West Bank: Brutality of Israeli Soldiers

Possibly it was a government led by Menachem Begin .

At some stage ,the longest serving PM is Netanyahu, strange , most strange,

This is academic -there has been ill treatment of Palestinians for many years .
My friends and others witnessed it .
To my knowledge -
Netanyahu has been PM since 2022 .

Benjamin Netanyahu[a] (born 21 October 1949) is an Israeli politician who has been serving as the prime minister of Israel since 2022, having previously held the office from 1996 to 1999 and from 2009 to 2021. Netanyahu is the longest-serving prime minister in Israel's history, having served a total of over 17 years.

Not in the 70’s and 80’s

Well researched , but he wasn't PM when my friend worked in Israel and witnessed those assaults .
Begin was .
It's a tragic history .

I didn't claim that Netanyahu was PM in the 70's and 80's .
For the record, he doesn't have a great reputation as regards human rights.

Valdali, thank you for explaining how the torturer injures himself besides injuring the slave.

Generally speaking, an entire nation of people may be persuaded to believe that it's right to torture and eliminate certain others.
Germans , a previously super- civilised nation ,were persuaded during the 1930s that Jews were evil and less than human . Germans have overcome the psychological effects of Nazism among the people. I am sure that Israelis will eventually change their attitude towards Palestinians only God knows how this will happen.

www.dummies.com/article/academics-the-arts/history/world/a-brief-history-of-palestine-186279/

The above links to 'Palestine for Dummies'.

The self deprecating titles in the Dummies series of informational articles are part of the attraction. Recommended.

“I am sure that Israelis will eventually change their attitude towards Palestinians only God knows how this will happen.” Caleo

I wish I could be sure Palestinians would do the same towards Israelis…

Indeed Pantglas, we all pray that spears will be replaced by pruning hooks.

Caleo there is an equally strong supporter of Palestine as you
who has said the bible is fiction, best not to quote from it

Anniebach, The Bible is important literature. The Bible does not belong to anyone in particular and I will quote from The Bible if and when its poetry is appropriate to illustrate what I want to say.

And a brief amble through the Old Testament will confirm that fighting over the territory has been a fixture of life in this part of the world for...quite a long time.

Yes, and quotes from the Old Testament can be used for and against Jews

Anniebach , neither of us quotes from literature so as to make allegations against Jews.

Does anyone have a theory about why there is such bad blood between the two communities?
Were the people living in Palestine in the 1940's, and not all of them were Arabs, consulted about the proposed establishing of the brand new state of Israel?

Maremia

Does anyone have a theory about why there is such bad blood between the two communities?
Were the people living in Palestine in the 1940's, and not all of them were Arabs, consulted about the proposed establishing of the brand new state of Israel?

As Chocolatelovinggran mentioned

Where do we begin? Are you sitting comfortably?

A few years ago, during the Iron Age ....

Yes, thousands of years of warring history, and I bet it makes for interesting reading, thanks, but do you know anything about the 'consultation' process, which may or may not have occurred before the creation of the state of Israel? That is, were the Palestinians, of all faiths, living there at that time consulted, offered compensation, given any say in the process?

Maremia:
Concerning the United Nations plan of 1947,

"The Arab Higher Committee, the Arab League and other Arab leaders and governments rejected the Plan, as aside from Arabs forming a two-thirds majority, they owned most of the territory.[20][21] They also indicated an unwillingness to accept any form of territorial division,[22] arguing that it violated the principles of national self-determination in the UN Charter that granted people the right to decide their own destiny.[10][23] They announced their intention to take all necessary measures to prevent the implementation of the resolution.[24][25][26][27] A civil war broke out in Palestine,[28] and the plan was not implemented.[29] In 1948, 85% of the Palestinians living in the areas that became the state of Israel became refugees.[30]"

And in 1948 5 Arab country declared war on Israel,

Thanks Caleo. Were those displaced Palestinians offered/given any compensation for the homes and land they lost?

Maremia

Yes, thousands of years of warring history, and I bet it makes for interesting reading, thanks, but do you know anything about the 'consultation' process, which may or may not have occurred before the creation of the state of Israel? That is, were the Palestinians, of all faiths, living there at that time consulted, offered compensation, given any say in the process?

So why are thousands of years dismissed and the focus is on the last 70 odd years? Cherrypicking?

Maremia

Yes, thousands of years of warring history, and I bet it makes for interesting reading, thanks, but do you know anything about the 'consultation' process, which may or may not have occurred before the creation of the state of Israel? That is, were the Palestinians, of all faiths, living there at that time consulted, offered compensation, given any say in the process?

This is probably more detailed and accurate:

www.un.org/unispal/history/

Pantglas2

Maremia

Yes, thousands of years of warring history, and I bet it makes for interesting reading, thanks, but do you know anything about the 'consultation' process, which may or may not have occurred before the creation of the state of Israel? That is, were the Palestinians, of all faiths, living there at that time consulted, offered compensation, given any say in the process?

So why are thousands of years dismissed and the focus is on the last 70 odd years? Cherrypicking?

Because the history is an inconvenient truth for some on Gransnet.

It is now the 30’s repeated , Lilly Ebert warned of this a few years before she died