Slonimer:
The grave digging I’m pretty sure I read in a book called “Six Days of War”, by MIchael Oren. Flipping thru the pages, I found a reference to the digging of 10,000 graves (pg 136), but I couldn’t find the park part- but i do remember reading it since it was quite a dramatic description.
I didn’t say that Rommel entering Palestine was a foregone conclusion to the British, but that was the general perception at the time, something I have come across in reading stories about the time (I don’t remember the source, perhaps it was “Echoes of Yesteryear” a diary by Ayala Rottenberg who lived in E”Y during that time) that the Yidden in E”Y were terrified that they would be the next victims.
I used 1 specific year -2001- to prove that it could happen in the US, not that it is reflective of what happens all the time, but to show that there is no guarantee that America is as safe as people feel it is.
I didn’t count Israeli military casualties since the discussion was about what the person on the street feels, safety of the citizens.
I couldn’t care less that the secular claim Israel is a safe haven for the Jews. I am basing my feelings on what our mesorah tells us about E”Y and Hashem’s Hashgacha. Again, people shouldn’t negate Eretz Yisroel because of Medinat YIsroel.
Yes, I realize the fallacy in comparing Israel to Eastern Europe in terms of size. Although a large nuclear attack or coordinated attacks could obviously wipe out an area much larger than Israel. And it took Hitler just a few years to annihilate the Jews in that much larger area, with little escape possible. So geography is not necessarily a protection.
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