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In reply to the discussion: Anti-Semitism's increasingly thin and hard-to-see line [View all]Bonobo
(29,257 posts)As for the military makeup of the Arab side, I concede that they did not in likelihood exert their full efforts to oust Israel, however their intentions to wipe Israel off the map were quite clear both through the declaration of a Jihad in 1948 and through subsequent large scale mobilization by at least 6 Arab nations.
The fact is that it was the Arab League that vigorously worked to reject the Partition Plan were the ones that attacked Israel and destroyed any hope of a peaceful co-existence.
"No nation has ever willingly suffered the loss of half of its territory. It is ludicrous to have expected this of the Palestinians."
What territory are you referring to? Are you referring to the area of land that was administered by Britain following the defeat of the Ottoman Empire? By what stretch of logic do you conclude that that "belonged" to the Palestinians?