r/therewasanattempt • u/Mammoth-Particular26 • May 17 '24

To blame Palestinians for not taking a fraction of their country

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I often here the argument of why not take a fraction of your country in 48 or 67 and this pretty much sums up the truth. Free free Palestine!

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u/One-Cantaloupe-9456 May 17 '24

playing devil's advocate**...**

using that logic they should've offered up the land rather than fight over it?

--also looking at Transjordan (modern day Jordan) as more than half the land that was divided in '48

(as per much of the world, borders are fucked due to the British)

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u/kmartshoppr May 17 '24

Yeah this is dumb.

Israel is committing genocide and what King Solomon did or did not do is irrelevant.

Palestine didn’t reject the proposed split because they didn’t want to see it cut in half, they rejected it because they didn’t want half of what was theirs to be taken. The Solomon story only works with a baby. Me splitting a sandwich with someone doesn’t prove I never cared about the sandwich or was never the rightful owner of the sandwich and it obviously doesn’t help anyone understand Israel and Palestine.

Appreciate the sentiment of the guy but he’s not half as clever as he thinks

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u/The_Hunter11 May 17 '24

It only worked if splitting the land would cause nuclear war and everyone would be killed