In 1948 anti-Semitism was rampant all over the globe, not just in Nazi Germany. Religious fanatic Jews who called themselves Zionists yearned for their own country, a theocracy, where they could feel safe. They decided to invade Palestine, a country prominent in Jewish history millennia ago. None of these people’s ancestors had ever lived there, but Zionists convinced themselves they had holy title to the entire country, and the Palestinians were squatting on it. Major powers like the USA and Britain egged the Zionists on, because they wanted a way to get rid of their Jewish citizens. The Zionists won their war, and effectively enslaved the Palestinians and set up an apartheid state. Over the years, Israel spend lavishly buying and threatening the politicians of the world so that most people on earth saw the Jews as the persecuted party. The Palestinians and their Arab neighbours wanted to oust the Zionist invaders entirely, but did not have the military might to do it. So they decided try for a compromise, where the Palestinians would be given back a small piece of their original land to run as their own country. Israel is run by extreme right wing politicians who reject the partition, and promote genocide of the Palestinians as the only viable long-term solution. What bothers me most is the Jews who live in Israel are convinced they did absolutely nothing at all to harm the Palestinians. Jews are 100% blameless. They believe the Palestinians are to a man insane, and attack Jews for utterly no reason. Such is the power of state propaganda.
~ Roedy (born: 1948-02-04 age: 64)