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    1 year ago

    It was ruled by those. The lands were still owned by Palestinians. The farm lands my mother’s family owned were given to them by the Ottomans very long ago to cultivate. Trey had since settled there and started a small town. In 1947/48 they were driven out at gunpoint. They had rifles and fought with them but not much beyond that. The entire family fled to Jordan, Syria, Kuwait, and some other places. I did a 23andMe test long ago, my mother’s side is almost entirely Levantian, they are from that area and have been in that area since ages, never took anyone’s lands, never hurt anyone. That’s your average Palestinian family basically.

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        1 year ago

        Yeah, and the Jews were driven out by the people who stole the land from them, which eventually ended up in the hands of the Ottomans

        Excuse me, but what year was this? At how many thousand years ago do we draw the line for things relevant today?

        EDIT: For reference, we are talking about 3,700 years ago.