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Israel/Palestine

nycbos

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1. The region has been marked by a 5000 year cycle of violence.

Reply to Mosby (Original post)

Thu Jul 6, 2023, 03:18 PM

Jul 2023

For instance, Jerusalem has been: "destroyed twice, besieged 23 times, attacked 52 times, and captured and recaptured 44 times."

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timeline_of_Jerusalem

Israel and Palestine are just the new characters in a never-ending cycle.

Of course, there is the matter that both Jews and Muslims feel god gave them this land. When people hear God talking to them, they do horrible things to each other.

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