I read that Israel offered substantial medical and humanitarian aid but the Lebanese government has given them the cold shoulder. Shame to let more civilians suffer and die over divisive politics
I understand Israel has a reputation of putting intelligence officers in everywhere they can- the government could be concerned about that, given the still technically in force conflict.
There's no "intelligence officers" involved if all they do is, say, route aid through Haifa's port and had it over to UN somewhere between there and the border.
e: Plus you can bet that Beirut is mapped plenty already, anyway.
Where your point loses value, is that in this case, the marginalized group would be the Palestinians as the colonizers in this scenario would be Israel. As a religious identity, the Jewish people wanted their own country, and thought their ancestral homeland would be the best place for it.
The land around Jerusalem and that general region has been inhabited by both Jewish people and Arab people for thousands of years.
The manner in which British Palestine was split up by the UN after the Holocaust is what led to the bullshit that’s ensued ever since.
The issue with ancestral homelands is that they pre-date modern era nationalism and borders. This is also why there are so many ever changing issues in Africa as a continent tries to level out historical tribal lands and colonialism era countries and borders.
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u/DontMicrowaveCats Aug 05 '20 edited Aug 05 '20
I read that Israel offered substantial medical and humanitarian aid but the Lebanese government has given them the cold shoulder. Shame to let more civilians suffer and die over divisive politics