Comments by "Mitch Young" (@mitchyoung93) on "travelingisrael.com"
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I have an opinion on the war in Syria. It was caused by Western and Turkish, but mostly Western, intervention no doubt at the behinds the scenes urging of Israel and its lobbies in the West. And certainly Israel's constant attacks against Syria...a country that is around 10%-20% Christian and whose Muslims are often easy going Alawites... don't help.
As for the Arabs being 'immigrants', I wish I had it at my fingertips (I don't) but I have read an article on the cyclical (both yearly and life cycle) movement of Arabs from one region in the Ottoman Empire, say Baghdad, to another, say Haifa. A quick search on Ottoman Haifa turns up the Jerzreel Valley railway, a project began under the Ottomans that certainly would have employed Arab labor from throughout the Arab world. So no, Arab movement to what is now Israel didn't start with the British, though perhaps it increased under the mandate.
Finally, everything I've seen says 700,000 Palestinian (or if you prefer Arab) refugees.
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