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While it may be true that Jews were "chased out of the surrounding Arab countries", this doesn't justify the ethnic cleansing of Palestine. A crime is a crime.
by sndman 5y ago
While it may be true that Jews were "chased out of the surrounding Arab
countries", this doesn't justify the ethnic cleansing of Palestine.
A crime is a crime.
Let's be clear, forcibly removing an indigenous population of over 750,000
people (this included my parents) is a crime. These refugees and their
decedents have a right to return to their land. This has to be acknowledged and only then will the region move on.
Here, South Africa is a great example of a peaceful coexistence: while it has its problems, the country has moved on after Apartheid.
This is the root Palestinian problem. It's not a complicated story.
- skinkestek 5y agoAll you write until the part about South Africa more or less makes sense but you are leaving out a whole lot: Yes, forcibly removing 750 000 people can absolutely be considered a crime. But what then about the more than 750 000 Jews that were forcibly removed from their homes in the neighboring countries? Should they also have the right to return? Does it matter that Arab leadership encouraged your parents and others to leave? (In addition to the barbaric actions of certain Israeli groups.) Because both sides are displaced, only your side was on top of that also betrayed by their own leadership and used as a pawn while the Israeli side took care of its own people including to a large degree Arabs who chose to stay. When it comes to South Africa I have close friends and even relatives there. A fellow sysadmin friend of mine got knocked to the ground there by a gun (used to hit, not shoot) just last year in a robbery. People have to use guns, barbed wire and more to protect themselves. Politics is more or less crazy as far as I understand.