Generally yes but, as I said in my comment, Israel is actually an interesting case. They conquered land, then went on to steal more land. So they are actually on stolen land, just not quite how most of the leftists would argue it. They've pulled some really slimy stuff. If you're going to claim "global community" benefits, you should also play by the rules. Israel has expanded well past their recognized and agreed upon borders.
the "history book" bit is dumb though since Jewish response to criticism of them ethnically cleansing Palestine was to say "ummm there was no Palestine!" A position so ahistorical and preposterous many fellow jews have repeatedly demolished it.
Not to mention the bizarre evangelical Christian support of Israel, despite Christians holding the holy land more recently (pre Balfour), the new testament replacing the old covenant with the jews, as well as ignoring 2000 years of church dogma that jews are Christ killers who need to repent and accept Jesus to be saved.
I don't care if it's a jew or an American Indian, or one of those gobbledygook in Australia. It's never stolen land. It's conquered.
Generally yes but, as I said in my comment, Israel is actually an interesting case. They conquered land, then went on to steal more land. So they are actually on stolen land, just not quite how most of the leftists would argue it. They've pulled some really slimy stuff. If you're going to claim "global community" benefits, you should also play by the rules. Israel has expanded well past their recognized and agreed upon borders.
the "history book" bit is dumb though since Jewish response to criticism of them ethnically cleansing Palestine was to say "ummm there was no Palestine!" A position so ahistorical and preposterous many fellow jews have repeatedly demolished it.
Not to mention the bizarre evangelical Christian support of Israel, despite Christians holding the holy land more recently (pre Balfour), the new testament replacing the old covenant with the jews, as well as ignoring 2000 years of church dogma that jews are Christ killers who need to repent and accept Jesus to be saved.