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Old 7th December 2017, 09:50 AM   #96
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Originally Posted by Mycroft View Post
Zionists prior to 1947 purchased the lands they built on.

During the Israeli war of independence, Muslim Arabs who fled their lands were not allowed back, and their lands were taken by the state. This also happened to Jewish refugees from areas that were taken by Arab forces.

Today Zionists still purchase lands from Arab land-owners. Characterizing this as “taking by force” is at best uninformed, and at worst disinformation motivated by bigotry and a desire to be incendiary.
Plenty certainly are. Say the army decides it needs it as a command post, there you go you lose your house. Sucks to be you. Or you could try to live upstairs and get shot.

https://www.hrw.org/news/2017/11/28/...can-stem-abuse


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Settlements can be moved, or not, lands can be swapped, borders can be negotiated. It all requires negotiations.
Yep and every year the boarders of what will have to stay Israeli get larger. Seems to be working quite well as a low intensity conflict.
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