• HelixDab2@lemm.ee
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    5 hours ago

    I hate to be the bearer of bad news, but there really aren’t many countries in the world that aren’t founded on murder and oppression. It is not, IMO, reasonable to hold decendants responsible for the crimes that their grandparents, great-grandparents, great-great-grandparents, etc. committed, but it is reasonable to hold them responsible for what they’re doing right now.

    • IndustryStandard@lemmy.world
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      4 hours ago

      I have very recently replied to a similar question so I will paste the same response here:

      Land disputes tend to end when an agreement is reached between natives and colonizers or the colonizers murder so many natives that there are no people to claim the land of their ancestors.

      America and Canada mostly fall in the second category. The natives have struck a peace deal and gained reservations but instead of demanding all the land back they are (rightfully) asking for financial compensation.

      What differs it from Palestine is that Israel is actively doing the ethnic cleansing and genocide in the present. And there is no peace treaty made which the Palestinians have accepted.

      Unless Palestinians agree to a deal they have the right over all the land back. From the river to the sea.

      In the present Palestinians are willing to agree to a deal favorable to Israel to end their suffering. Because Israel has the military advantage.

      However Israel does not accept it believing they can steal more land. They will lose everything as soon as their military advantage ends.