| superchunk said: Where do you get your history from? This is absurd in its entirety. 1) Jews, in the 1930's and before, were less than 10% of the entire population. Hell, there were more Christians Arabs than Jews. 2) Jews increased by millions in a manner of a few years ALL from immigration from Europe. AFTER 1948 it had another big increase of Jews from Arab lands. 3) Arabs only increased by normal population growth. How else would the population base go from 90% Arab and 10% Jewish to 55% Arab and 45% Jewish in less than 5 years? 4) The Stern Gang and Irgun were the reason for most of the bloodshed pre-1948. They are the reason the British pulled out as the British were under constant attack from them, not Arabs. They were the original terrorists in the region. The Arabs learned these tactics from them, as it worked in removing the British and establishing Israel. They bombed hotels, homes, kidnappings, and the slaughter of an entire village Old Testament style including all animals; look up Deir Yassin. Additionally, most of the Prime Ministers and controlling government officials were once leaders or part of these gangs. However what matters is not what happened then but what's now. Now you have an advanced and very large military and government supporting a terrorist enclave of settlers in the continued illegal expansion of Jewish homes on Arab lands for the sole purpose of pushing out the Palestinians and preventing any form of peace. The Arabs have no reason to vocally support a Jewish state while their homes are still under direct attack. |
Since only 32% of the population was Jewish in 1948 according to the UN, and there were less than 2 million residents in the whole of Palestine (so, no "millions" of European Jews), I'd question where you are getting your numbers. And since Irgun wasn't formed until 1931 and the Stern Group until much later, how do you explain all the rioting and bloodshed of the '20s - which is what precipitated the foundation of Irgun to begin with? The wheels of violence were in motion long before the Jews started fighting back.
