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In reply to the discussion: Israel Is A Terrorist State: Turkey PM [View all]AldoLeopold
(617 posts)Because my family is not from Tel Aviv. The Israeli state was created in 1948 by international agreement and supported by Truman and Churchill. I know what my history tells me, but I'm curious what people think over there about - well, the decision to create the nation in the first place?
It did not exist at that time except in the hearts and minds of Jews all over the world, nor had it existed as an independent political entity since the Roman invasion. I ask this not out of some snide reasoning or in an effort to be, for lack of a better word, insensitive, but does your wife or do your in-laws ever express regret in the Jewish people's return to Israel? That perhaps there might have been other options besides the resettlement of Palestinians?
Thinking Americans feel regret about the extermination, re-education and resettlement of the native americans, but they're not shooting rockets at us. So, this is somewhat different, I think.
I think that's a legitimate question considering everything that has happened since the founding and I'd be interested to know what they think. I'm sorry if this is offensive. I'm really not trying to be.