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[–] JoYo@lemmy.ml -5 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)

and they were replaced by more Arabs, follow along:

Arabs can be both a victim and a perpetrator amongst themselves.

crazy right?

[–] Maggoty@lemmy.world 6 points 21 hours ago (1 children)

Or and this is nuts, but the Ottoman Empire was building up the area and urbanization was happening. Nobody got replaced, it was just more people moving in.

[–] JoYo@lemmy.ml -1 points 5 hours ago* (last edited 5 hours ago) (1 children)

those are synonyms, or are we all pretending gentrification doesn't exist again?

[–] Maggoty@lemmy.world 1 points 3 hours ago (1 children)

Oh no, they built more housing and improved the economy! The horror!

[–] JoYo@lemmy.ml 0 points 2 hours ago (1 children)
[–] Maggoty@lemmy.world 1 points 2 hours ago (1 children)

No. Not exactly. The Israelis have spent decades pushing Palestinians out. They aren't just moving in.

[–] JoYo@lemmy.ml 1 points 35 minutes ago

i'm not arguing against that, I just don't buy that Palestinians are natives. Ottomans in the region were subject to mass migration following the British mandate.