The history of the Jews is long and colourful, starting from a split from the Mesopotamian culture long ago to the creation of one of the longest enduring religions and culture of the world.
Modern History had the Jews under constant persecution by all the worlds nations: all of Europe's nations, Canada and the United States. There was a boat load of Jews fleeing persecution from Pre-War Nazi Germany, they went to England, they went to Canada, they went to America and no-one would let them land. Only one country welcomed those Jews, Germany; it had a plan of where to put them. There were rumours of what was happening in Germany during the war, but nothing solid. When the invasion came, the world was shocked with what they found and every nation realized that they were wrong.
There was a plan to create a homeland for the Jews, so that they could govern their own fate, their ancestral home was selected, they had lost it nearly two thousand years before when the Roman empire removed them to quell their rebellions. But there were people living their already, the Palestinians. The Palestinians had no relation to the ancient people of Palestine, whom the Jews removed to create Israel twenty-five hundred years previously, but it looked like history was repeating itself.
Choosing a new homeland for a displaced people in a world full of people was the last act of the colonial Europeans in the area. And millions of persecuted Jews moved over a short time to the new Israel. But the people who lived there did not want them there. Jerusalem was the third most holy city of Islam, it was the Second most holy city of Christianity and it was the only holy city of the Jews, a holy Mosque was on the same site of the holy temple of the Jews. And that part of Jerusalem was not part of the original land grant to the Jews.
The trouble is, at this point, is that my view of the situation has been coloured by personal experiences, but I did some quick research to amend that. Israel took in Jews from every mid-eastern country and their property was confiscated and then they attacked, three wars in twenty years and they survived. And they gained territory. They beat off their aggressors. And then they attacked and they got a second nation to sign a treaty with them. Jordan was the first in the first years of the wars and the second was Egypt. Then the Middle-East backed off, because the worst state secret was let out of Israel, they had The Bomb.
The problem is that they, as a nation, are cocky and they feel that it is alright to inflict on others what had been inflicted on them. And that is the problem, because as any child knows, two wrongs do not make a right.
You see, I worked in a school in Big Smoke, it was in a Jewish section of the city. It was a wealthy part of the town, which was bad, because the other kids grew up believing that all Jews are rich, like the stereotype. One of the things that some organizations do is they fund young Jewish children to go to the Holy Land, via the concentration camps. I strongly believe that knowing your history is a very important thing, but the glorification of that history, to give their children the feeling of justification for doing bad things is, well it makes them as bad as the people that did the bad things to them.
When the Nazis did the most repugnant and detestable things to the Jews, the Roma, Gays and everyone else that they did them to them to, they sold a chance to the Jews. They were the bastard sons and daughters of Europe, peria of the continent, but the horrors of the concentration camps, broke the racism that had been fostered and encouraged for centuries. But the treatment of the Palestinians by Israel, is, too much.
No, before anyone starts to think my opinions are one sided, or that I hate the Jews, let me be clear: I think all three sides are wrong and if I could wipe all sides off the Earth, I would.
The Palestinians have been in refugee camps for sixty years, none of the local Arab states, have offered resettlement, even though they kicked out all the Jews into Israel and took their property. If they had offered the displaced people a home, this impasse would have been lesser. If the Palestinians, with the other nations had not turned to terrorism to get their way, the impasse would have been lesser. If the two sides had come together with peace on their minds, there would have been peace.
If the third side did not exist…. The third side. If the third side did not exist, which wants the entire Mid-East to implode. Now I sound like a conspiracist, with a wild theory, probably involving the New World Order, but no, I am not going to do that. But I did spy on a conversation between two Facebook friends, who are no longer friends. The Religious Right is very interested in the Middle East, that is the location that is mentioned as one of the signs of the Apocalypse and they, the chosen ones, want it to come about sooner. Believe me, every time there there is new war in the region, they have to change their underwear.
Now Israel, is in a tough position as Iran draws near to the completion of their Atomic Bomb program. When this happens, what will come of them and us. Will they be able to forge peace. I hope so. I hope there will be peace.
But back to my original statement. The Israeli government has consistently been ignoring the Palestinians and building concentration camp like walls around them. One way to signal their government that they are on the wrong track and need to rethink their policies, to get back to the peace negotiation table, is to recognize the Palestinians in the United Nations. So I disagree with my government's vote against Palestine, I disagree a lot more with my government than I agree with it, but who wouldn't; they are not far from being Fascists.
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