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In reply to the discussion: Thank you, Russian immigrant to Israel, for Nakba Day (Bradley Burston) [View all]shira
(30,109 posts)31. Do you hear yourself? They did not have the right....
..."to take the attitude that it was there land MORE than it was the Palestinians' land".
They didn't.
They accepted every 2 state deal. The Palestinians did not.
They did not have the right, in short, to act as if the fourteen centuries that Palestinians had lived continuously in these lands in significant numbers, farming the land, creating their own culture, making their own lives and traditions, meant nothing.
And it's that attitude, I think, more than any prejudice that you would prefer to think was involved, that is resented by the Palestinians.
And it's that attitude, I think, more than any prejudice that you would prefer to think was involved, that is resented by the Palestinians.
Do the Palestinians have the right to act as if Jews haven't lived throughout Israel (including Judea/Samaria) for the past 3000+ years, living continuously in those lands in significant numbers, farming the land, creating their own culture, making their own lives and traditions?
Realize it's the PA that is now doing its very best to deny Jews have any claim to Jerusalem. From Arafat to Abbas, both deny Jewish history there.
Also, Jews were displaced in a reverse scenario. Half the population descends from Jews who had to leave Arab lands surrounding Israel. Most lost everything they had in doing so.
I've maintained all along both people have valid claims to the land. You guys don't, as you want it to appear that land was stolen and people were expelled due to nasty Zionist plans and that's why, as someone posted above, the Palestinians "understandably" went to war against the Jews.
Before there was a state.
Before anyone was expelled.
The Jews offered Palestinians the chance to remain and be part of a democracy, where they could be represented. The Mufti and his gang wanted it all.
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Thank you, Russian immigrant to Israel, for Nakba Day (Bradley Burston) [View all]
Violet_Crumble
May 2012
OP
Thanks. I must have been trying to read one that was part of their premium content...
Violet_Crumble
May 2012
#2
As usual, yr wrong. The Nakba was the dispossession of around 700,000 Palestinians...
Violet_Crumble
May 2012
#6
I'll have to rememberthis the n ext time you attempt to delegitimize wiki however
azurnoir
May 2012
#27
Is there something you didn't understand about the information I gave you?
Violet_Crumble
May 2012
#17
If they had been allowed to return, without retribution, after the war was over
Ken Burch
May 2012
#13
Yes, and the first was a civil war. And you cannot understand why Israel was reluctant...
shira
May 2012
#41