> forcefully stealing land from the Palestinian people
That is incredibly ahistorical, and in my honest opinion, "land theft" allegations are akin to a smear.
The truth about the land's history is, of course, too complicated to fit in a thread.
That is incredibly ahistorical, and in my honest opinion, "land theft" allegations are akin to a smear.
The truth about the land's history is, of course, too complicated to fit in a thread.
One thing is for sure though, they keep doing it. To this day Israeli settlers, aided by the IDF, keep stealing Palestinian land and resources
Israel probably wishes they would just disappear so it would stop being so complicated
Also it's amazing how nuance is needed when it's to discuss Israel's war crimes, land grabs, and everything else. But none is required when it's about Palestinians. Do you also say that "it's complicated" when someone talks about Hamas?
Israel is not colonising anyone. Even the West Bank was occupied in ab existentixal war against proper state armies and violent civilians groups in 1967.
You however, by saying it’s complicated, are trying to paint a simple picture in which Israel apparently didn’t do anything wrong
That’s actually incredibly partisan and false
Yes you did. You said Israel was created by "forcefully stealing land." The vast majority of Jewish migrants in the late 19th century bought the land. If you're talking about the 1949 war... well, it was a war, in which the Israelis agreed to the fair UN partition plan, and the Arab states did not. At the very least, "stealing" is a very reductive way to summarize it.
> by saying it’s complicated, are trying to paint a simple picture
But is is complicated! That is actually true, and that's OK!
> in which Israel apparently didn’t do anything wrong
Of course Israel has done things wrong.
> That’s actually incredibly partisan
I am trying my absolute best to make comments in the spirit of HN. If you think it's too partisan to engage with, then I'm sorry, but you should know that I really did try.
Maybe you mean Zionist claims?
Do you also think that criticizing Israel in any way is antisemitic?