Israel has encroached on 32% of Gaza
Israel has encroached on 32% of Gaza
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Israel has encroached on 32% of Gaza, Al Jazeera investigation shows
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Israel has encroached on 32% of Gaza
Israel has encroached on 32% of Gaza, Al Jazeera investigation shows
Yeah. They "encroached" on 77% of Palestinian land in 1947.
Since then, they've steadily encroached on 56% of what was left.
Now they're encroaching on 32% of Gaza, which is 4% of the 56% of the 77%. The Palestinians are going from owning the least usable 10.1% of all the land they used to own, to now a 9.7% share. So what's the big deal? Doesn't sound like that much.
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Too bad Arab countries didn't like the 1947 foundational partition, so they got some 1949 armistice territories instead.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_Nations_Partition_Plan_for_Palestine
Which was 70 years ago. We're in this spot because a bunch of people are still bitter about the Seven Day War, and the nationhood of the Gaza strip was never officially declared. After all, how the hell can Palestine lay claim or maintain a territory that is totally disconnected from the West Bank? The short answer is "you can't". You can't police it as a separate entity. You can't ask its citizens to move from one area to another without having to deal with passports crossing over the country. You can't govern it.
Israel was formed. It has its own government, and it is a recognized nation. What is not its own nation, and is a lawless neutral zone that has been actively housing terrorist groups, is Gaza.
You can say the same about many so called "recognizer nations" in Africa. Just because some white dude drew a line and called it a country, doesn't make it a correct line. The people of Gaza and Palestine exist and are a Nation.