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Originally Posted by bcb
What exactly is the problem with a Jewish state, half the size of southern Alberta? There's no oil. So they have some fertile land and nice beaches. Big deal.
Furthermore, you fail to note that there are actually Israeli Arabs too. I reckon their quality of life "under suppression from the Jews" is actually pretty good.
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The problem is their deluded idea that God gave them the land to live there and all others should be eliminated since they are going against the word of God. That's the main problem in the state of Israel. The idea that you must preserve the Jewishness of a country by all means possible is just wrong.
Here's an example: What if Canada wanted to preserve the "Englishness" of Canada. What if French Canadians were not given equal rights as compared to their English brothers? How about building English only settlements in Quebec that are guarded by English Canadian soldiers that are accessed through English only roads. What if French Canadians could not build houses in Quebec because it was impossible to get a building permit for French Canadians, but English Canadians could get one in a couple of weeks? How about having checkstops at every corner of every French town in Quebec that turn getting to work a 3 hour ordeal every morning. How about English Canadians slowly taking over Montréal, the heart and soul of French Quebec, renaming all the street names English names, renaming the city Mount Royal and then claiming it as the undivided capital of English Canada. What's the problem with that? There's about 20 other countries in the world that use French as their first language, they should all move there. Why do they need to live in Canada?
It sounds a little different when the context changes, doesn't it?
I am not opposed to Jews living in historic Palestine. Heck I am not even opposed to claiming their rights to a nation in the region. What I do have a problem with however is implementing blatantly racist and illegal policies in order to ethnically cleanse the land from all the Arabs that they seem to believe are subhuman.