P F Tinmore
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Who started a war?You are arguing with me without looking at the information I posted.The purpose of the immigration makes a big difference.
Enter David Ben-Gurion (1886-1973), one of the Yishuv leaders who was born in Poland as David Gruen and arrived in Palestine in 1906 at the age of 20 and later became the first prime minister of Israel. He strongly advanced the idea of transfer and saw a clear link between the separation of the Palestinians and of the Jews and the plan for the eventual transfer of the Palestinians out of Palestine.
When the Palestinian Revolt took place between 1936 and 1939, the Zionists saw a chance for the strengthening of their underground forces and the expansion of their military infrastructure. It was becoming clear to the Yishuv that the solution to the Palestinian demographic problem can only be achieved through military force.
Introduction - 1948
The purposes of immigration were pluralistic. There had long been Jewish immigration to Israel, as a form of returning to one's native land, without the idea of creating a state.
There was immigration, particularly after the Holocaust, where the idea of a state became a matter of survival.
There were PLURALISTIC views among Jews at the time as to the creation of a state, the make up of the state, and the ethnicity of it's citizenry. The attitude that won out was a democratic state, set up as a homeland for the Jewish people, and all citizenry having equal rights (at least in theory). The minority factions that called for driving out the Arabs were decisively overruled.
All of this 70 years ago...3 generations of people.
Are we going to bang on about the events 70 years ago?
Your information is taking one faction, and it's out of a larger context. I do not disagree that there was desire for increased territory (and still is) and that there were and are factions who still desire this. BUT - that is not what Israel ended up being. Despite some very real issues imo (and I've gone on about them - absentee landowner laws, refusal to allow many to return, etc) - they set up a democratic state where Arab citizens have the right to vote, have a voice in politics and that is what we have now...70 years later. What you said doesn't support the claim you made that all Jewish immigration was to "invade" or even create a state. There were many reasons. So if you're going to damn the Jewish immigrants, then you need to be consistent and damn the Arab immigrants.
And honestly Tinmore...I know you are a grandfather, I can't understand how you can justify terrorism that targets and kills children - I simply can't. If you view Israeli airstrikes that kill children with horror - how can you not view slitting a baby's throat with horror?I really don't. I just try to point out a double standard.And honestly Tinmore...I know you are a grandfather, I can't understand how you can justify terrorism that targets and kills children
Israel can kill hundreds of Palestinian children and it is ho hum. If one Israeli child gets killed it is world wide front page news and we hear about on this board for years.
So why is it OK for Israel but not OK for the Palestinians.
Israel kills children yet the Palestinians are expected to sit on their hands.
Remember These Children 2014 Memorial
TOTALS SINCE SEPT 2000:
Israelis: 131
Palestinians: 1656
Gee-had carries consequences.
When you start a war, don't cry foul because you are trashed by a better trained, better equipped and more motivated opponent.
The crocodiles you can shed tears with are over there ------>
Link?