• JackGreenEarth@lemm.ee
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    6 hours ago

    I thought when Britian originally gave Palestine to the Jews (who made it Israel), the Muslims were offered a state where they got some of the land, and the Jews got some, with each getting half of Jerusalem, but they were unable to come to an offer that both sides would agree to.

    • BlameThePeacock@lemmy.ca
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      6 hours ago

      And then 5 neighbouring countries invaded Israel the day after the British protectorate ended because they weren’t happy with the UN defined borders.

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        No they just wanted to murder Jews and justified it with that…

        Gladly they all got their asses handed to them.

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        Tbf they were all Muslim countries, they weren’t exactly coming from an impartial perspective.