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Quote by: Milton Bradley  Since the US government is so fond babysitting them, I see no reason they couldn't be moved here, or even back to Europe where they came from. ( I hope the invite to my own homeland will negate any claims that I am an anti-Semitic. ). |
They taking Texas or what?
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Quote by: Milton Bradley As for negotiating peace, I think that history since 1948 pretty much proves that as a pipe dream.. |
How long did they fight in Ireland? Several hundred years. The point being, rather than stir a new shit stew and deal with that boiling over and all the phases the conflict is bound to go through, why not just deal with the problem we have and solve it in ways that have worked before?
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Quote by: Milton Bradley If, as you contend, Palestine is their homeland, why didn't they choose to move in peacefully instead of under the guns of the US NAVY? ( Also interesting that you called that land Palestine, instead of Isreal. ). |
They were moving in peacefully for many years. The real push into Palestine started in the late 1800's (as a direct consequence of the Dreyfus Affair) and was done with the blessing and participation of the Ottoman Empire, who owned Palestine until the end of WWI, after which it came under the protection of the British. So, should the land go back to Turkey, should we reconstitute the Ottoman Empire or just give it to the British? And, I call it Palestine because that was the name of the administative regional desigination for hundreds of years. It is not an Arab, nor a Jewish designation, and is therefore basically neutral.
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Quote by: Milton Bradley Ownership, as the title read in 1948 before the invasion.. |
See above
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Quote by: Milton Bradley Both sides have been to the negotiating table, but Isreal always ends up with ownership, and control of Jerusalem. |
So, if Israel does not give up ownership of the state, then that is proof of bias? Jerusalem is another matter, as it should probably be a free, international city. Or were you saying the fact that they end up with control AND ownership of Jerusalem is the problem? At first I thought you meant ownership of all of Israel and control of jerusalem.