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Millions of Palestinians whose families were violently expelled from their homes by Jewish settlers in Mandate Palestine in 1947-48 remain stateless. These include the people of Gaza, the West Bank (four million) and a million or more in diasporas in Lebanon, Syria, and other countries.
The Palestinians are the last major stateless population.[..] Their situation in some ways resembles slavery, since slaves also were denied the rights of citizenship.
If Palestinians assemble peacefully to protest the loss of their farms to ever-expanding squatter settlements, the Israel army arrests them, including, often, children, who are taken away from their families and put in jail. Palestinians can be held for long periods without being charged. The prisoners are sometimes tortured.
[..]The Palestinians are not a security challenge– they are like the guard at a bank getting in the way of bank robbers.
it is shameful to have Israel preside over 4 million stateless people forever. This is Apartheid. And Netanyahu has just made Apartheid the official policy of Israel [..] The only fig leaf Israel had for its Apartheid was the farce of the “peace process” and a pro forma ritual invocation of a “future Palestinian state.” Now Netanyahu has ripped off the fig leaf and stands naked before the world.
originally posted by: Jobeycool
Castisitrophic war will happen if Palestine gets a state.People are so stupid and clueless today it is crazy.Brainwashed by media propaganda.
Palestine State is never going to fix the problems when Palestine is run by terrorist ansd facist like dicators who want to mass murder jews.
originally posted by: yuppa
originally posted by: buster2010
originally posted by: yuppa
a reply to: buster2010
"the land" is not a country. Its another descriptor for area. ANd Who respected the belfour declaration? It was under turkeys rule and as such was not the arabs to keep.
If it was under Turkey's rule then how was Britain able to give it away? Well Israel certainly hasn't respected the Balfour declaration.
They GAVE IT AWAY. you know how you give something away when you dont need it anymore?
Res. 89 (Nov. 17, 1950): Expresses its conviction that the maintenance of the General Armistice Agreement is threatened by any deliberate violation of that Agreement by one of the parties to it, and that no progress towards the return of permanent peace in Palestine can be made unless the parties comply strictly with their obligations under the General Armistice Agreement and the cease-fire provisions of its resolution 54 (1948)
Res. 242 (Nov. 22, 1967): Emphasizes “the inadmissibility of the acquisition of territory by war”, emphasizes that member states have a commitment to abide by the U.N. Charter, and calls for the “Withdrawal of Israeli armed forces from territories occupied” during the June 1967 war
originally posted by: ParasuvO
originally posted by: yuppa
originally posted by: buster2010
originally posted by: yuppa
a reply to: buster2010
"the land" is not a country. Its another descriptor for area. ANd Who respected the belfour declaration? It was under turkeys rule and as such was not the arabs to keep.
If it was under Turkey's rule then how was Britain able to give it away? Well Israel certainly hasn't respected the Balfour declaration.
They GAVE IT AWAY. you know how you give something away when you dont need it anymore?
What is funny about those who claim Palestine was never a country, is the fact that ISRAEL was never a country EITHER.
Two months after Britain's declaration of war on the Ottoman Empire in November 1914, Samuel circulated a memorandum entitled The Future of Palestine to his cabinet colleagues, suggesting that Palestine become a home for the Jewish people under the British Rule.
The memorandum stated that "I am assured that the solution of the problem of Palestine which would be much the most welcome to the leaders and supporters of the Zionist movement throughout the world would be the annexation of the country to the British Empire".
He was appointed to the position of High Commissioner in 1920, before the Council of the League of Nations approved a British mandate for Palestine. [..] He served as High Commissioner until 1925.
While the Zionists welcomed the appointment of a Zionist Jew to the post, the military government, headed by Allenby and Bols, called Samuel's appointment "highly dangerous" [..] the appointment was illegal, in that a civil administration that would compel the inhabitants of an occupied country to express their allegiance to it before a formal peace treaty (with Turkey) was signed, was in violation of both military law and the Hague Convention [..]
Bols said the news was received with '(c)onsternation, despondency and exasperation' by the Moslem [and] Christian population ... They are convinced that he will be a partisan Zionist and that he represents a Jewish and not a British Government.
'Sir Herbert Samuel regarded as a Zionist leader, and his appointment as first step in formation of Zionist national home in the midst of Arab people contrary to their wishes. Inhabitants cannot recognize him, and Muslim-Christian Society cannot accept responsibility for riots or other disturbances of peace'.
the Morning Post wrote that 'Sir Herbert Samuel's appointment as High Commissioner was regarded by everyone, except Jews, as a serious mistake.
In respect to the creation of a Jewish state in the Middle East, the report cautioned "Not only you as president but the American people as a whole should realize that if the American government decided to support the establishment of a Jewish state in Palestine, they are committing the American people to the use of force in that area, since only by force can a Jewish state in Palestine be established or maintained." [..]
The report noted that there is a principle that the wishes of the local population must be taken into account and that there is widespread anti-Zionist feeling in Palestine and Syria, and the holy nature of the land to Christians and Moslems as well as Jews must preclude solely Jewish dominion. It also noted that Jews at that time comprised only 10% of the population of Palestine.
originally posted by: Jobeycool
Castisitrophic war will happen if Palestine gets a state.People are so stupid and clueless today it is crazy.Brainwashed by media propaganda.
Palestine State is never going to fix the problems when Palestine is run by terrorist ansd facist like dicators who want to mass murder jews.
originally posted by: Freenrgy2
a reply to: Iscool
Right on. Palestinians = displaced arabs. They can go home anytime they want; back to Egypt, Syria, Jordan, Saudi Arabia, etc. Plenty of room for them there.
This whole farce exists only to deny Israel the right to be its own nation.
originally posted by: Swills
www.haaretz.com...
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyhau said Monday that if he were to be reelected, a Palestinian state would not be created, in a definite disavowal of his 2009 speech, in which he had voiced support for the principle of two states for two peoples.
Well the warmongering Netanyahooooooo shows his true colors, anyone surprised? Clearly peace and a two state solution was never apart of his plans, he needs war and fear to keep him in power. If Israel continues to vote for him then they should expect more rockets of fail to be flung their way.
Voting for him is voting for more violence.
If you beleive Hamas,Abbas or Hezbollah I;m sorry your soul is lost.They are nurt cases who hate jews to their core soul.They will burn in hell for it.What the heck is wrong with ths generation of people thinking Palestine has all a sudden become freindly.
originally posted by: here4this
originally posted by: Jobeycool
Castisitrophic war will happen if Palestine gets a state.People are so stupid and clueless today it is crazy.Brainwashed by media propaganda.
Palestine State is never going to fix the problems when Palestine is run by terrorist ansd facist like dicators who want to mass murder jews.
I do not understand why people will go around stating "things" as facts instead of doing the research and a quick study of history. As stated before , the Palestinians were given land in Egypt for a Palestinian state. The Nation of Israel was given to the people as an Israeli state by the UN.The portion of land was ceded by Israel to the Palestinian people due to no other Middle Eastern state could keep them in their country for the exact reasons you see today.
All of this that invovles Israel will end up in The Battle of Armageddon whether we believe it is real or not.All the political power is motivated over Israel.
originally posted by: ~Lucidity
a reply to: Jobeycool
Please define catastrophic war. Thank you.