Alright, we'll accept the 67 borders

By YISRAEL MEDAD

 

A T-shirt making the rounds:
 
 
 
That text reads:

 

TO RETURN TO THE 67 BORDERS -
 
67 BCE THAT IS
 
 
 

Yes, Israel needs to return to the borders of before 67 CE, the year Vespasian embarked on his military campaign to conquer and lay waste to the land of Israel and ultimately destroyed the Holy Temple (in 68 CE).  What were the pre-67 CE borders, you ask?Well, for one, these borders contained areas most vital to Israel''s security and defense (e.g. Golan, Gaza, West and East Banks, part of the Sinai, etc.). Moreover, they contained the heartland of Biblical Israel, including Judea, Samaria, and even Transjordania.In 67 CE, there was no "Palestine," but only Israel, land of the Jews. No "Aelia Capitolina." No "East" and "West," but only one united Jerusalem...
 
 
 

An idea whose time has come?

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