Hgame said:
Everybody is forgetting the part the Us played in creating this situation, who were the ones supplying Israel with weapons, money, and forcing through the UN the decision to take away the homes of people who had lived there for hundreds of years and giving them to people with no right to take them. The US did this because hey had a sizable Jewish community who the politicians believed were completely pro Israel. This is not the case, 90% (rough estimate) of Jews are completely reasonable. The problem is the 10% who are Zionists.
People say that the Palestinians can move elsewhere, well why not just place the Israelis somewhere else in the first place, or at least give the Palestinians some control over their country. I believe, as do most people, that the best solution is a single state shared by Palestinians and Israelis. However, power must also be shared and the Israelis are reluctant to do so, instead preferring to make excessive demands and oppress Palestinians.
As for the game, does anyone know a download link so we can see what its like in reality?
wrong on several different levels
1)the ones who approve the creation was the League of nations in 1922, and it was mostly the UK who pushed the idea (Balfur declaration).
the reason why they approve of the idea was because the area know as Palestine was one of several areas in the middle east that ended up with no ownership after the ottoman empire caved in.
the entire middle east was getting a remake, with many new countries being formed, so a chance to create a Jewish one was perfect.
2)the US was not ever remotely the Superpower it is today in 1922.
and the UN didn't exist until AFTER world war 2, so how could the US push for a UN resolution 20 years before there even WAS a UN ?
3)the US didn't supply Israel weapons like it does today until after 1967, and before that Most Israeli weapons came from either france or the UK
4)how would the Jewish population in the US (who didn't have anywhere near the level of influence in 1922 as is attributed to them today) be "Pro-Israel" over 2 decades before Israel was even formed ?
5)the Majority of Jews in general support Israel, even if some of them don't agree with certain policies of its government, in the same way most americans who support america even if they don't agree with some US policies
those who don't are a vocal minority.
you confuse Zionism (support of the right of the Jewish people for a nation state like all other people) with specific policies like the settlements that even most ISRAELIs don't really agree with.
6)a one state solution is not only undesirable for either side - its also completely baseless in its very suggestion.
the Palestinians live in Areas that are not, we're never, and never will be part of Israel, so why would Israel give them Citizenship ?
the people of the west bank used to be Jordanian between 1948 and 1967, and no steps were ever taken to give them automomus rule or independent statehood.
and the people of Gaza were just left to rot by Egypt between those same years.
why would Israel give them citizenship simply because it took over that territory in a war (and didn't annex it.)
its like saying that having the US occupy Iraq means Iraqis should be given American citizenship.
and why would the Israelis even consider sharing the nice shiny country they spent the past 62 years building with the people who spent those same 62 years trying to destroy it ?