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In reply to the discussion: Jews Do Not ‘Occupy’ Their Own Homeland [View all]Response to aranthus (Reply #72)
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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
        Nov 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