Little Hawk - 16 Mar 06 - 11:12 PM

"It all began shortly after the 2nd World War, when a bunch of European Jews decided they needed a Jewish homeland on someone else's ground somewhere, and set out to accomplish that through terrorist acts in Palestine. There was resistance to those acts, but that resistance was not officially termed a "war" until the state of Israel was announced to exist. The USA was the first nation to recognize that state. I wonder why? Anyway, then it was called a war, as Carol points out. Arabs and Palestinians did not go to Europe and start a war...European Jews went to Palestine and started a war. Everything that has occurred since then has been a series of reactions and counter-reactions following that original illegal act."

What complete and utter twaddle - coming from someone who thinks of himself as an impartial student of History.

Your timing is wrong.

Your given reason for the influx of European Jews is wrong.

No mention of the statements/pronouncements made by the Arab League.

No mention of the attacks carried out by the members of the Arab League.

No mention of the ending of the League of Nations British Mandate and the fledgling UN being unwilling to take it over.

No mention that the UN was the first to recognise the State of Israel, that was followed by recognition by the US and the bi-lateral declaration that the US would guarantee the sovereignty and security of the State of Israel.

"Arabs and Palestinians did not go to Europe and start a war" Not for the want of trying - Tosser Arafat - the father of International Terrorism - remember him LH.

Student of History - BS