Statistic on the news said that 50% of the population there are under 18…

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      Listening to a book now. Zionism started before WW1 when the territory was owned by the Ottomans. There have been individuals trying to get buy in to colonize the region forever

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        Antisemitism was already extreme at this time. It culminated in ww2, but it was already very pronounced a century earlier. Racism theories saw people like subhuman, but they also saw Jews like a different, grotesque kind of human.

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            Partly I think. I'm no expert. But after ww2 the US and USSR split the world between eachother, so with Israel the US had an opportunity for a vassal in this area. And politicaly the Jews being harassed everywhere through all of history made its case to give them a part of land.

            I think that the area was a colony at the time, so it was easier for the west to give a land it doesn't care much about.

            The kurdes would like a solution like this these days I think. But given today's context their chance is slim.

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      This is so wrong it's absurd, it gives you absolutely no information on the history of this conflict. The current conflict dates back to the early 20th century, well before world war 2.