I'm not a fan of the biblical times argument though Israeli Jews have a right to exist and a right to a state (that too many would gladly deprive them of).
The Palestinians do have some legitimate complaints but the problem is they don't want peace, they want an overwhelming military victory (which is not in the cards).
Politically the Palestinians have not yet matured enough to realize that actions have consequences so they do things like elect a party that vows to never negotiate with Israel and then get upset with the Israeli government for not negotiating (this is rational?)
And they haven't figured out that Israel's Achilles heel isn't violence but non-violent civil resistance (but again they want a violent victory, not peace).
And they haven't figured out that most Arab governments wouldn't treat them any better than the Israelis do* and only use the Palestinian issue to distract attention from their own failings.
As for Spain, it was once Muslim but isn't now. The idea 'once Muslim always Muslim' is something that Muslims need to seriously get over if they want non-Muslims to take them seriously. And how on earth do you suppose Muslims going to 'reclaim' Spain?
*probably worse other Arabs have already killed many, many times more Palestinians than Israelis have, hell, Palestinians have killed many times more Palestinians than Israelis have.
The Palestinians do have some legitimate complaints but the problem is they don't want peace, they want an overwhelming military victory (which is not in the cards).
Politically the Palestinians have not yet matured enough to realize that actions have consequences so they do things like elect a party that vows to never negotiate with Israel and then get upset with the Israeli government for not negotiating (this is rational?)
And they haven't figured out that Israel's Achilles heel isn't violence but non-violent civil resistance (but again they want a violent victory, not peace).
And they haven't figured out that most Arab governments wouldn't treat them any better than the Israelis do* and only use the Palestinian issue to distract attention from their own failings.
As for Spain, it was once Muslim but isn't now. The idea 'once Muslim always Muslim' is something that Muslims need to seriously get over if they want non-Muslims to take them seriously. And how on earth do you suppose Muslims going to 'reclaim' Spain?
*probably worse other Arabs have already killed many, many times more Palestinians than Israelis have, hell, Palestinians have killed many times more Palestinians than Israelis have.