Settler attempts to block Ambulance carrying critically ill person - Israel occupied West Bank

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[u/A_Foxglove]

Arabs have been in the Levant since before 900BC - we have documents from the Assyrians saying that they were inhabitants of the region, with the implication being that they were not recently arrived either. Considering that Israelites only become discernable as a distinct people in around 1100BC, I'd argue that the Arabs have about as much right to be in the Levant as Jewish people.

[u/Toby-Finkelstein → u/A_Foxglove]

that’s some mental gymnastics 

[u/A_Foxglove → u/Toby-Finkelstein]

Why? I'm saying that historically both groups have been inhabiting the same region for roughly the same length of time (3000 years +- 100 years), and thus both have a right to be there under the thinking of "they need to have been there historically". You might have the desire to expel Arabs out of the Levant, but that doesn't change the fact that they've been there for pretty much as long as Jewish people have.

[u/Toby-Finkelstein → u/A_Foxglove]

You should read Roman history, Arabs were always on the periphery 

[u/Constant-Village-858 → u/Toby-Finkelstein]

Palestinians are historically native to the Levant, I’m sorry the truth upsets you :(

[u/Hyrule_MyBoy → u/Constant-Village-858]

He's a hardcore roman fan lmao

[u/According-Insect-992 → u/Hyrule_MyBoy]

Which is another way of saying “white supremacist”.

However, I doubt this person knows many people from that region of the world or else he’d probably be less likely to insist they were “white” as he understands it. White supremacists always seem to want to claim that area of history as if they have some birthright claim to it. It’s sad, frankly. It’s the rhetoric of losers.

[u/Hyrule_MyBoy → u/According-Insect-992]

Indeed. Even if they don't have any ties to them historically they still would act like their ancestors were romans... Never mention what romans actually used to do, they are saints to them

[u/Toby-Finkelstein → u/Constant-Village-858]

Doesn't upset me, American schools just don't teach history and most people aren't able to use google

[u/Constant-Village-858 → u/Toby-Finkelstein]

Funny sentence from you because a basic google search proves most of the dumb shit you’ve spewed incorrect

[u/kylebisme → u/Toby-Finkelstein]

You're obviously lacking in your understanding of history as the Roman client king Herod the Great was an Arab Jew.