Palestinian-Israeli conflicts vs. our immigration issues?
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Israel was legally created out of the dismemberment of the Ottoman Empire at the end of World War I. The area was desolate – desert and swamp – with some small towns and a few inhabitants, many of them nomads.
The inhabitants, if they thought about it at all, considered themselves Syrians. The legitimacy of Israel arises from the Balfour Declaration issued by the British, who were given the mandate over the area by the League of Nations. Jews have lived in the country since Biblical times. The Arabs from the surrounding areas were lured to “Palestine” by the industry and prosperity that the Jews brought to the region. Envy, hatred, and religious fanaticism turned the Arabs against the Jews. In bloody outrages, horrible massacres, killings and rapes, the Arabs tried to dislodge the Jews, but were unable to do so.
In 1947, the British, having tired of the trouble and the bloodshed, resigned their mandate. That same year, the United Nations mandated partitioning of the territory. The Jews, though disappointed, accepted the partition. The Arabs rejected it out of hand and launched war against Israel. The armies of five Arab countries invaded the nascent state. Following the exhortations of the invaders, the Arab residents got out of the way hoping to return after victory was attained. They could then reclaim their property and that of the Jews, all of whom would have been killed or would have fled. That and that alone is the source of the Arab “refugee problem.”
Had the Arabs accepted the UN partition plan, there would now have been a state of “Palestine” for the last 58 years. They might have attained a similar level of prosperity, advancement, and development as Israel, which, small though it is, is today in almost every regard one of the world’s most advanced countries.
They might even had deserved the right to be called "palestinian".
Nice job at conflating 2 of the most contentious issues today! I'm sure you'll get a clear understanding from the answers you receive.
well no, because no one is giving Mexicans our land. BUT I guess if the UN got involved, and on the Mexicans' side, then we might share the same fate. Which would suck, since we'd have another war-torn region. why can't people just get along?? But the UN won't get involved.
Nah, we can just cut off the electricity to that building in New York.
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No the other countries all want to control their own immigration too. I'm only hazily remembering the situation from college but I recall that somehow the British had the say over that land, and had promised it to Palistine, but Palistine didn't exist as such or didn't yet have it, and they gave it to Isreal instead after the death camps of WWII shocked everyone. It always did seem unfair for the Palistinians, but having been born with it as a fait accomplis, I have always felt we needed to move forward with the existing reality. (and Isreal is an ally.) I support Isreal's right to exist. What the devil happened to the road map? But then Hamas seems a bit active for that, don't they?
the Brits were promising it to both sides and got tired of the BS,so they turned it over to the UN after a terrorist attack by jews. i don't think we are doomed.
Israel itself was a state established based on religion, not on nationality, it's true that palestinian and Jews have been living in palestine since thousands of years, but that doesnt mean that every single Jew was living there, you can not establish a counrty and then kick most of it's nationals out and then say, Hey every single Jew is welcome to come and live here because someday in history there were jews living here.
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