Marc39
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Valid points, however they were at best "enemy combatants" since no recognized govt backed them nor was there a state of war.
thank you.
i could be wrong, but i suspect the term 'enemy combatants' came later. every nation starts the same way. israelis did it as humanely as possible. they were made certain promises and they expected britain to live up to those promises.
Balfour Declaration of 1917 - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Britain promise independent states to the Arabs then it turned around and promised a homeland for the Jews to the Zionists. Both sides believed that Britain reneged on it promise. Britain left without turning sovereignty over to anyone.
Last time I checked, Britain and France granted statehood to the Arabs in Iraq, Syria, Lebanon, Jordan and 99.9% of the old Ottoman Empire, about 8 million square miles, twice the size of the US.
Israel received a mere 8,000 square miles, just 0.1% of the land, the size of Vermont.
The Arabs don't have enough land?
The Jews have too much land?
Are you mentally ill?