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Originally Posted by Beninho
Most of the land the Jews got was a wasteland with much of it legally purchased from the Ottomans. Jerusalem is the holiest city in Judaism and is integral to Jewish culture and religion. Unlike Islam, in Judaism we pray towards Jerusalem and not to Mecca. It’s only a holy site because us, the Jews, made it a holy site. AND even with that being said we still respect Islam and allowed Palestinians to control Al-Aqsa even though it sits directly on the most holiest religious site for Jews. Would the Palestinians and arabs be so kind?
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I know this is probably tough for someone to understand who's religion is so intertwined with their identity, but this really is part of the issue. Without the overarching religious narrative, it's just a patch of land in a desert that people used to live in. The history of humanity has shown no one is entitled to anything anyone had 2000 years ago(as it should be). So without the religious angle, had Israel not been created, Jewish people would have probably preferred to be anywhere but there.
Imagine asking for a homeland, and the world powers pointing you to an insignificant patch of sand in the Ghobi desert? Ya, thanks, but no thanks. It is the religious significance that draws them there.