“Israeli northern city Haifa has long been touted as an Arab-Jewish mixed city. But tours following the lives of Palestinians living there before the establishment of Israel tell a more detailed reality.” Of 70,000 Palestinians, only 4,000 remained. Palestinians were expelled and someone else would just take over their houses and their belongings. Just like that….
@GhostOnTheHalfShell@palestine The rise of nationalism in Europe was the trigger. Making of a “nation” out of different people was never a peaceful process. The process was particularly violent when nations were created based on the myths of racial or ethnic uniqueness & superiority (Germany, the Balkans, etc.) With all the talk about globalization, we are still stuck in the nationalist stage of history and voices that scream “us vs them” are getting louder.
"A land without a people for a people without a land" is a widely cited phrase associated with the movement to establish a Jewish homeland in Palestine during the 19th and 20th centuries. Its historicity and significance are a matter of contention.
Because Jews are too lazy to build their own infrastructure even if given food, water and building materials until it is done but need someone else to do the work for them
Because most Jews are too lazy to build their own infrastructure even if given food, water and building materials until it is done but need someone else to do the work for them
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