Saigon
Gold Member
The First Aliyah began in around 1899, and by 1910 Palestinians were becoming concerned about the loss of land, and the potential to lose more. Quite understandably, Palestinians fought back against the loss of land, much of which was simply taken and occupied. Assuming that Palestinians would not have objected to Israelis taking land before the formation of the state 1948 is simply mindless.
This is laughable nonsense - so when do the whites in the US get to start terrorising the non-whites for immigrating? Does every group get to use terrorism against "others" moving in? Do people in a mostly black neighborhood get to suicide bomb gentrifying whites moving in? Or is it only arab muslims?
And what kind of BS is "simply taken" mean? That none of the arabs sold their property to jews? You are sadly devoid of the facts here...
Rhdoes -
I don't see that Israel in 1930 and the USA in 2012 make a very suitable basis for comparison in terms of the legal owrnership of land, nor on the legal acquisition of land.
If you do, I'd be curious to know on what basis.
Many Arabs did sell land to settling Israelis, but as much more was stolen - including land my own kibbutz was settled on, so I actually know quite a lot about the process.
In short - a group of Israelis would move in to an unoccupied seciton of land at night, and during the night build basic fortifications. Within their trenches they would start erecting buildings, while they dug themselves in to repulse any attacks from local Palestinian villagers.
In many cases a section of land was purchased, but the kibbutz extended well beyond its boundaries.