Very helpful background. I suspect your admirable sentiments will be one sided however. There is no way that such a possibility exists for extreme islamists.
Thank you for the informative history. There will never be freedom for the so-called Palestinians while the majority support rule by groups like Hamas, while the majority support Oct. 7. When Palestinians accept living in a civil society and acceptance of their neighbors, the possibility of peace may exist. Until then, they made their bed and must sleep (or die) in it.
I’ve always believed that it would take Israel about 30 minutes to pack up every settlement and run out of the West Bank if Palestinians laid down arms and peacefully demanded citizenship in Israel.
To clarify, describing the Palestinians as native is inaccurate. They were neither native nor Palestinians. They were known as Arabs. The influx of Arabs from surrounding countries began as the economic opportunities increased due to the work of Zionists. Labour was needed, and a merchant class was evolving. The British however, began restricting immigration by Jews to Mandatory Palestine in the 1930s while allowing unrestricted and undocumented immigration by Arabs. It even included immigration by Bosnian Muslims. This was a complete violation of the terms of the mandate and the Balfour Declaration, and cost the lives of untold numbers of Jews trying to flee the Nazis. These Arabs and European Muslims didn’t become “Palestinians “ until the 1960s.
Also, for those unfamiliar, al-Husseini refers to the Mufti of Jerusalem, Amin al-Husseini. Learning about him should be required reading for anyone who is interested in the origins of the Israel-Palestinian conflict. For example, he invented the “al-Aksa is in danger” libel.
Thanks for this thoughtful and historical piece.
Very helpful background. I suspect your admirable sentiments will be one sided however. There is no way that such a possibility exists for extreme islamists.
Stand for Israel 🇮🇱 . Shalom.
I wonder how many more times Israel needs to free them. Maybe it's enough.
Thank you for the informative history. There will never be freedom for the so-called Palestinians while the majority support rule by groups like Hamas, while the majority support Oct. 7. When Palestinians accept living in a civil society and acceptance of their neighbors, the possibility of peace may exist. Until then, they made their bed and must sleep (or die) in it.
I’ve always believed that it would take Israel about 30 minutes to pack up every settlement and run out of the West Bank if Palestinians laid down arms and peacefully demanded citizenship in Israel.
To clarify, describing the Palestinians as native is inaccurate. They were neither native nor Palestinians. They were known as Arabs. The influx of Arabs from surrounding countries began as the economic opportunities increased due to the work of Zionists. Labour was needed, and a merchant class was evolving. The British however, began restricting immigration by Jews to Mandatory Palestine in the 1930s while allowing unrestricted and undocumented immigration by Arabs. It even included immigration by Bosnian Muslims. This was a complete violation of the terms of the mandate and the Balfour Declaration, and cost the lives of untold numbers of Jews trying to flee the Nazis. These Arabs and European Muslims didn’t become “Palestinians “ until the 1960s.
Also, for those unfamiliar, al-Husseini refers to the Mufti of Jerusalem, Amin al-Husseini. Learning about him should be required reading for anyone who is interested in the origins of the Israel-Palestinian conflict. For example, he invented the “al-Aksa is in danger” libel.
https://jcpa.org/al-aksa-is-in-danger-libel/al-aksa-libel-advocate-mufti-haj-amin-al-husseini/
https://encyclopedia.ushmm.org/content/en/article/hajj-amin-al-husayni-arab-nationalist-and-muslim-leader
Thank you for the history lesson. It must’ve taken a lot of work. As I was reading it, it seemed to me that it could be summed up very succinctly.
Everybody is in favor of a two state solution except the Palestinians themselves .