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Originally Posted by Arya Stark
Yes, I do realize that and those Jewish people were living so in peace and there was no animosity between Muslims and Jews at that time. The trouble started after they wanted their own Jewish state on land that was 95% owned by Palestinians. And they kept year after year and decade after decade building illegal settlements on land that was no theirs.
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Actually, that is not true (the 95% value and the 'no animosity'). The region had been violent for years prior to '48. Arabs in the region were already trying to deal with the fact so many Jews were moving to the area. There were numerous violent events.
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Originally Posted by Arya Stark
The Jewish people in Palestine were less than 5% of the population. If it wasn't for the refugees coming over from Europe there is no chance they would have been able to form Israel.
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Official counts are that nearly 40% were Jewish by 1948.
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Originally Posted by Arya Stark
And the treatment of Black people is all you need to look at in Israel that if you are not Jewish or an Israeli you are not treated equally. How can we support a democracy based on religion?
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Although Israel has had it's problems regarding Africans moving or walking into Israel, acts of racism are isolated incidents and reflect on Israel the same way it reflects on Canada when something similar happens. To claim differently is holding Israel to a different standard than much of the rest of the world, most specifically the rest of the middle east. These Africans sneak into Israel because A) they can claim asylum there (ie Sudanese escaping Islamic terror groups) and B) Israel promotes tolerance and acceptance of these people. I am not sure at what point you will refrain from these accusations against Israel which are unsubstantiated.
Here are two links to educate yourself on the subject:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Illegal...rica_to_Israel
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sudanes...gees_in_Israel