Palestine/Israel

I'm here to learn. From what I understand, Britain had "the land" when Israel was formed. It also seemed the place was indeed called Palestine when the Jewish state was formed in 1948? So aren't the Jews there also "Palestinians"?



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In the midst of wanton aggression, we yet call upon the Arab inhabitants of the State of Israel to return to the ways of peace and play their part in the development of the State, with full and equal citizenship and due representation in its bodies and institutions -- provisional or permanent.

Previously... there was a six day war and land was taken over by the Jews.

http://www.historylearningsite.co.uk...y_war_1967.htm

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The war was against Syria, Jordan and Egypt. Israel believed that it was only a matter of time before the three Arab states co-ordinated a massive attack on Israel. After the 1956 Suez Crisis, the United Nations had established a presence in the Middle East, especially at sensitive border areas. The United Nations was only there with the agreement of the nations that acted as a host to it. By May 1967, the Egyptians had made it clear that the United Nations was no longer wanted in the Suez region. Gamal Nasser, leader of Egypt, ordered a concentration of Egyptian military forces in the sensitive Suez zone. This was a highly provocative act and the Israelis only viewed it one way – that Egypt was preparing to attack. The Egyptians had also enforced a naval blockade which closed off the Gulf of Aqaba to Israeli shipping. Rather than wait to be attacked, the Israelis launched a hugely successful military campaign against its perceived enemies. The air forces of Egypt, Jordan, Syria and Iraq were all but destroyed on June 5th. By June 7th, many Egyptian tanks had been destroyed in the Sinai Desert and Israeli forces reached the Suez Canal. On the same day, the whole of the west bank of the Jordan River had been cleared of Jordanian forces. The Golan Heights were captured from Syria and Israeli forces moved 30 miles into Syria itself.

Six hundred thousands arabs didn't like this though, so some land was giving back: http://ift.tt/1r8lnxl







The PLO was born, and Israel has been a target ever since, no matter how much land is given back.



Now we have people villifying the Israelis for what Hamas is doing there? And saying the "palestinians" (arabs) are being pushed out even though even more land was given up by Israel there in 2011? WTFrac?



What about how Hamas is lobbing weapons at Israel from that land that was given back and spending so many millions on building tunnels to bring weapons in??



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Why are the Israelis being painted as such bad guys lately, when it's Hamas that hides weapons in civilian areas??

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There’s another difference between the two sides. Israel doesn’t want to shed civilian blood. Hamas needs it – especially from its own civilians. That’s one reason why it puts rocket launchers and ammunition dumps in mosques and homes in crowded neighbourhoods. That’s why it told people not to leave northern Gaza this weekend after Israel warned it was going to bomb.

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I see so much crap in places about FB that say the exact opposite of these well known and easy to find facts. What is this insanity??

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