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originally posted by: DarknStormy
religiously speaking the Holyland was given to the Jews in the past if they were righteous in their conduct. In other words it was a conditional agreement between them and God. Though I see the same as you, it cannot be ignored that Jews do use this as an excuse to justify many different things including the persecution of Palestinians.
Israel is a sovereign country so it has a right to exist as it is. The definition of a sovereign country is - "A sovereign state is generally defined to be any nation or people, whatever may be the form of its internal constitution, which governs itself independently of foreign powers." So it can run it's country any way it sees fit.
So when Muslims say that Jews aren't 'righteous' so therefore the Muslims should get Israel because God promised ... that's hogwash and just an excuse for a land grab. No one is righteous and using Abrahamic fairytales from 4500 years ago to try to claim land is absurd and extremely ignorant.
originally posted by: buster2010
First no nation has a right to exist.
Second with as much as Israel begs from the rest of the world they are in no way a sovereign nation.
Then why should the nation of Israel even exist? They used that fairytale to target the land they wanted to steal.
All of that land has been in the Arabs possession longer than anyone
originally posted by: FlyersFan
That religious argument of theirs that 'God gave us this land' doesn't hold water in 2014AD. The world knows better. That alleged promise doesn't hold for the Jews .. and it doesn't hold for the Muslims who say 'it was conditional and you broke the conditions' so we get the land. This is why religious rule of law is ignorant. A secular rule of law is the only fair and equitable rule. No one has been given a land gift by God. No one. And using a SUPPOSED promise that ALLEGEDLY came from God 4500 years ago ... that's just downright silly.
As to the Jews and Palestinians ... they both have blood on their hands. They both adhere to ancient religious claims of rights over lands. They both need to evolve. The world is a crowded place. The land wasn't gifted by God to anyone. They need to grow up and learn to live packed tightly together. Either that ... or they should just finally in one swift blow beat the hell out of each other without any interference or 'help' from outside sources .. and the last one standing gets the land. Get it over with. The world is tired of them all whining and acting like its 2500 BC ...
originally posted by: DarknStormy
The truth is Israel may be a sovereign nation but their foundations were built on deception by secular extremists in the late 40's.
So why is it that no-one can cooperate after the creation of Israel? It doesn't sound like an issue that started in the Middle East but one that was brought into the Middle East from somewhere else.
originally posted by: FlyersFan
originally posted by: DarknStormy
The truth is Israel may be a sovereign nation but their foundations were built on deception by secular extremists in the late 40's.
Sure ... it was settled based on tired 4500 year old Abrahamic folklore that NO ONE should be using as an excuse for land grabs. But that was 75 years ago. There isn't anything we can do about it now except hope that everyone in that area can settle down and live side by side better. The world is a crowded place. It's only going to get more crowded.
So why is it that no-one can cooperate after the creation of Israel? It doesn't sound like an issue that started in the Middle East but one that was brought into the Middle East from somewhere else.
If people lived in peace in Israel then a lot of people would be put out of business and would stop making money. Hamas included. A lot of people don't want peace. And there ARE a lot of religious extremists who have raised their ugly heads ... both Muslim and Jewish ... in regards to that land. It's awful.
According to the Bible, God gave Moses the Ten Commandments and the tenets of Judaism.
13 “You shall not murder.
14 “You shall not commit adultery.
15 “You shall not steal.
16 “You shall not give false testimony against your neighbor.
17 “You shall not covet your neighbor’s house. You shall not covet your neighbor’s wife, or his male or female servant, his ox or donkey, or anything that belongs to your neighbor.”
www.haaretz.com...
According to a June 2010 fact sheet on the USAID Internet site, last year American taxpayers funded the paving of 63 kilometers of asphalt roads in the West Bank.
By Akiva Eldar | Nov. 16, 2010 | 2:17 AM | 100
The thing is, U.S. tax dollars pay for these peace-destroying settlements. American aid to Israel — $3.1 billion a year — isn’t just a symbol of the alliance and friendship between the two countries. It is a tacit U.S. green light for Israel to do as it pleases. Want to drop cluster bombs on Palestinian civilians in Gaza? Sure, here’s another billion dollars. Want to build another 1,000, 2,000 or 20,000 housing units in the West Bank? Sure, here’s another billion dollars.
It exists. I know you hate it. But that's a fact. It exists.
Oh please. Then any nation that receives aid wouldn't be able to exist - and there are tons of them. Then the Palestinians wouldn't have a right to exist. Get real.
No one should use 4500 year old 'God gave me the land' folklore to lay claim to land. Not the Jews. Not the Muslims. No one. It's absurd.
It was Hebrew land before Arab land.
originally posted by: DarknStormy
a reply to: Char-Lee
The whole promise is based around being righteous in conduct and upholding the Jewish laws, not steamrolling into someone else's land, slaughtering them and using Judaism as a reason to establish a secular state lol