AliHajiSheik
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Strange how your series of maps does not include the time when Jordan annexed the West Bank between 1950 and 1988.Sorry for the late replay.
No, you need to recognize the Israeli expansionist agenda in order to understand the difficulties in this conflict or accept that Israel will eventually cease to exist with not one but two new genocides, first that of the palestinians and then that of the Jews as a consequence. That is the incongruous but long term inevitable consecuence of your reasoning.
Don't get me wrong. I do support the existance of Israel, I do agree with that Hamas needs to be eliminated, I do believe that not only the US but also the EU need to be firmly and clear in their support of Israel in this situation or we will have a very much more disasteress situation.
BUT.
Before 1948, Israel did not exist. The whole territory was "Palestine", ruled by the UK. In the creation of Israel, Palestine was devided in two areas, one Jewish (Israel) and one arabic (West bank) Before the middle of the 19th century the whole area was populated by Palestines alone, and this since the Jews was displaced from the area in 135 after Christ. Jews from mainly eastern Europe and Russia (due to anti semitism of the time) started moving there in the middle of the 19th centuryand at the end of the 19th centuray the idea of a jewish state was formed within the jewish community. These are the borders through the times since the formation of Israel.
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Now as I said in the post you responded to Israel want the areas of Palestine that was made arabic but without the Palastines and has been working towards this goal for decades. Slowely commitng the first genocide that I talk about above. In the long term, this needs to stopp. In the short term this unables the idea of the arabic countries accepting Palestine refugees, since this is what Israel is trying to accomplish ( to displaced plaestines from the area never to be able to return and take over the area) which makes the comments about "where are the arabic countries (that not support Hamas) in this? Why don't they help the palestinian refugees" kind of ridiclus.
So , In the short term. Total support for the Israel existance is needed. The US must be the voice of reason in the entire process of how to fight Hamas and Israel must give it the time it needs to eliminate Hamas without carrying out a massacre of Palestinians in Gaza. If israel and the US come to the conclusion that Israel must enter and clear Gaza, then Israel must make room on its territory for the Palestinians who are now in the firing line and the United States must be the one to guarantee these fleeing Palestinians that they can return to their homes when the conflict is over . It should also be allowed to take time. Moving over a million people and at the same time ensuring that the terrorists are not among them takes time.