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Originally posted by Pedr
Personally I blame the British!! - they never should have annexed Israel, as it seems that from the first day subsequent there have been dissagreements over whom owns what.
Pedr
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A few historical points: The U.K. received a mandate from the League of Nations right after WWI to adminster Palestine. In 1947 the United Nations voted to partition Palestine and an Arab, Jewish, and an International zone encompassing Bethlehem and Jerusalem were formed. The British did their darnedest to keep Jews and weapons from continuing to arrive in Palestine and were only too happy to get the heck out of there. The Arab League refused to go along with the U.N. plan in any event and that resulted in the Arab/Jewish war of 1948, which the Arabs lost. The Arabs get their courage up every once in a while hence the 6 Day War and the Yom Kippur War. The state of Israel is now a fact and is not going to go away. Tired of getting their butts kicked in conventional warfare, Hezbollah, Hamas, et al have resorted to terrorism to justify their existences. I've travelled extensively throughout Israel, Syria, Jordan, and Egypt. Only one of those countries is a modern, progressive, democratic state. The other three are backwards, dirty, and poor. I'm sure Allah is proud of his children.