Yes but you can’t claim ownership of a territory that is currently inhabited by people who didn’t expell you themselves or their immediate ancestors, based on a 2000 year old historical claim.
No it doesn’t, the Jewish people 2000 years ago weren’t a state, weren’t the only people in the region, and there’s no continuity. The claim is ridiculous
Not as a state, no, my point here isn’t arguing for the recognition of Palestine as a state, it’s arguing against the forceful and violent removal of a local population. Whichever nation the locals belong to is a matter of self-determination, not up to me to decide.
Yes but you can’t claim ownership of a territory that is currently inhabited by people who didn’t expell you themselves or their immediate ancestors, based on a 2000 year old historical claim.
But it does counteract the ‘isreal came into existance 70 years ago’ BS
No it doesn’t, the Jewish people 2000 years ago weren’t a state, weren’t the only people in the region, and there’s no continuity. The claim is ridiculous
So what? Palestine wasn’t in continous existance either.
Not as a state, no, my point here isn’t arguing for the recognition of Palestine as a state, it’s arguing against the forceful and violent removal of a local population. Whichever nation the locals belong to is a matter of self-determination, not up to me to decide.
Nobody here was arguing for the forceful removal of the local population.
Defending the modern state of Israel amounts to that much, since it’s what it stands for