Double Diamond said:
DirtyMikesBoys said:
I know the dispute between Jewish and Palestinian people is ancient - I'm not necessarily looking to dive way back and say this group is totally in the right, this group is totally in the wrong.
I've intermittently paid attention to this thread for many months now, but am certainly not as knowledgeable as I'm sure many of you are.
My question, if even possible in a relatively short reply, is what was the immediate impetus, the catalyst if you will, for the attacks on October 7th?
From a simply logical standpoint, the parties involved with the attacks (Hamas, Hezbollah, Iran, whoever else has a vested interest) had to be fully aware that while devastating of course, the attacks that took place on that day would be answered with far superior fire power and resources. What did those groups possibly believe there was to gain by carrying out the plans they did? Was it simply from their perspective, however right or wrong you may find them, opportunistic retaliation for perceived wrongs of the past, perhaps territorial gains, ?
I'm just trying to wrap my head around that specific moment in history and understand, if there are any, what specific things led to a decision that ultimately resulted in a lot of destruction, death, and so forth in your territory/for the people that generally believe Israel to be 'the bad guy'
It's not accent though. Really started in 1968.
literally a horrendous answer and undefendable in any academic analysis.
the FIRST JEWISH STATE was in the land of Israel in 2600 BCE
the SECOND Jewish State was in the land of Israel from approximately 300 BCE to 76 CE
there have been Jews in the land of Israel since the time of Abraham.
the first Zionist Congress in Basel was in 1897, but there were already 40,000 Jews living in the land of Israel
the Balfour Declaration was in 1917
the San Remo conference assigning a Jewish state under British Mandatory governance was in 1921
the Arab Riots of 1926-29 were put down by the British
the Arab Riots of 1936 were put down by the British
the Israel war of Independence began in 1947 when Arabs began attacking Jews throughout the country
5 Arab armies invaded Israel on 15 May 1948
