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On Israel and ‘Root Causes’

Jon Gabriel, Ed.
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According to today's Hamasophiles, Gaza's leadership is justified in their terror attacks against Israel because "Zionists stole their land." Before that, the British "stole their land," which they seem to forget.

Of course, the Brits stole the land from the Ottoman Empire in the first world war. Well, kind of. The sultan decided the region wasn't populated enough, so he imported Arab Muslims from other regions, such as Yemen and Syria, creating many of today's "Palestinians." In other words, Gaza's ancestors stole it from the Arabs, Jews, and Christians who already lived in the region.

The Ottomans stole it from the Egyptian Mamluks, who inherited it from Egypt's Ayyubids, who had stolen it from Frankish Crusaders. Those short-lived Christian rulers had stolen it from Fatimid Caliphate, which was preceded by several other caliphates. Which had stolen it from the Byzantine/Roman Empire.

Before that, Rome stole it from the Jews, who stole it from the Greeks, who stole it from the Jews, who were given it by the Neo-Babylonians, who had stolen it from the Assyrians, who had stolen it from the Jews.

People who rely on root causes always stop the historiography the second they discover a group they don't like. Funny how that works.

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  • Banned Member@BryanGStephens
    Jon Gabriel, Ed. (View Post):
    People who rely on root causes always stop the historiography the second they discover a group they don’t like. Funny how that works.

    Yes yes yes

  • Zafar@Zafar
    Jon Gabriel, Ed. (View Post):

    According to today’s Hamasophiles, Gaza’s leadership is justified in their terror attacks against Israel because “Zionists stole their land.” Before that, the British “stole their land,” which they seem to forget.

    Of course, the Brits stole the land from the Ottoman Empire in the first world war.

    That doesn't make sense. Britain didn't steal the land, the Ottomans didn't steal the land, they conquered the people and ruled over them without displacing them as a matter of policy. (This is also what the British did in India, btw.)

    Finding the displacement of people bad doesn't make one a Hamas supporter, that also makes no sense.

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