Well John I know very well who Hoffer was and am familiar with his history and writings, but thanks for the patroniizing bit anyway..

What do I think, John? I think that was 1968. This is 2014.

I also think some of the statements are fatuous in the extreme, even then.

e.g. 1. If Israel survives, it will be thanks to their own efforts and resources.


Well, John, lets then cut off the billions of U.S. aid and LET Israel survive "on its own resources". Yes?

and 2. If Israel perish, the Holocaust will fall upon us all.

Prescient? Please.

I also think the atrocious treatment of the Jewish people thru history
does not exhoneratesubsequent and/or current Israeli government atrocities.

Finally, I think you would do well to read some of Hoffer's later comments and observations written closer to the end of his life, after witnessing Israeli government behavior for several decades following 1968.