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<blockquote data-quote="sanzar" data-source="post: 88212"><p>It is true that Israel and Jeruselum are the traditional homeland of the Jews and that they did get kicked off it, but it doesn't change the fact that that left close to 2000 years where the Arabs called the place home... So to them, regardless of the Jews own percieved "right" to the land, it just feels as another western act of "imperialism". From their perspective they've been invaded left right an centre by western European powers for the better part of the last millenium, and in the culmination of WWII the Allies decided that the Jews could have Israel, despite the fact Arabs were living there. And while it wasn't a state at the time, you can see how the Arabs have interpreted the act as being totally arrogant and imperialistic.</p><p>No side is "right" in this fight... the Israelis have better facilities, but are just as ruthless as the fundementalist Muslims who want to see the Jews wiped out. In reality the constant reshaping of the map of the middle east is just as responsible as the religeous fundementalism for the violence we see every day on the news.</p><p>In interesting solution that a person in my International Security tute suggested the other day was to make Jeruselum an international city state like the Vatacin in Rome. It would mean everyone had access to it, however, the prospect of either the Muslims or the Israelis agreeing to let the other side in is next to nil.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="sanzar, post: 88212"] It is true that Israel and Jeruselum are the traditional homeland of the Jews and that they did get kicked off it, but it doesn't change the fact that that left close to 2000 years where the Arabs called the place home... So to them, regardless of the Jews own percieved "right" to the land, it just feels as another western act of "imperialism". From their perspective they've been invaded left right an centre by western European powers for the better part of the last millenium, and in the culmination of WWII the Allies decided that the Jews could have Israel, despite the fact Arabs were living there. And while it wasn't a state at the time, you can see how the Arabs have interpreted the act as being totally arrogant and imperialistic. No side is "right" in this fight... the Israelis have better facilities, but are just as ruthless as the fundementalist Muslims who want to see the Jews wiped out. In reality the constant reshaping of the map of the middle east is just as responsible as the religeous fundementalism for the violence we see every day on the news. In interesting solution that a person in my International Security tute suggested the other day was to make Jeruselum an international city state like the Vatacin in Rome. It would mean everyone had access to it, however, the prospect of either the Muslims or the Israelis agreeing to let the other side in is next to nil. [/QUOTE]
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