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The roots of the Arab-Israeli conflict were all laid out in 1948 and the years immediately preceding it. 1948 also reflects the attitude that Israel's neighbors have repeatedly taken towards it, namely: trying to destroy it.

Israel was attacked again in 1973, 1991, 2006. They suffer regular rocket and terror attacks to this day.

It's also hard to blame all aggression in the region on the Israeli (Jews) when we recall that they were attacked by all neighboring nations as soon as they tried to find refuge in Israel, before there was any history of hostility.

Simply put: Israel's neighbors targeted it for destruction from day 0.



if you're so obsessed with 1948 you should consider reaffirming the original peace agreement.

http://www.auphr.org/index.php/news/5218-mapcard


> before there was any history of hostility

Carving a piece of land pretty much unilaterally, against the wills of those living there, is already an act of hostility.


Uhm... At least 32% of those living there would probably beg to differ.[1] (Or 55%, if you look at the actual partition plan.[2])

In any case most of the rest of the region was carved up by the occupying European powers in much the same way, including the creation of Lebanon, Syria, Jordan, and Iraq.

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Demographic_history_of_Palesti...

[2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_Nations_Partition_Plan_...




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