US Rejects Palestinian Request
In 1967, Israel "took back" Jerusalem after 2,000 years of Jewish people not being allowed there. Israel has been "taking back" land at a really quick rate - mostly by force and bloodshed.
One of the interesting things to note in all of this:
I've rarely, if ever, heard of an Israeli being referred to as an Israeli. In fact, the only time I hear the word Israeli is when referring to a government body or act stemming from Israel.. For example, "Israeli forces", "Israeli bombs", etc... I never hear it used to describe a person born in Israel. The term I hear used to describe someone born in Israel has always been "Jewish" or the lesser politically correct terms.
In the Middle East, it seems ethnic identification is synonymous with religion in some cases.
When I was in Jordan, I was never told to watch not to be offensive toward Jordanians...
I was told not to be offensive to Muslims...
When does it become acceptable to define an entire nation by their a religious preference?
According to statistics, Israel is only 75% Jewish... Compared to Palestine which is approximately 85% Muslim...
Yet Israel's people are called the "Jews" and Palestinians are Palestinians... I don't ever heard Palestinian people referred to exclusively as Muslim. To be honest, I've never heard any form of humanization when it comes to a single person in Palestine on main stream media.
So, does America really have a problem with Palestine, or does it have a problem with Muslims? That's kind of a rhetorical question. I'm really just pointing out the obvious.
By this same 2,000 year old logic: I guess the Native American's could all demand their land back and the rest of us would have to leave and give up our land?
What would you do if Native American's started bombing your town to get their land back? I'm sure you'd fight back. How does something that happened 2,000 years ago still hold enough precedence in people's minds to be justification for stealing/murdering? "My ancestors were here first"
I wonder if Middle Eastern countries ever call us the Christians ?
Anyway, I found this only from a Chinese news source/foreign news sources. Apparently Palestine submitted a request to the United States to become it's own state, with Jerusalem as it's capitol. It also mentions a response from the White house... Please see below
http://english.cntv.cn/2014/09/12/ARTI1410530415782455.shtml
