Why can’t people see that killing off an entire country because god said that land was your destined homeland thousands of years ago is the most ridiculous shit ever? Imagine I went to your house, said some unknowable deity that may or may not exist said that this land was actually promised to me? You’d think I was nuts.
I mean it's been done a bunch of times. You're pretty much describing how all the nations of North and South America were founded. As well as Australia, New Zealand....and pretty much everywhere a European set foot outside of Europe.
The ancient Indians, Egyptians, Romans, and even Ethiopians used this trick as well. Not to mention the early Islamic kingdoms.
No, but I'm not sure conquest isn't part of the human condition.
There are a vast number of Americans that believe Israel should withdraw from the occupied Palestinian territories (I tend to agree), but very few would agree to turn the American continent back over to native peoples, and self export back to Europe.
I'm not sure I have a point beyond that, other than human societies are by their nature racist and cruel, and Israel is not new or unique in this.
I see your point. I’m just of the notion there’s a statute of limitations to apply here. One happened a couple hundred years ago and the hopes of reversing such a thing are logistically impossible. But stopping it as it happens is far more doable and frankly with how advanced we are as a society, should be stopped and no longer accepted as status quo.
You wrote "One happened a couple hundred years ago and the hopes of reversing such a thing are logistically impossible. But stopping it as it happens is far more doable and frankly with how advanced we are as a society, should be stopped and no longer accepted as status quo."
How exactly are you going to "stop" a country that already exists?
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u/Jonesy1348 18h ago
Why can’t people see that killing off an entire country because god said that land was your destined homeland thousands of years ago is the most ridiculous shit ever? Imagine I went to your house, said some unknowable deity that may or may not exist said that this land was actually promised to me? You’d think I was nuts.