What was it like to be a Palestine person living in the 50's through the 60's in Israel?

Answer 1

My father-in-law was in the Palestine Police Force during that time in Israel and to hear him talk he liked and trusted the Palestinians, but not the Israelis. His police car was bombed and his partner killed and said that the Israelis were responsible. I don't know how true that was as he was known for expanding upon the truth at times. But he said the Palestinians were ill done by. Those were his words so I have to assume it was a bad time for them. I think it was a bad time for everyone concerned.

The whole Middle East has been a rough place to live for a long time and not much of the blame lies on the native peoples who have lived there for thousands of years. A lot of the trouble was brought about by the colonial influences of Major powers who tried to put their control over the area and only succeeded in making things bad for everyone. Things haven't changed much, have they?

Answer 2

No doubt a constant struggle to maintain a bitchy attitude in the face of good government and improving conditions.

Fortunately, most Palestinians have made their way too poorly governed sectors where appalling conditions make bitchiness & victimhood much easier.

Hating Jews is difficult when the streets are safe and clean. That's why many Palestinians have devoted themselves to bringing violence back to otherwise peaceful streets.

Jew hating is also critical to Islam in general, which needs to direct attention away from the sad reality that good Muslim governance died with the Ottomans.

Middle East politics is confusing until you realize it is the GOAL of Muslim governments to maintain the victimhood of Palestinians for the purpose of blaming Jews in particular and infidels like Americans in general.

If Iran manages to develop & deploy a nuke in Israel, you may rest assured the massive radiation deaths among Palestinians will be blamed on America's use of weather control satellites.

Answer 3

Until 1966 Palestinians in Israel were under military regime. Although they could vote and had some basic civil rights it was similar in many respects to what Palestinians in the occupied territories lived under after 1967. All publications had to be cleared with the military, all teachers in their schools had to be approved, they had to have permits to travel outside their villages.

The Israeli government continued to expropriate homes and land belonging to Palestinians for use by the Jewish citizens, for example, the Knesset (Israeli parliament) passed a law saying anyone who left his home out of fear of the Israeli armed forces forfeited it to the state. Of course during the 1948 war many people went to stay in a neighboring town or village to escape fighting - they were called "present absentees," their homes and land were forfeit - and they became refugees inside Israel. The confiscation of Arab land wasn't just for leaving it, but also to "Judaize" areas (see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Land_Day)

In general, Palestinians inside Israel received far less in government services (and continue to do so), meaning less for education, less to develop public services such as water and sewage. Also many Arab villages are "unrecognized," meaning the state didn't agree that they existed. Consequently they got no services, water, electricity and so forth, and are subject to demolition. Israel has drawn municiple boundaries such that Jewish townships include Arab land abutting Arab villages, thus, the Jewish township gets to decide building permits for the Arab-owned land on the boundaries of an Arab village, effectively freezing expansion for Arab towns.

Answer 4

Chances r I'd b anywhere but in Israel as there were plenty of Palestinian refugees since Israel was created in '48. There's also been a handful of wars such as the Six-Day War.

Answer 5

Unclear question. There were Palestinian Jews and Palestinian Arabs. Some Jews had never left Palestine.