Jews didn't take land, the Arabs agreed to let them have the land. The ruling class that owned the land, sold the land. Under Ottoman land rules, the land that was undeveloped, and not owned in common, was there for anyone to settle it. It was only later, when the Jews made something of the land, that the arabs wanted it back.
I'm coming to Nashville...you will see, we are not cursed...at least no more than Armenians and Kurds
. We've been inhabiting that land for 4000 years. It was only a Median King that let Jews go back to rebuild the Temple, then later the Romans destroyed it again. But, there has been a continued presence of Jews there since forever. When Israel was "given" "control" of the land by the UN and Britain left David Ben Gurion's speech ON INDEPENDENCE DAY in 1948, that he wanted the Arabs to stay and build the country together...some did not do that. The one's that stayed are happy there and their biggest nightmare is having to have their land traded to Palestinian rule....most say they will move rather than live in the PA areas, they do not want to be Palestinians. Before 1967, when Jordan controlled the West Bank, there were no such people called "Palestinians"...they called themselves Arabs or Jordanians or Syrians..but not Palestinians, because that was merely an area, not an ethnicity. You really have to go to Israel to see how different it is from what you hear. The war is not between Jews and Arab Muslims, the war is between the Israelis who are Arab, Christian, B'hai, Druze, and about 2 dozen smaller religions that took refuge there, when they were thrown out of Arab countries, and these people who did take up arms against Israel, went to live in Jordan or Egypt, and when the peace deals were signed with them, they acted as a proxy fighting machine for Arab nationalism and a place to focus the energy of people living under dictators, so the people could blame Israel and zionists and not their own governments. But in all honesty, it was the origional Ottoman Land Laws that really allowed things to get so screwed up in the first place. You should read them, and you would be confused as to who owns what,,,who bought what, and who has a right to what, if you were read them too.
We need to hang out...cursed....no, no, no....Let Kurdistan be cursed with a country, a very good economy, a military force that's one of the best in the world, more scientists, more books published, more freedoms, more inventions than almost any place on earth....then we will worry about getting out of that horrible curse
I am having a terrible time with the forum, so if I can't post, you will know why. It's probably the computer I'm on and that will change on May 15. I miss you all in the meantime.
London: Got your message, could not reply.
Likewise Medya: but I sure was worried about you...thought I was going to have to walk to Oklahoma to see what info I could get out of them about what might have happened to you.
Nice to see some Armen here...went to the 90'th rememberence with fellow Kurds here. You are not alone. Kurds remember with you.
Now let's see if this will post.