Originally Posted by
iolo
The descendants of the Jews who once lived there are the Palestinians, as people change religions (would you settle Italians in the UK on the grounds that it was once Roman Catholic?). Some converts to Judaism came there to die, of course, as did Christians. What have the Nazi gang currently murdering Semitic children there to do with any belief other than Nazism?
I personally think the Jews should have been given a piece of Germany for their troubles, but all that is beside the point. My point wasn't where people "should be" settled, only that the idea that they're going to leave of their own accord or that you are going to force them out is laughable. There is no historical evidence that would show that to be the case, in fact it is quite the opposite.
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