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> before there was any history of hostility Carving a piece of land pretty much unilaterally, against the wills of those living there, is already an act of hos
by andrepd 6y ago
> before there was any history of hostility
Carving a piece of land pretty much unilaterally, against the wills of those living there, is already an act of hostility.
- slavak 6y agoUhm... At least 32% of those living there would probably beg to differ.[1] (Or 55%, if you look at the actual partition plan.[2]) In any case most of the rest of the region was carved up by the occupying European powers in much the same way, including the creation of Lebanon, Syria, Jordan, and Iraq. [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Demographic_history_of_Palestine_(region)#Official_reports https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Demographic_history_of_Palesti... [2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_Nations_Partition_Plan_for_Palestine#Proposed_partition https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_Nations_Partition_Plan_...