Why did the israelis displace the palestinians??

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Kuli

After losing world war 1, the Ottoman empire, which had previously been in charge of the said territories, fell apart. So after that, there was a thing called the British Mandate of Palestine (yes, I know Palestine doesn't exist, that's just the name of the mandate) The purpose of the mandate was to provide a place for the Jews to live.

So then there was the 1947 UN Partition Plan to resolve the Arab/Israeli conflict. There were going to be two countries and Arab and an Israeli area, with Jerusalem under international control, but then the British changed their minds about the said plan in order to limit Jewish immigration to that area, and the Jews got really angry because they saw this as a betrayal of what they had agreed on. Tensions over this led to the 1948 Arab Israeli war, because of the previously agreed on plan and the rejection of this plan by many Arab nations.

The partition plan wasnt working out, and the British mandate of Palestine was set to expire on May 15th. The Jews therefor declared independence, sparking the Arab Israeli war.

Lebanese, Syrian, Iraqi, and Egyptian troops invaded Israel. By the end of the war, the Israelis had not only their country, but also part of the area that was going to be for the Arabs living there, aka the Palestinians.

So basically, in the longest answer ever, I have just told you that the Israelis never wanted to displace the Palestinians, but due to the fact that they were rejected and invaded, they won the area during war. Really, the rest of the Arab world displaced the Palestinians in their effort to displace the Israelis.

Gamla Joe

For the same reason that several Arab nations displaced their Jewish populations.

war, mistrust, and fear.

Looking back on such events we naturally reel back in disgust. The concept of casing someone out of their home simply because of their race, ethnicity, or religion is simply wrong.

Though maybe it would help all of us if we put ourselves in the shoes of the other side who saw the Palestinians/Jews as supporters of the enemy and cannot be trusted.

The fact is though such mistakes have happened and cannot be changed.

Maybe though we can learn from them and use those lessons to finally resolve this conflict in a peaceful manner.

Mr Y

Just let me know if you even can tell what exactly are Palestinians?
You support innocent Arabs? Well so am I. But many more were displaced and killed by the Muslims themselves. See what happens in Arabic countries wherever there were riots. People were shot to death by the thousands. See what happened to the Curds in Iraq and what happens today in Dar fur. Why is it that I never hear all of you freedom fighters protest about the real genocide which goes over there? It's so easy to blame Israel for all the problems in ME and forget about Sudan or Chechnya in which real crimes are done with no substantial media attention.
And what about innocent Jews? Do you also care for them or do you think that their blood is water?
Maybe you should do some research and discover that the Jews were always present in Israel even in their though-est hour, and that those who call themselves "Palestinians" were mostly Arabic immigrants of the Ottoman empire.

Hey - Mr "peace" - How ironic ? A propaganda in disguise of a film about propaganda ! You link us to a film about "Zionist propaganda" Hah?. The minute I saw Noam Chomsky and some other Israeli radical leftist, I knew that this is nothing but a Palestinian propaganda disguised as a documentary with lots of serious journalists and academic names hah? Sadly many people eat that $h!t and think these people are objective.
Here's a counterattack - who is cheating?
http://www.aish.com/movies/PhotoFraud.asp

Michael J

I have the sneaking suspicion that you aren't looking for an answer you don't already agree with. Anyway, I'm not quite sure what you mean by Israel "displacing" Palestinians. I can only assume you refer to the refugee issue. During the Israeli War of Independence these refugees were created. Now they weren't neccessarily displaced by Israel; rather they voluntarily left their homes to ease the arab struggle against Israel. Even if that's not true, and it's a strong 'even', and Israel in fact caused this displacement of arabs any potential complaint is rendered moot by the influx of even more Jewish refugees from Arab lands. If this question is about the Palestinian refugees as it seems to be, then the answer is that your opinion is contested and it ignores the other side of the coin. Now if we're being more general, then you should know that up to the war all Jewish land in Israel was obtained legally and none was "stolen". Last thing, for a country that's supposedly very racist against arabs and supposedly wants to/is commiting acts of genocide, Israel has a rather large Israeli arab population. Obviously Israel did not "displace" all the arabs living within Israel's borders. In fact, with 1.5 million living in Israel today it doesn't even seem like they displaced half.

Itay Lahad

If Israel displaced THE Palestinians, then the implication is that Israel displaced ALL of the Palestinians. Curiously though, 1.5 million Palestinians live in Israel proper as Israeli citizens and were not 'displaced'. How can Israel displace ALL of the Palestinians, but then allow 1.5million of them to remain within Israel proper, in their home villages, towns, cities? Isn't this a contradiction? Moreover, does it even makes sense to ethnically cleanse 50% of a population (this is a hypothetical %) but not the other 50%? Get your logic right.

P M

Try this:

memri.org

palestinefacts.org

yotg

Here's a good answer:
http://www.tampabayprimer.org/index.cfm?action=articles&drill=viewArt&art=1255

mark

Jews lived in peace in the Arab world up to the end of 1800 and most Arab Jews were productive citizens. The colonial policies of the Western countries used both the European Jews and Arabs.
The colonial policy in the Middle East was to divide it into small countries and they created the 1st Jewish political colonial organization to have a colony in the hart of the Arab world to make sure of the division process of M E. The Western wanted to get red of the European Jews who constituted a social problem of inti Semitic. This problem is called the Jewish question.
The colonial powers used the Arabs to revolt against the Trucks and they were promised to have full Independence after the war is over. But at end of the war the colonial powers created 21 states instead of one state and they created Israel in middle to keep the Arab world as a war zone forever. Both are armed by the west to keep the Arab and Jews killing each other. This is how I look at it both Arabs and Jews are used by an old enemy of both same people. Both intellectual Jews and Arabs understand that fact for years and they are dismissed by both Arabs and Jews. Israel is not a world power but Israel and the Arab world united can be a candidate for world power and that was not part of the colonial policy for Israel and this why we have no peace in the Middle East.

jdog33

Get your facts straight buddy, they had inhabited that land for thousands of years. They did not take over by force or by their own initiative, the United Nations granted them that land to call their own. So before you start saying stupid $hit like this get your facts straight.

rssr27

To get the real answer, that is unbiased, research this on various sites, google is a good one to start. While in the process, try to find information by authors not connected to or by any Jewish writers, and the same for any Arab or Muslims groups or papers.
You can pretty well disregard most biased answers here on this or any other internet forum as almost all have a personal interest in what they want you to believe.
There are many good informational sites available, but you will have to go way back in Hebrew history to get the full story.
This will also, I might add, take many days of reading if you are truly interested in this subject, and it's hard to find true facts that are not contaminated with prejudice from different groups.
On these internet forums, if you disagree with some people's views, you are subject to ridicule, and name calling and labeled a "anti semetic".

Servette

First of all, can you tell me where Palestine is??
Cannot be found in the Koran, nor the Bible...but funny the name of Israel is in the Old Testament.
So, whom displaced whom????? Maybe you should ask this question to the British, since they were there in the first part of the 20th century until 1948., and screwed up everything in the Middle-East

marwa

imagine someone come to your house that you and ur ancestors livd in it
take it over and forces you to leave it by power
claiming some ancient story that this house is actully his house???????
its this simple

Peace

Trying watching this movie and it will answer this question:
http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-6604775898578139565&q=peace+propaganda+and+the+promised+land

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eCL6WdnuNp4

ImSoAsain

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craig o

I think it goes back to 1947/8. most of the neighboring countries attacked Israel and Israel feared the palistinians as being a potential 5th column in any future war.

Sarah

PALASTINE EXISTS THOUGH YOU ALL HATE TO ADMIT IT

ISRAEL = an illigimate state, created on the land of Palistine, depriving the true inhabitants from their simplist human rights

a_bcde123456789

why not

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