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61. There have been many Arab leaders

Tue Oct 24, 2023, 12:46 PM

Oct 2023

Who throughout recorded history have been friendly to the Jewish people. If my memory serves, Cyrus the Great who after defeating the Babylonians invited the Jews back to Jerusalem and rebuilt their temple.

More recently in years of ottoman rule Jews, Muslims and Christians lived in a state of more or less peace throughout the region.

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My philosophical thoughts on the posts on Israel. Might need a second read. [View all] cachukis Oct 2023 OP

"Israel was thrust upon us"? brooklynite Oct 2023 #1

Who decided to set up the state? And why? The Jewish cachukis Oct 2023 #2

Who decided to set it up? The UN and the British. brooklynite Oct 2023 #3

The people of that area who were basically stateless cachukis Oct 2023 #5

Nobody was made "stateless" by Israel brooklynite Oct 2023 #9

Are you referring to the British Mandate post WW1 radicalleft Oct 2023 #13

Post WW2 brooklynite Oct 2023 #14

I believe that to fully understand the issues faced today radicalleft Oct 2023 #24

The Palestine mandate controlled a Palestine that was occupied by Arabs and Jews... brooklynite Oct 2023 #30

+++ JohnSJ Oct 2023 #36

Does it matter? Happy Hoosier Oct 2023 #19

Nor was there a "state" of Israel radicalleft Oct 2023 #26

You're missing it. They were stateless. Suddenly the were cachukis Oct 2023 #15

The UN voted on a partition into a Jewish State and a Palestinian one question everything Oct 2023 #55

The sides were pushing each other from here to there moniss Oct 2023 #52

Wait.... Happy Hoosier Oct 2023 #18

From what I read. I can handle a correction. cachukis Oct 2023 #25

Take a look at this... Happy Hoosier Oct 2023 #29

I stand corrected. I was misinformed on cachukis Oct 2023 #32

At the time of the Palestine Mandate there were only about 10,000 Jews radicalleft Oct 2023 #27

Thanks. cachukis Oct 2023 #33

A Palestinian State was also "thrust upon them"... brooklynite Oct 2023 #21

No argument. They were totally out of their league cachukis Oct 2023 #23

Diaspora was since Abraham? Ever hears of King David? question everything Oct 2023 #53

I have read a lot on the subject and cachukis Oct 2023 #58

I don't understand a word of this, but thank you for posting n/t leftstreet Oct 2023 #4

lol MOMFUDSKI Oct 2023 #7

Please re read, slowly. cachukis Oct 2023 #8

One side wants a 2-State solution and MOMFUDSKI Oct 2023 #6

Yitzhak Rabin if he were still alive radicalleft Oct 2023 #10

Please tell me why? cachukis Oct 2023 #16

He was assasinted by radicalleft Oct 2023 #28

I know he was assassinated. But why would he disagree? cachukis Oct 2023 #35

There are factions radicalleft Oct 2023 #37

Yes. Thanks. The Promised Land perspective. cachukis Oct 2023 #41

No, there were winners and losers from those wars as there are from all wars, and the JohnSJ Oct 2023 #43

Yes. Victors divvy up the spoils. Turkey seems to cachukis Oct 2023 #44

My post is to the DU society. We are watching cachukis Oct 2023 #11

Almost 100% agree radicalleft Oct 2023 #12

That is after WWI and yet it still happened. cachukis Oct 2023 #17

I think it was an issue of politcal manipulation radicalleft Oct 2023 #31

Why don't you take the time to read? question everything Oct 2023 #56

"Israel was thrust upon us". Speak for your fucking self. nt LexVegas Oct 2023 #20

Did Israel show up of its own accord? cachukis Oct 2023 #22

Serious question... radicalleft Oct 2023 #34

My sense is no. But guilt, philanthropy, politics and who knows what cachukis Oct 2023 #39

+++. I can almost hear some of my best friends are Jews JohnSJ Oct 2023 #38

Actually, part of my early teens was spent with many cachukis Oct 2023 #40

When I was growing up I was told by my Catholic friends JohnSJ Oct 2023 #45

I was taught that by some of my teachers. cachukis Oct 2023 #46

Vatican 2 changed all that, except for Mel Gibson JohnSJ Oct 2023 #49

Didn't the powers that be dictate what happened after the wars. cachukis Oct 2023 #42

The Ottoman Empire controlled that area until after WWI JohnSJ Oct 2023 #47

Yes. I am a retired teacher who taught about the cachukis Oct 2023 #48

From my perspective unless they bring back a two state solution, JohnSJ Oct 2023 #50

Could be right. cachukis Oct 2023 #51

Philosophical! My fourth grade teacher. betsuni Oct 2023 #54

You must have wisdom beyond mine. I look forward cachukis Oct 2023 #59

What would you have done with the stateles Holocaust survivors that no country in the world wanted AZLD4Candidate Oct 2023 #57

Wow. I admit i have been responding to the nitpickers cachukis Oct 2023 #60

You completely sidestepped my original question: What would you have done with stateless Holocaust survivors AZLD4Candidate Oct 2023 #65

I have stated on several occassions that cachukis Oct 2023 #66

There have been many Arab leaders radicalleft Oct 2023 #61

Your perspective displays big picture thinking. cachukis Oct 2023 #62

Very nice to have interacted with you as well radicalleft Oct 2023 #63

Were still not full citizens because they weren't muslim. AZLD4Candidate Oct 2023 #64