On 14 Jun 2003 at 21:10, Erik Reuter wrote: > 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.
There was nothing "sudden" about it - events leading up to it had been going on for half a century. Perhaps WW2 gave it a final push, but things were brewing WELL before that. Also, those peoples leaders had just REJECTED a plan which would have seem them get their own state. There are over a million Isralie Arabs. They cannot serve in the army but in all other ways are full citizens. Andy Dawn Falcon _______________________________________________ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
