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2016-05-16 Israel-Palestine-Jordan

Hamas To 'Never Forgive' Britain For Enabling Creation Of Israel

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Posted by Besoeker 2016-05-16 07:45|| || Front Page|| [9 views ] Top
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#1 "Give us money"

Posted by Frank G 2016-05-16 08:56|| 2016-05-16 08:56|| Front Page Top

#2 Britain conquered the land of Palestine and was the first to support the âNakba,â

Not even close. The Ottoman Turks acquired the Holy Land during their conquest of the Cairo-based Mameluk empire in the late 15th-early 16th centuries. In the 20th century the decayed Ottoman empire chose the losing side in World War I, and so the League of Nations formalized the Allied administration of the defeated country by giving the Holy Land, among other properties, to Britain with the mandate to prepare them for independence. In those days it was the Jews who were referred to as Palestinian, the local Arabs insisting they were part of the greater Arab nation rather than a particular people. The Brits didn't have to exert themselves to conquer "Palestine", it fell into their hands like one grape in a bunch.

As for the Nakba, despite the Balfour Declaration of 1917 promising a Jewish homeland, the Foreign Service and post-Churchill British governments were strongly inclined toward Arab desires in the matter, it being much about oil. Britain did as much as it could to prevent the establishment of Israel, then much that should have caused the new country to fail in the face of five invading Arab armies.

Posted by trailing wife 2016-05-16 11:30|| 2016-05-16 11:30|| Front Page Top

#3 Britain did as much as it could to prevent the establishment of Israel, then much that should have caused the new country to fail in the face of five invading Arab armies.

"The sun never sets on the British Empire."

And they've never gotten completely over it.

Posted by Besoeker 2016-05-16 11:32|| 2016-05-16 11:32|| Front Page Top

#4 Dear Hamas:

Whaaaaa.....

You got your goat raping asses kicked. Not once. Not twice. More than 4.

You and your kind suck and are pretty worthless when compared to the rest of humanity.

Please die. Preferably in a suicide belt malfunction.

Love,
Sane Peoples of Earth

Posted by DarthVader 2016-05-16 13:47|| 2016-05-16 13:47|| Front Page Top

#5 Back in the day Mark Twain traveled to Palestine and described it as basically empty of people.

Fast forward to the Zionist movement and the Jews started moving in and creating an economy.

Fast forward a bit more and Arabs showed up to join in that economy.

Posted by rjschwarz 2016-05-16 14:48|| 2016-05-16 14:48|| Front Page Top

#6 Fast forward a bit more and Arabs showed up to join in that economy.

They probably could join if the could turn their thoughts to anything besides killing the Juice.

Posted by Ebbang Uluque6305 2016-05-16 17:11|| 2016-05-16 17:11|| Front Page Top

#7 I don't think the ones that migrated in at that point weren't as jihad happy and I suspect their descendants are the Israeli Arabs that have been part of the Israeli government for most of its history.

It really isn't until the Arab wars that started the day after Israeli independence that found Israel in control of areas with a population of hostile Arabs that the Arab nations wouldn't take back.

Posted by rjschwarz 2016-05-16 18:15|| 2016-05-16 18:15|| Front Page Top

#8 First of all, if Hamas will never forgive... then why mess with them? The Brits have enough on their plate without the Pal problem.
Second of all, the Brits really didn't care who ran Palestine until after WWII. Then they fought the Jews for independence, and lost.
As for Darth, you sound like Newc.
I like the I's. I wouldn't mind it at all if they let us good Christians resettle the occupied lands. Of course there is nothing more dangerous than a Christian Evangelist!

Posted by jvalentour 2016-05-16 23:14|| 2016-05-16 23:14|| Front Page Top

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