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23 Jan 07
23 Jan 07
Originally posted by AThousandYoungyou were serious? well, I can fill in what happened in the previous episode of 'those wacky nationalists':
Any info about Israel?
1799 napoleon proposes jewish state into palestine
1880's hebrew language is resurrected to replace yiddish
1881 first zionist immigration wave starts, only a jewish minority present before that. (500K arabs, 40K jews)
1916 arab revolt, arabian lawrence is extremely gay, arabs are promised the palestine.
1917 balfour declaration, arabs get the shaft, palestine promised to the immigrating jews.
1920 more arab riots
1922 british mandate, transjordania for arabs, the rest for jewish immigrants.
1931 irgun zvai leumi, a zionist terrorist organization attacks the british & arabs.
1936-39 arab revolt protests jewish immigration. bodycount: 5000 arabs, 400 jews, 200 britons.
1940 lehi splits from irgun
1944 lehi assassinates lord moyne, the british minister of state for the middle east. irgun continues blowing up brits.
1947 britain submits to terrorism, announces: "screw you guys, I'm going home". partition to arab state and a jew state proposed & rejected by the arab leaders.
1948 israel declares independence, surrounding states try to invade, israel prevails. 700 000 palestinians are exiled.
23 Jan 07
Originally posted by AThousandYoungit is "a date which will live in infamy"... no "on"... since you quoted, you should be sure the quote is correct.
1941 "Yesterday, December 7, 1941, a date which will live on in infamy, the United States of America was suddenly and deliberately attacked by naval and air forces of the Empire of Japan." Japan bombs Pearl Harbor bringing USA into WWII.
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