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In reply to the discussion: Israel, Hamas escalate fighting with no end in sight [View all]Calista241
(5,586 posts)11. Before the state of Israel was created, Palestinians oppressed the Jewish people relentlessly.
Many Jews fled from the Middle East to Europe, where they were later nearly exterminated by the Nazi's.
The Jewish people were banned from entering Jerusalem, and could even get near the Wailing Wall, the holiest site of their religion. They couldn't own property, couldn't hold many jobs, and were rounded up in slums so they didn't contaminate their Palestinian overlords.
Since Israel was founded, they have been invaded twice by their neighbors, with the intent of kicking the Jews out of the middle east. The founding principles of the PLO (now the Palestinian Authority) call for the abolition of Israel as a state.
So saying the entire crisis boils down to Israeli settlement policy is massively disingenuous.
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These rockets come from Gaza, and there's no Israeli settlements in Gaza. N/t
Calista241
May 2021
#8
Before the state of Israel was created, Palestinians oppressed the Jewish people relentlessly.
Calista241
May 2021
#11
There's a lot of opinion to unpack there about things that happened seventy plus years ago
questionseverything
May 2021
#15
Since they warned the occupants to get out before they bombed it i'd guess nothing.
EX500rider
May 2021
#23
Giving Hama's military arm safe places to base is not surprising not something Israel wants to do nt
EX500rider
May 2021
#25
"The idea that bombing is ok after a warning is not something we would accept here"
EX500rider
May 2021
#26
Why the western press uses terms like eviction instead of theft I don't know
questionseverything
May 2021
#34