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In reply to the discussion: Jews Do Not ‘Occupy’ Their Own Homeland [View all]Response to shira (Reply #32)
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There was a lot of Arab immigration into Palestine. Ever heard of Robert Kennedy?
shira
Oct 2016
#32
William Ziff's 1937 Rape of Palestine shows mass immigration during British occupation....
shira
Nov 2016
#38
You've learned what? You're still a fan of the discredited admitted revisionist Pappe.
shira
Nov 2016
#60
There are already people who have lived for generations on the land. Most of them are not jewish.
pennylane100
Oct 2016
#15
Does every ethnicity/nationality have a claim to the land where they lived 2,000-odd years ago?
malchickiwick
Oct 2016
#9
Not at all. Do you advocate acknowledging those rights only selectively? n/t
malchickiwick
Oct 2016
#14
Don't the Palestinians also have indigenous rights? Palestinians = Philistines,
malchickiwick
Oct 2016
#33
No one is arguing they don't, only that the Jews aren't thieves, colonists, occupiers. N/T
shira
Nov 2016
#37
If you're worried about discrimination then you should oppose racist efforts to deny Jews' rights...
shira
Nov 2016
#67
As to everyone living in their ancestral homeland, Palestinians in Gaza, W.Bank, Jordan....
shira
Nov 2016
#68
But Tich, you ethnically discriminate all the time, not wanting Jews in the W.Bank....
shira
Nov 2016
#79
Well they do, but that's off the table b/c as Jews they're not allowed to live there....
shira
Nov 2016
#83
the history of the israelites make it very clear how they came to "own" judea nt
msongs
Oct 2016
#17