> did, I am just asking. Did they live there because they had taken the land
> from the Jews in recent history, or was this part of another country that
> was annexed by the formation of Isreal?
Very, very rough:
Romans drove out the Jews in what is refered to as the Diaspora.
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Ottoman Empire covers the entire region (Muslims)
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WWI. The Arabs help the English and the English establish a colony in
Palestine. Jews and Arabs pretty much lived side by side, but the Jewish
population was still fairly small.
End of WWII. 6 million Jews killed. The Jewish population of Europe is
decimated.
Looking for a home, Zionism starts full throttle. Jews begin moving to
Palestine in larger numbers and push for Palestine to become a Jewish State.
Arabs and Jews start openly attacking each other. (The Jewish organization
Irgun used tactics that were described in the media as terrorist bombings
that sound very similar to what we hear about Hamas today.)
The UN officially creates the State of Israel.
The PLO is formed.
The fighting continues.
I'm sure I'll get called for bias in that description. I included mentioning
the Irgun as a balance to the obvious violence of the PLO that we know
about. Whether you support the side of the Jews or the Arabs, the only truth
I think that can be stated is that fighting over the land has been bloody
and tragic for both sides.
-Kevin
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