long time guy wrote:
Ogie Oglethorpe wrote:
LTG, I'm going to ask a basic question.
Arabs had sovereignty of Gaza, East Jerusalem, and the West Bank from 1949's armistice up until 1967. Where was the urge to declare a Palestinian state at that time? Just answer that for me. There was certainly nothing stopping them, no occupation or anything.
Also, while we are talking about unanswered questions, I still don't have my question answered on what makes a Palestinian Arab different than the other Arabs living on the levant in 1948.
You keep focusing on the area post 1948. I'm concerned about the land prior to the creation of Israel. Yeah they had sovereignty post 1948 in those areas but they were reluctant to establish a state because they didn't accept Israel as a state. If they'd established a Palestinian state then it further served to legitimize Israel as a state. I don't advocate for the destruction of Israel but I'm not Palestinian. You are asking them to accept the dispossession of land as a consequence for the worldly persecution of Jewish people. It is obvious that they are unwilling to do it and I think you are well aware as to why.
You also are asking them to accept decisions made by colonial masters too. Ironically decisions made by the same masters that were responsible for much of the worldwide persecution of Jewish people in the first place.
The concept and theory behind Zionism was centered on dispossessing Arabs of their land. That was outlined by Herzl in his manifesto
800,000 Jews were dispossessed of land by Arabs post partition so don't even go down that road. You have no leg to stand on there.
Also, you once again ignore that Jews were the significant majority in the lands granted via partition. The Arabs within Israel were invited to stay with full rights (and a few hundred thousand did) if they accepted to live in peace with the Jews there. Of course many refused and fled to clear the way for the Arab armies, which proved to be inept against the Jews, who were largely without heavy weapons.
Once again, you barely hear about those 800,000 Jews evicted from Arab lands as Jews care for their own, unlike the Arabs who use the Palestinians as a cause. If they really want a state, they can have one in Jordan where the Palestinians are the majority population (funny you rarely hear that fact).