Are Jews behind all the wars?

Answer 1

No. That would be a tad difficult as the Jewish nation did not exist for some of them. It would be hard to explain that with the internal Inca wars for instance. Your knowledge of history seems to have some blanks in it.

Answer:

The question seems to imply that 'the Jews' have supernatural powers, and a moment's thought should make it clear that the notion is a conspiracy theory. It is widely associated with a grotesque, wildly gesticulating, screaming and shouting, ranting and raving little megalomaniac with a moustache (Hitler).

Answer 2

[Answer by Someone Else]

Jews are members of an ethnic group and in some cases, a religion. So the answer to that is no. Nor has there ever been a war attempting to propagate Judaism. Proselytizing is against the religion. But if you mean Israelis or the country of Israel, the answer is no, so far, all their military actions have been defensive ones. They have initiated military actions within their defensive actions though, but Israel has not started any war. Some might debate that saying that the existence of Israel itself foments war but by any literal definition, No.

Answer 3

Jews have been around for over 2500 years and in that time frame, they have actively participated in and caused conflicts; Jews are not pacifists. It should be noted however, that the Protocols of Zion and other such allegations of Jews secretly funding wars to kill off Non-Jews is both incorrect and offensive to Jews. Jews are certainly not responsible for the overwhelming majority of conflicts or deaths in the world since those conflicts have nothing to do with them (such as Arab internal wars, conflicts in Africa, the Ukraine conflict, etc.).

There were a number of Jewish revolts against Hellenistic Authority and Roman Authority in the Land of Israel. These revolts were led by religious zealots who resented the encroaching of Greek values and Greek religious practices in the Holy Land. One such rebellion is still celebrated by Jews: the Hasmonean Revolt at Hannukah.

As concerns proselytization and wars of imperial expansion. Jews did not and have not systematically or intentionally proselytized and certainly not through conflict. Jews did assist (on occasion) the expansion of other empires, although not contributing to the actual military force as Jews were almost consistently excluded from the right to bear arms. One such form of assistance was how Jews in recently-conquered Islamic Spain would take control of the cities to allow the Muslim soldiers to continue conquering and not lose manpower in defending the region.

Jews actively participated in most of the American conflicts (including both sides of the American Civil War) since Jews in America did (from the 1790s) have the right to bear arms. Similarly Jews in Britain, France, and Germany willingly fought in their nations' wars in the 1800s. Russian Jews were forcibly conscripted in an attempt to make them Russian Orthodox Christians. This attempt at chicanery was partially successful although universally reviled.

As concerns Zionism and the State of Israel, there are a number of conflicts with unclear origins. Nobody is quite sure who (the Zionists or the Arabs) started the riots and militia engagements in the 1920s-1940s. The hostilities of both the Suez Crisis and the Six Day War were commenced by Israeli Declarations of War in response to Egyptian overtures that were themselves in direct violation of international law (and considered by most scholars to be legitimate causus belli). There is debate as to whether the four most recent Israeli conflicts (the 2006 Israeli War with Hezbollah and the Gazan Wars of 2008-2009, 2012, and 2014) had legitimate causus belli occur inside of Israel prior to Israeli Declarations of War and invasions, but this debate is primarily due to the asymmetrical nature of the conflict. Nobody, as of yet, has provided a reasonable causus belli for attacking a rogue or belligerent organization or the laws of an asymmetrical conflict between a state and a foreign belligerent organization.