Was the formation of Israel fair?
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No.\nThe land was stolen from the Palestinian people. \nThe original idea was to create a state for both peoples.\nTwo fundamentals for the creation of Israel:\nthe bad conscience of the European governments about what happened yo the Jews in world war 2.\nthe desire of large groups in the European population to see the Jews leave.\n\nI was in a catholic school in western Europe when I was young. The teachers told us several times that Jews were bad and got what they deserved.\n\nMost Jewish people who were killed during the war did not have a dream of a new nation, only a small minority did.  The victims of the concentration camps were mainly normal people like you and me who went about their jobs and tried to give their kids a good education. On their terrible fate the state of Israel was founded.\n\nShould Israel have become the king country in the world about human rights and defended the human rights universally, the world would be in a better state and the case of Israel would have been stronger now. Instead they have chosen for a policy of apartheid, discrimination and the creation of ghettos. The victims have become the torturers.
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wait. As an orthodox Jew let me answer the question. It is true that many opposed the creation of the state of Israel at the time because they believed that only the Messiah can come and recreate the Jewish state in Israel. Once the state was founded that became a mute point and from then on it was only a question of how one should interact with it. some try to limit contact while still living in Israel as much as they can. Others openly embrace Zionism and there is a strong Religious Zionist party in Israel. But I can guarantee you that 99.99% of all orthodox jews (there are always some nuts) want the state of Israel to continue, they might want some changes, but then again who dose not because they know if the state were to no longer exist millions of Jews could die at Arab hands and the rest would be scattered like refugees across the globe.
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Well they already occupied Palestine land, but it is unfair to transfer and occupy another land.\nHistorically, they had to choose among Palestine, Angola and other countries to set the Jewish nation they called later Israel and they had chosen Palestine claiming that their holy book promised them.
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No Israel is not always right. They claim to just defend themselves and this is far from the truth. Look at media coverage that is not from the US. The invasion of Lebanon recently Israel invaded that country because two Israeli soldiers were kidnapped. The Israeli soldiers were illegally inside of Lebanon, but they dont mention that in the US. Israeli has kidnapped hundreds of Palestinian leaders, democratically elected leaders and put them in jail for no cause, they crossed into Palestine and took these people from their homes. There are reasons the arab countries hate Israel and it isnt that stupid line they hate the jews. Jews are not Israelis, "Jews" are people who practice Judaism. Israelis are the people who live in Israel.
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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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This is a thorny question one that no one has found an acceptable compromise to. The begining or Israeli and Palestinian strife came around the end of World War 2. Before then the state of Israel was not even in existance but through lobbying by prominent jews in America and due to a British promise to set up a homeland for displaced European Jews, the state of Israel was founded in Palestine in the British Mandate. Isreal has based this on the pretext that Isreal is the promised land that Moses led the Jewish tribes to after the Exodus and during the time of Babylon and Rome the people were once again exiled by the new conqurers and this the Jews have been a displaced people within Europe ever since. One argument that Israel was founded illegally on land that has already been inhabited by Arabs and thus they are the occupying force and displacing the Arabs. Israelis content that it is their right to have a homeland in the promised land and thus justified for occupation. The animosity intensified after Israel declared independance and thus 6 adjacent Arab states declared war to prevent the formalization of a Zionist state in the Midst of an Arab sea. Isreal prevaled and even captured larger tracts of territory which included the Sinai Peninsular from Egypt, Golan Heights from Syria and small tracts from lebanon. The Yom Kippur War later was proven to be a Israeli victory. Finally Egypt sign a peace treaty through the Camp David Accord whereby Sinai was returned to Egypt and formal recognization of Isreal was acknowledge. At present Palestine consists of the Gaza strip and the West Bank, Jerusalem is still a contested site whereby both states claim it as their capital. Years of infighting from the Hezbollah led by Yasser Arrafat which uses guerilla tactics and suicide bombers targetting US and Israeli sites have seen retaliation by Israel through forced demolition and targeted killing of 'terrorists/freedom fighters'. Also zealots and ultra orthodox jews erecting squatters within clearly marked territories belonging to the Palestine has caused frictions. To date both sides are still at war and peace accords don't last as seen by the last roadmap to peace initiative. It would seem only a miracle would unite these two foes together in peace.
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I think you mean the Arab-Israeli conflict. I'm pretty sure the Arabs were on the Palestinians' side.\n\nNo that that's out of the way, I suppose you'll want to learn more about this fascinating bit of history.\nhttp://www.merip.org/palestine-israel_primer/toc-pal-isr-primer.html is a good site. Thorough, easy to understand, and well organized. You should be able to find exactly what you're looking for.
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No because the Jews came from a very distinct family line.  It started with Abraham and then through Jacob which God later names Israel. There were many people on the Earth when Abraham was around.
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Israel is a very small piece of land. God promised this to Abraham, Isaac, and (Jacob later called Israel). God said I will bless them that bless you and I will curse them that curse you. If God was not on Israel's side it would be owned by the Palestinians by now.
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Honestly, in my mind Israel is connected with Christianity and a couple of nice people whom I know from there, also of course rumors of the funny little greediness u have and a really special way to make business :)
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The truth is Israel was founded on the auspices of the UN, strongly supported by USA and the UK. All subsequent foreign policy has been therefore to shore up that decision.
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Yes they had the DNA, but judiasm is not about dna, as anyone can convert to judiasm. The ethiopians had a claim based on the DNA  -- BUT -- upon arrival to israel also underwent conversion
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Hey Jim, finally a good theological question from you, I knew you had it in you! Your starting to come over to the other side, I can just feel it. In all seriousness, there is no record the children of Israel coming out of Egypt washed their clothes, used deodorant, or brushed their teeth! After forty years, this would be a pretty ripe bunch, maybe that's why the walls of Jericho fell flat!,. what do you think?
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There is but just rumors of magic use in Solomons time, nothing concrete. But since alot of the population were jews, it wouldnt be a far stretch to accuse them of anything back then, afterall we are all human.
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I doubt if they know, its racial hatered bred into them.But from what I know, the fault lies with the allies of world war two. Churchill and Eisenhower just drew lines on the map. Israel did not exist. The Palestinian were there, they had no claim to the land. The allies should have given both of them land, bigger than what the gave Israel. There was plenty of room. Who would have been able to question it.If they had the Palestinian problem would not exist
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:}\nG-d is real the exodus was not Abraham's but Israel with Moses
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whether we accept it or not .. with all the respect to other opinions .. Israel was never made for all Jewish people .. It's the single product of the Zionism which was created by fanatic Protestant and catholic Christians in a believe that if Jews were pushed to live nearby Zion Mountain they will someday convert to Christianity then, Jesus would return to earth .. unfaithful Jews followed that scenario in sake of power and financial support from the christian Zionists in the west .. they pushed their people to live in Palestine by force .. they never hesitate to kill .. destroy and weave conspiracies under mask of civilization and tailored democracies ..\n\nWest to protect that idea will not only allow Israel to have nuclear weapons or debrive other countries to have them especially arabs and muslems, they will never hesitate to use them against any serious threat to Israel .. again the baby of Zionism act .. which is regretfully masking the facts from the eyes of most faithful Christians and misleading their dreams away from GOD the only lord of Universe .. \n\nThose people used all their weapons to convert western societies to dummy machines .. thinking of nothing but work , leisure, material pleasures and money.\n\nGOD HELP US ALL ..