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[–] Maggoty@lemmy.world 8 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Or and this is nuts, but the Ottoman Empire was building up the area and urbanization was happening. Nobody got replaced, it was just more people moving in.

[–] JoYo@lemmy.ml -3 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 children)

those are synonyms, or are we all pretending gentrification doesn't exist again?

[–] Maggoty@lemmy.world 3 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Oh no, they built more housing and improved the economy! The horror!

[–] JoYo@lemmy.ml -3 points 1 month ago (1 children)
[–] Maggoty@lemmy.world 5 points 1 month ago (1 children)

No. Not exactly. The Israelis have spent decades pushing Palestinians out. They aren't just moving in.

[–] JoYo@lemmy.ml 0 points 1 month ago (1 children)

i'm not arguing against that, I just don't buy that Palestinians are natives. Ottomans in the region were subject to mass migration following the British mandate.

[–] Maggoty@lemmy.world 3 points 1 month ago

But the British did it too is a woefully bad argument.