
Originally Posted by
Maanaam

Originally Posted by
ENT
a Jewish minority living in Palestine
Yes, we know that. Note, "minority".

Originally Posted by
ENT
The majority of Jews in Palestine today were either born there, or descended from Jews who migrated from mainly Europe, America and several Muslim countries.
Yes, we know that too. And as to my question, how many of them can say their ancestors of the last ten or twenty generations were from there?
We know that too...round about...very very few.
And thus, the vast majority of Israeli Jews are immigrants or descendants of recent (3 generations, tops) immigrants.
You don't like it when 3rd, 2nd or 1st generation immigrants in Britain take over an area and make demands upon the original inhabitants...
Daft analogy.
Jews (used in the broad sense of the word) were and are the original inhabitants of Palestine, as were several other ethnic groups. Arabs lived in Arabia so get over it.
Arab Jews were dominant in Mecca at the time of Mohamed.
The fact that Jewish numbers in Palestine diminished massively over 2,000 years doesn't mean that they weren't there, all the time, until now.
Muslim Arabs, migrated
en masse to Palestine during the British mandate period.
They also now constitute roughly 20% of Israel's population, with freedom to worship, work, study and get conscripted into the IDF.
