I want to point out however, that the palestinians were not thrown out with nowhere to go - they HAD lands of their own and were only forced out because their own attacks on israel in which they lost all of their land.
--Beth, Pseudo usenet cop Merlin MTB, BikeE AT, RANS gliss, Trek R200, Kickbike Owned by Kavik (Samoyed Boy) and Toklat (Keeshond Boy) Anchorage, Alaska ----- Original Message ----- From: "Nick McClure" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "CF-Community" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Friday, March 29, 2002 10:17 AM Subject: Re: Why (Re: They invaded! 0_0) > Because when World War II ended, the UN needed a place to put the Jews that > were left homeless after the Germans destroyed their homes and towns, not > that they would have wanted to go back anyway. > > There was some resentment by the Christians, because deep down they blamed > the Jews for starting the war, if it weren't for them this wouldn't have > happened, but we won't talk about the Treaty of Versailles which left > Germany in ruin and a lot of resentment towards all the countries in Europe > will we. > > So they said, hey lets put them back where they came from. So part of the > Treaty at the End of WWII made space in the Middle East for an Israeli > State. Essentialy they took Palestine and cut half of it off and made one > part Israel, the US was the first to recognize the country, and many > Palestinians left or were forced to leave. > > > > At 02:03 PM 3/29/2002 -0500, you wrote: > > > Many Palestinians believe they have been pushed off their land by > > > outsiders. > > > >Why do they believe this? > > > >Todd > > > > > > > ______________________________________________________________________ Your ad could be here. Monies from ads go to support these lists and provide more resources for the community. http://www.fusionauthority.com/ads.cfm Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/index.cfm?sidebar=lists
