Comments by "Jim Werther" (@jimwerther) on "Rockets From Israel vs Rockets From Hamas" video.
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@ydin9
I'm unclear if you are biased, or merely underinformed.
Israel was a Jewish country before Islam ever existed. When the land was given by Britain to Israel and the Arabs in 1948, the Arabs were given the best and most developed land, not even a close call, but Israel was okay with that, wanting to live in peace. Five Arab countries combined to attack Israel on that same day, promising to wipe Israel off the map. Similar Arab attacks against the sovereign land of Israel happened in 1956, 1967, 1973, 1982, and other times, with numerous Arab countries invading Israel and promising to "push Israel into the sea". The only time Israel has ever gone into Arab land was in response to Arab attacks. (Did someone tell you that Israel has ever started a war of aggression with anyone, ever? If so, they were wrong.) After Israel picked up land while defending itself from endless attacks, it did keep some of it as a defensive necessity. And yet Israel gave back that land to any country willing to make peace with Israel, such as when they handed all the land captured in 1967 from Egypt back to Egypt when the countries made peace in 1979. And Israel even handed over Gaza to their sworn enemies in 2005.
Israel has many times offered to give land to various terror groups in exchange for peace, but the terrorist groups have refused, instead promising to wipe Israel off the map.
So no, Israel has not been trying to expand any borders. It is their enemies doing that, but largely as an aside to killing as many innocents as they could out of pure hatred, based upon the incredibly evil propaganda they are fed from childhood.
Israel is home to Jews, Muslims, Christians, and people of all faiths and of no faith, with members of each group as full Israeli citizens with the same rights as anyone else. On the other side is Iranian-backed terrorist groups, dedicated to murdering as many Jewish and American civilians as they can.
This one is hardly a close call.
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