There has to be a factual basis to claims.
1) Almost every country in existence conquered land from a different country or people, including the US, yet no one demands that they give that land back except in Israel's case. For instance, no one demands that the US give back lands to the Indians or France give back Alsace-Lorraine to Germany, or Spain give back land to the Basques or Russia give back land to the Georgians and Tatars, or Turkey give back land to Cyprus etc.
2) It is a fundamental er…
Of course, you knew the comments would attack you from both sides, and also those in the middle who don’t know much, who appreciate “nuance.”
I write this with a rock in my heart.
I deeply appreciate your work. And a lot of this is very informative on different areas providing background.
But I don’t understand how you can write Israel has been wanting to settle the land of the Palestinians. Palestine was not a sovereign country for hundreds of years. It had no currency. There was no ethnic Palest…