| Kasz216 said: The very short of it? There was an UN agreement in place. Israel agreed, Palestine didn't and started a war with a bunch of arab states who actually didn't give a shit about them and probably planned to divy up palestine once they won. Except they didn't win. Palsetine lost... the other nations were pushed out. So Palestine now want to go back to the UN deal. With Israel saying "hell no, you had your chance and you started a war."
If you want to go farther then that... it's all England's fault. |
But the UN was only made up of about 58 countries then right? Many Empires were still intact and the people of the region actually living there for centuries had no say so it wasn't a very democratic outcome. Furthermore the international community (except the US, Israel and some Islands in the Pacific) for more than 3 decades agreed to the 1967 borders. Israel with US backing refuses to adhere to the majority consensus and continues to defy international law.
superchunks post explains it the best.
