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Israel and Palestine

I wanna stand for people who are dying in Palestine but i am a Christian we are supposed to pray for Israel and i believe in jews more than i believe in Islam and i dont know what to stand for in this situation. My muslim friends are hurt that i haven't posted anything about palestine. I don't know what to do.
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turningthekeys · 31-35, F
"Supposed to"?
Just read a book by an unbiased historian to know the truth of the situation and make up your own mind.

Ilan Pappé is an Israeli historian. Maybe read something by him?

I just dug a little into basic history and learnt that the Romans drove the Jews out a long time ago. Then around and after ww1, the Jewish diaspora created the Zionist movement, which was materialised during and right at the end of ww2, displacing Palestinians to camps in the outskirts of their bordering arab countries.
The anger of the displaced people led to the emergence of Guerilla groups. And these Guerilla groups then started retaliatory strikes to try get their land back, and the whole Palestinian nation shamed for it by the Zionists and the US.

Then over the decades emerged videos of Israeli settlers taking over Palestinian homes overnight. These are well documented in video form as well and can be found on YouTube. These videos were never or rarely covered by western news channels even though they were recorded by western journalists and camera crew, many of those that even died in the conflicts.

The traditional Jewish diaspora does not support the Zionist movement, and you will see many protests in the US by them against the actions of Natenyahu.

I do have a few books on my to read list, including the one by ilan pappe. And another on the 6 day war. Actually 2 on the 6 day war. Both with differing view points.
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@turningthekeys We could all go back further. To mythic stories in the Bible being taken as actual historical truth......

"Yahweh (or whoever) gave the land to Israel, therefore it's ours by right."
Renaci · 36-40
@SW-User Yahweh according to the bible stole a land that was already occupied. God breaks his own commandment not to steal. But he gets away with it because he has the power to do so. Doesn't mean he is morally right. That is something his power can't do.