Are you familiar with how the state of Israel was established in the first place?
LOL... Actually "IamMe", I'm very familiar with it... BUT I'm more interested in hearing
your version 
(let me guess, you're now going to repost Palestinian propaganda which brushes over facts with unsupported generalities and conclusions??
)
Try explaining in your own words "IamMe"
Curious also is how you didn't bother to back up any of your previous statements I called into questions...
Well, in (very) brief. In the late 1800s Jews began to move into the region mostly based on Zionist ideals. The British took over the region, assisted by Zionist soldiers. In 1922, the League of Nations granted the United Kingdom a mandate over Palestine for the express purpose of "placing the country under such political, administrative and economic conditions as will secure the establishment of the Jewish national home". At this time, of course, the population was still mostly Arab. In 1948 an independent Jewish State was declared as the mandate ran out and the Arab-Israeli war took place. During the war 711,000 Arabs, according to UN estimates, or about 80% of the Arab population, fled the country. Egypt took Gaza and Jordan took the West Bank.
Good "IamMe"... You did fairly well, BUT YOU DID brush over and ignore some very important and "telling" facts... Didn't you??
Yes, "
In the late 1800s Jews began to move into the region mostly based on Zionist ideals".... And
WHO's territory was it then?? Hint, it didn't belong to a group calling themselves "Palestinians"...
nor was it under Arab rule or control at all. (Another hint), it had been under this groups control for almost 400 years at that time, which is far longer than the United States has been in existence (for perspective).
And Yes: "In 1922, the League of Nations granted the United Kingdom a mandate over Palestine for the express purpose of "placing the country under such political, administrative and economic conditions as will secure the
establishment of the Jewish national home". You might also note that there was
NO MENTION in the Palestine Mandate of establishing a second Arab nation (2nd to Jordan, which would consist of 77% of the Palestine Mandate, and on which Jews were forbidden to settle). There was also
no mention in the document of "Palestinians"(as they're known today).
http://www.yale.edu/lawweb/avalon/mideast/palmanda.htm"
At this time, of course, the population was still mostly Arab",
Again TRUE, though you should note that those Arabs weren't recognized as "seperate" culturally or politically from Arabs in Jordan, Syria, or any of the other surrounding Arab/Muslim nations/regions.
And more importantly, they did not rule or control the land they occupied. They were subjects/citizens of a regime who had a long history of authority/rule in that territory (in a way, like Mississippians in the US), "Palestine" wasn't even recognized as a Province on it's own, but parts of 3 provinces which extended also to other territories...
"
In 1948 an independent Jewish State was declared as the mandate ran out and the Arab-Israeli war took place"... Now here you have to
slow down just a bit, as you're
ignoring/side-stepping some very important and relevant, and "telling" facts:
- YES, the mandate ran out, but aren't you forgetting a very
significant action taken by the United Nations prior to Israel declaring their state??
Resolution 181 was passed... offering Israel/the Jews a sliver of land far less than initially proposed... And the Arabs were offered autonomy on the rest of what remained of Palestine (after Jordan (77%) was taken off)....
Israel accepted the resolution, the Arabs rejected the resolution in defiance of the UN.
http://www.yale.edu/lawweb/avalon/un/res181.htmAnd YES, "the Arab-Israeli war took place"...but "took place" dodges the impact of the details of what actually happened... In more detailed terms, the newly formed state of Israel was
attacked by several of it's Arab/Muslim neighbors. It should be noted, that a "Palestinian Arab army" was not among them, as there was, at the time, no such thing as a Palestinian Army. The stated objective of their attack, was the destruction of Israel.
And YES, many Arabs "fled" the country....
BUT THAT'S CLEARLY NOT THE SAME AS WHAT YOU STATED BEFORE... What you stated before was "
their expulsion"...
Israel fully admits, and did long again, that some Arabs were expelled or pushed out, as happens in any war... But the majority of evidence I've seen clearly points the the overwhelming majority of Arabs leaving on their own, often at the urging of their own who were invading.
We also shouldn't forget WHO was instigating the war, causing the flighte. Israel had just accepted Resolution 181, accepted the terms and borders drawn,
while the Arabs rejected this in defiance of the UN and elected instead the verdict of war... a war they lost not once, but several times.
And YES... "
Egypt took Gaza and Jordan took the West Bank" We might noticed how
you didn't state "the Palestinians took the West Bank and/or Gaza.... And couldn't we argue that Egypt "taking" Gaza and Jordan "taking" the West Bank was really more of an "occupation", as the same UN you referred to with you "fled" numbers never recognized those "occupations"??
So based on what we know, maybe you'd like to reword your previous statement of assumptions (??)
...their expulsion from their own land
... or back them up with some facts I'm possibly not aware of??
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