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There's a difference between people moving into an area and a nation state moving into an area.

If you think think 1948 was started by the Arabs, you're obviously missing some vital context. Vital context, like 'A nation state started colonizing them without their permission'.

The colonization continued, with more land grabs at gunpoint for the next 80 years.



Let's talk about colonization. The land of Israel, backwards through time:

21. Modern state of Israel 20. British mandate 19. Ottoman empire 18. Islamic Mamluk Sultanate of Egypt 17. Ayyubid dynasty 16. Christian kingdom of Jerusalem <-- this is around 1099 15. Fatimid caliphate 14. Abbasid caliphate 13. Umayyad caliphate 12. Rashidun Caliphate <-- right after Muhammad dies 11. Byzantine empire 10. Roman empire <-- founding of Christianity 9. Hasmonean dynasty <-- BC flips to AD 8. Seleucid empire 7. Empire of Alexander the 3rd of Macedon 6. Persian empire 5. Babylonian empire 4. Kingdoms of Israel and Judea 3. Kingdom of Israel 2. Theocracy of the 12 tribes of Israel <-- first Jews 1. Individual state of Canaan <-- earliest archeological evidence of people in what is today called Israel

But please say more about the vital context.


One of these is actively pursued in the context of the allegedly rules-based modern world, where this kind of colonization is a war crime.


"Israel is only the first target. The entire planet will be under our rule." -Mahmoud Al-Zahar


And I'm going to be the first man to jump to the moon.




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