• AlpacaChariot@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    Not a great comparison as Brits have Britain to live in already (I’m British, if it matters).

    If you displaced the Brits from India back in the day, they could return to Britain.

    If you displace the Jews from Israel now, where could they go?

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      1 year ago

      All the Jewish people in Israel came from other countries though and a very large percentage of the population of Israel maintain dual citizenship. So they can return to the country they are a citizen of, or return to the country there parents or grandparents came from.

      Yes, they weren’t being treated well in those countries (to put it lightly) but that doesn’t make them entitled to someone else’s land. He’ll the reason most western countries supported creating Israel is because they wanted their Jewish populations to leave.

      It would be like unilaterally decided were going to take part of balkans and give it to the Romani people so they have their own country. They are persecuted and don’t have a country of their own, so why not?

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        1 year ago

        The vast majority of Israel’s Jewish population is native-born at this point. They have no connection to those countries. They likely don’t even speak the language. I do not see how that would be a good solution.

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          1 year ago

          There is no easy solution to this where everyone gets what they want and is happy.

          There is only least bad solutions.

          And and I think dismantling Israel is that least bad solution. They can go to other countries or become part of Palestine. But either way as the colonising population they have the moral duty to bare that burden.

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            1 year ago

            What if the countries their ancestors came from don’t want to take them and the Palestinians don’t want them there either? I don’t think it is a solution.

            My solution would be put the whole area under UN control until something equitable can be worked out that will make people at least satisfied. They won’t be happy, but they could be satisfied if they were forced to have negotiations.

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      1 year ago

      There’s a lot of places where Jews can already live safely

      The hilarious part is upper middle class Jews from like New York running over to colonize Palestine to be “safer”