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Originally posted by eli's_rhythm
I know, and I completely understand Palestine's POV, but we have been discriminated against throughout history and I think it's ****ing time we got a break.
Not to mention, who was there first? Go way back. Hint: not the Palestinians.
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In 1880 there were 24,000 Jews living among 450,000 Palestinians.
In 1914 there were 56,000 Jews living among 715,000 Palestinians.
In 1922 there were 83,000 Jews living among 663,000 Palestinians.
In 1936 there were 385,400 Jews living among 983,200 Palestinians.
In 1940 there were 467,000 Jews living among 1,050,000 Palestinians.
In 1946 there were 600,000 Jews living among 1,300,000 Palestinians.
In 1948 there were 155,000 Palestinians living among 716,700 Jews.
In 1951 there were 173,000 Palestinians living among 1,577,000 Jews.
When the Palestine issue was created by Britain in 1917, more than 90% of the population of Palestine were Arabs. More than half of the Jews living in Palestine at that time were recent immigrants who had come to Palestine in the preceding decades in order to escape PERSECUTION in Europe. And that less than 5% of the population of Palestine were native Palestinian Jews. Now Israel owns more than 80% of the land. You do the math.