georgephillip
Diamond Member
Is it not also unreasonable for a state to declare itself independent without specifying its borders?Which are also useful for stealing other peoples' land and water.With guns and soldiers.
Hitler probably thought the same way about Poland.
Congratulations.
They are also useful to prevent from people killing you.
Which was precisely what the Arab armies would have down if the Jewish hadn't won.
As I told you before, if the Arab countries wouldn't start a war after Israel has declared independence, then you would have a case.
If the Arab countries choose to attack , and lose.
It is unreasonable to complain about the outcome of a war you have started.
"On 14 May 1948, the day the Mandate officially ended and the day before the bulk of the remaining British troops departed, Israel declared its independence and sovereignty, though without specifying borders..."
The Arab armies that intervened the next day took defensive positions around the Arab State proposed by the UNSCOP Partition Plan. Israel not only preserved all the territory of the Jewish State but also extended its "borders" beyond what the UN called for.
"By December 1948, Israel controlled most of the portion of Mandate Palestine west of the Jordan River."
Without the presence of Arab troops as a buffer, Israel would likely have controlled all of Mandate Palestine west of the Jordan River long before 1967.
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