I had a thoroughly nasty response in the hopper and ready to go, but the last thread got locked. So, instead of chewing over some stale old insults, I’ll do you a favor. I hope you appreciate it.
from the former thread:
Here’s a history lesson.
Your pathetic mangling of the language aside, here’s the story (the Straight Dope, if I may be so bold) on your “lack of trouble” with the Arabs. If I get the details wrong, fellow Dopers, let me know (not you, QUINCY. I wouldn’t trust your “facts” if you told me the sun was going to rise in the morning,) but this is the spirit of the thing.
Back when Israel was a Roman province, you couldn’t swing a cat in Jerusalem without hitting someone who claimed to be the True Son of the House of David. In other words, everybody and their uncle claimed to be the Messiah. Most of them were crackpots, and were not taken seriously. Some of them shook the ground a bit more. You know one of them as Jesus (if he ever actually existed, but that’s another topic.) Another one of these “Messiahs” (and I apologize, but I don’t remember his name) came along a bit later, and took advantage of the instability in the Empire at the time to raise quite a following. For a while, they kicked some Roman ass. They killed Legionnaires, they burned barracks, and generally raised hell. Finally, as was inevitable, Rome got her shit together, and decided to “pacify” the rebellion. They sent Legions in, and every Jew they could catch was crucified out of general principle. Then (and this is the important part. Pay attention.), to add insult to injury, the Romans sowed the seeds of eternal dissent by taking control of the province away from the Jews and renaming the whole place after the Israelis worst historical nemeses: the Philistines. In Latin, this came out as Terra Palestinia.
Palestine. Then, in 1948, after centuries of Muslim control over the region, a new Jewish homeland is established there. War was inevitable.
Simplified, yes, and I usually hate generalism, but I’m tired and pissed off. I know I skipped the Crusades. I know I skipped the Ottoman Empire. Just wanted you to know I’m with ya.
Thus you have the seeds of the conflict that rages to this day. And as for the Arabs not having a historical problem with the Jews, hello, the ones in question are militant Muslims, the same as the Palestinians(who may or may not be militant in principle, but are feeling a bit put-upon because they think they have more right to the land than the Jews. Of course there’s going to be trouble. Try not to be obtuse.
And at least TRY to make some damned sense next time, and avoid spouting off based on half-formed conjecture.