• ephimetheus@lemmy.ml
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    1 year ago

    Jews settled there before the formation of Israel and the location was specifically favored by the Jews.

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      Yeah, Jews had lived there for a long time, then the zionist movement pushed for mass emigration to Palestine and that’s where problems arose.