Hamas denounces Moscow terror attack

[u/ObjectiveObserver420]

https://english.palinfo.com/news/2024/03/23/316342/

[u/xAsianZombie]

Nobody has a problem with Jews in Palestine, they have been living there for centuries. The issue is Arab displacement from their land, and forced expulsion. Arabs didn’t have an issue selling land to Jews prior to 1917. The Balfour declaration changed everything. Naturally, Arabs got upset when they found out that they were about to become second class citizens (at best) in their own country.

[u/xAsianZombie → u/[deleted]]

I think the vast majority are upset over losing their homes and land, not the presence of Jews. Like I said, Jews lived in Palestine for centuries, they never left in the first place.

[u/xAsianZombie → u/[deleted]]

The Balfour declaration itself was a declaration of war and ethnic cleansing. The Arabs were right to reject a state that would have come at their expense. It’s not ideological, it’s principled. Anyone in their shoes would have done the same.

[u/xAsianZombie → u/[deleted]]

The part where the indigenous weren’t consulted on whether or not they wanted to give up their land for an exclusive Jewish state. The “non Jewish communities” was 90% of the population at the time.

[u/xAsianZombie → u/[deleted]]

Right, they all lived together side by side. That’s the way it should have been, instead of an exclusive ethnostate that required ethnic cleansing of the land. Or “transfer”, which is the euphemism that’s used by Israel’s founders.

[u/xAsianZombie → u/[deleted]]

The goal was to keep land that belonged to them. Common sense tells us that anybody in their shoes would have done the same, they had every right to reject the 1948 partition and declare war to protect what was theirs. It was a decision based on principle. What you are essentially saying is that it’s the Arabs fault for not willingly giving up half their land, who would do that? Would you? Would anyone? Europe and the US certainly wasn’t willing to give up any land for Jewish refugees.

If anybody should have given up land for Jews it should have been Germany.

[u/xAsianZombie → u/[deleted]]

I just find it funny that your world view is so dependent on the idea that Arabs inherently don’t like Jews and how that’s the root of all problems in the region. Is it because Israel (celebrities, politicians, other leaders, the brainwashed masses) famously hates Arabs? Does the idea of Arabs hating Jews make you more comfortable?

It’s never been about the jews. Palestinians just want their land back. The best solution moving forward is a single democratic secular state with guaranteed right of return for anyone who was affected by the Nakba and subsequent mass expulsions. (Current Israelis can stay, two wrongs don’t make a right)