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Aussie105

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9. British colonial arrogance . . .

Reply to Beastly Boy (Original post)

Mon Nov 27, 2023, 06:29 PM

Nov 2023

The Brits were a superpower around the world at the time and thought that if they controlled an area, they could do what they liked with it.

The UN agreed with them in 1947.

It gave the diverse groups of Jewish people around the world a focal point on the globe to gather to.

Unfortunately, the UN decision became a point of conflict.

Israelis: We are promised a homeland by our Bible!

Palestinians and the Middle East in general: It doesn't work that simply!

Followed by 75 years of tensions and conflict.

That brings us to the mess the area is in today.

I can see how we got here, but I refuse to take sides. No point in doing so.

A lasting solution needs to be found soon.

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The author of '1948' on the 'mistakes' Palestinians made in Israel from the very start [View all] Beastly Boy Nov 2023 OP

And they were offered a two state marybourg Nov 2023 #1

There is so much to say about this. madaboutharry Nov 2023 #2

"my view is that if people commit major mistakes in history they pay for them." I'd be interested to hear Martin68 Nov 2023 #3

If there were some nation(s) powerful enough to inflict payment on us, marybourg Nov 2023 #7

So, in your view, payment must always be forced. Doesn't that mean might makes right and the Martin68 Nov 2023 #17

What gets me is why was a two-state solution needed back then? brush Nov 2023 #4

Because after 6 million Jews were killed in the Holocaust, in countries marybourg Nov 2023 #5

No, they've not gotten along from the jump. brush Nov 2023 #10

There were ristrictions on immigration. Buzz cook Nov 2023 #8

We can't correct the mistakes of the past. Buzz cook Nov 2023 #6

British colonial arrogance . . . Aussie105 Nov 2023 #9

I agree with you. I've stayed impartial also. brush Nov 2023 #11

How dare Palestinians have hard feelings. Basic LA Nov 2023 #12

Your post is historically inaccurate. madaboutharry Nov 2023 #13

It was their home. Now it's not. Basic LA Nov 2023 #14

This is not what you said in your post. madaboutharry Nov 2023 #15

Not what I said in my post? Basic LA Nov 2023 #16

This issue goes back to before 1948. The Balfour Declaration, from Britain, following World War 1, is the background. lees1975 Nov 2023 #18