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> Israel is quite literally built on top of the ruins of Palestinian villages The entire region was historically Jewish. As a simple example, consider the Al A

> Israel is quite literally built on top of the ruins of Palestinian villages The entire region was historically Jewish. As a simple example, consider the Al Aqsa mosque in Jerusalem. It is literally built on the ruins of a Jewish temple from BC times. That is long before any Arabs lived in the area, and long before Islam was invented. There’s also no such thing as a “Palestinian village” because there is no such identity as Palestinian in truth. There’s just Islamic Arabs who tried to take over this land and claim it is their homeland when their homeland is really elsewhere. > It has resisted any diplomatic route to a two-state solution There were at least 5 different offers for a two-state solution historically. The people calling themselves “Palestinian” rejected every one of those. The real reason that can be deduced from this, is that they just don’t want a Jewish state to exist anywhere in any capacity.

tovej 1y ago
This is full of dishonest talking points so I will only address some of them to show others just how dishonest they are. Saying Palestinians aren't part of a nation is some racist bullshit. You're denying Palestinians their nationhood even though Palestinians have had a national identity for longer than Israel has existed. Just to humour you, Palestine has multiple world famous national symbols, like the Jaffa orange, the keffiyeh, and the Dabke. All older than Zionist plans to take over the region. The Palestinians haven't moved to Palestine recently, they've mostly been moved _out_ of Palestine, or moved into Gaza by Israel from elsewhere in their homeland. People whose families have lived in Palestine for generations are denied their right of return by Israel, even though this was rules a condition in UN resolution 194. Why would we even be talking about a right to return if Palestine isn't their homeland? The people whose homelands are elsewhere are the Israeli settlers. I will agree that the region was jewish thousands of years ago. Nobody alive today is reaponsible for that, and the Palestinians are also descendants of the jewish people who lives there at the time. The Nakba happened in 1948, and the state of Israel that was founded on the back of those crimes still exists and is still responsible. Just as an example, Tel Aviv university is built on the rujns of the village of Sheikh Munis, and some of its dorms are built on the village's graveyard (source: https://www.timesofisrael.com/high-court-tau-can-build-dorms-despite-muslim-objections-over-graves/ https://www.timesofisrael.com/high-court-tau-can-build-dorms...). This is acceptable to Israeli society because they view Palestinians as subhumans. What is happening is so incredibly obvious to anyone with a brain who has at least a speck of humanity in them. Which is why it is so devastatingly horrifying that some people are cheering Israel on as it wipes out an indigenous population, and when our political system is doing absolutely nothing to stop them.

tovej 1y ago

This is full of dishonest talking points so I will only address some of them to show others just how dishonest they are. Saying Palestinians aren't part of a nation is some racist bullshit. You're denying Palestinians their nationhood even though Palestinians have had a national identity for longer than Israel has existed. Just to humour you, Palestine has multiple world famous national symbols, like the Jaffa orange, the keffiyeh, and the Dabke. All older than Zionist plans to take over the region. The Palestinians haven't moved to Palestine recently, they've mostly been moved _out_ of Palestine, or moved into Gaza by Israel from elsewhere in their homeland. People whose families have lived in Palestine for generations are denied their right of return by Israel, even though this was rules a condition in UN resolution 194. Why would we even be talking about a right to return if Palestine isn't their homeland? The people whose homelands are elsewhere are the Israeli settlers. I will agree that the region was jewish thousands of years ago. Nobody alive today is reaponsible for that, and the Palestinians are also descendants of the jewish people who lives there at the time. The Nakba happened in 1948, and the state of Israel that was founded on the back of those crimes still exists and is still responsible. Just as an example, Tel Aviv university is built on the rujns of the village of Sheikh Munis, and some of its dorms are built on the village's graveyard (source: https://www.timesofisrael.com/high-court-tau-can-build-dorms-despite-muslim-objections-over-graves/ https://www.timesofisrael.com/high-court-tau-can-build-dorms...). This is acceptable to Israeli society because they view Palestinians as subhumans. What is happening is so incredibly obvious to anyone with a brain who has at least a speck of humanity in them. Which is why it is so devastatingly horrifying that some people are cheering Israel on as it wipes out an indigenous population, and when our political system is doing absolutely nothing to stop them.