On Sat, Jun 14, 2003 at 08:51:51PM -0400, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > When the Britain promished the Jews a state they were not dividing > a previously existent state they were giving the Jews part of the > Land they controlled. Now you can argue that the British and then the > allies had no right to do this but it was certainly not same as giving > away part of a pre-existent country.
I think when trying to understand motivations of people involved, it is more realistic to think in terms of people's homes than in terms of a "country". It seems clear that the Zionists did not buy ALL of the land proclaimed to be the Jewish State -- there were a number of Palestinian Arabs with homes on that land when the Jewish State was proclaimed. Almost everyone I know would feel wronged if someone suddenly declared, without consulting them, that their home was going to be part of a new religious state. -- "Erik Reuter" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> http://www.erikreuter.net/ _______________________________________________ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
