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In reply to the discussion: Will there be peace if Palestinians lay down their arms? [View all]kayecy
(1,417 posts)30. But 1952 was not the start of this conflict, was it?.......
"I see things differently than a lot of people on DU because I have been watching the situation since about 1952, and I remember the many landmark events that are listed in that list."
The conflict started about 1920 after the Balfour declaration. Zionist Jews persuaded Britain that Palestine would be a good place to allow mass Jewish immigration in order to create a Jewish homeland, irrespective of the fact that only about 15% of Palestines population was Jewish and the local Arabs made it clear they did not want Jewish immigrants.
So, what would you have done had you been a Palestinian Arab in the 1920s?
The conflict started about 1920 after the Balfour declaration. Zionist Jews persuaded Britain that Palestine would be a good place to allow mass Jewish immigration in order to create a Jewish homeland, irrespective of the fact that only about 15% of Palestines population was Jewish and the local Arabs made it clear they did not want Jewish immigrants.
So, what would you have done had you been a Palestinian Arab in the 1920s?
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This war is about the tunnels that Palestinians dug out from under the border
JDPriestly
Aug 2014
#14
There will be Palestinian subjugation, which is really Israel's goal, don't you think?
ProgressiveMuslim
Aug 2014
#21