• TranscendentalEmpire@lemm.ee
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    1 year ago

    Arab nations forced hundreds of thousands of Jews out of their homes and into Israel when the Brits controlled it.

    Israel did not exist under British rule… are you talking about the blockade of Jerusalem in 47? I don’t think you know what you are talking about, there were only 500k Jews in all of Palestine when the British were in charge. And a lot more Palestinians were displaced during that conflict than Jews.

    Israel accepted the UN proposal for a two state solution, giving Gaza and the West Bank to Palestine.

    Yeah… That’s why people were upset. The Jewish population made up 1/3 of the population, and owned only 7% of the land during the mandate, but we’re given 56% of the country, which just happened to be the most valuable land.

    Of course people are going to be pissed, a minority group was just awarded the majority of the country for free.

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        1 year ago

        Clearly not, as he said this was an operation when the British controlled Palestine. Magic carpet happened in 49’, two years after the initial outbreak of violence.

        We were discussing the initial cause of the violence, not one of its results.