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> [Israel has] been aggressively expanding its borders to the expense of the local Palestinian population for the past 65 years. There are thirty times as many
by Samuel_Michon 13y ago
> [Israel has] been aggressively expanding its borders to the expense of the local Palestinian population for the past 65 years.
There are thirty times as many ‘Palestinians’ in Israel than there were 65 years a go. Meanwhile, Israel is now about half the size as it was in 1948. It’s tiny: the size of New Jersey.
- carlob 13y agoIs that true also if you count Israeli occupied territories? It seems to me that Palestinan controlled territories have shrunk quite a bit [1]. [1] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Israeli-occupied_territories#Overview http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Israeli-occupied_territories#Ov...
- Samuel_Michon 13y agoIn your pictures, only the last picture (current situation) shows Palestinian controlled territories. In the other images, the areas were controlled by the UK, Israel, Jordan, or Egypt. Meanwhile, the four images do show how much Israel has shrunk. There are more Arabs in historic Palestine (the State of Israel, Gaza, Judea & Samaria) than there are Jews or Christians [1]. The current State of Israel is a lot smaller than historic Palestine (read: pre-1948 Palestine). [1] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Projected_Population_for_Palestinians_and_Jewish_Population_in_Historic_Palestine_Selected_Years.jpg http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Projected_Population_for_P...
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