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The Israel-Palestine Conflict: One Hundred Years of War
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u/nsocks4 · 16 pointsr/neutralnews

TLDR the international plan was not just a "sorry about that whole holocaust thing" that called for booting out the Palestinians. The Zionist concept of an independent Jewish state predates the Holocaust by decades, and plans had been drafted well before Hitler rose to power in Germany. By the time the UN voted to partition the country, a large Jewish community had been living in Palestine for sixty+ years, and smaller Arab-Jewish communities predated even the aliyahs.

Disclaimer: I have attempted to avoid biased language in this. I did not have space to cover every massacre or infraction by either side. This is intended to be a brief overview of the situation and a starting point to read and learn more about this immensely complicated subject, not a comprehensive history of the creation of Israel. It should be noted that Zionist != Jewish != Israeli. Likewise Arab != Muslim != Palestinian. There are and were Arab Christians, Arab Jews, and non-Arabs all involved in the situation.

Sources (just the first two I grabbed off my shelf):

Lacquer, Walter. The Israel-Arab Reader: A Documentary History of the Middle East Conflict , 7th Edition.

Gelvin, David. The Israel-Palestine Conflict: One Hundred Years of War.

u/MayMT · 5 pointsr/popheads

I would strongly urge you to pick up some historical books if you really want to educate yourself on this subject. Unfortunately, you're not going to find an "unbiased" source. There's no such thing as scholarship or an opinion with no bias - the best thing you can do is read educated, well-researched works from both sides, and decide for yourself what makes the most sense.

The best book I've read (I'm a history major who is Israeli, I've taken middle east studies courses from a Palestinian and I'm very in favor of people educating themselves on this subject regardless of their political opinion) is by James Gelvin (https://www.amazon.com/Israel-Palestine-Conflict-One-Hundred-Years/dp/110761354X/ref=pd_lpo_sbs_14_t_0?_encoding=UTF8&psc=1&refRID=YY6VG7Z1VMDNNPYTC9JM) link to the book there. He tries really hard to just objectively explain the events that have led us to where we are now but I have to stress, even he is biased. He tries very hard not to incriminate Israel by not presenting Palestinian perspectives. If you're looking for books from an Israeli perspective, you can try Benny Morris - he's critical of Israel but defends it and Zionism. The best Palestinian source is Rashid Khalidi (Palestinian Identity, Iron Cage). He will present to you a firmly Palestinian perspective (he is descended from higher-ups in Palestinian society) that is firmly critical of Israel.

Hope that helps a little. Nothing you find on the internet will be helpful or unbiased, IMO - these books at least are all written by trained, professional Historians who has spent their lives pouring through Israeli and British archives and trying to track down Palestinian perspectives (often through oral history). I think no one should ever blindly trust their parent's political opinions - you should learn this for yourself and decide for yourself (but that doesn't mean you need to argue with them).

u/Lard_Baron · 2 pointsr/worldnews

Then don't give it back, do what I said earlier.
Declare it yours and everyone in it comes an Israeli. like in History.
Or Push everyone out and face the condemnation. like in History..

Of course if you win with violence you cannot complain if people use violence to get back.
The best way would to be give up land for peace.

I'd recomend you read this book. Some of your basics are a bit off. Both sidea get a fair shake and a fair coating of bile in a sad tale of a struggle for land.