Comments on: A birthday celebration that lost sight of Israel’s complex history http://www.northbynorthwestern.com/2008/05/10046/israel-at-60/ A daily newsmagazine of campus and culture for Northwestern University. Fri, 05 Sep 2008 20:21:05 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: Anonymous http://www.northbynorthwestern.com/2008/05/10046/israel-at-60/#comment-40243 Anonymous Fri, 09 May 2008 16:54:07 +0000 http://www.northbynorthwestern.com/?p=10046#comment-40243 "And when the audience stood to clap for him, it did not seem to recognize that the tanks he destroyed were filled with people trying to regain the land that had been taken away from them." Really, it was taken away from them? Medill F Get your facts straight. Back in the 16th century the land belonged to Ottoman Empire and was relinquished after defeat in WWI. It then became part of the British Empire and per UN Resolution 181 was transfered to the government of what is Israel today. The land was never "taken away" from the countries that attacked Israel in 1948. The new Israelis were fighting a war after being INVADED by 5 armies. “And when the audience stood to clap for him, it did not seem to recognize that the tanks he destroyed were filled with people trying to regain the land that had been taken away from them.”

Really, it was taken away from them?

Medill F

Get your facts straight. Back in the 16th century the land belonged to Ottoman Empire and was relinquished after defeat in WWI. It then became part of the British Empire and per UN Resolution 181 was transfered to the government of what is Israel today.

The land was never “taken away” from the countries that attacked Israel in 1948. The new Israelis were fighting a war after being INVADED by 5 armies.

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