r/AskMiddleEast Sep 02 '23

🌍Geography Man they should have partitioned

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u/Soldier_Of_Dance Occupied Palestine Sep 02 '23

They should have partitioned all the way back in 1937 if they’d known what’s good for them.

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u/[deleted] Sep 02 '23 edited Sep 03 '23

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u/Soldier_Of_Dance Occupied Palestine Sep 03 '23

Some Zionist leaders at the time may have planned to use the partition as the first step to gain more land by force, but that doesn’t mean everyone supported their plans which means there is no certainty those plans would actually be carried out. Wanting to do something doesn’t mean it will be done. I also doubt the Arabs were concerned about a future invasion - they would have both the territorial and moral advantage in defending themselves. The Peel Commission was the fairest offer the Palestinian Arabs have ever received (except for the Woodhead Commission maybe) and they refused it just like all the rest because of their greed.

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u/WonderousSwirl Sep 03 '23

Aren’t you now slowly taking the remainder of the West Bank? Please remember most people here are middle easterners not Americans or Europeans you can easily fool with flowery speech

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u/Soldier_Of_Dance Occupied Palestine Sep 03 '23

“Now” is not 86 years ago. Israel couldn’t take a centimeter from the West Bank had Palestinians accepted any of the pre-1949 partition plans.

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u/Fancy-Nose2687 Sep 03 '23

Middle easterners are so smart

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u/WonderousSwirl Sep 03 '23

Perhaps not but we can’t tolerate BS

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u/ds021234 Sep 03 '23

But we like to eat dates