▲ 204 ▼ Night schooled (lemmy.ml) submitted 7 months ago by geneva_convenience@lemmy.ml to c/memes@lemmy.ml 32 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] carotte@lemmy.blahaj.zone 35 points 7 months ago (2 children) Rishon LeZion did a 4channer name this city permalink fedilink source hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] IAmNorRealTakeYourMeds@lemmy.world 10 points 7 months ago (1 child) It means "The first in Zion"... Zionism began in 1860s Petach Tikva was founded in 1878 And Rishon was Founded in 1882 So not even the first in this bullshit. it was before the Balfour declaration during the Ottoman rule, so the land for that place was bought from local arab authorities... unlike most other settlements that were founded after the British took over, and definitely all settlements after the Nakba... Feel free to hate that place, just giving historical context, because I'm bored permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] SkybreakerEngineer@lemmy.world 2 points 7 months ago Eh, there's a bazillion places called Ichiban. It's just the normal marketing BS permalink fedilink source parent
[–] IAmNorRealTakeYourMeds@lemmy.world 10 points 7 months ago (1 child) It means "The first in Zion"... Zionism began in 1860s Petach Tikva was founded in 1878 And Rishon was Founded in 1882 So not even the first in this bullshit. it was before the Balfour declaration during the Ottoman rule, so the land for that place was bought from local arab authorities... unlike most other settlements that were founded after the British took over, and definitely all settlements after the Nakba... Feel free to hate that place, just giving historical context, because I'm bored permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] SkybreakerEngineer@lemmy.world 2 points 7 months ago Eh, there's a bazillion places called Ichiban. It's just the normal marketing BS permalink fedilink source parent
[–] SkybreakerEngineer@lemmy.world 2 points 7 months ago Eh, there's a bazillion places called Ichiban. It's just the normal marketing BS permalink fedilink source parent