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canadianrancher571 month, 2 weeks ago

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To be honest about it Thinker22, I would likely have to say no. There would be still those on the other side that will stick with the idea that their land was stolen. I have never spent a great deal of time reading on the whole issue, but was there ever a compensation to those who lost their land when Israel was formed. Plus there is the religious part of it which likely won't ever be settled.

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  Justice4All1 month, 2 weeks ago
  
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  If someone takes your home and then later offers to return just the porch would anyone be happy? One side say's hey look what we gave you and the other side says it was ours to begin with and you still have our house. I wouldn't be very happy.
  
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  Thinker221 month, 2 weeks ago
  
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  > I have never spent a great deal of time reading on the whole issue, but was there ever a compensation to those who lost their land when Israel was formed.
  
  It depends what you call "their land". Each and every person who's privately owned land was taken by Israel (there were not many) had and has the right to bring his/her case to court and demand compensation. Those, however, who declared the land to be "theirs" simply because they or their relatives lived in the area were not.
  
  Prior to 1947 the Jews privately owned about 9% of the land in Palestine and the Arabs owned about 11%. The remaining 80% of the land was not privately owned and, therefore, neither side could declare these lands "their". The Arabs, however, claim that ALL lands that were not PRIVATELY owned by Jews somehow belonged to them.
  
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