And I see that you do not think that the history of the Jews is relevant,
The history of the Jews is that for the vast majority of Jewish history most Jews have lived somewhere other than Israel, a fact which continues to this day.
you just want to push this idea of yours as the best and only one feasible.
Again, I have a point of view, and so do you. You are pushing your idea just as much as I am pushing mine, so let's discard this point, ok?
However, the Jews do need and deserve a home of their own.
Most of the Jews in history, including today, have decided they don't need to reside in a Jewish state. What you mean to say is that SOME Jews FEEL they need a Jewish state.
In the meantime, they did 'gather together in many other countries and have in intensely Jewish experience' and still do in some countries.
Yes, thus disproving that there is a NEED for Jewish state. There is a DESIRE by SOME Jews for such a state.
But historically, over those hundreds and hundreds of years they also suffered persecution and hate at the hands of those countries within which they 'gathered'. Even within the United States. And it still happens to this day.
Yes, I agree. But the fact remains, the safest place for Jews on the planet Earth is in fact America. The point is not that America is perfect, for it very clearly is not.
It just so happened that that area was an ancestral home for the Jews, and I think they should stay.
Ok, I'm sure many will agree with you.
It is way to late to unscramble the eggs and make them leave or as you put it, 'volunteer to go some where safer'.
It's not too late. I'm sure some number of Israeli Jews have already moved to the United States for the reasons we are discussing.