Would you have supported Israel's creation in 1948?

[k-onmmunist]

Yes. The Jewish people deserved their own state then and now.

[k-onmmunist]

BRTD comparing Israel to the SS = the second member of my ignore list.

[k-onmmunist]

Just to set the record straight:

1. There was no Palestinian state in 1948 (nor ever) so nothing was taken from anyone.
2. There was a lot of Jews in the area even before WWII, so they didn't get there because the state was created nor because of the Holocaust.

I always find it strange that the left in general is vehemently pro-immigration and considers it horribly racist to, say, argue that a large immigration of Mexicans into the US or of Arabs to Europe constitutes a threat to Western society, but yet, at the same time, thinks that Jews should not have been allowed to migrate into Israel during the 20s and 30s and that, even though this migration was legal and allowed by the authorities it was somehow deeply unethical.

Given what happened in 1937, 1948 and onwards it is pretty clear that another holocaust of Jews was the only realistic alternative to creating the state of Israel.

^^^^ Thanks for summing up what I think

[k-onmmunist]

No, of course not. It's too bad the British sold out so easily to terrorists.

Jews in 1948 were terrorists?  

Obviously incidents like this were justified:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Struma_(ship)



On the real world, in 1948, Jews needed a haven where they could be safe from Pogroms and Holocausts.

Not all Jews in 1948 were terrorists. Those fighting to create Israel were: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Irgun_attacks

It's a shame how Europe has had so many pogroms and Holocausts post-1948. Obviously Israel is a far safer and more peaceful place for Jews than Europe.

It really wasn't worth me taking you off ignore for about 5 minutes.

[k-onmmunist]

The Jews had lived there long before the Arabs had, and there was a large Jewish population anyway. If you have a problem with immigration, why don't you join the Republican Party?

[k-onmmunist]

Maybe it would have been possible to have some sort of Jewish-Arab state, if not for the Arabs attacking Israel.