(August 6, 2014 at 9:40 am)Chuck Wrote: I do. Those who were dispossessed within living memory have a stronger claim to the loot those who profited from the dispossession. The Jews apparently believe this also when they are the dispossessed, which is why they still seek to recover, without compensation, art taken from them during NAZI era which have now passed onto second or third hands. But they stopped believing this when they are the dispossessors.
You've completely missed the boat as you are mixing your apples with your oranges. The conflict is not about possession/dispossession of an object - be it a piece of land, a house or a piece of art. When Jews started to move back into what was then called Palestine in the 19th century, they BOUGHT the land from Palestinians who were more than willing to sell their properties at whatever market value it was in those days. As of today, 20% of Israelis are non-Jews - the vast majority of those people are Muslims with a tiny fraction being Christians. These have the right to buy/sell/own properties just like any other citizen of Israel. As to those Palestinians who fled the conflict in 1948 and never returned, that's because not that Israel barred them, they can go back, but they would be living under Israeli rule, and that they refuse to do. So this dispossession is self-imposed.
The real conflict is not about possession/dispossession but about the creation of a state, which the Palestinians have vowed since 1948 the destruction of the state of Israel. Get up to speed with the real issue as you are sorely ignorant.
