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For Over 1,700 Years, The Jews Have Been Bewailing Their Sad Fate In That They Have Been Exiled From Their Homeland, As They Call Palestine. But Gentlemen, Did The World Give It To Them In Fee Simple, They Would At Once Find Some Reason For Not Returning. Why? Because They Are Vampires, And Vampires Do Not Live On Vampires. They Cannot Live Only Among Themselves. They Must Subsist On Christians And Other People Not Of Their Race.

-Benjamin Franklin

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For Over 1,700 Years,

Benjamin Franklin

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For Over 1,700 Years, The Jews Have Been Bewailing Their Sad Fate In That They Have Been Exiled From Their Homeland, As They Call Palestine. But Gentlemen, Did The World Give It To Them In Fee Simple, They Would At Once Find Some Reason For Not Returning. Why? Because They Are Vampires, And Vampires Do Not Live On Vampires. They Cannot Live Only Among Themselves. They Must Subsist On Christians And Other People Not Of Their Race.

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