Should Christians fight injustices committed against Palestinians and Israelis equally?
1In The Jewish War Josephus (an ancient Jewish historian) records that 97,000 Jews were taken captive following the first Jewish revolt in A.D. 66-73 and that 1,100,000 people died during the siege of Jerusalem that concluded the war, the majority of which were Jews. Source: VI, Chapter 9, Sec. 3. Similarly, Cassius Dio records that after Bar Kokhba’s Revolt in 132-135 A.D., very few Jews survived. 985 villages were razed by the Romans, 580,000 Jewish men were killed during the fighting and an uncountable number of Jews died as a result of famine, disease, and fire. Source: Roman History, Book 69, Chapter 13-14. Although these accounts may be exaggerated, they nonetheless provide some idea of the extent to which the Jews’ presence in the Holy Land was reduced. 2Source: Shira Schoenberg, The Bar-Kokhba Revolt found on the Jewish Virtual Library, www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org These edicts were notably rescinded following Hadrian’s death. 3Source: “An Interim Report on the Civil Administra
