cybrsage
Lifer
- Nov 17, 2011
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If you look back in time and add up who controls the land of Israel, you get a long list. If you remove nations which no longer exist (Romans, Assyrians, Babylonians) and only bother with those who currently exist, the list gets much shorter. Since it is impossible to give land to a nation which does not exist any longer (short of recreating it - but then you have to give all its lands back, something no one will ever agree to do), it makes sense to use the shorter list of nations which currently exist.
I believe that the paying of tribute to a nation means that nations controls the land, so I added that time period to the land receiving the tribute.
Using that, we find two nations which appear at the top of the list...with the others being far behind by a few centuries. The two nations are Egypt and Israel. This should not be a surprise to anyone. Due to the fuzziness of the ancient past, which one is the longest controller is up for debate.
Egypt has already stated Israel has the right to control the area, giving up their claim to the land. That leaves only Israel as the rightful controller of the land.
Another way of showing who should control it is to look at how the current controllers gained control. The UK owned the area by winning it in war from the Ottoman Empire. The peace treaty gave control to the UK, making them the rightful controller by International Law. They gave control of a portion of that land to Israel and split up the rest of the land amongst the Arab nations. These nations then invaded Israel several times, losing control of more land each time. At this point things become murky and the legitimacy of the claim of control depends on which rules you decide you like and therefor say apply.
I believe that the paying of tribute to a nation means that nations controls the land, so I added that time period to the land receiving the tribute.
Using that, we find two nations which appear at the top of the list...with the others being far behind by a few centuries. The two nations are Egypt and Israel. This should not be a surprise to anyone. Due to the fuzziness of the ancient past, which one is the longest controller is up for debate.
Egypt has already stated Israel has the right to control the area, giving up their claim to the land. That leaves only Israel as the rightful controller of the land.
Another way of showing who should control it is to look at how the current controllers gained control. The UK owned the area by winning it in war from the Ottoman Empire. The peace treaty gave control to the UK, making them the rightful controller by International Law. They gave control of a portion of that land to Israel and split up the rest of the land amongst the Arab nations. These nations then invaded Israel several times, losing control of more land each time. At this point things become murky and the legitimacy of the claim of control depends on which rules you decide you like and therefor say apply.
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