Looking at the two big news publishers in my country. One isn’t reporting about the current bombings at all, while the other one is phrasing their words mostly anti-Palestinian.
Is there some neutral coverage I can keep up to? Where do you guys get your info from?
That area, because of so many religions centered on it and/or the power it holds, has been fought over since Solomon’s Temple.
If Scotland and England staring waring would we say “it’s just been that way for thousands of years?”
The current conflict has a very specific cause and it’s folly to ignore the reasons.
That area, because of so many religions centered on it and/or the power it holds, has been fought over since Solomon’s Temple.
Nope! Solomon’s temple was built 1000-600 BCE. From then till christianity took over it’s mostly been a backwater, or buffer zone.
It only seems important because we have writing from people who lived there (the Torah, etc.) saying how important it was (to them), then that writing got the official stamp of truth when the Roman empire took over Christianity.
To the extent it was fought over, it was mostly because it was between much more important areas - the Egyptians and other powers like the Hittites, Babylonians or Assyrians.
Even then the neo-babylonians for example seem to have left the region largely depopulated - it’s not like they actually wanted it for any reason
What happened to the First temple?
On your edit,
What happened to the 2nd (actually 3rd) temple? Why does the Waq in Jordon oversee anything Temple Mount? Don’t forget, Crusades anyone?
This seemingly simple comment already tells me you are pro-palestinian. Also, for someone that is interested enough in this matter to take part in this discussion, you show impressive ignorance.
So just to to troll you a bit, let me answer this way: Thinking that this crisis started when seven Arab armies attacked Israel with the proclaimed goal of “sweeping the Jews into the sea and pillaging the millions they invested in the country” is extremely short sighted.
So glad someone beat me to this comment.
“It’s just a centuries old intractible conflict”, says imperialist culture which drew the borders on purpose to destabilize the region.
