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Originally Posted by CroFlames
70 years ago a bunch of Palestinians were minding their own damn business when bam, the State of Israel shows up out of no where and they are politely told to go away.
They didn’t forget that (hence today’s problems) and they won’t forget this.
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Firstly, the Palestinians are under siege right now. I'm not sure the time to forget has started.
Secondly, the Palestinians refugee situation is unique. Prior the state of Israel, the land was part of the Ottoman Empire. There were no hard borders within the Ottoman Empire, and people could move freely between the provinces. Many did. After Israel came into being, the UN passed a resolution stating that anyone who had been in what is now Israel for 2 years, or any of their descendants, was now a Palestinian refugee, and they would remain so in perpetuity.
The surrounding Arab/Muslim nations then striped these people of all land rights and other citizenship. They then continually give them enough weapons to provoke the Israelis but never make any military progress.
So, yes, the Palestinians are in an awful situation, where they are continually pushed into an Israeli war machine.