Establishment of the State of Israel, in accordance with the 1947 UN Partition Plan. If I recall corectly there were people living in this region prior to 1947. After the establishment of the State of Israel what hapened to those people and there property. I assume there were homes and buisnesses. Were these people now citizens of the new state? I don't know. It seems Wild Bill does not have all the facts. I know I don't.
As far as I know, the British had control of that area, and all the indigenous people who were there were not evicted by the Jewish settlers.
What became Israel was mostly desert and nomadic tribes, and small villages that had not changed in thousands of years. All of the modern buildings and infrastructure was due to the British.
No one was kicked out of Israel because of their religion, at least. Jerusalem is still important to Jews, Christians, and Muslims, and the Israeli government allows all three religions to exist there. According to Wikipedia http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arab_citizens_of_Israel 20% of Israeli citizens are of Arab descent. Lots of good info there.
"Nomadic tribes, and small villages that had not changed in thousands of years. No one was kicked out". That sounds familiar. Where has that happened before? Did the indigenous people get full citizenship in the newly established nation?
Establishment of the State of Israel, in accordance with the 1947 UN Partition Plan.
ReplyDeleteIf I recall corectly there were people living in this region prior to 1947. After the establishment of the State of Israel what hapened to those people and there property. I assume there were homes and buisnesses. Were these people now citizens of the new state?
I don't know. It seems Wild Bill does not have all the facts. I know I don't.
As far as I know, the British had control of that area, and all the indigenous people who were there were not evicted by the Jewish settlers.
ReplyDeleteWhat became Israel was mostly desert and nomadic tribes, and small villages that had not changed in thousands of years. All of the modern buildings and infrastructure was due to the British.
No one was kicked out of Israel because of their religion, at least. Jerusalem is still important to Jews, Christians, and Muslims, and the Israeli government allows all three religions to exist there.
According to Wikipedia http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arab_citizens_of_Israel 20% of Israeli citizens are of Arab descent. Lots of good info there.
"Nomadic tribes, and small villages that had not changed in thousands of years. No one was kicked out".
ReplyDeleteThat sounds familiar. Where has that happened before?
Did the indigenous people get full citizenship in the newly established nation?
According to the Wikipedia cite, the people living there were offered Israeli citizenship.
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