Your comparison is laughable. Jews moved to the Middle East purchasing land that they could live on. There has always been racism against Jews in the Middle East, but at first, there was an uneasy peace. Then Jews started to defend themselves against marauders, mostly Arabs. Fast forward. Israel was created out of Transjordan by the powers that be after WWII.
When the Jews decided to emigrate to the ME, there was a few thousand Jews living in Palestine as opposed to nearly 3/4 of a million Arabs. Funded by Jews in Europe, the Zionists as they began to be called, began buying up Arab land. They cut special deals with Turkey. All fair and square but you've seen what happens in the US when wealthy developers move into an area that essentially had been rural up to that point.
Israel didn't kick anyone out at that time. They sure did let alot of bedraggled fugitives from Europe in, though. Then they declared their sovereignty and were promptly attacked by all of the surrounding Arab states. They pushed them back and secured their state. The Arabs would lived within Israels border at the time of the war were urged to flee by the attacking Arab regimes, because the Arabs planned a war of annihilation against the Jews. The Arab civilians did indeed flee. After the war was over, there was never any peace agreement signed and the Arabs continued to fight in a guerilla fashion. Those that stayed within Israel's new borders continued to fight, making themselves persona nongrat among the Israelis.
Yes, but you ignore the obvious.......the Arabs who fled the war were not allowed to come back to Israel. In part, that's why there are refugee camps all over the ME. Their exodus solved a very big problem for the Zionists............they reduced the number of Arabs living within Israel's borders, and finally the Jews and Arabs were in near parity. Yes, the Zionists welcomed a lot of "bedraggled fugitives from Europe" but not just out of largesse. Those bedraggled fugitives were Jews who offset the numbers of Arabs living in Israel.
The fighting continues to this day despite numerous attempts by the world, and yes, by the U.S. to build a state for the Palestinians. Did you know the U.S. is one of the biggest cash donors to the Palestinians and the U.S. very recently gave a bunch of cash to Abbas? At every turn the Palestinians have squandered the aid funds and spurned attempts to build a state for them by the world. The last greatest attempt was at Camp David.
There is no question Arafat was corrupt but at the same time, we have not given Palestine anywhere near the money that Israel has gotten. Furthermore, the Palestinians are being denied statehood by a group of people who were a distinct and rather small minority in the ME for hundreds of years. I know that would piss you off if you were in the Palestinians' position. |
