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Politics : WAR on Terror. Will it engulf the Entire Middle East?
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To: michael97123 who wrote (11852)1/26/2006 8:54:12 AM
From: Hawkmoon  Read Replies (1) of 32591
 
In his world Palestine was a thriving arab state until the jews came along. In reality Palestine was apart of the arab nation that had some cities of religious significance in its midst.

Well, I guess in comparison to the rest of the Arab world, Palestine might have been "thriving" given its agriculture.

But the Jews invested a tremendous amount of money into the region and certainly can be credited with turning the desert into a garden.

Also, as I recall reading somewhere, the British only permitted the Jews to settle in areas where there were few Arabs living. They were permitted to live in the desolate areas, which they they then had to spend sweat, blood, and money to develop into farmland. Once they had improved the land, the Arabs in the are grew jealous and then claimed that the land was theirs (despite the fact that it had not been inhabited previously).

I also believe this has been the case with most Jewish settlements in Gaza and the West Bank. Jews were permitted only to create these settlements in uninhabited parts. Many settlements in the West Bank were formed on the hilltops because there were uninhabited, but also formed a secondary fortification line versus any future invasions by the Jordanians.

Again.. I'm saying it was "just". But in such situations just is often overlooked in favor of necessity and opportunity.

Hawk
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