The whole Israel in the Middle East thing has been an interesting subject for me as I grew up. It’s a land of endless wars and conflicts, and issues stemming from there seem to affect the world at such large degrees, and it’s always been fascinating for me to dig through.

God Wanted Israel to be Created?

When I was young, I was subjected, at times, to Christian propaganda, unfortunately. Fortunately, I have grown to be able to logically discern information from propaganda, and truth from mythology and ideology. Let’s just say I’ve grown up to take the best part of religious teachings and apply only some of it to my more spiritual, logical, and realistic view of the world. Here’s how Christians see it, as many preachers and other hardcore Christians have tried to convince me of:

“The uprising of Israel as a Jewish nation has been long foretold in the Book of Revelations, and it is God’s will being carried out according to what the Bible says. This means that the end of ages is dawning closer and closer and we should rejoice in the creation of Israel.”

I don’t need to tell anybody who has brains that this is a big load of shit. The Balfour declaration of 1917 was what initially put the idea of a Jewish state on the political tables in Europe. Perhaps this was motivated through religious ideologies, or perhaps it had to do with the Rothchilds’ connection to Lord Balfour who declared it – I’m unsure of the motivation. Could be both, but based on what I read and intepreted, one thing is for certain, and that is the fact that Balfour was heavily in bed (non-literally) with the Zionists in Great Britain, who would have used many methods of “influence” to Lord Balfour.

Balfour and Rothchild

Palestine was a British Mandate at the time, and I believe this was due to a lack of leadership of the nation following some wars and instability. The British Mandate of Palestine was designated by many to be the new Jewish State (not all of it – just a small chunk of it along the Mediterranean).

After the Jewish people suffered quite an ordeal due to a certain asshole named Adolf Hitler and his possies, in 1948, after the Second World War was well wrapped up, a chunk of land was carved out of Palestine and was designated Israel, the new (and only) Jewish state. The Jews were finally no longer the immigrants and minorities all over Europe and North America. They had their country. All sounds good? Maybe to some.

On at least two different times in history, the British also offered a part of Uganda to the Zionists, but those attempts fell through due to many different reasons. Many Zionists were hell-bent on getting back what they considered the Holy Land, rather than just getting a good chunk of land that is fertile, inhabitable, with a decent climate (which Uganda was, and still is). Ah, yes. Religion and ideology jumps into the equation once again, and voila, we now have a US-backed, Pro-Western Jewish state, right in the middle of Middle East (no pun intended).

Gimme That!

Now, correct me if I am wrong, but if somebody came to my apartment and said “That part of the living room, and this small bedroom is now off limits to you. We’re giving it to these guys who don’t have a place to stay,” I’d be quite upset. Especially if it’s based on the fact that their religious booklet says that it is some Holy Room to them. Because for me, their religion means dick all. Different religious beliefs are the same for me as different preference in food. Just because I like sushi doesn’t mean I expect others to like it. Or, it’s like the Russian Hockey Leage. I don’t know any of those teams, so if I were to watch a game between 2 Russian hockey teams, I wouldn’t care which fans supported which team. There’s no logic behind which team is designated to be the winner or the loser, other than how the game goes that day, and which team has more expensive players. I only know that I am a Vancouver Canucks fan.

So. Palestine, which is obviously an Arab state, was forced to give up a piece of land for Israel to be established upon it, because they had a lapse in their government, and while they were merely a British Mandate (in other words, like a colony), they just had to lie there, face-down, and take it. No wonder they are upset about it, and so is the rest of the Arab world.

Let’s look at the events after the creation of Israel. Heavily backed by Western powers such as Great Britain and USA, Israel continues to exist, surrounded by enemy Arab nations. Yes, they are outnumbered, but they seem incredibly well equipped and armed with M16s and F-series fighter jets. Oh wait, what? The M16 is a standard US military issue weapon, and the F-14s and F16s are also US-made? So now, to make matters worse, we have Western involvement in this land, and the political issues become scathingly large, affecting the whole globe.

Why Palestine?

Apart from the fact that the hard-line Zionists wanted Palestine specifically so they can re-claim Jerusalem, there were some other factors. When the creation of Israel was being debated, and Palestine and Uganda were being contemplated as options, US President Truman heavily supported the Zionists’ movement to set up Israel in Palestine. Also, while all these negotiations were going on, Syria and Jordan had other motives to try and suppress the nation of Palestine, so they had secret pacts or understandings with the Jewisth and Western Leaders so support the creation of Israel. While most Arabs sought to prevent Israel from being created, these alterior motives stopped them from putting forth a unified front to protect their hegemony and independency… a move I’m sure they regret now.

Let’s go back to Truman and USA’s heavy support of the creation of Israel on Palestine’s lands. Up until then, there was no solid presence of pro-Western, pro-USA powers in the Middle East. But as industry was modernizing, the importance of securing oil was important. Also, in a post-war era USA, which got out of the Great Depression by means of entering the War, it was important that the USA be able to keep selling arms and munitions to allies. Creating a pro-USA nation in the Middle East was the perfect thing to do in order to achieve both. Of course there would be ongoing conflicts in that region, and it would give military and air base access to USA in the Middle East. It was perfect. See what I’m getting at? It was a politically motivated move to gain something for themselves. It wasn’t that Truman somehow supported the Zionist movement from his strong beliefs and sympathy for the Jewisth people. We all know how he handled the Korean War, and we can now see that trend in this move.

The Assailant and the Victim, and the Profiteering

The religiously motivated Zionists who saw nothing beyond the inception of Israel were obviously short-sighted. They did not see the potential (or more like certainty) of continued war and violence. The real victims, in my opinion, are the Jewish people and the Palestinians who live there right now. They need to live in constant awareness and fear of a rocket hitting their homes, or a bomb attack, or, in many times throughout history, the prospect of a full-scale war. It is no way to live, and I sympathize for their situations. The instigators of this entire trouble would be the zealous Zionists, and of course, the Americans who sought to take a piece of this action by putting a pro-Western country of their backing into the Middle East, and thus gaining access to air fields and military bases for their own operations, so close to the richest oil field in the world. The USA has profited more than anybody with this whole deal if you ask me. They sold endless supplies of weapons and arms to Israel, while the conflicts and wars went on in the region, making the Middle East a notorious region for constant battles and violence.

Israel – Justified to Exist?

Short answer from me is Yes, but only due to the fact that I can be very realistic. But I cannot blame the Palestinians for bombing Israel on a regular basis. Hamas, in the recent months, seem to be even more aggressive with their constant barrage of random rocket launches into Israeli territories. And unfortunately those are stone-age rockets, which sort of land anywhere in a broad area, which means that civilians are being hit, not military targets. It’s really sad. But considering the circumstances under which Palestine was forced to carve out a chunk of land for the Jewish people, there’s no wonder that Arabs in the region oppose the existence of Israel altogether. What else would you expect, if you have a sane mind? The Zionist belief is merely one belief, not a universal goal. Just like I have no right to convince another person that pepperoni pizza is still better than ham and pineapple, the Zionists, or the American lobbyists and former US Presient Truman, have no right to expect people of a different religion to accept their Zionism theory based on some biblical interpretation.

Then, beyond all logics and morals, why do I insist that Israel has the right to exist? They are people too, and they now have a home there. Just because the wrong decision was made 60 years ago doesn’t mean we can unto 60 years of settlement and growth of a nation and its people. I do not want to see Israel razed to the ground and its people killed or in exile, like some Arab extremists want to see. I want them to live. I want them to live in peace. This goes out to both Israelis and Palestinians.

What Now?

We can’t just lift the nation of Israel and put it somewhere else. Nor can we do the same with palestinians. Continuous war between them is not a favourable option (unless you are involved with the US weapon manufacturers, or own their stocks, etc.). We’ve established that the Palestinians’ anger and assaults have very reasonable ground, and we’ve also established that it was an unwise move for the Zionists to put Israel in Palestine (and an immoral move by the Americans to push for this move).

Quite frankly, it’s much easier analyzing the facts and history of how this happened. It’s much harder to actually try to come up with a solution to this. Why don’t I leave this up to my readers to comment on?