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Originally Posted by Lith  Give whose country back to whom? Both sides have valid historical claims to the area.
(And semi-arid counts as a desert to me.  ) |
It looks
pretty damn green to me.
Until 1948, Israel last existed as a nation in 722 BC. The Arabs ruled the area from the 7th Century up until the Ottomans seized it in 1516 (bar a brief period when Crusaders were actually in charge). After WWI, it was handed over to the British as part of a Mandate from the League of Nations. I fail to see how that gives the Zionists a "valid historical" claim.