Does Israel have a right to exist?

[w¡n9Nµ7 §£@¥€r 123]

I have a feeling this thread is going to piss me off.

Why? Do you have a problem with being wrong?

[incanada1234 0]

I have a feeling this thread is going to piss me off.

Why? Do you have a problem with being wrong?

And it begins.

[gwenneh 7]

Yes, but couldn't it have been created somewhere else? Like possibly a part of Germany or something?

From what I understand, no, because the religious ties of the Israeli community are to that specific land. Or so it has been explained to me!

[Fuzzness 2]

Yes, but couldn't it have been created somewhere else? Like possibly a part of Germany or something?

From what I understand, no, because the religious ties of the Israeli community are to that specific land. Or so it has been explained to me!

and muslims don't have religious ties to that specific area?

I can certainly understand that they have ties to that area however it was not Palestine's duty to give up that land. I can definately understand their anger towards Israel.

However let me make it clear that I do not support either side. I say let them kill each other then we'll figure out what to do with the ashes.

[gwenneh 7]

and muslims don't have religious ties to that specific area?

Of course they do; I was just answering your question as to why Israel couldn't have been created elsewhere.

[kittykatwoman 0]

However let me make it clear that I do not support either side. I say let them kill each other then we'll figure out what to do with the ashes.

I think i should also say i don't support either side, i answered "no" as an answer to the question in the absolute.

Edited July 14, 2006 by kittykatwoman

[Ban Hammer 12,842]

Yes, but couldn't it have been created somewhere else? Like possibly a part of Germany or something?

From what I understand, no, because the religious ties of the Israeli community are to that specific land. Or so it has been explained to me!

creation of israel after ww2

how the jews were run out of there

palestine claims to the region

[Trumplestiltskin 5,791]

Sure. After a fashion.

[Bosco 1]

Yes, but couldn't it have been created somewhere else? Like possibly a part of Germany or something?

"If you have burned the Jews, why don't you give a piece of Europe, the United States, Canada or Alaska to Israel," Ahmadinejad said. "Our question is, if you have committed this huge crime, why should the innocent nation of Palestine pay for this crime?"

[Ban Hammer 12,842]

Yes, but couldn't it have been created somewhere else? Like possibly a part of Germany or something?

"If you have burned the Jews, why don't you give a piece of Europe, the United States, Canada or Alaska to Israel," Ahmadinejad said. "Our question is, if you have committed this huge crime, why should the innocent nation of Palestine pay for this crime?"

asked and answered.

Yes, but couldn't it have been created somewhere else? Like possibly a part of Germany or something?

From what I understand, no, because the religious ties of the Israeli community are to that specific land. Or so it has been explained to me!

next question?

[Bosco 1]

Yes, but couldn't it have been created somewhere else? Like possibly a part of Germany or something?

From what I understand, no, because the religious ties of the Israeli community are to that specific land. Or so it has been explained to me!

Get your homeland and get it at the place you most desire.

[gimygirl 0]

I have a feeling this thread is going to piss me off.

[sharky 2]

Israel does have the right to exist, but not at the expense of the Palestinian people, who have suffered far too long at the hands of the Zionist occupiers of THEIR land.....

maybe the current crisis will bring in Iran and Syria to the conflict, then lets see how the Israelis tackle them?

Israel has been getting away with muderous and terrorist activities for way too long now...

[mawilson 2,133]

There was no "nation" of Palestine or "Palestinian people" when Israel was created,

or at least the people who lived there (about 500,000 at the time) didn't identify

themselves as such. Their relationship with the Jewish people and the State of Israel

has been fundamental in shaping that identity.

[gwenneh 7]

There was no "nation" of Palestine or "Palestinian people" when Israel was created,

or at least the people who lived there (about 500,000 at the time) didn't identify

themselves as such. Their relationship with the Jewish people and the State of Israel

has been fundamental in shaping that identity.

Interesting. So what were they prior to the creation of the State of Israel? Who did the land technically belong to, as in who had sovereign control of it?