Your thoughts on Israel and Palestine?

The small British expeditionary force captured an area of land from the Ottaman Empire. This land was peopled with Jews and Arabs, many of the Arabs were nomadic, roaming through other lands as well. The British, for historical reasons, called this area Palestine and those Arabs living and roaming there came to adopt the name Palestinians. Jewish immigration into the area had been increasing since early 19th century and Jews had bought land there from Arabs and Ottamens. There were Jewish settlements outside Jerusalem and these existed peacefully without any military until they suffered unprovoked attacks by Arabs. The British proposed to form 2 states in this land and initially both Jews and Arabs agreed. Later the Arabs reneged on this agreement, demanding greedily that they should have all land. As soon as the state of Israel was formed and recognised as a legitimate independent state but the community of nations, it was immediately attacked by The League of Arab Nations, consisting of Jordon, Egypt, Syria Iraq and Lebanon (Under Syria Control) Israel has suffered continual aggression from Arab nations since that time and whilst we may abhor some of the measures that have been necessary for them to take we should really be complaining that we, the free nations of the world have not rallied to their side and put an end to this Arab aggression all the best urban

When I was young and studying history it seemed like a decent alternative to me. I now know a lot more about Palestine and the Palestinians and it is a very difficult choice. The trouble is the at the end of the second world war there were a lot of Jewish refugees from Nazi prison camps whom no one wanted. Their lives and families had been shattered and no country wanted to give them a home. The people who became their leaders begged the British to let them settle in Palestine as it was where the Jewish people originated and they wanted a place where they were not persecuted. I know there are some people who claim the holocaust was a lie but I know people who saw the bodies. British soldiers who bulldozed the bodies into mass graves because there were too many to bury any other way. They were sickened by what they saw. I cannot understand who anyone can say it was all make believe. There were photographs of this. I think what Israel is doing to the Palestinians is wrong but I also feel that the continued attempt to exterminate the Jewish people is wrong. I think it is time that people buried their irrational hatreds and learned to live together in harmony. it is possible. All you have to do is say that you are not going to fight today, that you are not going to hate today, that you are going to treat these people as human beings not evil enemies. If both sides did it then they could find peace. We cannot change the past can be can build a better and brighter future for everyone.