senojoekips....until you stop listening to only one side/view and start seeing things from BOTH sides, there is no point in arguing these points anymore.
I was a supporter of Israel until the availability of cameras started to make new evidence easily available on the internet some 10-15 years ago. This was made worse when I found out that many of these cameras were actually provided by Israeli human rights oganisations like B'Tselem to document the attrocities against the Palestinians. I think it might be you who actually needs to open both eyes.
you sight ramallah and jenin as massacres. this is heinous. instead of wiping out the area from air like any other army, the idf went house to house to pick out the terrorists, putting our boys in grave danger. the arab casualties did not even number 100, with the majority of them being armed fighters once again, you insist on the myth of there being this ancient palestinian people in the land forever. yes there were people living there, but they had no political allegiance, no nationality. in the 1800s it was a mixture of many peoples..
Please provide a credible source for this. Even if they were a collection of many peoples, that does not mean that they do not own the land.
and once again you cannot get around the fact that jews remained there and retained a presence there throughout time.
All of this has been shown before several times, The Jews have always been a minority in the area, ... always, and they still are. for the 1200 years prior to the flood of european Jews arriving since 1900, the land was almost completely devoid if Jews..
moreover, the jews who returned to this area bought all the land. they didnt steal it. buying something means not stealing. its a pretty simple concept.
Can you provide a credible source for that, the way I understand it most of the Palestinian land was just "Acquired" (Stolen) at absolute minimum price
if it was paid for at all. This behaviour has been in the news recently with many hours of newsreel evidence showing "settlers" (theives) illegally occupying Palestinian land and terrorising those Palestinians who have to live around them with beatings, abuse, stonings of men, women and children, and even shootings some of which are supported and undertaken by the Israeli army. There are video clips already posted on this Forum showing all of this, and i can find a lot more if you attempt to deny it. It is lies such as you are telling here, that to me are the proof that Israel is an illegitimate terrorist state.
finally, the most important point. most of the arabs moved there after the modern wave of jewish immigration. before the area was an awful, desolate place. after the jews turned it in to a economic and cultivatable land, many arabs moved (from the surrounding areas, egypt, jordan, syria, etc) AFTER the jews made it a liveable place.
From Encyclopaedia Britanica - Arab population 1900 to 1948:
The population of Palestine, predominantly agricultural, was about 690,000 in 1914 (535,000 Muslims; 70,000 Christians, most of whom were Arabs; and 85,000 Jews).
http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/...m-1900-to-1948
By my reckoning that makes535,000 + 70,000 = 605,000 Arabs and 85,000 Jews or 85.95% Arabs
By the end of 2004, Israel's population reached 6,869,500, including 5,237,600 Jews (76.2 percent), 1,340,200 Israeli Arabs (19.5 percent)
and 291,700 "others" (4.2 percent).
http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7...148583,00.html (Israeli figures)
To simplify that for you, that is an increase in Jewish population of 6,162% (Yes, six thousand percent) and an increase of 221% in the Arab population (two hundred and twenty one percent. So, this demonstrates quite clearly that the total population of Arabs between 1900 and 2004 went from 85% to 24.6% and yet you blather on about a flood of Arabs into Israel I think you have the shoe on the wrong foot meaning quite clearly "A flood of predominantly European Jews"
the truth is that many, many palestinians do not even trace back to this land or have far reaching roots in the land.
I would like a credible source for that, as I don't think that anyone would voluntarily move to where they are going to be beaten , shot and otherwise terrorised by the present occupiers and there is a lot of photographice evidence to show that this is what is happening
so you can continue to argue these points and fantasize about those jews seizing land and committing "massacres" like jenin. but you gotta look at history man. the jews have every right to be here as much as the arabs who call themselves palestinians.
I only have to look at the evidence to see who is fantasizing and I will post a few more videos of the lovely Israeli people up to their tricks to back my claim as soon as i get back from a meeting I must attend. Then maybe we can move on to the warcrimes,... yes there is also plenty of video evidence of that which you could easily see if you bothered to read the other threads on this Forum, but I would much prefer to drag them out again, just so you can keep being reminded of the Nazi like policies of Israel against the palestinians.
Also, The israelis made Palestine a livable place for their own purposes, it's not like they did it for the Owners of the land, and how exactly does making it "livable" give you the right to steal it. If I paint my neighbours house, that does not mean that it them belongs to me. Anyway,... I think you'll find that the Palestinians were happy with it the way it was, before you stole it.
I would love to stay, but i must go out,... but don't worry, I'll be back.