Israel was not established as compensation for the Holocaust

IN his feature article (May 19), Elias Khoury perpetuates many falsehoods about the history of Israel which I would like to challenge.

He overlooks the fact that there has been a continuous Jewish presence in the land of Israel since biblical times.

In addition, the Jewish community that existed before 1947 in what became Israel, was comprised not of “new invaders”, but rather a people seeking refuge, returning to live in peace in the land of their forefathers, their historic birthplace.