Path: csiph.com!fu-berlin.de!uni-berlin.de!individual.net!not-for-mail From: rbowman Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.misc,alt.usage.english Subject: Re: GNU Date: 23 Mar 2026 20:25:57 GMT Lines: 16 Message-ID: References: <10ojmjv$2ashr$1@dont-email.me> <10pdspd$3mv8s$7@dont-email.me> <20260318122434.d7774816b147fba94b0b850c@127.0.0.1> <10pe83m$3rg2l$1@dont-email.me> <8a7r8mxvjt.ln2@Telcontar.valinor> <10per0k$2ghs$5@dont-email.me> <10pfhm2$aqf5$1@dont-email.me> <10pg2u5$f0nq$5@dont-email.me> <1rs7tqn.ajozxp1gi29boN%nospam@de-ster.demon.nl> <10phnao$113u1$6@dont-email.me> <1rsaf5i.1nrmqo3vtna18N%nospam@de-ster.demon.nl> <1rsaj4d.rtb8ajbdoy69N%snipeco.2@gmail.com> <10pkqka$22prd$1@dont-email.me> <22g39mxn5k.ln2@Telcontar.valinor> <10pr2kf$1al9$1@dont-email.me> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Trace: individual.net 00DiaEqqPj/yB0MRxK1vXwX7K6wzK9Q9cRxNUs8YeTyUph4SsX Cancel-Lock: sha1:XrmMbcLWrEl8PjWyv3L0E2uDit8= sha256:SYsUll6lo5Hd9fk4iQLLReviH3klSLuSizE8NTMdaFc= User-Agent: Pan/0.162 (Pokrosvk) Xref: csiph.com comp.os.linux.misc:83827 alt.usage.english:1140534 On Mon, 23 Mar 2026 11:27:26 +0100, Carlos E.R. wrote: > The campaign of the Jews (the Sionists?) to found a country in Israel > started well before WWII, maybe half a century before. I have heard the > history, but not memorized it. Late 19th century in Russia. Chaim Weizmann was a chemist who emigrated to Britain. He found better way to synthesize acetone which was in short supply during WWI to make cordite (gunpowder). That gave him some standing with the British politicians who gave Palestine to three different groups. > At some time they tried to found something in the USA. Also Africa. The Brits offered Uganda, but that wouldn't do. It had to be the real estate mentioned in the tribal mythology.