The war didn’t start because Arab states hated Jews. It started because a foreign plan—designed by colonial powers—sought to carve up a land where the native majority opposed partition.

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Gil, you’re still dodging history. But let’s meet your arguments head-on. 1. "Who attacked who in 1948?" You’re repeating the tired myth that Zionist forces were minding their own business when five Arab armies launched an unprovoked assault. That’s not what happened. The war didn’t start because Arab states hated Jews. It started because a foreign plan—designed by colonial powers—sought to carve up a land where the native majority opposed partition. That opposition wasn’t "antisemitic." It was anti-colonial. The violence didn’t begin in 1948. It began long before, with the systematic displacement of Palestinians under British protection and Zionist planning. You think Palestinians waged war? They were already being driven from their homes—months before the Arab armies ever crossed a single border. Deir Yassin was April 1948. Plan Dalet? Launched mid-April 1948. Haifa and Jaffa? Captured late April 1948. The Arab armies entered after Zionist militias had already begun wiping villages off the map and pushing out hundreds of thousands. You don’t get to set fire to a house and then cry victim when the neighbors break down the door. And if you're really interested in who "started" this, ask yourself: What gives a European settler movement the right to show up with foreign guns, claim Biblical deed to the land, and demand the indigenous population accept being turned into a demographic problem? 2. "What about the Arab states who cleansed their Jews?" Let’s be clear: the expulsion of Jews from Arab countries was a tragedy—and many of those regimes should be held accountable. But let’s not pretend it happened in a vacuum. Many of those expulsions came after Israel was founded, and after it openly began its campaign of Palestinian displacement. In many cases, Israel even encouraged that Jewish migration, using fear and propaganda, to help populate its new state. But even if every Arab state committed a crime, How does that justify yours? How does Egypt’s oppression excuse apartheid in Hebron? How does Iraq’s injustice validate bombing refugee camps in Gaza? You don’t get moral immunity because someone else also sinned. That’s not how ethics works. 3. "Two million Muslims live in Israel." And? Two million second-class citizens don’t erase the fact that five million Palestinians live under military rule, without rights, without freedom, without protection. Israel is not a democracy. It’s a democracy for Jews, and a military regime for everyone else. 4. "What rights do Jews have under Hamas?" Ask the wrong question, get the wrong answer. Hamas didn’t expel Jews in 1948. Hamas didn’t build settlements on stolen land. Hamas didn’t lock six million people in an open-air prison. Hamas didn’t rewrite international law to justify permanent occupation. But let’s say it plainly: Hamas is not the root. It is a symptom. Remove the occupation, end the blockade, dismantle the apartheid, and Hamas disappears. You keep asking why Palestinians don’t accept peace. But tell me, Gil: Would you accept "peace" offered by the same people who just took your home, bulldozed your village, and told your children their homeland no longer exists? Would you accept "peace" with someone who says your entire presence is a demographic threat? You want clean hands? Start by putting down the gun. Because the question isn’t whether Jews deserve safety. The question is: Does that safety require another people’s annihilation? The answer is no. And deep down, you know it. https://x.com/GilZilkha/stat/GilZilkha/status/1931395586156073421