I just do not know why you are so engulfed by Israel/Palestine that you are determined to put your views into threads which are not about it. This is not about and never has been a thread about Israel. It is about the possibility of people in France voting for Le Pen and why that might be but you have been determined, despite being asked more than once, not to, to make it about Israel to do so and possibly given your little bit on the people of the middle east, your dislike of them. This thread has nothing to do with Israel. There is as I said an Israel/Palestine forum where your interest in Israel Palestine can be investigated as much as you want.You can speculate on what you think I am, but I will not be entering discussions about me. I am not important.
Social media has changed things a lot. People have to manipulate harder. Before the internet all you needed to do was control the TV news. For the UK that wasn't so hard, BBC (govt controlled) ITV and Channel 4.
I'm not giving any propaganda at all. I don't like either side in the conflict. It's like two kids who've been naughty and each side is blaming each other. However I look at what exists, look at the History and see what's there.
I've also been to the Middle East and seen for myself the attitudes that exist there.
List of wars involving Israel - Wikipedia
en.wikipedia.org
Here's a list of wars.
1948, Israel gets to be a country and within hours Egypt, Jordan and Syria invade.
1967 - six day war - Israel invaded Egypt.
1967-1970 - war of attrition - Egypt trying to get its territory back.
1973 - Yom Kippur War - Egypt and Syria attacked Israel
So, I believe you're wrong. And in reality stating who started what war ignores a lot of what is going on. For example Sharon started a lot of conflicts by provoking, but also Hamas did the same thing. Sometime provocation could happen 20 years before.
That the Arabs attacked within hours of the British pulling out is telling. And it shows Israel's mentality. They have a siege mentality because their Arab neighbors are exceedingly aggressive. If you hit a dog repeatedly, it might turn into an aggressive dog.
What we need to look at is what happened BEFORE Israel became a country, when Jews were leaving Europe (because the Europeans were killing Jews in pogroms) and arriving in Palestine, how were they treated? From what I can see there weren't too many problems at first, and then the Arab leaders (as opposed to the ordinary people) decided they hated the Jews and started an aggressive campaign against them.
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