You said it - the Empire conveniently defined indigenous peoples as local wildlife. In Australia they even gave it a legal term - "terra nullius". As in, "People? What people? We don't see no humans here."
I remember in school, when they'd teach us about "explorers" "discovering" parts of Australia, I'd ask them, "But weren't there already people living there? Why didn't they just ask them?" The teacher would give me the strangest look.
No, look at your history. There were Arabs and Jews. Arab leaders met with Hitler long before the State of Israel. The reason? To get rid of Jews. No doubt this is why a two state solution was turned down by the Arabs.
"a two state solution was turned down by the Arabs."...??? There was, after Israel kicked, burned, murdered Palestinians out of their villages and cities, a 2 state solution. The West Bank and Gaza. It didn't work out too well, did it? Not because of the Palestinians, either.
Beyond my current education........I did hear a lovely old Jew whose family had lived peacefully along side Muslims in Iraq and had to leave after Israelis made trouble there to force jews to Israel. It was not a good move. In Israel he had to learn rid himself of his Arabic culture. His background was looked down upon....the European jews were the "superior germanic" Jews. He's on Youtube.
Avi Schlaim per chance? I love him - his quiet, calm voice, his intelligence, his FACTS, and, of course, his wild curly hair that reminds me of a child’s stuffed lamb. He is a wonderful man, greatest respect.
Hmm, in my reading of history there were Jews living in Palestine who were also Arabs at the same time. Then a bunch of other Jews of a variety of other ethnicities were herded into Palestine under duress.
Were these newcomers allowed to speak the languages they had spoken since birth, or publish books and newspapers in those languages? No, they had to speak Hebrew!
There were just those A-rabs there. They didn't get a vote.
You said it - the Empire conveniently defined indigenous peoples as local wildlife. In Australia they even gave it a legal term - "terra nullius". As in, "People? What people? We don't see no humans here."
Terra Nullius was used as a legal reason to take over Canada as well. See the book by the same name. Shocking history.
I remember in school, when they'd teach us about "explorers" "discovering" parts of Australia, I'd ask them, "But weren't there already people living there? Why didn't they just ask them?" The teacher would give me the strangest look.
Rhymes with " A land with no people for a people with no land" as the Brits munch on Jaffa Cakes.
Who grew the oranges? That does not matter to infantilized adults who are comfortable in the heart of the empire.
Archival footage here showing the cities, ports, etc of Palestine.
https://www.aljazeera.com/program/featured-documentaries/2013/5/29/al-nakba/
No, look at your history. There were Arabs and Jews. Arab leaders met with Hitler long before the State of Israel. The reason? To get rid of Jews. No doubt this is why a two state solution was turned down by the Arabs.
The Zionists met with Hitler, not the Arabs. That’s some revisionist Zionist history, that you’re throwing out. lol!
"a two state solution was turned down by the Arabs."...??? There was, after Israel kicked, burned, murdered Palestinians out of their villages and cities, a 2 state solution. The West Bank and Gaza. It didn't work out too well, did it? Not because of the Palestinians, either.
Beyond my current education........I did hear a lovely old Jew whose family had lived peacefully along side Muslims in Iraq and had to leave after Israelis made trouble there to force jews to Israel. It was not a good move. In Israel he had to learn rid himself of his Arabic culture. His background was looked down upon....the European jews were the "superior germanic" Jews. He's on Youtube.
Correct! Clare Phillips isn’t telling the truth. What else would you expect.
Avi Schlaim per chance? I love him - his quiet, calm voice, his intelligence, his FACTS, and, of course, his wild curly hair that reminds me of a child’s stuffed lamb. He is a wonderful man, greatest respect.
Spot on. This is the truth.
Look at the history Germany 1933 and the boycott that starved many. Transfer Plan.
Hmm, in my reading of history there were Jews living in Palestine who were also Arabs at the same time. Then a bunch of other Jews of a variety of other ethnicities were herded into Palestine under duress.
Were these newcomers allowed to speak the languages they had spoken since birth, or publish books and newspapers in those languages? No, they had to speak Hebrew!
Like this history?
https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn517746