James Doogue

Only idiot Muslims would deny that the Jewish claim to Israel doesn't pre-date the UN partitioning of the British mandate. A partitioning which dramatically favoured Arabs.

Many people forget that Trans Jordan, and Iraq were part of the British Mandated Palestine. They only look at the area after Trans Jordan and Iraq are extracted.

Nevertheless, the Israeli representatives, accepted the UN's partition (UN was League of Nations) at the time.

The Arabs have never accepted any partitioning proposal which included the creation of a Jewish state, simply because they refuse to accept a Jewish state - ever.

Neither the Arab League, nor indigenous Arabs in Transjordan, Iraq, Syria and Lebanon, objected to the ceding of those areas to non-indigenous Arabs.

The Mandate for Palestine was a League of Nations mandate for British and French administration of the territories of Palestine conceded by the Ottoman Empire following the end of World War I in 1918.

So even if we forget the proof of thousands of years of Jewish connection to the British Mandated Palestine and particularly the area of the mandate not included in Transjordan and Iraq, we have to agree that the Ottoman empire, which had previously ruled over the areas, lost the land fairly and squarely because the Ottomans backed the wrong side in WWI.

It was entirely up to the victors in that war to decide what to do with the area taken from the Ottoman empire.

How come the indigenous Arabs who left or remained in Lebanon, Syria, Iraq and Transjordan, and their children and grandchildren are not considered Palestinian refugees, yet those in Israel, The West Bank, and Gaza are?

The answer is obvious of course. That is the refusal of Arabs to accept any claim in any area for a Jewish state. Simple, fundamentalist bigotry.

It was not necessary for Arabs to leave their homes in Israel, (save for some isolated incidents), because even before the Israeli Declaration of Independence, the Jewish leaders had made it clear that Arad's were encouraged to stay and become equal citizens in Israel.

Those Arabs who did choose to stay, who now represent 21%. Of the Israeli population, on average enjoy the highest standard of living of any Arabs in the Middle East, and enjoy equal citizenship and the full freedom to practice their religion openly. The same cannot be said for any Jew who chose to remain in an Arab country.

So whether you put your faith in the proof of thousands of years of occupancy of Israel by Jews, (discussed here: https://www.nytimes.com/2021/05/28/opinion/jewish-history-israel.html), or the virtue of more recent conquests of Israeli territory from the Ottoman Empire in WWI, or from the 5 Arab nations who tried to wipe Israel from the face of the Earth in 1948 and 1967, you cannot logically deny Israel's right to exist.

Also, given how Israel's neighbours have continually attacked and threatened them, Israel has won the right to determine their borders beyond what the UN designated in 1947, to ensure the security of their country.

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