After the breakup of the Ottoman empire the Brittish split the countries up. There were hundreds of thousands of jews in israel so they also got a small slice. Israel was desolate until the israelis built it up. The arabs who are allowed to live and vote in Israel never accepted the fact that nonmuslims would live in their area and attacked immediately. Thay were defeated and were defeated numerous times after that. Remember In Israel all religions thrive in Arab countries a jew wouldn't stand a chance of surviving the night.
2006-11-08 15:38:21
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answered by just curious 4
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Have you ever looked at a map of the piddling little piece of land that israel occupies. I think my backyard is that sized. This is not about whether israel has a right to exist, because you can't justify any country under those criteria. Tell me why Botswana has a right to exist, or Jordan, or Turkey, or Italy, or China, or Japan, or Syria. This about a bias against a specific people, the Jews. When someone professes a hatred of Palestinians they are "bad" because you aren't supposed to hate Palestinians, or Egyptians or Turks or Iraqis or Kuwaitis etc. etc. etc.....but it's ok if you want to hate the one little tiny country on the edge of the edge of the Middle East. Do we see Arab nations offering the Palestinians an alternative? No, because then they couldn't hate the israelis for being in their space. Sit down sometime and calculate the amount of space the israelis are fighting to hold onto, then calculate the space occupied by the world's Arab population. Want to bet I know which is larger?
2006-11-08 15:42:34
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answered by Ice 6
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There has been a continuous Jewish presence in Israel for 3,500 years. Yes it's true, a lot of European Jews came to the Middle East after WW II. But the Jews were there long before the Arabs.
In any case, I think that Iran is going to take care of this problem for you. They have built some pretty impressive weapons systems and they have flatly stated that they plan to obliterate Israel. OH, and they have also vowed to obliterate the US too. If I was a betting man, I would put my money on Iran, not on the US or Israel.
2006-11-08 15:45:16
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answered by ANDYMAN 2
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The people living in Israel now were for the most part born there. The people that want them out were not. I think it is a matter of revenge at this point, not a question of Israel's existance.
I would be mad if an outside power made Pennsylvania, New York and New Jersey into a seperate country for foreigners and kicked the natives out. But it is too late to change that now.
2006-11-08 15:42:47
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answered by bjmarchini 2
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I don't understand your confusion. Since biblical times (and this is not a biblical argument, but a historical one,) Jews have occupied Israel. During WW2, when the majority of the Jews in Europe were murdered, it became very clear that the Jews needed a homeland that they could escape to in order to avoid persecution. Israel, being the historical homeland of the Jews and being a slice of desolate land UNOCCUPIED by anyone else, was the obvious choice.
2006-11-08 15:39:58
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answered by Anonymous
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I can tell you whom justifies Israel's existence. His name is GOD or El Elyon or Jehovah. And you know what else? So do I. It doesen't matter what you think because if HE wants it that way then that is the way it is. There are thousands of ppl world wide that also agree with this. We are called Christian Zionists not to mention the Jewish ppl themselves. What you fail to grasp is that the land of Israel represents the ONLY land grant ever given to ANY ppl by GOD HIMSELF. HE choose them,I am not saying that they choose HIM. He says that He planted Israel with His whole heart and that He placed His name there and that CHRIST will reign from there for one thousand years during the melinial reign. This was all decided L O N G before you or I or any human was ever created. Friend, GOD does not need to justify Himself to you,me or even to the liberal left wing.
2006-11-08 15:47:37
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answered by softspot 3
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