DUDE!!! Seriously you are way off base here. THe census of Israel in 1948 Put the population of the partitioned state at a little over 800,000... 150,000 were non-jewish. The 800,000 refugee's didn't show up until the Arab armies told them to get out!
No one has ignored this, you are ignoring all the responses from myself and Popo. Aso Jews didn't magically fabricate in 1948 they had been living in the area known as Palestine for hundreds of years. More started showing up when the Zionist movement began in the latter half of the 19th century.

The English didn't know what to do, thats why they handed the situation over to the U.N.

Terrorism is Terrorism, Terrorism is wrong. Nobody will refute that.

They forfeit that claim to land when they leave of their own accord. As far as the West Bank and Gaza go they were never "Palestinian" lands they were both controlled by outside soverign nations. Notice how Israel hasn't annexed the West Bank and they how many of its inhabitants retain there Jordanian citizenship???

THe U.N. gave Israel to the Israeli's. The Arab's fucked up by starting a fight that they could not finish. For better or worse this became the reality in 1948.

Palestine didn't have a say in the matter? Again a completely offbase assumption on your part. Israel wasn't a state at before 1948 its not like they were a member. U.N. envoys were sent to British controlled "Palestine" to figure out the situation their idea's where either 1) Partition or 2)intergration (Palestinians rejecting #1 Jews #2)

Are you so naive to just assume that Jews magically showed up during the 1940's??? The Zionist movement had been going on for nearly 70 years at this point. Further Israel didn't invade shit! They were attacked by 5 regular armies and won, then they took gains, but they didn't begin to extend their boundaries until 1956 and they further in 1967.

http://www.mideastweb.org/palpop.htm


I think what FEL is alluding to is the rapid influx of Jews into the region after WW1. Increasing a population by a factor of six in a mere twenty years is going to cause friction, regardless of how legitimate it is.

So Mojo, you are saying that the natives of the levant in 1947 were asked if they would like to be Israel? They peacefully said yes? Why did the British promies the natives a homeland if htey helped them fight ( watch Lawerence of Arabia) and then renege.

You are completly dismissing that PEOPLE lived in "israel" before 1948, and they were violently cast out, without representation, with out payment, and with out thought.


and yes, 780,000 people were FORCED out of the land that became Israel. This was before the war. Why are you constally saything this didnt happen?

Who forced them out at gun point???

Palestinians were at the political mercy of the Ottoman Empire and then the British Protectorate. In neither case was any attention paid to what the wishes of the Palestinians themselves though of Zionism.

Next you'll be arguing the declaration of Terra Nullis was valid in Australia!

The U.N. sent envoys to Palestine not to mention that they had a say through the Arab league. The vote on the partition passed by one vote, its not like it was a total land slide.