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Originally Posted by phogirl69
It's about some people fighting for land beause some was given to Jews after WW2. That's all I know... lol
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Well - just to clear up one misconception
The Israeli state in Palestine was actually "created" in 1922 by the League of Nations - after WW2 the state declared their independence which led to an invasion by Egypt, Jordan, Syria, Lebanon and Iraq the next day. Israel was sucessful at defending their state for 15 months - then the UN stepped in and was able to come up with armistice agreements with all of the countries except Iraq which refused to negotiate with Israel. This divided up all of the land into different regions - with Israel getting a small piece - and they opened their country to all Jews to immigration.
There have been continuous wars ever since between Arabs and Israelis - and tons of different peace negotiations that the US has tried to get in the middle of.
The details and day to day history make for good reading - or if you are as old as I am - old memories