• theotherverion@lemmynsfw.com
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    7 months ago

    Issue with this argument is that there was never a palestinian state. It was ruled by Britain and then Britain left and let UN decide. UN decided to create 2 news states that never existed before. It was not like someone had a state before and then UN came and chopped part of it.

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      7 months ago

      And yet Jews in America in 1936 were like:

      Palestinian identity existed all along. They would have gotten independence like Jordan or any other distinct group around them.

      Instead, the Nakba happened. I wonder why…