History Israel
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ARAB ISRAELI CONFLICT
The State of Israel declared independence May 14th, 1948. This great triumph for Jews was sparked by the Holocaust. There were internal conflicts as to the role Judaism should play in the new nation. 600,000 Jews represented 50% of the population of the Palestine Mandate but Israel only claimed 6% of that land. The new state was immediately recognized by the U.S. and the U.S.S.R.; and admitted to the United Nations one year later. Arab governments (The Arab League, created at the encouragement of the British) that surrounded Israel took a hard line stance against it immediately, rejecting international agreements and choosing war.
The land had been ruled by the British for 30 years, after they had conquered it from the Ottoman Empire, which had allied itself with Germany in World War One. The very day after Israel was established, it was attacked by five modern Arab armies, which were assisted by four other Muslim countries. World opinion was that Israel had no chance to survive, since they had to defend attacks on every side without an organized military. The governments that started the war—Egypt, Jordan, Syria, Iraq and Lebanon—promised their citizens victory within two weeks. The Egyptians led the assault, even though other Muslims did not regard Egyptians as Arabs but rather as ignorant, backward Africans.
In addition to the Arab armies, Muslim civilians began sniper attacks on Jews; attacked kibbutzes; set off bombs in Jewish neighborhoods; mutilated the corpses of dead Jews; opened fire on convoys carrying food and medical supplies, even shooting doctors and nurses.
Israel won a great and shocking victory, causing euphoria among Jews but bitter shame among the Muslims who had them outnumbered and outgunned. The Arabs were so confident they didn't bother with a unified command or supplying their officers with maps. After all, the Israelis could only muster 30,000 fighters—including women—and had no air force. The Syrians were defeated in the north by a fighting force with only two artillery pieces! The same two artillery pieces then were rushed south and used to drive the Iraqi Army out of Galilee. The Lebanese were driven back in the north and the Egyptians in the south. However, Jordan was successful in conquering Jerusalem.
During the Israeli War of Independence, there was a mass movement of peoples. Approximately 550,000 people who described themselves as Arabs fled—some were forced out but most were afraid—from inside the borders of the new nation; and some abandoned Arab villages were flattened. Nearly an equal number of Jews fled to the nascent state from surrounding Arab countries—arriving with nothing, having been stripped of all they owned by the Muslims they had lived alongside for centuries.
The historical difference is how these refugees were treated by their brothers. The Jewish refugees were immediately granted citizenship in the new Israel and assisted in resettlement among the general population; the Muslim refugees were put into camps by Arab governments—where many of them still live 60 years later—and by and large not given citizenship or the right to start a new life because the Arabs saw these people as useful pawns in future efforts to eventually rid the Middle East of Jews. Arab governments certainly had the resources to take them in. The Arab refugees were now called Palestinians for the first time in history. Numerous international studies concluded that the Arab refugees should be absorbed by the surrounding Arab countries, given the dignity of resettlement where they could become productive citizens. 100,000,000 human beings have become refugees since 1945 worldwide and no other people have been kept in camps even close to this length of time.
850,000 Jews lived in Arab countries in 1948. Only 20,000 remain there today. None of them are in camps or demanding the right to return to from whence they came. Half of all Israelis today are descendants of refugees from Arab lands. 300,000 Jews emigrated from Morocco to Israel; 140,000 came from Algeria; 125,000 from Iraq; 100,000 from Tunisia; 75,000 from Egypt; 50,000 from Yemen; 35,000 from Syria; 35,000 from Libya. A Jew may not set foot in Arabia today.
The 320,000 Arabs who remained inside Israel were offered Israeli citizenship. Half chose to leave Israel after the war. Those who stayed were granted full citizenship in 1952. The Arab population inside Israel would grow to 411,000 by 1975.
The United Nations brokered a truce in 1949—Arab states refused to speak to Israel directly—that established Israel's borders inside what became known as the Green Line, which represented 78% of the land originally promised for a Jewish Homeland, and 2% of the land in the Middle East. Jordan now occupied the West Bank as well as East Jerusalem, while Egypt controlled the Gaza Strip. Israel formed a parliamentary democracy with a 120 member Knesset (legislature). Israelis vote for parties not individuals. David Ben Gurion served as Prime Minister from 1949 to 1963.
After the cease fire, Arabs demanded that all people who had fled from Israel during the fighting be allowed to return. The Jews refused unless Arab governments recognized Israel as a sovereign nation with the right to exist in peace—which they refused to even consider. Meanwhile in 1950, all Jews in the world were granted the right to come and live in Israel.
SINAI WAR 1956
Israel and Egypt fought again in 1956. This time it was the Israelis who attacked. The Arab states, led by Nasser, were trying to strangle Israel through boycott and prevention of shipping over their land. Egypt illegally prohibited the use of the Suez Canal by any nation for trade with Israel and blockaded the only Red Sea port of Israel, Eilat. Nasser also supported Fedayeen terrorists who used Gaza to launch attacks on Israeli civilians, and announced publicly plans for total extermination of "dirty Jew pigs." Syria and Jordan vowed to help with the killings.
Israel, led by Moshe Dayan, captured the Sinai Peninsula and Gaza during this conflict, but gave them back to Egypt under pressure from the United States and the Soviets in exchange for a guarantee of shipping rights. It was an amazing military victory since Egypt had six times the firepower of Israel—and brand new state-of-the-art Soviet weapons—while Israel had only castoffs and used equipment from France, Canada, the UK and the U.S.
Because England and France—furious when Nasser nationalized the Suez Canal—helped Israel plan this war, Israel was henceforth viewed by Muslims as an agent state of western imperialism. This is not true, as the creation of Israel was staunchly opposed by many western governments.
HISTORY ISRAEL
By 1957, Israel had progressed faster than any nation on Earth—further embarrassing their Arab neighbors. Israel's population had tripled with diverse immigrants from around the world, and the country was feeding itself with home grown poultry, dairy, vegetables and fruit. Its Arab citizens were marginalized and had no social life. Jewish landlords did not want them and Arab workers were not trusted. Conditions did improve markedly under new policies thereafter.
In Jerusalem, now a divided city, the Jews allowed access for Arabs to the western section; but the Jordanians refused to allow Jews the right to visit their scared sites in the eastern section, and in fact removed Jewish grave stones to be used in latrines—so they could piss on them.
The refugees were held by Arab governments in filthy, wretched conditions. 250,000 were put into camps by Jordan; 115,000 by Egypt; 100,000 by Lebanon; and 80,000 by Syria. The United Nations provided food, medicine and education for them but did not give any aid to the Jewish refugees absorbed into the new Jewish State. By 1956, 61% of the Arab refugees had moved out of the camps but still claimed the United Nations benefits of refugee status. By 1960, 960,000 Arabs were receiving support from the U.N., the number growing to 1.3M in 1968.
Worldwide Islam declared itself in Holy War against all Jews, which the Quran denounced as "vipers." Muslims burned with resentment over their humiliating defeat in the 1948 War—which they called the Catastrophe—and over the economic success, democracy and freedoms the Israelis enjoyed, versus their impoverished backwardness under authoritarian regimes. No Arab government would recognize the Jewish State.
Israel's closest ally during its early years was actually the Soviet Union, since Jews had led the worldwide Communism. But the Soviets dropped them in 1955 as they realized their need for Arab oil, suddenly condemning Israel and arming Egypt, now under the fascist dictatorship of Nasser. Nasser was to dominate the Arab world until his death in 1970. The Soviets also poured arms into Syria and Iraq.
SIX-DAY WAR
By the Six-Day War in 1967, the Jewish population had risen to 2.4 million, up from 1.7 million in 1956. Israel was an agricultural success story and had a strong export business in cotton, nuts, eggs, dairy, fruit and vegetables. Germany had provided expertise and funding to begin industrialization, including weapons manufacturing.
In 1967, Syrian troops made occasional forays into Israeli territory and the Jews responded with air strikes inside Syria. Syria was also building works to divert the headwaters of Israel's only river, the Jordan. In Egypt, food shortages and unemployment threatened Nasser's regime, so the Russians suggested he distract his populace by attacking Israel—killing Jews always guaranteed to get Muslims to rally around their leader. Egypt blocked shipping to Israel, so they could not receive arms; expelled the U.N. peacekeeping forces from the Sinai; and amassed 100,000 troops with 1,000 tanks on Israel's border. Meanwhile, Jordan allowed Iraqi troops to assemble on its border with Israel. Algeria, Saudi Arabia and Kuwait pledged support; and fatefully, Jordan joined in. The Arabs openly proclaimed to the world their intention: liquidate the Jews.
Moshe Dayan came to the rescue. He decided the only chance Israel had, surrounded on three sides, was to attack first. The Israeli Air Force—and Israeli intelligence—proved to be world class, smashing Egypt's in 3 hours. Egyptian television carried one lie after another, proclaiming great victories by the Egyptians (a trait that is common in Arab countries). Nasser would later, to explain another crushing defeat, fabricate a story—widely believed by his ignorant masses—that American and English troops had fought alongside the Israelis. Within 2 days the huge Egyptian army was in tatters. The Israelis were unquestionably smarter, braver, tougher soldiers. Then the Jordanians and Iraqis attacked Jerusalem. Israel whipped them all in just six days (including the Syrians in the north). The Soviets were furious! Two billion dollars worth of their military equipment provided to the Arab aggressors was destroyed. Israel conquered the West Bank, Gaza, Sinai, Golan Heights and Jerusalem. They easily could have taken Cairo, Damascus and Amman but the United States stopped them.
Jordan had lost its entire Air Force, half its weapons, half its kingdom, half its agricultural lands, half its tourist areas. The entire Arab world was stunned and humiliated; having lost 28,000 square miles of land in less than a week. The United Nations called on Israel to withdraw from conquered lands and for Arab countries to recognize Israel's right to exist in peace: both refused. 1,000,000 foreigners were now under Israeli rule: 670,000 in the West Bank (forfeited by Jordan); 356,000 in Gaza and 33,000 in Sinai (surrendered by Egypt); 6,000 in the Golan Heights (taken from Syria). 1/3 of them were living in squalid refugee camps.
The Jews were euphoric after their miraculous victories. The speed and totality of Israel's victory made its army the envy of the world and widely studied—while the Arabs were viewed as incompetent on the battlefield. Some Muslims saw their defeat at the hands of Jews as punishment from Allah for straying from fundamentalism by westernizing their culture.
HISTORY ISRAEL
I will soon post the final chapter in my History of Israel trilogy (1970 to 2000); and then begin writing about my recent—and first—visit to Israel.
I have previously published articles about the History of Israel before 1948; the History of New York; the History of Rome; and one about Maltese dogs, too.
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Good stuff James, I often wonder at the hatred Muslims have for Jews given that their patriarch was...a Jew. But there's not room for rational thinking and facts once extremists take over. When will the Arab world learn that Israel is not going any where?
James,
I enjoyed your history. One of my favorite anecdotes concerns when the UN wanted to condemn Israel. When the vote came, the Israeli ambassador reminded them that they can not condemn an unrecognized nation. At that juncture the UN voted to recognize Israel. When they were about to condemn them, the ambassador reminded the bright lights at the UN that they could not condemn them for acts that took place before they were a recognized nation.
Shalom!
Hey, Friend welcome back, I missed seeing you around the hubs. Thank you for a very informative and enlightening hub on the history of Isreal. Godspeed. creativeon59
Thank you for this very interesting history lesson. I enjoyed reading it and actually look forward with great anticipation to your future articles. And sir, you are a great writer.
Welcome Back, King James!
I've tried to email you several times, but being the popular guy you are, your mailbox is full.
Looking forward to the first-person overview of your Israel visit complete with National Geographic photo coverage!
DiamondRN— I thank you for being my first visitor! I agree with you that Israel is the centerpiece of Biblical history—and times yet to come. I am waiting for the "official" photographer of our trip (there were 17 of us) to share his pics and then I will provide the story of my amazing adventure.
I really enjoy your history lessons. Missed you, hope you had a good visit, can't wait to read all about it.
Scott.Life— Thank you for reading and your comments. I can hardly understand the thinking of the Arab world. I don't believe the Muslim "man on the street" in Israel wants to go back to Arab rule. It is the extremists who are the problem.
J D Murrah— Those are fabulous quotes, my friend! I got a kick out of them. Thank you for sharing them here. I appreciate you coming by.
Shalom
creativeone59— Thank you for the warm welcome. It's good to be back. I appreciate your encouragement. :-)
RevLady— You are most welcome! It is gratifying to hear that you enjoyed this article. Thank you for the kind compliment. :D
ArchDynamics— It's good to be home, brother. I have cleared out my box now. AOL only allows 1,000 emails in my inbox but I have created room just for you! The report on the trip will be forthcoming. Thanks for the note.
I wondered why Muslims boast that they are descendants of Ishmael, when our Bible states that Ishmael will not partake in the inheritance ~ that Isaac is the son of promise. Ishmael's descendants as well as Esau's descendants have hated Jacob's (renamed Israel, the father of the twelve tribes of Israel) descendants since the beginning of time. God is not mocked and His Word still prevails.
jiberish— I am well pleased that you do. It warms my heart to read your words. I'll be working on the travelogue soon. And catching up on your work in my absence, too. :)
Judah's Daughter— I am not sure about that question. I would guess either their Bible reads differently or is interpreted differently.
It is surely a pleasure to hear from you again. I hope all is well. Thank you for your comments.
You Rock! I knew there was a hub brewing in there somewhere! I have a friend who is a rabbi in Israel right now. Yet another wonderful hub!
advisor4qb— Thank you, darlin'. We were blessed to have a Messianic Jewish Rabbi leading our group over there and that was a true blessing. You know I appreciate hearing from you.
Great hub. This is the part of history that clearly illustrates the awesome power of God, and Israel as God's own people. On the other hand, we use it in history to trace the origin of Middle-East crisis.
I learned a lot from your hub. i'm going to read it several times. i missed you hubbing. Hope ou had a blessed trip. I look forward to hearing about it in hubpages. Israel will be here till the end. America will be long gone. We will go up in smoke, as the Bible refers to us as Babylon. The jewish people are still Gods chosen people. We've only been blessed as long as we stood by Israel and blessed her. It was the money from the Jewish people that finally won our Independance. Our patriots were in rags without enough weopons, the Jewish people made the difference that won us the war. Most people don't know about that. Great hub, can't wait till the next one. God Bless you!
infonaturale— Thank you very much. I appreciate your remarks and I agree with your words wholeheartedly.
linda-patriot— It's nice to hear from you again, my patriotic friend. Thank you for your kind compliments. I had an awesomely blessed trip! Writing about it will be a treat and I have a feeling reading about it will be, too. There is a lot to tell.
I had never heard before what you wrote about Jewish money in regards to our Independence. That is incredibly interesting. And you're right: most people don't know about it.
I am well pleased to receive your encouragement. God Bless You!
James,
Welcome back. Great read James and so important in these times. Looking forward to your pics and description of what had to be a very memorable trip.
Robert— Thank you. It's good to be home. The trip was out-of-this-world. I look forward to writing about it. Coming soon!
I appreciate the warm welcome, my friend.
James,
Another great history lesson. As best I can remember sometime in the late 1950's Nassar formed the UAR with Egypt, Syria and Jordan ( he had delusions of grandure). There was also a little competition he tried to foster between the USSR and the United States over the Aswan Dam construction. I remember reading of this in "My Weekly Reader".
Thanks again and welcome home brother.
As Israel is backed by the US Government, the Muslims will forever think Israel as what you said, an instrument of Western Imperialism.
Thank you for this wonderful and informative hub, James. I plan to visit Israel some time before I die.
Some members of my family have been there but I have not yet.
I had asked many of my Jewish friends about this. Why their families would not leave Israel and would rather die there.
The answer can not be simplified to put into words. I hope that in the future everyone would be able to live in peace, to be able to share the holiness of the place with everyone.
Again, thank you.
James A Watkins,
Welcome, Home! Wonderful intriguing history on Israel. It was quite informative as always! I must read it again to fully digest the entirety of its wealth of information.
Glad that you had a safe spiritually revealing trip; I am sure… I am excited and looking forward to hearing about your life changing journey. Nice to have you back on the Hubpages! Traveling is wonderful when the opportunity presents itself. But there is no place like home! Blessings!
Tom Whitworth— Thank you, Tom. You are absolutely right about UAR. I think they even had a postage stamp, if I recall (I collected stamps back then). My recollection is that the U.S. was going to back the dam and then backed out for political affronts by Nasser. The USSR put up the funds I think.
You are welcome. It's good to be back. I appreciate your insights as always.
msorensson— You are quite welcome. It is always a pleasure to read your soothing words.
Even Jews who do not live in Israel have told me that they only feel truly at home when they are there. It is certainly their ancestral homeland. I will have more to say about that in my travelogue to come, as I learned a lot during my recent visit. I share with you the hope that all people can learn to live in peace. Thank you for your comments.
DeBorrah K. Ogans— Thank you! I so appreciate your comments. I was baptized in the Jordan; stepped into the tomb of Jesus; and prayed at the Wailing Wall! And much much more. Now it is good to be home.
Great Hub, very informative as always we can see God working throughout everything that is taking place today...
Blessings
"Quill"— Thank you so much. Yes, I agree: God is working hard six days a week. :)
I appreciate you letting me know you read my article here. God Bless!
Nice history for the new nation of Israel.But they have to be different with the Palestinian people.They have also rights of birth in the teritory.
King James:
You and Mr. Whitworth are indeed correct, as I read of the same in MY Weekly Reader. I have sent you a photo of that very stamp along with the website for the extant version of the WR. Glad you got that mailbox emptied out ... tough being a personality, isn't it?
Vary thorough analysis, particularly useful detail about the very early years and the treatment of displaced peoples which kind of turns on its head the lazy, illinformed opinion that all the blame for the problems of Palestinians can be laid at the feet of Israel.
Wow!!. This is a great bit of history James! Thank you for sharing this.
I only can join in with everybody. Well come back. A well written and in depths laid out history lesson. Especially to me because I was born in Germany and on top of it in Nuremberg. Don't be aganst me. It is not my fault. Nobody ask you where you want to be born. I was born in 1940. I honestly and I mean honestly don't about my parent's involvements. All I know my father wasn't sentence to any prison. In those days the least little thing you would have been. Anyway, enough of me. I deeply, deeply regret what happened and I still can't understand or accept that my people done this. Thank you for your very interesting hub. When will the world learn. History is there to learn from. The world is so big and beautiful and everybody could have more than enough these days. What are we fighting for?
Nice to see you back James. Wondered where you had disppaeared to. The whole Israel and Palestine problem will be a hard, if not impossible, problem to solve, I fear.
gusripper— Thank you for reading and for your comments. It is a difficult situation. It is hard to give a people rights to freely move about your country when some of them have vowed to kill you. When I was just over there, it struck me that in many cases I couldn't tell them apart.
ArchDynamics— I just saw the stamp you sent me. It's a beauty! Thank you for that. I remember the Weekly Reader very well from school. I enjoyed reading them. And yes: it is real tough being a personality. :D
advoco— Why, thank you very much for your kind comments. Israel has made mistakes but all people and all countries always have and will. It does seem to me that the Israelis have made much more of an effort at peace than the Arabs. I appreciate you coming by to read my Hub.
dave272727— I appreciate the accolades, brother! Thank you and you are welcome.
Hello, hello,— Thank you very much for reading my piece and for your comments. My first wife was born in Nuremberg in 1956 (her father was U.S. Army). While in Israel, I visited the Holocaust Museum. It is not an experience one ever forgets. You are right on that history is to learn from. It makes me wonder why so many are disinterested in it. People have always fought. And fought for manifold reasons.
You are welcome.
ethel smith— Always a pleasure to hear from you, dear. I have to agree: the problems of that area are extraordinarily difficult to solve. But there is hope. It is possible if the two peoples can learn to love each other as brothers—which they are.
Yup! This is seriously good!
An excellent Hub.
The fact is, if someone came up to you and poked you right in the eye you would react, and I might suggest your reation would not be favourable. God calls Israel the apple (iris)of his eye. Poke it and he will react. That's why every nation that has ever come against Israel has eventually 'come a cropper', as we would say.
Google 'Lance Lambert', he's a notable Jewish British Messianic/Christian with a thorough knowledge of Scripture and a prophetic gift, now living in Israel, and hugely influential.
He was being interviewed on TV a couple of weeks ago when he when he commented that he has listened intently to President Obama's recent speak on his visit to Egypt, after which he turned to his friends and family and said, "We have just listened to speech by the first Muslim President of the United States of America".
Lance is not anti-Muslim, nor anti-Obama, but he is extremely wary of anyone who is anti-Israel, and considers that all the same factors are there in place today that were there in the 1930s before the Holocaust.
Brilliant hub and so very well done.
Allan McGregor— Thank you very much for the laudations. I bookmarked Lance Lambert's homepage. Thank you for that tip. Our guide in Israel is a Messianic Rabbi from California, Bob Gorelik. Here is his website:
http://www.eshavbooks.org/news/stories-01.htm
I will take up some of Mr. Lambert's writings later, but based on your quotes I would say he is not far off.
It's always great to hear your voice. Thank you for your words.
itakins— I am well pleased by your compliments. :D
Very nice Hub, James. They say one is known by the quality of his friends. I do believe yours are all top-quality. And I'm learning a lot by reading their comments. Nice to see you again, Don White
dusanotes— Thank you, Don. I am truly blessed with a gang of wonderful friends, both on line and in real life, too. It is always a pleasure to hear from you. Thanks for tuning in.
Thank you for this wonderful history lesson, James. I was never much into history during my school years, but love to learn more now, especially given my Jewish heritage. I look very much forward to your hub about your recent trip.
Lily Rose— You are surely welcome. I have always loved history. How did things get to be as they are? This is what I yearn to understand. My travelogue is coming soon. There are a lot of photos to sort through. Maybe in a few days I'll be ready. Thank you for visiting and leaving word.
Thanks again James, I'll check out that site.
As for Lance Lambert, he's a lovely man who must be about 78 now. I think he lost 56 relatives in Auschwitz, including his father,who was shot because of a Nazi superstition about not gassing aristocrats.
Lance watched as Israel was reborn in 1948, and has closely followed every conflict since. He was even friendly with Golda. So, when he describes Barack Obama as America's first 'Muslim' President, he speaks from knowledge. Having heard some of Mr Obama's opinions I am convinced he is not a Christian and when he spoke in Egypt I think he only he quoted the Bible once but waxed lyrical from the Qur'an - a book that calls all who believe in the Trinity, that Jesus was the Son of God, and that he was crucified, fools and infidels.
JAMES! I made it here! ; I have been in the studio recording.....
ANYWAY, I was raised around Judaism and Christianity. I was also taught all about Israel at a young age and taught the history. I watched films of the holocaust when I was really young and it was hard to take in as a young child. This is a good hub with great detail and a "smooth" and "interesting" read. I thought I would comment about how history carried through to the religion in the present time. When I was in both houses of worship as a child, I noticed that the Jewish one always spoke about "accomplishments" in history and this I felt gave the congregation a sense of real "pride." It was taught to us at a really young age and I think it is a good thing and I see it in a lot of Jewish people I know. Israel has been through a lot. Your hub makes that very clear!
In the church with my Christian mother, the focus always seemed to be on the bible and family and even though there is history, the church I went to never seemed to dwell on past events or mention "accomplishments." I walked out feeling "love" and "faith," but no sense of "pride" as a "group" of people in the same house of worship. It did feel "very different" in both places. Interesting!!........Ofcourse, living with a Brit, I'm always reminded of the role the British played in everything!! ha
Infact the "pride" of the "Jews" and the "Brits" feels very similiar. They don't ever give up! Even when I lived in the UK for a year. The British are so very "proud" about everything! ha
Anyway, I always enjoy your hub and you are a fantastic writer. G
GPAGE— Great to hear from you! Are you recording some jazz? I'll have to order one of your CDs so I can listen to it in my car. That's where I have a killer system. I really want to hear you sing.
The Brits have had their hands in a lot of human history, for such a little place especially. I admire the Brits and the Israelis.
It is interesting what you wrote about the difference in the assemblies of worship. I hadn't thought of that.
Thank you for your warm compliments. You make a man feel good.
Fantastic James, I love History! You are always able to make reading it a joy. I missed you and am glad you are home safely, and writing again. I can't wait to read about your Israel trip.
Kebennett1— Thank you very much! I made it home safely and I will write about my trip soon. I appreciate your support!
really i dont no wat to say but all i want is just to open ur eyes.
If some group of ppl just decided to take over ur country even if it was 6%. They killed ur mum, dad, sister n brother and as well take ur home n land wat r u gona do??? watch dem kill ur family n take ur home n land n just stand aside n laugh? or ur gona fight for wats urs???
Palestine has to fight for wats thers. n just so u no jews didnt claim only 6% they claimed wat ever they can get ther hands on. all the jews did was kill the ppl n take wats not thers.
do u no wats the jews main target is? r women n children do u no y ther the target??? ther targeted because women can have babies n keep on having babies n wat do the babies grow up doing? da girls grow up 2 get married n have more babies n da boys grow up 2 defend ther country. so jews kill the women so they dont have babies n kill the kids so they dont increase the population, to go smaller n smaller by killing them.
i can keep on going but yeh
oh n beta 2 research
Gen 16:12...God is speaking to Hagar the mother of Ishmael, father of all the Arabs.
"He will be a wild donkey of a man; (yeah no kidding) his hand will be against everyone (that's for sure) and everyone's hand against him, and he will live in hostility toward all his brothers.” (ya think?)
Pretty much sums it up does it not?
They by and large act like ignorant wild jack asses and are constantly fighting with everyone and it will only get worse. They act like the world owes them something and feel entitled to everything on the planet.
But, even when they fight, they are stupid and cannot win a war because they are backwards and foolish cowards.
Once again a man (Abraham) listens to his wife (Sarah) and does not do what GOD told him to do, just like Adam listened to Eve and the result is the same!!!
The world has not been made the better because of it. =D
~Shalom
P.S. I do not apologize for hitting hard. =)
I play drums !!!
muslim-arab— I do appreciate your point of view and I thank you for posting it here. What country did the Jews take over? What was this "country" called? Was it not simply an area under administration of first the Ottoman Empire and then the British Mandate? This tiny sliver of land was granted to the Jews by the United Nations out of land controlled by the British, was it not? Was it not largely a barren wasteland before the Jews came? What people or women did the Jews kill when they established the State of Israel?
quietnessandtrust— I appreciate your point of view and I thank you for articulating it here.
first of all im talking bout palestine second fing is wat rite doz da british or da ottoman empire have no rite 2 give a land dats not thers.
can i come up 2 u n tell u give me dat house n u go ok n i just kill da ppl inside n take der house n call it mine can i do dat? anywayz diz guy says wat im tryin 2 say
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cydRpiFI4fc
n nop it wasnt a wasteland befor da jews came it was like any other country n even if it was a wasteland its no other countries bisness its da palestinians problam no1 elses.
n wat do u mean wat ppl or women kill, it looks like u dont watch da news oh wait mayb u do but da news try der best not 2 show or talk about wats happening in palestin. so i wouldnt blame u...
plz clik on this link n watch it plz
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VKQqItZu4Is watch it n tell me wat u fink n tell me would u live der oh wait u cant coz dvrs no wer 2 live da jews demolished der houses but da houses dat arnt demolished da jews took dem from da palestinians n now live in dem oh n u have 2 b a jew 2 have a house...
muslim-arab— You do know that there has never, through all of human history, been a country called Palestine, right? The Ottomans controlled the region for 400 years. If it wasn't their land, whose land was it? You do know that there are no historic people called Palestinians, right? You do know that this name was first used 60 years ago AFTER Israel became a state?
My understanding is that were Jews and Arabs living in the area in 1947 and the United Nations tried to solve the conflict by giving Arabs 94% of the land and the Arabs said no, 100% or nothing. Not a very giving people are they?
James,
Thanks for writing this series. Israel, in recent history has been looked down upon for "mistreating" minorities(arab refugees). I don't like the term "palestinian" I don't think its accurate. I love the use of "arab refugees". Its definitely accurate as it relates to Israel history.
C. J. Wright— You are surely welcome. Fellow Hubber Aya Katz instructed me that the refugees are not really Arabs since the only true Arabs are the Omayyad—those originally from Arabia. The others speak Arabic but are not of Arabic blood. I checked that out and it appears to be the truth. Isn't that interesting? Thank you for visiting my humble Hub. :)
I still think its a better description than palestinian...that is a completely made up term to give legitimacy to a bunch of refugees. Its like if Houston would have been forced to change its name to New Orleans after Katrina....
C.J. Wright— It surely is better than Palestinian, a trumped up name if I ever heard one.
In his book entitled The New Testament and the People of God, N. T. Wright comments: "The land of Israel is a small country. You can walk its length, north to south, in a few days, and from its central mountains you can see its lateral boundaries, the sea to the west and the river to the east. But it has had an importance out of all proportion to its size. Empires have fought over it. Every forty-four years out of the last four thousand, on average, an army has marched through it, whether to conquer it, rescue it from someone else, to use it as a neutral battleground on which to fight a different enemy, or take advantage of it as the natural route for getting somewhere else to fight there instead. There are many places which, once beautiful, are now battered and mangled with legacies of war. And yet it has remained a beautiful land, still producing grapes and figs, milk and honey."
Based on your article, I can see how Israel as a nation, wove itself together in strength through a series of significant wars. Another great hub James!
Gicky Soriano— N. T. Wright! I love his books. I had the good pleasure of having dinner with him a couple years ago. Brilliant man. Thank you for this great quote. I appreciate your compliment, too. Nice to hear from you again, Brother.
Thanks for the good explanation of this situation. When I was in school this was one region that we did not seem to cover in history class. Now it is on the news nightly and I would get confused about who was who and who was fighting for what.
Artemus Gordon— Are you the same Artemus Gordon I knew back in the Wild Wild West? You are welcome. I saw on the news that high schools now use a textbook that describes Jesus as a Palestinian. What's the world coming to? Thank you for reading and commenting. :)
DiamondRN says:
2 months ago
According to the Bible, Israel is much more important in world history and current events than is being portrayed in schools today. Can't wait to hear about your recent visit.