seems like the ‘safe’ public opinion is ‘we stand behind israel’ and the left opinion is palestinian support

i don’t live there i don’t have any particular interest or fascination with the region i don’t understand any of this pls don’t yell at me

  • M500
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    I don’t remember all the details but after, I think ww2, a bunch of land was promised to Israel but that same land was also promised to Palestine. Do these two groups had a claim to the same land to call their country.

    It couldn’t just be divided in half as they both claimed some areas as their religious sites and didn’t want to give that up.

    Eventually it was settled and the land was divided between the two countries. But through legal loopholes and stuff Israel was able to claim some additional land.

    But the end result is that there are two groups who have been at each others throats forever.

    I’m not from this region or have a say in it. The facts I stated are not entirely accurate, it’s just what I could remember at the moment from some video I watched at some point.

    So, if you read or hear conflicting information just go with what the other person said.

    If I got something wrong please post the correction.

    If you are going to tell me that something is wrong and I shouldn’t post it because it’s misinformation, then fuck off. No one else has posted anything and I’m just trying to help out based on memory. If you can do a better job explaining it do it and I’ll delete my comment.

    • dustyData@lemmy.world
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      But through legal loopholes and stuff

      The “stuff” part was violent military invasion payed by the US. Zionism has been a thing since the XIX century and illegal Jewish settlements have been occurring from even way before WW1. To the point that some Zionist groups even staged refugee ships and terrorist attacks to gather diplomatic support and fight the British and Palestinians for decades (including bombing civilian houses, razing villages and murdering children). When the US gave them financial back up at the end of the first Arab-Israeli war (which they only wanted out of imperialism to use Israel as a war dog against other Arab nations), they used it to turn their paramilitary groups into an official army and invaded all of the West Bank (and half of Egypt). The whole thing is fucked up beyond belief.