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Israel/Palestine
In reply to the discussion: Jews Do Not ‘Occupy’ Their Own Homeland [View all]DetlefK
(16,455 posts)20. Two peoples, one homeland, but they are not the same.
The Jews want to get rid of the foreigners living on "their" homeland.
The Palestinians want to get rid of the Jews living on "their" homeland.
The Jews are seen as occupiers because the palestinian community has grown organically in Judea and Palestine. The nation Israel did not grow organically there but was a planned and executed project with a dedicated purpose. For all the historical continuity from ancient times to the present, there is no political continuity on the side of the Jews from ancient times to the present, because the kingdom Israel hasn't existed as an independent entity for centuries. That's why their claim seems so dubious.
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There was a lot of Arab immigration into Palestine. Ever heard of Robert Kennedy?
shira
Oct 2016
#32
William Ziff's 1937 Rape of Palestine shows mass immigration during British occupation....
shira
Nov 2016
#38
You've learned what? You're still a fan of the discredited admitted revisionist Pappe.
shira
Nov 2016
#60
There are already people who have lived for generations on the land. Most of them are not jewish.
pennylane100
Oct 2016
#15
Does every ethnicity/nationality have a claim to the land where they lived 2,000-odd years ago?
malchickiwick
Oct 2016
#9
Not at all. Do you advocate acknowledging those rights only selectively? n/t
malchickiwick
Oct 2016
#14
Don't the Palestinians also have indigenous rights? Palestinians = Philistines,
malchickiwick
Oct 2016
#33
No one is arguing they don't, only that the Jews aren't thieves, colonists, occupiers. N/T
shira
Nov 2016
#37
If you're worried about discrimination then you should oppose racist efforts to deny Jews' rights...
shira
Nov 2016
#67
As to everyone living in their ancestral homeland, Palestinians in Gaza, W.Bank, Jordan....
shira
Nov 2016
#68
But Tich, you ethnically discriminate all the time, not wanting Jews in the W.Bank....
shira
Nov 2016
#79
Well they do, but that's off the table b/c as Jews they're not allowed to live there....
shira
Nov 2016
#83
the history of the israelites make it very clear how they came to "own" judea nt
msongs
Oct 2016
#17