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The League was funded by its member states and I understand the motive for smaller states to pay for membership (the security advantages, financial assistance etc.), however, what was the motive for larger countries to pay for the membership (eg. France and Britain) as the majority of the budget goes to helping smaller countries and doesn’t return to them. It seemed as if it was a one way process and am I right in saying this could be seen in the United Nationa as well? Thanks Willbb234 ( talk) 07:50, 28 May 2019 (UTC)
In the article United Nations Partition Plan for Palestine there is a map of Israel. I have two questions in relation to this. Firstly, were the two parts of the Jewish State or the Arab State connected near Qaustina; Isbud and Faluja, just east of Jerusalem, and how was this zone planned to be governed, and controlled when viewed with the consideration of the already heightened tensions on the region at the time? Secondly, I seem able to find the aforementioned cities on any modern map (Google). Why is this? I would have thought that they would have been renamed but looking at a satellite view I can't see that there is anything but farm land in their vicinity. Thanks Anton 81.131.40.58 ( talk) 09:59, 28 May 2019 (UTC)
Dear Wikipedia: Let me first say thanks so very much as I have found your data indispensable.
However, you may be perpetuating a racial thesis used to justify slavery and also compromise historical accuracies. In searching Canaan, the page list the Amorites as descendants of his son Amor. When one clicks on Amor it immediately goes to Amorites as Semites. How can a son of Ham instantaneously become no longer a Hamite but a Semite. This is worse than the western world's refusal to call the Sumerians Hamites as it would put the lie to their justification of slavery. So instead they invent the term pre-Semitic. In this day and age, isn't it time to start undoing historical lies, inaccuracies and omissions? This is the only problem that I have ever had with Wikipedia. Cordially' dwight -- 28 May 2019 2600:1700:cc20:3d60:655a:7f4c:d7a6:80e0
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The League was funded by its member states and I understand the motive for smaller states to pay for membership (the security advantages, financial assistance etc.), however, what was the motive for larger countries to pay for the membership (eg. France and Britain) as the majority of the budget goes to helping smaller countries and doesn’t return to them. It seemed as if it was a one way process and am I right in saying this could be seen in the United Nationa as well? Thanks Willbb234 ( talk) 07:50, 28 May 2019 (UTC)
In the article United Nations Partition Plan for Palestine there is a map of Israel. I have two questions in relation to this. Firstly, were the two parts of the Jewish State or the Arab State connected near Qaustina; Isbud and Faluja, just east of Jerusalem, and how was this zone planned to be governed, and controlled when viewed with the consideration of the already heightened tensions on the region at the time? Secondly, I seem able to find the aforementioned cities on any modern map (Google). Why is this? I would have thought that they would have been renamed but looking at a satellite view I can't see that there is anything but farm land in their vicinity. Thanks Anton 81.131.40.58 ( talk) 09:59, 28 May 2019 (UTC)
Dear Wikipedia: Let me first say thanks so very much as I have found your data indispensable.
However, you may be perpetuating a racial thesis used to justify slavery and also compromise historical accuracies. In searching Canaan, the page list the Amorites as descendants of his son Amor. When one clicks on Amor it immediately goes to Amorites as Semites. How can a son of Ham instantaneously become no longer a Hamite but a Semite. This is worse than the western world's refusal to call the Sumerians Hamites as it would put the lie to their justification of slavery. So instead they invent the term pre-Semitic. In this day and age, isn't it time to start undoing historical lies, inaccuracies and omissions? This is the only problem that I have ever had with Wikipedia. Cordially' dwight -- 28 May 2019 2600:1700:cc20:3d60:655a:7f4c:d7a6:80e0