[carton253]

I know that this is a long read... but worth every word of it in understanding the history of Palestine.

[carton253]

I thought you might enjoy this article.

[Ancesthntr]

The scenario of a western people settling a wilderness area and making a country of it, of farming and industrializing it, then having people from surrounding areas immigrate there because of the availability of food, jobs and freedom, then finally having those immigrants claim the land for themselves has happened already. Those examples are Rhodesia and South Africa, where the squatters now control the governments. We already know that Rhodesia has been turned into the most brutal of dictatorships, where the remaining descendants of the westerners who built the place from nothing are barely hanging on to their lives, and where their property is subject to seizure at the whim of thieves masquerading as government officials. In South Africa, senseless violence is a way of life. Any descendants of those who built that country from nothing would be smart if they got out before their nation becomes Rhodesia II.

What happened in Rhodesia and South Africa is a model for what the Arabs want to do to Israel. The Arabs obviously want to make Israel Rhodesia III, though clearly won't allow any of the descendants of those westerners who built the nation from nothing to survive. I sincerely hope that the Israelis fight to win, unlike those in Rhodesia and South Africa, and that the rest of the western world finally wakes up. I have little hope of the latter (with the exception of the US), but a great deal of hope for the former (after all, the Jews of Israel, unlike citizens of Rhodesia and South Africa, have no where else to go).

[monkeyshine]

She's good, bump!

[ladyinred]

You have done a great service by posting the real history of the Palies and the Jewish people.

Although I knew most of this, it has indeed been buried in a sea of misinformation and the revision of history.

[Alouette]

BTTT

[widowithfoursons]

Ping me. It's ridiculous that people have no clue about this issue. If they even watched Newman in "Exodus" the history would be evident.

[1bigdictator]

The facts and fiction regarding Israel's pre-statehood history are compelling and undermine the credibility of Arab claims. But Israel's survival, and that of the Jews, will not result from a much needed history lesson for those opposed to her existence.

The parties (namely the EU and UN) seeking to scapegoat Israel and the Jews for the Arabs misery are not misinformed, but rather have calculated the specific agenda to destroy the state of Israel. These parties must be taken to account based on the long held practices and precedents set by international law.

And as I recently posted, the debate on whether Arab-terrorists may be freedom fighters concedes legal authority to their actions. Before answering whether Palis are justified in fighting "occupiers" it must be determined whether they are being "illegaly occupied". The history of events surrounding the West Bank and Gaza make the Pali claim dubious under international law. Simply stated, legal title to this territory vested under Israel's soveriegnty upon the unlawful actions of Israel's Arab neighbors, who used the territory to repeatedly launch invasions against Israel (four hostile attacks upon Israel between 1948 and 1967-- any of which gave Israel the right to annex the disputed territory).

[Cinnamon Girl]

Wow. Nicely done, carton253. Not an easy book to get through-- thanks for your service to FR.