Israel/Palestine
In reply to the discussion: New Israeli search method at West Bank checkpoint worries Palestinians [View all]Shaktimaan
(5,397 posts)the Palestinians disagree with your assessment. It's about the Jewish state being there according to Hamas. Otherwise Hamas in Gaza would have ended their terrorism as soon as Israel left Gaza, right? Instead they increased it.
but none of THOSE armies were there to permanently annex the place and drive the Palestinians out
Actually Jordan DID try to permanently annex the WB and EJ. A move condoned by the PLO in their original charter.
When did Israel ever say that they intended to permanently annex the West Bank? When did they drive any Palestinians out?
Why is it so hard to accept that there's no difference between Palestinians resisting the IDF Occupation of the West Bank and any other occupied people resisting the occupation THEY live under?
Because there is actually a huge difference. The idea that the conflict centers around post 67 occupied land is very, very recent. Yet the conflict is old.
Insisting that the issue is antisemitism distorts reality and works to make it impossible to end the current, unsustainable situation.
If the issue isn't anti-semitism then how some there is not a single Jew living in the territories that isn't a settler? Why were they all killed and thrown out? There are Arabs in Israel. Where are the Jews in Palestine? And why has the PA said that they plan on keeping it Jew free?