Why should Israel get to keep land that it stole from neighboring countries?

Question

Is this part of the "peace process"?

Answer 1

As you told Mo Mosh in his question "Are The Palestinians the most successful fabrication in history?" let me remind you: "Gee, you are not by any chance anti-Arab are you? how is it that you have the gall to call everyone who criticizes ISRAELI POLICIES "anti-Semites" and yet you spew your hatred of Palestinians and Arabs like it's chewing gum?"

Seems to me you are just that a sad Anti-Zionist Anti-Semite.

Please tell me what land you are accusing Israel of stealing?

Israel has always agreed to MUTUALLY settle any disputes in accordance with the United Nations. That means with the mutual agreement of the PLO, Hezbollah etc and not a Unilateral settlement without recognition by the PLO, Hezbollah etc.

And talking about legitimacy read this from Wikipedia:

Zahir Muhsein is a Palestine Liberation Organization executive committee member.

In a 1977 interview with a Dutch magazine, he said:

"The Palestinian people does not exist. The creation of a Palestinian state is only a means for continuing our struggle against the state of Israel for our Arab unity. In reality today there is no difference between Jordanians, Palestinians, Syrians and Lebanese. Only for political and tactical reasons do we speak today about the existence of a Palestinian people, since Arab national interests demand that we posit the existence of a distinct 'Palestinian people' to oppose Zionism.

For tactical reasons, Jordan, which is a sovereign state with defined borders, cannot raise claims to Haifa and Jaffa. While as a Palestinian, I can undoubtedly demand Haifa, Jaffa, Beer-Sheva and Jerusalem. However, the moment we reclaim our right to all of Palestine, we will not wait even a minute to unite Palestine and Jordan." -- Zahir Muhsein

Jews have a long history in the land of Israel going back over 3,000 years to Moses time, and 5,000 years if you go back to Abraham, Issac and Jacob. Before the modern state of Israel there has been a Jewish state - sometimes called Israel - in Israel from biblical to Roman times. Unlike Israel, however, there has NEVER ever been a Palestinian state. I challenge anyone to show me one. Palestine has always been a province or appendage of Syria or Egypt in the past.

The word Palestine was invented by the Romans as a piece of political propaganda. The name is derived from the Philistines an ancient Indo-European people who no longer exist, and had all but disappeared when the Romans arrived. The Romans attempted to wipe Israel / Judea off the face of the map, as a political, cultural and geographical entity, by renaming the province Palestine. This political name game, a legacy of the Romans, has been going on ever since.

I recognise the rights of the Palestinian people, but surely Israel deserve equal and fair recognition too from the PLO, the Arab world, and anti-Zionists too. Israel has a right to live in Peace. Otherwise it is easier for Zionists to play the PLO at their propaganda game, and show the lack of historical legitimacy for a Palestinian state or people. If Anti-Zionists really desire Peace then they must learn to accept Israel has as much legitimacy as Palestine.

Answer 2

Im not a Jew nor am I an Arab, but for the millionth time...ISRAEL DID NOT TAKE ANY LAND FROM THE DAMNED ARABS!!!! Egypt and Jordan took the land becuase they didn not want to accept the treaties that gave them the land. They then attacked Israel for the other half of the land and consequently got their collective arab butts kicked. Israel won some land in the war but has sense given it back. Pick up a book once in a while!!!!

Answer 3

I'm not with the Isrealis in anyway possible, but i mean take a look at America. The British kinda stole this land from the Indians and kept it. Then the colonists kinda sorta in-a-way stole this land from the british through a war. Not to be anti-american with this answer, of course.


All's fair in love and war.

Answer 4

Israel didn't steal any land. Many Jews moved to that area that had been conquered by Britain and the winning side in WW1. The conquerers & the UN gave a portion to the Jews who had been living there & moving there. Then in defensive wars, Israel gained additional land.

Answer 5

If you can keep it its yours. What if Native Americans wanted their land back? Should we give California and Texas back to Mexico and Florida to Spain? We purchased Louisiana so I guess its ours except we bought from the French who stole it from the Native Americans. If there is any example of give backs I guess the British are a good example of how to do it.

Answer 6

It shouldn't keep it. It should shut down and leave that area today. They had no right! The only reason they can give is the deliberately faked prophecies from the Torah saying that God gave them Israel. They've been trying to take it ever since, and they never lived there. They lived in the Sinai desert. They were always goat herders and brigands, not great kings with golden palaces. Raiders from the caves around Jerusalem, murderers and religious fanatics. Every country that went after them did so because they didn't want to blend in, to join in, but wanted to be separate, because of their fanatic fake religion. Only after WWII did they finally try to assimilate in the US, but then they went and did that stupid stupid take-over in the middle east. Jews never historically believed in Jehovah, it was just a construct designed to create a nationalistic feeling among a scattered people.

Answer 7

Israeli terror communities? those would be those dressed as Lebanese terrorists who catch Israeli infantrymen for the time of a stop-fireplace -- and then launch rockets into Israel? curiously, you're a regrettably misinformed man or woman. With a small potential for gaining information of. I pity you. As on your question - not one of the middle eastern international locations (which comprise Israel) are open to diarmament talks, so enable them to all proliferate with nukes and we are going to sit down by utilising with our popcorn and watch all of them nuke one yet another into oblivion. Allah prepared...

Answer 8

Nah, its just shows that there is a radical Israeli element that keeps peace out of the middle east too.

They did technically take most of it during conquest though. It's like payment for getting attacked and successfully defending yourself.

Answer 9

no one stole anything.... if that was the arguement then america would not exist. actually if that was the arguement then the entire world would be at war!!!! majority of the world was conquered by someone else at some point of time!!! get a clue!

Answer 10

Stole? They got it by right of conquest. Rules of war, my friend. America's manifest destiny dictates that we can do the same thing.
Unfortunately.