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bitcoinfinity | 3 months ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag +1 
 they were coexisting peacefully under British subjugation though...not sure any indigenous population there has had self determination.

the three abrahamic religions have major bases there to justify successive invasions and inspire battle, not because the earth is magical.

no disrespect intended. I hope the brutal occupation ends, but also hope it doesn't get replaced by another one this time.
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SovereignArab | 3 months ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag +1 
 Appreciate your sentiment, but we need to get the facts right. The Ottoman Empire ruled over Palestine  and Arabia for 401 years, from the conquest of Jerusalem in 1516 to the dawn of the British Mandate in 1917. I would not classify both these rules as “subjugation”. Indigenous people of all religions were always able to own property and have equal rights. Yes they paid taxes to the ottomans and then the British very briefly, but that’s very different to what the Zionists are doing now. The Zionists are the only colonizers that didn’t respect property rights, and violently expelled and proceeded to ethnically cleanse the local population.