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Old 06-07-2010, 03:31 PM   #467
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Originally Posted by Blaster86 View Post
Because back, after World War 2 when Palestine and Israel were given their own countries, Palestine and other Arab nations delcared war on Israel immediately and got their crap packed in by the more-than-prepared Israelis. Because the Palestinians got their ass handed to them so bad, their country was annexed by Israel along with parts of Egypt, Jordan and Syria.

Palestinians started this, Palestinians lost. Palestinians are sore losers. That's why they are firing rockets.
Perhaps the situation is a little more nuanced than what you've described?

I think there is some important history between the time of recession of Ottoman rule from the region (which lasted ~4 centuries) and the official establishment of the state of Israel in 1948.
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