When Jews started buying land in the Israel area, there weren't very many Arabs and Moslems around.
It wasn't the "Israel area" then. It was some Ottoman province, or a British protectorate. And from what I've read on the subject there were plenty of Arabs around. Who do you think the Jews bought the land from, the Swiss?
It was only after the formation of Israel and in the late 20th century that the huge numbers were born, funded in large part by loads of valuable oil.
Nope, try again. Lebanon, Syria, Jordan, Egypt and the formerly occupied territories border Israel. As far as I know none of them have any oil to speak of. The big oil countries are Saudi, Iraq, Iran and the Gulf sheikdoms, about 2-3 hours airplane flight from Israel.
The silly "promised land" nonsense obviously gave them a dangerous superstitious idea. There is no "promised land". There is no deity giving them the word. Those who believe that are gullible, like those who believe Islamic Jihad's superstitions. Most people seem to be gullible and will follow the nearest leader who looks pretty tough, much like chickens imprint on the nearest moving thing as being Mum.
I don't know how many Israelis live in Israel because they consider it the foretold "promised land". I also don't really understand why the neighbor countries seem to prefer making constant warfare with Israel rather than building up their own economies and doing trade with Israel. But I can recognize it a mess that needs constructive change. |
