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Carbon
30-05-2007, 00:09
This is off-topic but, why does it say Zitat say? And Zitat von Carbon? Please explain...:confused:





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Zitat von Carbon
- Jews have been promised land there, and it was their previous home before exodus and destruction of the kingdomwell, to be honest. The worst thing we can do is follow religious books when doing political praxis.
Many religious authorities (including jewish and christian) have also said that the Jews lost this promise when they didn't follow orders of their God (or killed His son or didn't listen to the Final Prophecy) - it is all just matter of interpretation of books which were written for something else

You do make logic there,(Politics and Religion should not interfere with each other), but where else should the jews go in post-world war II Europe? Europe is definitly not a safe place. Jews were accepted in the region, and so technically have become a group that has demands, and the demand is to establish the state of Israel. The rest is history.


- The country was created by an agreement of the great powers, who determine post-world war II global politicsvery legalisticaly said
Fact is that Arabs have lived there for centuries when Jews came (back) and started to occupy it. Other fact is that the land was changed from semi-desert to green garden
Another fact is that the plan of UN and "great powers"(how relative power is) was little different: there were supposed to be 2 states + neutral zone of Jerusalem. Palestinian state was (and still largely is) occupied partly by Israel, partly by Jordan and Egypt, Jerusalem was annexed by Israel and /alestinian state doesn't exist untill now - almost 60 years after the UN promise


You are right, the great powers (as in UK, US, France and USSR (not involved in the problem) or the victorious powers) wanted both states to exist, but corrupt Palestinian leaders did not approve of Israel being formed at all, and declined the offer, leaving only Israel as a choice for a state. But even then, Israel did not occupy the entire region, it was still divided. The region was occupied completely (along with Sinai and Golan heights) after several wars. Only until recently, was Palestine truley "created"(although there was no creation, it's just a collection of territories), but that is the consequence of war and corrupt leaders.

- Liberal democracy Israel is better than absolute monarchy Palestine that was planned there was not absolute monarchy planned in Palestine. Untill Palestinian nationalists around mr. Arafat and today mr. president Abbas appeared to be corrupted, the nationalists (with ability to achieve agreement with Israel and establish democratic principles in Palestine) were much more popular among the Palestinians than exptemists (Hamas etc.)
On the other side, Israel is not as liberal and democratic as european states (not even as USA). And people there know that soon they will have to decide wether be jewish (but not really democratic) state ot democratic (but not really jewish) state. Very hard to decide especially when you know that if the state would be democratic and not-jewish it will be just question of time when government of such hypothetical "non-jewsh democratic Israel" will force Jews to leave it

As far as I know it, there wasn't a plan made in the 40s for a reactionary Palestine, but there is now, are we discussing today's conflict or historical, or both? I was talking about recent conflict. Although we could discuss both.

- Although I am pro-Israeli, I still think there should be total peace, Israel has been planned out for quite some time before it's creation, I read somewhere that every British monarch in the 19th and early 20th century had been a zionist, need to clarify that, anyone give me proof on this? I don't think it is provable. Also I think it is absolutely irrelevant because it weren't the monarchs who were doing middle eastern policy of the UK.
Some of the people were "financed" from "zionist" money, that's without any doubt. But very closely after the WWII. they were as anti-zionist as it was possible after the things that happened to Jews under Nazi occupation in Europe

Throughout the entire 19th century and early 20th century, the return of the Jews to the Holy Land was widely supported by such eminent figures as Queen Victoria, King Edward VII, John Adams, the second President of the United States, General Smuts of South Africa, President Masaryk of Czechoslovakia, British Prime Ministers Lloyd George and Arthur Balfour, President Woodrow Wilson, Benedetto Croce, Italian philosopher and historian, Henry Dunant, founder of the Red Cross and author of the Geneva Conventions, Fridtjof Nansen, Norwegian scientist and humanitarian. The French government through Minister M. Cambon formally committed itself to “the renaissance of the Jewish nationality in that Land from which the people of Israel were exiled so many centuries ago". Even in faraway China, Wang, Minister of Foreign Affairs, declared that "the Nationalist government is in full sympathy with the Jewish people in their desire to establish a country for themselves."

I just needed some sort of source for the information and any other proof about this. About zionist money, I would like you to explain further on this, I could be mistaken your interpretation of something to a conspiracy theory.

Elvain
30-05-2007, 19:52
This is off-topic but, why does it say Zitat say? And Zitat von Carbon? Please explain...:confused:the forum became primarily German. "zitat von" is german equivalent for "quote of"

but where else should the jews go in post-world war II Europe? ... Jews were accepted in the regionThere were several ideas where a Jewish homeland should be established. The zionists thought about various places like Uganda or Palestine. I forgot why Palestine was the final solution, but it wasn't from religious reasons but rather historic.
The Arabs didn't accept the Jews at all (except for the first collonists), especially after massive migrations in 1920's and 1930's (there were several anti-British Arab uprisings demanding to stop Jewish immigration to Palestine.
First the Jews were buying the land, but later the Arabs refused to sell it so large portions of it were in fact "stolen at night" and then defended with weapons in hands (Haganah militia). This was how the circle of violence has started :sad:

To say the things as they were: Europe felt sorry about the Jews, but nobody wanted them. The Arabs are right that it was unfair to heal Europe's bad conscience by establishing Jewish homeland in Palestine. It is also truth that Palestine was the only land that was agreed by great powers (nobody cared about those Arab's voices - better use Arab land than risk ofering them our own - and thus disagreement of the electorate)
the great powers wanted both states to exist, but corrupt Palestinian leaders did not approve of Israel being formed at all, and declined the offer, leaving only Israel as a choice for a state... Only until recently, was Palestine truley "created"(although there was no creation, it's just a collection of territories), but that is the consequence of war and corrupt leaders.
It is very popular to put all guild on "corrupt Arab leaders" (I prefere to use Arabs in the 1948 issue rather than Palestinian as they all worked together)
Jewish state was proclaimed and recognized by the Powers. The Arabs didn't proclaim the Palestinian state firstly in order to protect the Palestinian Arabs. After all Egypt and Jordan occupied the rest of former Mandatory territorry. Why? They thought that creation of Palestinian sate would be understood as agreement with the plan. They changed their mind once they realised they need to coexist.
Why they refused it is another chapter. But it definitely wasn't only because they were corrpted (what they of course were)
As far as I know it, there wasn't a plan made in the 40s for a reactionary Palestine, but there is now, are we discussing today's conflict or historical, or both? I was talking about recent conflict. Although we could discuss both.The plan was for 2 states.
But only Jews were ready to make the plan. Arabs fought to eliminate them and THEN do something. It took them 40 years to realize that they have to coexist. However, the Palestinians were ready for the agreement much sooner han other Arab leaders. But they had no official representants recognized by the international community. PLO wasn't respected from the beggining. But do yo think: could they proclaim they are ready to recognise Israel? They would lose support from other Arabs.
About recent situation as far as I know the Palestinian authority is everything but absolute monarchy (so I thought you cannot mean recent situation but some historical plan). It is based on democratic basis with president as head of state and government that comes out of democratic elections. Neither of that makes me think about absolute monarchy.

About zionist money, I would like you to explain further on this, I could be mistaken your interpretation of something to a conspiracy theory.
it is well known that Balfour declaration and Sikes-Picott agreement were made after an agreement with a Jewish banker who helped to finance british military actions during WWI. I wouldn't call it conspiracy, but rather lobbing or simply business.
The problem was: the British needed help so their promissed arab state conering "Arabia, Syria, Palestine and Iraq" to Hashimids of Mecca if they would rebel against Ottoman rule and this tie Ottoman forces in Arabia. At the same time they needed money and Zionist bankers helped them - to pay it back they promissed to found Jewish homeland in Palestine.
They promissed one land (whieh they didn't even hold yet!) to 2 nations. That was how the things were screwed up :wink:

Carbon
30-05-2007, 22:52
I guess we can't really debate since we mostly agree with each other:lol:

Elvain
31-05-2007, 08:35
I guess we can't really debate since we mostly agree with each other:lol:
no, I think we can because we both see it from little diferent persective and can enrich the other by our knowledge which causes little diferent outcome (I'm not pro-Israeli).

Discussion isn't about convincing the other that he's wrong, but about enriching the other with your knowledge. in fact they are much better than quarrels where neither side doesn't show no respect to the other side's arguments :go:

but if there's nothing more to say in our agreement, it's also nice :biggrin:

Carbon
31-05-2007, 21:21
no, I think we can because we both see it from little diferent persective and can enrich the other by our knowledge which causes little diferent outcome (I'm not pro-Israeli).

Discussion isn't about convincing the other that he's wrong, but about enriching the other with your knowledge. in fact they are much better than quarrels where neither side doesn't show no respect to the other side's arguments :go:

but if there's nothing more to say in our agreement, it's also nice :biggrin:

Well if you're not pro-Israeli are you pro-Palestinian? What did you vote for?

Elvain
01-06-2007, 08:53
Well if you're not pro-Israeli are you pro-Palestinian? What did you vote for?
I'm neither pro-Israeli nor pro-Palestinian

but once in Jerusalem when I said (to c christian fundamentalist) that the land doesn't belong to Jews because of God's wish and that Arabs do deserve to be independent I was found radical pro-Palestinian.
and 2 hours later (speaking with radical leftist pro-Palestinian) saying that "the wall" has some reason and that the Jews have the right to defend themselves was found as radical pro-Israeli statement

in fact I can't take sides, I know both sides have legal and legitime right to own the land and that both did lot that disqualifies that right. But they live there together (more or less) and killing each other won't help anyone.

Doux
02-06-2007, 15:06
But they live there together (more or less) and killing each other won't help anyone.If they both kill eachother compleatly, the problem is solved. Not very humane and realistic, though. Back to the peace process again then. If only they would do their collective best to ensure that peace, as termites collectively building a mound.