r/politics • u/Particular_Log_3594 • 6d ago

No Paywall Obama: Israel 'took the land' from Palestinians, 'ceded moral ground' in Gaza

https://www.jpost.com/international/article-911851
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u/NonIdentifiableUser 6d ago

The idea that Israel “stole the land” makes no sense. The country was formed out of a conquered, subdivided empire, much like the rest of the Middle East. They then proceeded to win multiple defensive wars and as a condition of the wars ending, land was ceded to them for multiple different reasons. This is how geopolitics and war has gone for millennia.

Like if Ukraine was able to somehow take part of Russia by the time this conflict ends (obviously quite unlikely), would people stay they “stole land?” Of course not.

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u/Interesting-Yellow-4 5d ago

They are stealing land in West Bank, illegally. Noone, not even Israel is denying this.

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u/Such-Principle-3373 5d ago

It’s probably in my opinion the most unjustifiable thing Israel is actually doing that public pressure could do something about.

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u/Noob_Al3rt 5d ago

That’s the land they tried to give back to Jordan, which Jordan declined, right?