HISTORY 103 Lecture Notes - Lecture 22: United Nations Human Rights Council, United Nations Commission On Human Rights, Arab Jews
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Deeply resent what they see as a double standard against them. Both are tempted to act in ways that are emotionally satisfying in the short-term, but destructive in the long term. Most palestinians see themselves as victims of grave social injustices o. These are the exact terms arafat used when signing the first oslo agreement on the white house lawn. Bore no responsibility for the suffering of the european jews that gave birth to zionism. Bore little or no responsibility for the holocaust. Were forced to pay the price for jewish suffering because they were forced to give up most of their land. From 1920-1948, palestinians protested zionist immigration o o o. Boycotts, petitions, pleading, writing letters and editorials, demonstrations. Lacked the physical power to overthrow the british and stop jewish immigration. In essence, their story was that of a violent physical conquest against an innocent population o o o o. The jews" violent seizure of arab land after 1947.
