What this map doesn't show is that prior to 1946, all this green goo wasn't palestine land at all and that who ever lived in the majority of it, still does in FAR better conditions than in the surrounding arab countries, and that in most of these places, the residents actually hate the palestines deeper than israelis ever had.
Yeah all that green goo was delicious British land. Ahem. Moving on, it was Palestine, full of Palestinians. You have seen the surrounding countries too right? You've really set the bar low when you're comparing yourselves to such wonders of stability like Iraq or Egypt.
What this map doesn't show is that the reason for the shrink in 1947, that is because palestines tried to drive all jews to the sea, despite them getting the majority of the then fertile land. this map doesn't show that israel, for some reason, never had that motive.
Oh don't try to pass off this as an innocent action, there were no good guys. It was nationalists building a nation on top of a nation of nationalists, it isn't a terrible consolation that Israel 'only' took over half of their land. You can't even say it was a defensive war on the basis that the Israelis had started taking more land than the lines drawn up from the UN mandate before the war began and had already begun expelling Arabs from their land before the war began.
What this map doesn't show is the giving up of the sinai peninsula which is 3 times larger than israel and has an access to the suez canal which is FAR more profitable than any other israeli landmark
After being pressured into doing so by both the USSR and the USA.
Israel then returned in 1967 kicked out the locals and began building settlements which would only later be removed once Israel signed a new peace treaty with Egypt.
Hilarious.
What this map doesn't show, is the removal of settlements from the gaza strip.
It does show Israel removing Palestine.
What this map doesn't show, is the almost complete reduction of suicide bombings in the middle of civilian centers because of the settlements in the west bank.
It also doesn't show Israeli bombing of civilian centers in the west bank.
What this map doesn't show, is the population trend of Arab/palestine population increase versus israeli, that clearly shows there is no hidden agenda of driving out arabs nor that israel is committing a "genocide"
You're right, it's not a secret that Israel bulldozes Palestinian houses, cuts off their water and terrorizes their neighbourhoods. Hell, Israeli doctors were even caught forcibly sterilizing non-Jewish immigrants.
The real maps and the real motives and the real history, CLEARLY shows israel is more than willing to part from land in exchange for peace.
Yeah, real history is written by Israel.
Blind anti-zionism/Possible anti semitism and half baked fabricated evidence that neglects the bigger picture or only shows one side is what restore faith within bay12?
Totally, I wake up every morning eating a bowl of free
tibet Palestine. Are you seriously equating criticism of Israel with antisemitism? You're having a laff.
What logic and evidence? people argued with me over half a page about "smuggling tunnels to israel and the reason for their existence"
Well I don't know about any of that but if we're talking about the conduct of how some people are arguing perhaps you should be a bit more objective with your stance because when I argued with you about Israel's development and the role US aid has had in it you've sorta been using criticisms of Israel as your own argument as if they were good things. Like now, as if giving up the Suez Canal was supposed to have been a sign of Israel's benevolence. Pots and kettles calling each other black and all that, I don't see your logic and your evidence is an odd version contrary to what international observers are presenting.
I'm not a bleeding heart activist frothing at the mouth to see Israel turned into the 21st century's latest imploded state in the middle east, but there's no doubting Israel has been the dominant power in the middle east for quite some time now and has not wielded its status gracefully nor with consideration for anyone who's not Jewish.