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Israel/Palestine

jg10003

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4. Israel is not a foreign country invading its' neighbor.

Reply to Gaugamela (Reply #1)

Fri Dec 15, 2023, 10:43 PM

Dec 2023

Jews and Arabs lived together in the holy land for centuries under different empires. In 1948 the last foreign empire left and the Jews and Arabs were each given their own country. The Jews agreed. The Arabs said "we will never accept a Jewish country in our midst". The Arabs have been trying to destroy Israel ever since.

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Israel is not a foreign country invading its' neighbor. jg10003 Dec 2023 #4

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