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Hamas Is In Control
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Once again, the Palestinians never actually had control of what is today called Israel. For the last 200 years, it has been in Ottoman or British hands. The UN voted to allow the creation of the modern State of Israel, and immigration was opened up to Jews. This was a political change, simply the handover of power from the Brits to David Ben-Gurion. Nobody was ever kicked out of their homes. Nobody ever said that only Jews can live there. On the contrary, I know many non-Jews who have lived in Israel for periods of time.
Nothing was ever taken away from the Palestinians because they never controlled anything. It was not their land anymore than the United States is the "white man's" land .They were not evicted from their homes; instead, hard-working immigrants replaced them. Maybe had the Palestinians decided to cooperate with Ben-Gurion, they could have played a role in Israeli politics.
Since when is immigration considered an invasion?
Your first sentence is ridiculous. Hard working immigrants replaced them? hard working in what? just cause theyre hardworking gives them no right to kick someone out of thier house. Why should the palestinians cooperate with the Israeli's? After the British left, the land should have been given back to the Palestinians. In this way, the Palestinian people are being unjustly screwed over twice and you agree with this.
"Nothing was ever taken away from the Palestinians because they never controlled anything."
Yes, and the Israeli's have no right to claim the land for religious reasongs dating back to 1200 BC. Regardless of what the British and UN did, the Palestinians have no reason to acknowledge and support Israel. You are right on one point though, they never had control of the Palestinian region, and after WWII when all colonial powers were giving their countries freedom Palestine should have been created for the Palestinians. How could you even speak against people who are merely trying to take control of the land they have lived in. And don't says the Jews have always lived there, because even though their ancestors are from there, Arabs controlled the land for hundreds of years before WWII.
Yes, because the British had quotas on Jews before then. Perhaps this is the best way to explain the creation of Israel--free immigration for Jews and open immigration for everyone else.
This, from Wikipedia:
"To date, no Arab country with the exception of Jordan has granted citizenship to Palestinian refugees living on its soil or their descendants. In Lebanon, Palestinians largely continue to live in refugee camps, often under harsh conditions, denied any benefits of citizenship and subject to restrictions on employment."
Refugee camps? Stripped of rights? Harsh conditions? Not even the Palestinians' Arab brothers treat them well. At least Israel gave them the chance to be citizens and participate in democracy. Of course, it's hard to be taken seriously when your countrymen are shooting at schoolbuses . I guess those kids were guilty too? And yes, spare me that Palestinian kids have been killed too. The Israeli army did not plot to have them killed.
What's going to happen in fifty years when Hispanics overtake whites as the dominant racial group in the U.S.? Are you going to say they have no right to the land?