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Originally Posted by Fuzz
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.
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It is probably hard for someone who is not part of an ethno-religious group to understand but our religion is directly tied to our ethnic identity hence why even after 2000 years the land of Israel remained the heart beat of our culture. The early Zionists were not religious in the slightest. Our ethnic identity is rooted to the levant, you can see it in DNA tests.
And with all that being said I still believe Palestinians are also entitled to the land but firmly hold the position that they had many opportunities after many wars waged to have their own state but wanted the terms as if they were the victors of war.