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I thought it was the UN that decided the country should be split into two states, where one would have a Jewish majority and the other would have an Arab majori
by yoavm 5y ago
I thought it was the UN that decided the country should be split into two states, where one would have a Jewish majority and the other would have an Arab majority. When did people rebel against imposing a majority-rule democracy?
Last time I checked Israel just changed the prime minister after having an election, while Palestine had its last election in 2006 and chose a party that literally killed its opponents.
- whimsicalism 5y agoI'm on my phone, so the history lesson is going to be pithy. The Jewish insurgency in mandatory Palestine was prompted by British indications that it was going to create a multi-racial, democratic state in Palestine, as they did in many of their other colonies once they departed. I believe there was a policy white paper published but I don't recall the name. After substantial British civilian/government worker deaths at the hands of insurgent bombs (ie. King David Hotel bombing), the British retreated and gave it to the UN, who did the partition. > Palestine had its last election in 2006 and chose a party that literally killed its opponents. I may be misremembering, but I believe a large reason elections haven't been held since then was because the party elected in 2006 was ejected in a coup by the party supported by the US and Israel. So, 14 years since an election in Palestine, and Netanyahu has been prime minister for 14 years.