(August 12, 2016 at 3:20 pm)abaris Wrote: Because Israel was defending itself in 1948. Flawed as the situation was, they weren't the ones attacking the Arabs. It was the other way round with everyone attacking them. I thought that should be obvious.
This depends on the media and the way they see it. From what I heard, the Palestinians could do nothing with the land because it wasn't arable, so they sold it at over the price odds and the Israelis bought it. Now the Palestinians want it back since it is a little gold mine there.
