Israel and Palestine

[JohnFKennedy]

I haven't studied the subject much, so could someone please tell me why the Israelis think the land is theirs.  After the Romans defeated them in AD 70, they were dispersed throughout the empire.  After so many years of being absent, why do they think they still have a claim on the land?

It is their homeland. Dunn is probably more well versed, he is Israeli.  Why do the Palestinians have a claim? Palestine has NEVER been a country, besides as I have said the REGION known as Palestine is mainly in Jordan.

[JohnFKennedy]

Palestine is NOT A COUNTRY!!!!!

Israel are building a wall around ISRAEL for DEFENCE!!! It is to stop suicide bomber attacks and it is very effective, in the one place it has already been constructed, it stopped ALL suicide bomber attempts.

[JohnFKennedy]

He was a particularly nasty guy, responsible for the deaths of a lot of Jews and one of the major blockades for peace.

Although it would be nicer if they were captured and executed, this is not as easy and so I support Israel's actions.

[JohnFKennedy]

I'll never support a nation that forces its children to become suicide bombers.

you are confused, Palestine isn't a Nation, never has been a country, it is just the name of a region.

[JohnFKennedy]

I'll never support a nation that forces its children to become suicide bombers.

you are confused, Palestine isn't a Nation, never has been a country, it is just the name of a region.

Who says they aren't a nation? If they think of themselves as a nation, and I think they do, then they are. Not a state perhaps, but a nation.

nation: people of one or more cultures or races organized as a single state

[JohnFKennedy]

I'll never support a nation that forces its children to become suicide bombers.

you are confused, Palestine isn't a Nation, never has been a country, it is just the name of a region.

Who says they aren't a nation? If they think of themselves as a nation, and I think they do, then they are. Not a state perhaps, but a nation.

nation: people of one or more cultures or races organized as a single state

Whoever came up with that definition is wrong.

you mean my Collins English Dictionary? lol

[JohnFKennedy]

Which right wing nuts have voted for "Extermination of Palestinians"? And why do you have that as a category? Likewise with the category "Extermination of Israelis".

A bit tasteless.

I put "Extermination of Palestinians" as I knew that somebody would vote for it and I had to put the "Extermination of Israelis" in otherwise it would be biased, besides, someone seems to have voted for that.

Not my views, but I KNEW we would get somebody saying it.

[JohnFKennedy]

Which right wing nuts have voted for "Extermination of Palestinians"? And why do you have that as a category? Likewise with the category "Extermination of Israelis".

A bit tasteless.

I put "Extermination of Palestinians" as I knew that somebody would vote for it and I had to put the "Extermination of Israelis" in otherwise it would be biased, besides, someone seems to have voted for that.

Not my views, but I KNEW we would get somebody saying it.

Opebo...

But there have been 5 votes for Extermination of Palestinians and 1 for Extermination of Israelis.

Who are the other 5 people?

[JohnFKennedy]

Yeah. As I always say, giving up the Sinai penninsula to Egypt was Israel's biggest mistake ever. lol. That was actually a pretty funny war, the six day war in 1967.

I disagree, Israel got rid of Egypt as an enemy, that was pretty good.

But the six day war was a cool war, breathtaking.

NO war is cool
trust me

hey, you beat me to it, I was about to say that lol.