• @SuddenDownpour@sh.itjust.works
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    51 year ago

    Most of the current day border conflicts are related to the past century’s British policy, both due to the extent of the British Empire and its little interest in preventing trouble in their way out. You see similar issues with French ex-colonies, but since they weren’t as many they don’t appear as much in the news. Border conflicts in old Spanish colonies mostly took place during the 19th century, and they’ve been independent for long enough for their current issues not to have as much to do with Spain anymore. In contrast, there are British people alive today who were kicking around when the victors of WWII decided to split Palestine in half without asking Palestinians for their opinion, and afterwards chose to ignore the ethnic cleansings of Palestinians.

    In any case, you shouldn’t take of this personally, unless you actually hold any position of relative power.

    • @nonailsleft@lemm.ee
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      -11 year ago

      Palestinians were in fact asked for their opinion before the UN voted to split it in half…

      There’s a shituation very comparable to Palestine happening today in Western Sahara. A former colony of Spain.

      • Palestinians were in fact asked for their opinion before the UN voted to split it in half…

        Do you have a source for this?

        There’s a shituation very comparable to Palestine happening today in Western Sahara. A former colony of Spain.

        Fair enough. Spain had an UN mandate that ordered them to oversee the process of decolonization, and instead they just gave it up to Morocco against the wishes of the Saharawi people themselves. The contemporary attitude of both the US and Spain is disgusting in this issue.