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Originally Posted by Sailor Steve
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Originally Posted by Platapus
The Palestine people deserve a "home of their own" whether it is within a unified Israel or in a separate state.
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I won't argue with that, but there doesn't seem to have been much demand for that back when Jordan owned the West Bank. Israel took it fair and square under the accepted rules of war prizes, and to protect themselves since the Arabs used it as a launching point in the 1967 war. The demand for autonomy only began after Israel took possession. |
But did Jordan build illegal settlements where ever it pleased?
I don't think its just the fact that Israel occupies the West bank but the fact that it has continued to force out palestinians and build on land which is legally held by paletinians since it gained control of the West bank.