the area referred to as palistine was never a nation, it was a section of the middle east that was referred to as palistine without its own government at the time. the occupants of palestine (and other arabs) sided with the nazis during wwii. the western powers (mainly britain) that won won wwii decided to give the then worthless area to the jews as a homeland rather than give them a piece of germany (this was to punish the arabs that sided with the nazis). the expectation was that the arabs would kill the jews and take the area back, but the arabs failed to do so. many of the native arabs of the area abandoned their homes fearing that they would be killed during the war. however, the jews won and have occupied the area ever since (even being recognized by the un). at least two more arab led wars against israel have been won by israel (with israel winning control of the entire gaza area, but later returned to egypt).
israel has offered to recognize the gaza strip and the golan area as a palestinian state, but the palestinians have refused to recognize israel and called for its destruction and the death of all of its jews (which they refuse to consider human) and want the entire area back. while there are islamic factions that are willing to arm the palestinians, none of the current arab nations are willing to go to war with israel.
israel's 'right to exist' is basically the same as most nations today. it was won by bloodshed and war. it was taken away from the natives and held by the conquers just like most if not all nations today. the process continues even today (although most such wars are religious in nature) rather than wars of conquest by foreign nations (except for kashmir and tibet which china is trying to take over). also, see the history of the rise and fall of the ussr or iran, iraq and persia or checkout the changes in the global geopolitical maps of the world over the last few centuries. while you are at it, you might checkout the history of the 'americas' and why spanish and portugese are spoken in some nations rather than their 'native' langues. there is also 'quebec' in canada or the origins of alaska. while you are at it, you may want to checkout why there are so many languages spoken in the u s of a (not just spanish).
Neo-Nazi count so far.....
1 Wiseone2cents
2 Apple
3 Socrtease
4 wanderingbear
5 Fluttershy
do you recognize the UN as international law and community? yes or no.
Yes. Unfortunately it has no teeth and that is why Israel fails to comply with any of its resolutions. They should be FORCED to follow those resolutions otherwise the body's hands are tied.
Yes. Unfortunately it has no teeth and that is why Israel fails to comply with any of its resolutions. They should be FORCED to follow those resolutions otherwise the body's hands are tied.
In your sabbatical, from this site, you seem to have forgotten that no other nation wants the Palestinians then or now.
normally I love a good debate with you, but you're not making any sense with this one. trying to put some sort of statute of limitations on the conquering of a nation is blatantly ignoring the absurdity of your own argument to make yourself right.
No...it was British territory.
No! The poster claimed that it was jews that were unwanted and that is a lie. Most welcome their dirty money. The Palestinians on the other hand are dirt poor, with only their land to survive. Take away their land and what do you have? Refugee camps all over the ME.
Who exactly are the Palestinians? What are they doing In Palestine? How did they get there? Do you they have an Islamic origin? How many were forced into Islam via the Ottoman Empire?
Same thing with the Gypsies. Where did they come from? They must have had a home land at one point. They were driven from the land and left to wonder the lands with no homeland.
Neo-Nazi count so far.....
1 Wiseone2cents
2 Apple
3 Socrtease
4 wanderingbear
5 Fluttershy
Yeah....defending yourself from rockets is acting like a Nazi....only on your world.....
Israeli "aggression' is a myth.....being under attack from terrorists form decades demands a response in kind....get a clue Nazi.
Nice spin!!! That's like China coming and occupying America, and Americans fighting the occupation and China calling them terrorists. The terrorists are the occupiers!Especially the ones constantly dropping bombs on your houses and tanks smashing down your houses.
Who got land from the Ottomans? The Brits. They then made Israel. Pretty simple.
Neo-Nazi count so far.....
1 Wiseone2cents
2 Apple
3 Socrtease
4 wanderingbear
5 Fluttershy
What I stated was simple, but I guess too hard for your brain to understand. The Palestinians fought to free the land from the ottoman and the Brits promised the Palestinians the land in return!
British territory but the inhabitants were PALESTINIANS! Palestinians fought with their lives to free Palestine from the Ottoman empire and were promised the land by the British!! Didn't you watch Lawrence of Arabia?
The Palestinians are Arabs. Most of them are Jordanians. Arafat was an Egyptian.
the area referred to as palistine was never a nation, it was a section of the middle east that was referred to as palistine without its own government at the time. the occupants of palestine (and other arabs) sided with the nazis during wwii. the western powers (mainly britain) that won won wwii decided to give the then worthless area to the jews as a homeland rather than give them a piece of germany (this was to punish the arabs that sided with the nazis). the expectation was that the arabs would kill the jews and take the area back, but the arabs failed to do so. many of the native arabs of the area abandoned their homes fearing that they would be killed during the war. however, the jews won and have occupied the area ever since (even being recognized by the un). at least two more arab led wars against israel have been won by israel (with israel winning control of the entire gaza area, but later returned to egypt).
israel has offered to recognize the gaza strip and the golan area as a palestinian state, but the palestinians have refused to recognize israel and called for its destruction and the death of all of its jews (which they refuse to consider human) and want the entire area back. while there are islamic factions that are willing to arm the palestinians, none of the current arab nations are willing to go to war with israel.
israel's 'right to exist' is basically the same as most nations today. it was won by bloodshed and war. it was taken away from the natives and held by the conquers just like most if not all nations today. the process continues even today (although most such wars are religious in nature) rather than wars of conquest by foreign nations (except for kashmir and tibet which china is trying to take over). also, see the history of the rise and fall of the ussr or iran, iraq and persia or checkout the changes in the global geopolitical maps of the world over the last few centuries. while you are at it, you might checkout the history of the 'americas' and why spanish and portugese are spoken in some nations rather than their 'native' langues. there is also 'quebec' in canada or the origins of alaska. while you are at it, you may want to checkout why there are so many languages spoken in the u s of a (not just spanish).
So what were the 700,000 refugees from 1947-8?