So, I was having a long discussion with my liberal dad, and he said the statement above: Zionists have claim to Israel because apparently Palestine was a former British colony and it was given to the Jews by the British. Also, that there was not such thing as the country of Palestine before that. He also mentioned that apparently, Palestinians have refused the 2-state solution and that apparently makes them the bad guys for October 7th.
It is all pure liberal bs, but I don’t know enough of the history of the occupation to debunk his claims thoroughly. Therefore, help debunking this would be appreciated.
Britain: The OG Landlords.
But as others have said, Britain doesn’t really have the authority to give Palestine’s land to anyone. Imagine if Hong Kong, instead of being returned to China, had been given to say…Japan. Some of the hardcore Western fanboys would have been ecstatic, but do you think China would have taken that lying down?
Even if we granted that somehow Britain had the authority to give them the land, Israel hasn’t abided by that either. It’s not like Palestinians were well-treated by Israel prior to October 7th. The very language we have to use of “Israel treating Palestinians” shows that they weren’t even close to being considered equals.
Addendum, plenty of Jewish people lived in peace in Palestine. There were christians, muslims, and jewish people all living together there. There was no reason to make it some monolithic zionist state when they were already welcome. It wasn’t until the zionists rolled in (largely from Not-Palestine) and said “No, this is all ours now. Get out” that there was a problem.