What if Mexico fired tens of thousands of rockets into the southern United States over a 22-year period in a bid to get Texas back?

Since 2001, Palestinian militants have launched tens of thousands of rocket and mortar attacks on Israel from the Gaza Strip as part of the continuing Arab–Israeli conflict. The attacks, widely condemned for targeting civilians, have been described as terrorism by the United Nations, the European Union, and Israeli officials, and are defined as war crimes by human rights groups Amnesty International and Human Rights Watch. The international community considers indiscriminate attacks on civilian targets to be illegal under international law. Palestinian militants say rocket attacks are a response to Israel's block of Gaza, but the Palestinian Authority has condemned them and says rocket attacks undermine peace.

From 2004 to 2014, these attacks have killed 27 Israeli civilians, 5 foreign nationals, 5 IDF soldiers, and at least 11 Palestinians and injured more than 1900 people. Their main effect is their creation of widespread psychological trauma and disruption of daily life among the Israeli populace.

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bijouxbroussard · F

Imagine if the Navajo knocked down apartment buildings in the Southwest, replacing them with homes for Native Americans only, saying, "our ancestors have been here for 20,000 years, and you have to go somewhere else !"
I suspect the U.S. government and people here would object to both scenarios.

flipper1966 · M

@bijouxbroussard Good point.

flipper1966 · M

@bijouxbroussard Israel declared independence on May 14, 1948 following the 1947 United Nations Palestine Partition Plan that envisioned a Jewish state and a Palestinian state. On 15 May 1948, Egypt, Transjordan, Syria, and expeditionary forces from Iraq entered Palestine. The invading forces took control of the Arab areas and immediately attacked Israeli forces and several Jewish settlements.

As a result of the war (which Arab states started), 700,000 Palestinians fled or were driven out by Israelis and the State of Israel controlled the area that the UN had proposed for the Jewish state, as well as almost 60% of the area proposed for the Arab state. Transjordan took control of East Jerusalem and what became known as the West Bank, annexing it the following year, and the Egyptian military took control of the Gaza Strip.

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flipper1966 · M

@bijouxbroussard "We both want our land back!!" Israelis and the Navajo Nation.

bijouxbroussard · F

@flipper1966 Ironically, it is unlikely to happen for the Navajo.