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Didn't the Jewish people already own a fairly substantial piece of that area that they had purchased from the indigenous people?
From what I have seen Israel has made many attempts to be peaceful since 194x when they were established (remember Syria only became Syria 2 years earlier). The 6 day war ended pretty well for egypt when they were willing to negotiate. Israel seem to have hit that final straw, and frankly I can't blame them, heck myself and a few friends were tempted to put down a bet that Israel will be the second country to fire a nuke in anger.
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