please do not use bible reference to answer. Please use some other form of historical source.
2007-02-14 23:47:49 · 19 answers · asked by jammy.greeny@talk21.com 1 in Politics & Government ➔ Other - Politics & Government
Yes, it was given to them when Moses lead them from Egypt and out of the Desert.. It is all written in the Bible in the Exodus.
2007-02-15 00:00:11 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 3⤋
If there was no one there before the founding of Israel as a country...where the heck did all these Palestinians come from? Did they arrive after the founding, forcing the Israelis to drive them from their homes? What about all the deeds to the land held by the Palestinians?
You need to lie in order to justify the wrongs committed upon the Pals. How else do you get an entire country of people to go with the lie that is Israel if not to convince them that they had stolen land form no one.
There is a reason Israel needs to lobby, lobby, lobby the world constantly and repeatedly.
Oh yes, the lie of it being barren (or in this scenario swamp) land until the Jews moved in and miraculously made it live able. Those Jews are chock full of miracles. Give me billions upon billion of dollars from the US and Germany and I'll make the land around Chernobyl live able.
2007-02-15 00:00:09 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
No, the Jews do not. A small number of Jews have lived there forever, but they were a minority for the last 2000 years until the US and Britain plopped them down after WWII. Since then they have been supported by tons of money and rockets from the US to keep the Palestinians at bay who would like their home back.
What happened to the Jews in WWII was obviously a terrible tragedy. That doesn't mean we should punish another group of innocent people. The Jews should be able to live in Palestine like those before them did, in PEACE with their Palestinian neighbors. If they don't want to act like adults, they should move back to the US (where a ton of them came from) or to Europe where Europeans should accept them with open arms. Using religion as an excuse to trample on others rights is not holy or excused.
2007-02-15 00:09:13 · answer #3 · answered by swangirl22 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
who owns the territory depends on who is the government in charge.
after Judea was captured by the Romans the land became part of the Roman empire.
much latter it transferred to Arab rule.
It was then captured by the Ottoman empire.
After WWI the land was given over to the British.
The British in turn under the directive of the UN gave that land to the new state of Israel.
As such the state of Israel has as much right to the land as the half dozen other nations and empires that ruled before it.
2007-02-18 22:13:43 · answer #4 · answered by Gamla Joe 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No, they don't. It's historically right that they established two states at one time in Palestine because they were two groups in deed; Yehud and Samarians. Their states lasted for 80 years and were destroyed by the Roman empire, and Hebrew were exiled to Iraq. While the natives of Palestine are Arab families and tribes called (Canaanites), those people lived under Roman, Persian and Hebrew occupation. Hebrews are called (Ebri) or (Ebrica), actually, this is an Arabic word that means : the ones who crossed a river (River Jordan) when they came to Palestine at the first time. Hebrews also lived in Egypt and Iraq. The funniest thing when they agreed to have their state in Uganda, now they want Palestine. These people change their mind easily.. you know they lived in many countries and it won't be bad if they make a trip around!
2007-02-16 01:39:22 · answer #5 · answered by MagicWand 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
read James Parker,Whos Land? A History of the Peoples of Palestine (Harmondsworth,Great Britian,1970) pg. 66
2007-02-15 00:29:33 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
They are there. You won't get it back. It is simple possession. You want to let the Palestinians have the land? They had it for 2000 years and did nothing. The Jews have had it for 60 and have a prosperous, fertile democracy. Why do you want to take that away?
2007-02-15 00:33:59 · answer #7 · answered by iwasnotanazipolka 7 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Does anyone? Does the United States own the land it is on. There are no really clear answers here just opinion.
2007-02-15 00:03:19 · answer #8 · answered by Ethan M 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
It's like anything else, native Americana's were obviously here way before the Europeans took over.
People have been invading and taking over area's all through history, that's just the way it is.
Do they own it? Yes, they took it over and now its theirs. Until someone uproots them, then it will be theirs.
2007-02-14 23:55:49 · answer #9 · answered by ropemancometh 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
We hold it. Archeolical evidence says we held it before Islam was born. The Arabs got the TransJordan and about 20 other countries. We built it up. Happy?
2007-02-18 10:44:14 · answer #10 · answered by ysk 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋
No....They say that they used to live there 2000 years ago and that is why that land should belong to them...Well based on this let's all leave our lands and give them back to the ones that used to live there 2000 years ago...
2007-02-15 20:03:16 · answer #11 · answered by Tinkerbell05 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋