• bemenaker@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    Before 1943, both Muslims and Jews lived in Palestine in peace, but as immigration increased, so did tension. It wasn’t about religion, it was about land.

    https://www.cjpme.org/fs_007

    There were plenty of Jewish leagues, sports, ect, called the Palestinian Jewish (league name).

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      Jews lived in Arab and Muslim countries as second-class citizens at best. There are also many Palestines in Israel living there, doing sports, allowed to vote, etc. But somehow in that case it’s not okay.

      Almost as if it’s okay to treat Jewish people as lesser, but not Muslims.

      The whole fights and anger about the city Jerusalem is driven by religion, as well.

      Even when Palestinians could live in Israel as first class citizens they reject it because they are anti-zionist. Which is a religious standpoint, even when Zionism itself is of course also a religious standpoint.

      Please read this for example, which I think makes a very good point on how religion drives the conflicts:

      https://www.washingtoninstitute.org/policy-analysis/religion-and-israel-palestinian-conflict-cause-consequence-and-cure