What Is The Cause Of ‘The Palestine Problem’?
I know it's not politically correct to acknowledge but the root cause is antisemitism. Indeed, Robert L. Bernstein, founder of Human Rights Watch, says that antisemitism is "deeply ingrained and institutionalized" in "Arab nations in modern times." I hope the following persuades you of this fact.
The Kingdom of Jordan has been ruled by Hashemites since World War I, when (in 1918) the Hashemite Army (with the support of local tribes) defeated the Ottoman Turks. After World War I, under the British Mandate for Palestine, the Hashemites continued the rule of Transjordan. In 1922, Transjordan was recognized as a state, under the British Mandate for Palestine, but remained under British supervision until after World War II (1946) when the U.N. recognized it as a sovereign state.
(Trans)Jordan's largest ethnic group throughout this period (and long before) was — and still is — Palestinians. What this means is that, since the 1917 Balfour Declaration, when the Zionist movement for a Jewish Homeland in Israel got British recognition, the main concern centered on when, where, and how the proposed state of Israel would be carved out of the British Mandate for Palestine and what would happen to the affected Palestinians.
Before I continue, think about the previous paragraph for just a second . . . WHY the need to partition these two groups? Why not just let both groups coexist in one country? As is often the case with such partitioning, the reason is incompatibility. Antisemitism has always plagued Jews and, in the case of (Arab) Islamic countries, that antisemitism has, historically, been institutionalized, by Sharia, in the form of dhimma laws. Jews have traditionally been, by law, inferior to Muslims. Western pressure, over the last century-and-a-half, has diminished these laws but not the traditional, Quranic, attitudes at the heart of the incompatibilities between Arab Muslims and Jews.
At this point, I should point out that hundreds of countries have been established via partitioning. Currently, there are 13 countries (NOT including Palestine) that have been established, in the last century or so, by partitioning an existing country. With that in mind, Palestine sticks out like a sore thumb for its 75-year refusal — by both its citizens and governments — to build its own future. This is because their antisemitism is visceral: taught to their children at home and in schools. Ever since Israel’s statehood began, Palestinians have voted ONLY terrorist groups into power: the PLO, then Fatah, then Hamas. The cauldron of violence is kept boiling by Palestine’s mandate for violence against Israel (and the retaliations from Israel) and by the callous refusal of Arab nations to allow citizenship for Palestinians. For its own security, Israel must take extreme measures to protect itself. Given the barbarity of the current (October 2023) Palestinian assault on Israel, I will not blame Israel for ANY measure they deem necessary for their own survival.
Anyway, back to specifics. One obvious option was to make Transjordan (representing 80% of the British Mandate) the Palestinian homeland: after all, it was already, ethnically, Palestinian. But the Palestinians vehemently refused because that would leave 20% of the mandate available for Israel. The problem wasn't really the size of the proposed Jewish homeland — it was the existence of any Jewish homeland at all. With the uncompromising legacy of dhimma, it’s not so much about getting 100% . . . it’s about the Jews getting 0%.
Eventually, the Palestinians got Transjordan anyway but many of them stayed put in what was left of the British Mandatory Palestine. We all know the rest. The remaining 20% of territory was divided between local Palestinians and Jews . . . and all hell broke loose.
Israel didn't hold out for a larger slice of the territory. They accepted the tiny 10% of the territory. This excerpt is from the 1948 Arab–Israeli War wiki:
What Is The Cause Of ‘The Palestine Problem’?
I know it's not politically correct to acknowledge but the root cause is antisemitism. Indeed, Robert L. Bernstein, founder of Human Rights Watch, says that antisemitism is "deeply ingrained and institutionalized" in "Arab nations in modern times." I hope the following persuades you of this fact.
The Kingdom of Jordan has been ruled by Hashemites since World War I, when (in 1918) the Hashemite Army (with the support of local tribes) defeated the Ottoman Turks. After World War I, under the British Mandate for Palestine, the Hashemites continued the rule of Transjordan. In 1922, Transjordan was recognized as a state, under the British Mandate for Palestine, but remained under British supervision until after World War II (1946) when the U.N. recognized it as a sovereign state.
(Trans)Jordan's largest ethnic group throughout this period (and long before) was — and still is — Palestinians. What this means is that, since the 1917 Balfour Declaration, when the Zionist movement for a Jewish Homeland in Israel got British recognition, the main concern centered on when, where, and how the proposed state of Israel would be carved out of the British Mandate for Palestine and what would happen to the affected Palestinians.
Before I continue, think about the previous paragraph for just a second . . . WHY the need to partition these two groups? Why not just let both groups coexist in one country? As is often the case with such partitioning, the reason is incompatibility. Antisemitism has always plagued Jews and, in the case of (Arab) Islamic countries, that antisemitism has, historically, been institutionalized, by Sharia, in the form of dhimma laws. Jews have traditionally been, by law, inferior to Muslims. Western pressure, over the last century-and-a-half, has diminished these laws but not the traditional, Quranic, attitudes at the heart of the incompatibilities between Arab Muslims and Jews.
At this point, I should point out that hundreds of countries have been established via partitioning. Currently, there are 13 countries (NOT including Palestine) that have been established, in the last century or so, by partitioning an existing country. With that in mind, Palestine sticks out like a sore thumb for its 75-year refusal — by both its citizens and governments — to build its own future. This is because their antisemitism is visceral: taught to their children at home and in schools. Ever since Israel’s statehood began, Palestinians have voted ONLY terrorist groups into power: the PLO, then Fatah, then Hamas. The cauldron of violence is kept boiling by Palestine’s mandate for violence against Israel (and the retaliations from Israel) and by the callous refusal of Arab nations to allow citizenship for Palestinians. For its own security, Israel must take extreme measures to protect itself. Given the barbarity of the current (October 2023) Palestinian assault on Israel, I will not blame Israel for ANY measure they deem necessary for their own survival.
Anyway, back to specifics. One obvious option was to make Transjordan (representing 80% of the British Mandate) the Palestinian homeland: after all, it was already, ethnically, Palestinian. But the Palestinians vehemently refused because that would leave 20% of the mandate available for Israel. The problem wasn't really the size of the proposed Jewish homeland — it was the existence of any Jewish homeland at all. With the uncompromising legacy of dhimma, it’s not so much about getting 100% . . . it’s about the Jews getting 0%.
Eventually, the Palestinians got Transjordan anyway but many of them stayed put in what was left of the British Mandatory Palestine. We all know the rest. The remaining 20% of territory was divided between local Palestinians and Jews . . . and all hell broke loose.
Israel didn't hold out for a larger slice of the territory. They accepted the tiny 10% of the territory. This excerpt is from the 1948 Arab–Israeli War wiki: