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@TruthSandwich @argumento @NoFlexZone @Outpatientzero @HistoPol @Lastresponder @palestine Israel is a state, and an artificial one at that. It's not an ethnic identity like, say "Jews" or "Arabs" or "Tamil" or "Uygur".

@donAlvar

This is true but not quite correct.
I listened to a podcast by @afelia some time ago. The concept of being a is 3 dimensional and complex and not limited to ethnicity. (I can't reproduce it correctly, though.)

"It's not an ethnic identity like, say "Jews" or "Arabs" or "Tamil" or "Uygur"."
@TruthSandwich@sfba.social @argumento@hispagatos.space @NoFlexZone @Outpatientzero @Lastresponder @palestine

@HistoPol @afelia @TruthSandwich @NoFlexZone @Outpatientzero @Lastresponder @palestine True. The concept of "Jew" has complex religious and historical aspects to it. but it is still true that Israel is just a settler state.

@donAlvar

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Yes, and now.

I once took a deep dive going back 1000s of years (even vefore Ramses II) to see who really had a claim to the "Holy Land," before it was thus named.

It was always a contested region and a region of migrants from all directions.So, yes, "a settler state" in this meaning.
After WWII, the UN, representing all countries decided on the creation of the state...

@afelia @TruthSandwich@sfba.social @NoFlexZone @Outpatientzero @Lastresponder @palestine

@donAlvar @afelia @TruthSandwich@sfba.social @NoFlexZone @Outpatientzero @Lastresponder @palestine

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...of . Hardly ever has a country had a sounder legal basis, I'd say.

The same holds true for the creation of a Palestinian state. This is still lacking more than half a century later. It is this imbalance and injustice that will lead to interminable strife in the region. To overcome it, leaders and men in the field will eventually face their responsibility for their . ...

HistoPol (#HP) 🏴 🇺🇸 🏴

@donAlvar @afelia @TruthSandwich@sfba.social @NoFlexZone @Outpatientzero @Lastresponder @palestine

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...Until then, the two ethnicities will continue to decimate each other, "an eye for an eye," which is, sadly, very .

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