Lee Duna@lemmy.nz to News@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 year agoIsraeli diplomat pressured US college to drop course on ‘apartheid’ debatewww.theguardian.comexternal-linkmessage-square18fedilinkarrow-up1234arrow-down13
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minus-squaregirlfreddy@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1arrow-down1·1 year agoHow could less than 10% of Palestine’s population cause unrest on the eve of WW1? Because there were only 80,000 Jews in Palestine then. If you have sources saying otherwise, please post them.
minus-squareTherealgoodjanet@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up3arrow-down1·1 year agoThe Balfour Declaration is a great place to start, here’s the Wikipedia page: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Balfour_Declaration
minus-squaregirlfreddy@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1arrow-down1·1 year agoThat was written after WW1 began. The link and population I provided were from pre-WW1. So no, it’s not a good place to start.
minus-squareKaryoplasmalinkfedilinkarrow-up3·1 year ago“around WWI” does not mean pre-WWI, just around that time. And 1917 is definitely around WWI.
minus-squaregirlfreddy@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·1 year agoOk. You’re right about that. But the link to the Balfour is about what Britain did, not Jewish people. Do you have any links verifying your statement that Jewish people were practicing apartheid during WW1?
minus-squareTherealgoodjanet@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·1 year agoSorry, I should have been more clear; the actual apartheid started with the creation of the state of Israel (of course). The unrest, suppression, stealing of land and property, and discrimination of people started way before.
minus-squareTherealgoodjanet@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2arrow-down1·1 year agoThat was not the discussion, the point of discussion was “before or after 1948”.
How could less than 10% of Palestine’s population cause unrest on the eve of WW1? Because there were only 80,000 Jews in Palestine then.
If you have sources saying otherwise, please post them.
The Balfour Declaration is a great place to start, here’s the Wikipedia page: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Balfour_Declaration
That was written after WW1 began. The link and population I provided were from pre-WW1.
So no, it’s not a good place to start.
“around WWI” does not mean pre-WWI, just around that time. And 1917 is definitely around WWI.
Ok. You’re right about that.
But the link to the Balfour is about what Britain did, not Jewish people.
Do you have any links verifying your statement that Jewish people were practicing apartheid during WW1?
Sorry, I should have been more clear; the actual apartheid started with the creation of the state of Israel (of course). The unrest, suppression, stealing of land and property, and discrimination of people started way before.
That was not the discussion, the point of discussion was “before or after 1948”.