How Hamas attack reminds of Yom Kippur war | From The Hindu Archives

The surprise attack launched by Hamas on Israel on October 7th has led many to draw parallels to an attack that happened 50 years ago - the Yom Kippur war
On October 6th, 1973, Egypt and Syria launched a coordinated attack on Israel on Yom Kippur, the holiest day on the Jewish calendar.
What was the Yom Kippur war and why is the current attack being compared to it?
Always look back before going forward, they say. So, we turn the pages of The Hindu's archives to look back at history.
Script and production: Gayatri Menon
Research: Gayatri Menon and Murali N. Krishnaswamy
Archive photo courtesy: Dinesh Krishnan , Srinath M and The Hindu Library
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[@col.waltervonschonkopf69]

Jews made up only 5-10% of the population of Palestine in 1900. In 1947, they only formed 32-33% of the population thanks in no small part to illegal immigration. They were in minority in all sub-dsitricts except Jaffa and in no sub-district did they own more land than Arabs. The absurdity of the partition proposal is demonstarted by the fact that Beersheba was awarded to the Jews while it only had about a thousand Jews but a hundred thousand Arabs. Even in the entire Palestine, Jews made up only a third of the population. These are the facts. Therefore, objective facts did not merit establishment of a Jewish state in Palestine.

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Why should we take 1900 as the frame of reference limit?

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Even in 2023 Muslims make only (35-40) percent of whole Indian subcontinent population. Before 712, there was not a single Muslim in India. Even before 1192, there was very small Muslim population in India. Then why in 1947 India was divided in the name of religion and country for Muslims (Pakistan) was created ? If you against the formation of Israel, you should also oppose the formation of Pakistan. If you support formation of Pakistan, you should support formation of Israel.

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@@arkamandal2342 I do not support the formation of Pakistan. There you go. Happy? 😂 And if you look at it logically. There were clearly contiguous districts in the west and east of India in which Muslims were in majority. On the other hand, there were no sub-districts in Palestine in which Jews were in majority. Now, that's an crucial difference! Another crucial difference is that most South Asian Muslims are descendants of convertees, not outsiders.

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@@jaswath9378 How far back in history do you want to go? There isn't a consensus on how far back in history one should go to stake claims based on history but going as far back as the beginning of the C.E. or before is just absurd.

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There was no illegal immigration. They purchased the land.

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