Northern Israelites were expected to fulfill the role formerly held by Phoenician navigators. It also shows that both the Kingdom of Judah as well as that of northern Israel attempted to expand their trading contacts far to the west by way of the sea33. The personal seal of an Israelite from Northern Israel has been found depicting what appears to be a "Phoenician"-type ship, it bears the name "Oniyah" meaning "Ship of God"*34.
ch.9
 Herodotus (4.42,43) reported that Pharoah Neco who reigned just after Solomon also sent Phoenician sailors to circumnavigate Africa and return via the Pillars of Hercules (i.e. Straits of Gibraltar); he likewise mentions the fact that this trip took three years to complete since he explains the sailors would  make a camp on dry land and sow and reap a harvest before continuing*15.
                The prophet Ezekiel listed Tarshish amongst the numerous places that were wont to trade with Tyre:
                "Tarshish was thy merchant by reason of the multitude of all kinds of riches; with silver, iron, tin, and lead, they traded in thy fairs" (Ezekiel 27;12).
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