Am I understanding this correctly? Israel exists because people from all over the world simply moved to a place that was already inhabited and said "this land is ours now"?
Interesting. Palestine (yes, Palestine) was run by Ottoman Empire, 1917. Ottoman Empire was a Muslim Empire.
In 1917, very few of the residence of Palestine were Jews. The vast majority were Arab Palestinians who owned property.
The Balflour Declaration, 1917 was Great Britain stating their opinion that Palestine was for Jewish people. It was just an opinion, 1917 since Great Britain did not obtain control of Palestine until 1918.
Straight out of the colonialist playbook, baby! Just like we did it in 'Merica: We like this place! It's got a lot of cool stuff we can monetize! Sorry, savages - this is ours now!!!
Am I understanding this correctly? Israel exists because people from all over the world simply moved to a place that was already inhabited and said "this land is ours now"?
Shocking that this created conflict!
Yes; but we aren’t allowed to criticize Israel in America.
Am I understanding this correctly? Israel exists because people from all over the world simply moved to a place that was already inhabited and said "this land is ours now"?
Shocking that this created conflict!
You may want to go back to the years 66 to 135 and read up on the Jewish-Roman Wars.
Ok, but America didn't leave the pre-existing intact, so they didn't open the door to ongoing conflict. I think the way we did it makes more sense.
You might want to visit one of the 325 American Indian reservations in the US and read about the various American Indian Wars, etc.
I already addressed this. America is different because we sufficiently addressed the pre-existing populations to ensure there wouldn't be ongoing conflict.
Am I understanding this correctly? Israel exists because people from all over the world simply moved to a place that was already inhabited and said "this land is ours now"?
Shocking that this created conflict!
we are all of us migrants and trespassers, except perhaps the khoisan
Am I understanding this correctly? Israel exists because people from all over the world simply moved to a place that was already inhabited and said "this land is ours now"?
Shocking that this created conflict!
You may want to go back to the years 66 to 135 and read up on the Jewish-Roman Wars.
If we're going to go that far back, why not go all the way back to when Israelites took the land from the miscellaneous tribes that lived in the area?
OP, yes that is basically what happened. America and Britain owed Jewish scientists for WWI/WWII and wanted a foothold in the ME, so they created Israel
You might want to visit one of the 325 American Indian reservations in the US and read about the various American Indian Wars, etc.
I already addressed this. America is different because we sufficiently addressed the pre-existing populations to ensure there wouldn't be ongoing conflict.
Indignous Americans were "sufficiently addressed" in the 1500s by the diseases the Spanish brought over
Am I understanding this correctly? Israel exists because people from all over the world simply moved to a place that was already inhabited and said "this land is ours now"?
Shocking that this created conflict!
Nope. You are not understanding this correctly. Happy to help out.
You may want to go back to the years 66 to 135 and read up on the Jewish-Roman Wars.
If we're going to go that far back, why not go all the way back to when Israelites took the land from the miscellaneous tribes that lived in the area?
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Except they didn't. this is fictitious, unless you really believe 12 tribes conquered and wiped out indigenous canaanites - and THEN completely adopted their language
Am I understanding this correctly? Israel exists because people from all over the world simply moved to a place that was already inhabited and said "this land is ours now"?
Shocking that this created conflict!
WOW . . are you in middle school and haven't made it to history classes yet ?
Palestine was originally the land of the Canaanites and then conquered by Egyptians, then the Hittites, the Assyrians, Amorites, Israelites, Judeans, Babylonians, Archaemenids, Romans, Byzantines, until the Arab Muslims invaded in the 600s.
The Arab Muslims established a series of caliphates that kept collapsing due to internal instabilities. European crusaders seized control for parts of the 1000s through 1200s. The Mamluks ruled from 1200s to end of 1400s, including a very brief several months under the Mongol empire. In early 1500s the Ottomans invaded and ruled until 1800, when French Emperor Napoleon Bonaparte took over for just a year. Mamluks ruled again, then Egyptians again, Ottomans again, and finally WW1 ended Ottoman Empire forever and set a period of British rule.
After WW2, British exited and the UN divided Palestine into Arab and Jewish states. They have been at bitter war with each other ever since.