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Israel/Palestine

aranthus

(3,386 posts)

22. Not really.

Reply to Little Tich (Reply #21)

Tue May 24, 2016, 03:47 PM

May 2016

The Germans aren't talking about returning, or demanding compensation. And what if it is the side with the refugees that has committed the wrong (that is they started the war, such as the Germans in WWII or the Palestinians in I?P)? that's only one good reason why there is no right of return, nor should there be.

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The Double Nakba [View all] shira May 2016 OP

Yep King_David May 2016 #1

You know why, but still a good question. n/t aranthus May 2016 #2

Two wrongs don't make a right. Little Tich May 2016 #3

The Palestinians need to recognize that they have the most responsibility. aranthus May 2016 #4

Sigh. Little Tich May 2016 #5

You really need to read Morris in full. aranthus May 2016 #6

Morris indeed argues that it was justified to expel Palestinians. Little Tich May 2016 #7

So you would support the right of return aranthus May 2016 #8

Best the "refugees" integrate into the country's they were born in... King_David May 2016 #9

But then they could not be used as a weapon aranthus May 2016 #10

All of them should have that right. Little Tich May 2016 #18

I respect your consistency. aranthus May 2016 #19

Not so much so for those Europeans who have ancestors or who themselves were refugees. Little Tich May 2016 #21

Not really. aranthus May 2016 #22

I've met Germans who are still unhappy about their grandparents being expelled from from their homes Little Tich May 2016 #25

Neither the Turk or Greek side will allow refugees or their descendants.... shira May 2016 #23

Interestingly, Greece and Turkey did agree on a population exchange, which is an argument in your Little Tich May 2016 #24

Jews were expelled from the Arab countries as revenge for the Arabs being expelled from Tony_FLADEM May 2016 #11

Not a word of truth to this. aranthus May 2016 #12

According to Benny Morris they started expelling the Palestinian Arabs before the war started Tony_FLADEM May 2016 #14

No he doesn't say that. aranthus May 2016 #16

In my previous post I said the Palestinians started being expelled in 1947 Tony_FLADEM May 2016 #17

Completely wrong aranthus May 2016 #20

Did you make that up ? King_David May 2016 #13

Which part is made up? Tony_FLADEM May 2016 #15