Was there ever a Palestinian State?
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Palestine was under UN Mandate, formally under British mandate. \n\nNo, there was never a country called Palestine. Prior to WWI Palestine referd to a large area of the Ottoman Empire that comprises the modern states of Jordan, Israel, and parts of Syria and Lebanon. \n\nIn fact, "Palestine" was a concept that existed only in Western minds until the 20th century.... The Arabs always insisting that the area was part of Syria since "Palestine" was a term only associated with Jews.
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Yes. If they take over Palestine fully, then the problem will be solved once for all.  Or the entire middle eastern countries where there are problems for more than 5 years,  where there are so many terrorist problems, should be taken over for administration by the combined armed forces of US, UK, Germany, France, China, India, Japan and Russia, without any self interest by these countries.
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there are no palestinians.. that is simply a made up name for ARABS who are no different than any-other arabs in anyway.. no differnt language, culture, history, even religions, \nThe jews did not invade the land, it is jewish land, and jews have lived there continiously for 3300 years, long before arab/muslim occupiers came.. \nWhere was your condemnation from 48-67 when arabs occupied the lands you now claim for yet another arab state? \nThere has never been a country, nation, state, called palestine EVER in all history.\narabs/muslims need to stop attacking israel and this war will end!\nThis is simply one of many worlwide wars by islam against non-muslim neighboors
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Complex problems usually don't have simple answers (like 'they tried to throw the Palestinians out).\n\nFor over 3,000 years, Jews have held the Land of Israel to be their homeland, both as a Holy Land and as a Promised Land. The Land of Israel holds a special place in Jewish religious obligations, encompassing Judaism's most important sites — including the remains of the First and Second Temple, as well as the rites concerning those temples. [2] Starting around 1200 BCE, a series of Jewish kingdoms and states existed intermittently in the region for over a millennium. Recent archeological evidence suggests that the kingdoms of King David and King Solomon may have existed. [3]\n\nUnder Babylonian, Greek, Roman, Byzantine, and (briefly) Sassanian rule, Jewish presence in the province dwindled due to mass expulsions. In particular, the failure of the Bar Kochba Revolt against the Roman Empire resulted in widescale expulsion of Jews. It was during this time that the Romans gave the name Syria Palaestina to the geographic area, in an attempt to erase Jewish ties to the land. The Mishnah and Jerusalem Talmud, two of Judaism's most important religious texts, were composed in the region during this period. The Arabs conquered the land from the Eastern Roman Empire in 638 CE. The area was ruled by various Arab states (interrupted by the rule of the Crusaders) before becoming part of the Ottoman Empire in 1517.\n\nThroughout the centuries, the size of the Jewish population in the land fluctuated widely. Circa 1881, in the region approximating present-day Israel, the Jewish population numbered approximately 20–25,000 of a total population of 470,000.[citation needed] Since 1844, in Jerusalem the Jews have constituted the largest of several ethno-religious groups.[citation needed] By 1896, they were an absolute majority of the population\n\n\nThe rise of Nazism in 1933 led to a fifth wave of Aliyah. The Jews in the region increased from 11% of the population in 1922 to 30% by 1940. The subsequent Holocaust in Europe led to additional immigration from other parts of Europe. By the end of World War II, the number of Jews in Palestine was approximately 600,000.\n\nIn 1939, the British abandoned the idea of a Jewish national home, and abandoned partition and negotiations in favour of the White Paper of 1939, which limited Jewish immigration and restricted purchase of land by Jews. Its other stated policy was to establish a system under which both Jews and Arabs were to share one government. The plan was never fully implemented because of a combination of resistance from the Jews and Arabs and Britain's pre-occupation with Europe and World War II. However, the White Paper guided British policy until the end of the term of their Mandate. As a result, many Jews fleeing to Palestine to avoid Nazi persecution and the holocaust were intercepted and returned to Europe. Two specific examples of this policy involved the ships Struma and Exodus[4]. These attempts by Jews to circumvent the blockade and flee Europe became known as Aliya Beth.\n\nIn 1947, following increasing levels of violence by militant groups together with unsuccessful efforts to reconcile the Jewish and Arab populations, the British government decided to withdraw from the Palestine Mandate. The UN General Assembly approved the 1947 UN Partition Plan dividing the territory into two states, Jewish and Arab, giving about half the land area to each state. Jerusalem was planned to be an international region administered by the UN to avoid conflict over its status.\n\n\nImmediately following the adoption of the Partition Plan by the UN General Assembly (on November 29, 1947), the Arab leadership rejected the plan and launched a guerilla war that included attacks on Jewish civilians. The Irgun Tsvai Leumi retaliated with attacks on Arabs, including Arab civilians.\n\nOn May 14, 1948, before the expiry of the British Mandate of Palestine at midnight of May 15, 1948,
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After WW2, the UN proposed a seperate state for the Jews in Palestine. The Allied powers effectively drawed up various Arab states that were previously ruled by western colonial powers. Israel was meant for the Jews, and yes there was a seperate Palestinian state proposed. The Arabs had mixed feelings about a Jewish state, but most of the local Arabs in Palestine welcomed it. But what happened was that some of the Jewish militias started to sieze the already drawn up Palestinian lands and worst of all terrorizing and killing the local Arabs. Those militias had some powerful backup from abroad, especially in the US. Many of those backup organizations are non government organizations and many well known businesses. The militias fought for more land and resources and of course killing people, inlcuding children. Israel's first prime minister Ben Gurion once said   “We must use terror, assassination, intimidation, land confiscation, and the cutting of all social services to rid the Galilee of its Arab population.” That's what the Israelis did and still do so more efficiently. There are many powerful organizations in the US that observe every inch of content as to what is presented in the US media to the American public, so no one knows exactly what really goes on in the occupied territories in Palestine. So, my friend, it is Israel that occupies Palestine with full fledged US support and not the other way around. That is the truth and the whole truth. Peace be upon you.
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elven rangers: could you please list any of these treaties you claim Israel broke? The UN passed a vote in 1947 for the creation of the Jewish State of Israel.  The Arab nations that surround Israel refused to accept the UN borders, and Israel agreed to accept the UN borders.  The Arabs then started fighting the newborn Israel, and Israel shockingly won.  \nWho's breaking agreements here?\nTHis was the beginning of a pattern...
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You are severely misinformed.  Israel is the only non-Muslim nation in the Middle East and it is the smallest.  Everyone else is bigger and against them.  Jewish pride!\n\nADDITIONAL UPDATE: The Palestinians do not have a recognized "country"  they live in the occupied areas.  Israel was officially recognized as a nation in the late 40s by the world...  The Gaza Strip (the 10% you are referring to) is not a country.  It is within the NATION OF ISRAEL!  Simple history and geography...  Also, in every war or conflict when one side attacks another there will usually be a counter move.  In a conflict does it even make sense to stay and get hit????  No, you strike and dodge the incoming counter attack.  Please, before you go bashing on Israel understand the situation more fully.  For instance...do you even have a clue about the Balfour Agreement?  Probably not...and it's probably the most important moment in turmoil for the Middle East and the Palestinian/Israeli conflict.  As for the Reigning Queen comment below...do you honestly think that anti-Semitic comments will win anything?  No, what it can get you however is the enduring respect of thousands of Neo-Nazi bigots who are following the failed ideas of a man who not only DID NOT succeed in killing us but who also had the guts to commit suicide...yeah, great leader.  \n\n    Shema Yisrael Adonai Eloheinu Adonai Echad.
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1- Gaza Strip\n2- West Bank
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There is no Palestine.  The "Palestinians" want the destruction of Israel and the Jewish people.  They are a terrorist group.  What is Israel's problem with them?  Simple...they kill Israeli's and are trying to take the country away from the Jewish people.
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You should do some research on the Arab-Israeli Conflict.\nI highly recommend starting over here:\nhttp://www.palestinefacts.org\n\nFirst thing people should know is what exactly "Palestine" is. The area of Palestine is currently divided into the states of Jordan, Israel, the disputed territories of Judea/Samaria (aka the west bank) and Gaza, plus parts of Lebanon and Syria. \n\nThe British carved off about 80% of Palestine to create the state of Jordan in 1922. Israel declared its independence as the Jewish homeland in 1948.\n\nThe Arabs countries have been trying to "finish Hitler's work" as they call it since Israel's inception, not to mention the pogroms prior to the establishment of the State of Israel. (ex. Hebron Massacre 1929)
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The Jewish people DO have a country of their own and they are not about to go away any time soon no matter how much you like or dislike them.\n\nIts sad that Palestine does not have a country of their own and have descended into violence out of frustration.  The UN declaration that gave Israel its start was also supposed to start a Palestinian state but that got obfuscated in the complex politics that ensued.
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Didn't Palestine make it's choice?  They chose a leadership that refuses to give up it's stated goal of "driving Israel into the sea".  You want them to stand still, continue to be attacked, while Palestine and the rest of Islam holds up a paper governement whose onlyt goal is to say, "Don't attack me, I didn't attack you!  It was individuals!  And you can't attack within my country without me saying so!"\n\nWho are we kidding?  The U.S. offered help because Islam wants to dominate the world, always has.  Israel has kept to their borders (pretty much, and when they didn't, like the Suez canal, we jumped on them to move out!).  Israel has no stated goal to destroy any other nation.  Israel has been repeatedly attacked after every cease fire by Palestine which cannot control it's own people.  If Palestine won't control it's own people, Israel cannot do less than retaliate against a government that through it's own inept and criminally negligent behavior allows attacks on neighboring regions.
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No Arab or Islamic states voted for the creation of Israel. In fact, they all voted against it, while many other states abstained. Voting against were: Afghanistan, Egypt, Iran, Iraq, Lebanon, Pakistan, Saudi Arabia, Syria, Turkey, and Yemen.
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why not by out all the Arabs from Israel and settle them in the 57 Muslim Countries that all ready exist. There is only one Jewish state in the whole world and yet no one can give it a break, makes you wonder.
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192 is the most commonly accepted answer.  However, that does not include several places such as Greenland, Western Sahara, Taiwan, Palestine, Bermuda, Scotland, Wales, Northern Ireland, which all consider themselves countries.
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There is no "Palestine" country. You mean the Palestinian Authority, namely the West Back and Gaza strip.\n\nThe west will change its approach once they stop endorsing terrorism and islamofascism.
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nuclear weapon states?\nUSA\nUK\nFrance\nRussia\nChina\nPakistan\nIndia\nIsrael\nNorth Korea