Who were the 'original' inhabitants of Palestine
Posted By: ?? on 2009-05-11
In Reply to: If you don't realize that - Mythbuster
and who took the land away from whom?'
If I follow HISTORY, it was the Jews who took the land away from the Palestilnians in 1948 and made a further attack on Arab land in 1967.
What you call 'stirring up this conflict' is the constant attempt of the Palestinians wanting their land back.
Historical documentation:
Gaza, a tiny landstrip along the Mediterranean sea, was 'given' to the Palestinians.
Last year Israel attacked Gaza, making it a massacre, killing and injuring thousands and thousands of Palestinians.
This all History, not Propaganda.
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My hand's up. I've lived in Palestine.
Not Israel, Palestine. I first arrived in the region September 29, 1982 in Madaya, a village near the border of Syria and Lebanon. You may recall that was 16 days after the Sabra and Shatila Massacre. My husband was involved in the humanitarian aid efforts there.
In case you do not recall, let me remind you. In accordance with an internationally brokered peace deal, Palestinians had surrendered their weapons and were deported from Beirut, leaving their families under the protection of a peace keeping force. The Israeli army invaded Beirut, violating the peace treaty, and some 3000 defenseless Palestinian women and children were rounded up in the refugee camps of Sabra and Shatila and were systematically murdered in cold blood. Israel killed more than 30,000 civilians in Beirut in the 1982 invasion and a half million people were driven from their homes.
Tens of thousands of them landed in Madaya. I was there with my husband for 19 months and watched as they administered the programs to relocate those refugees. During that time, we traveled to Nablus, Ramallah and Rafah and spent about 3 months in each place.
So, no, this is not about being PC. Bleeding heart? YOU BET. FYI, I still lose sleep over what I saw there.
You must be very proud to have roots in the land where the rivers run red with the blood of Palestine.
If you are looking to point fingers --- Palestine was under the control
of the United Kingdom in the early 20th century who made conflicting promises to both sides of the dispute and then turned the whole mess over to the U.N. in 1947. Then the U.N. then put their stamp of approval on a two-state resolution to the conflict which the palestinians rejected and then attacked the Israelis. They lost. It is as simple as that. They lost and then when other Arab nations decided to invade Israel (Egypt, Syria, Jordan, and Lebanon) they lost too.
Even under occupation, Palestine hold democratic elections,
as do Turkey and Lebanon, and those countries do not occupy any other populations.
Obama has other things to worry about: North Korea! Israel:Palestine etc...
Why are you so interested to know WHO visits the White House in top secret meetings?
This is not what Obama meant when he said...'I will open the White House...!
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