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So were a lot of other people. What is your point?Jews were always present in the land, continuously for 3,500 years.
There's no other nation beside Jews that had 3,500 years of civilization in this land,
it actually really flourished only when Jews governed independently.
Other nations built monuments of conquest, but didn't really,
develop anything culturally distinct or flurished themselves.
But again, even if this was the opposite, this still doesn't justify,
why of all people Jews don't deserve independence.
My point is that all of the excuses you give,
as to rationalalize why Jews should be excluded from that right, actually lead to the opposite conclusion. And even if your premise was correct, and by your category it justifies eliminating the Jewish state, then by the very same category it invalidates the demand for an Arab state.
So how about instead of mindlessly repeating stuff that doesn't add up,
explain - why do you think Arabs deserve a state more than Jews?
This doesn't explain why Arabs deserve a state more than Jews,
in fact it doesn't address that at all.
It was you who tried to justify the demand for an Arab state,
by the fact that they didn't mange to wipe out all the locals.
So if you claim Arabs deserve a state according to that category,
the Jews sure do, not only did they didn't expell all the Arabs fighting for independence,
in fact since the re-constitution of the Jewish, their population grew sevenfold,
among whom many prefer Israeli rule to anything they see in the Arab world.
Again you defy your own definitions,
there's nothing Arabs didn't do that you accuse the Israelis.
So why the double standards?
You're missing the point.
Indeed I'm missing the point here,
because you're not addressing my question.
So why do you think Arabs deserve a state and Jews don't?
None of your responses explain why Arabs deserve a state more than others.
And there's no crime you accuse Israel that Arabs are not guilty of.
In fact, when following your definitions consistently,
Arabs deserve to be boycotted.
Who said that Palestine was up for grabs?
Those who call for an Arab state in Palestine, it never was one,
and even Arabs themselves call it the 'desert of the Jews':
The Judaean Desert or Judean Desert (Hebrew: מִדְבַּר יְהוּדָה Midbar Yehuda, both Desert of Judah or Judaean Desert; Arabic: صحراء يهودا Sahraa' Yahuda) is a desert in Israel and the West Bank that lies east of Jerusalem and descends to the Dead Sea. It stretches from the northeastern Negev to the east of Beit El, and is marked by natural terraces with escarpments. It ends in a steep escarpment dropping to the Dead Sea and the Jordan Valley.
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Judaean Desert - Wikipedia
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Q. So how does this explain why you think Arabs deserve a state and Jews don't?
You're deflecting.
Only if I missed the answer to the question you've been ducking.
Was there an explantion as to why you assume Arabs deserve a state while Jews don't?
You are ducking the question that will answer your question.