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Originally Posted by B-Line
You are confused because of the term PALESTINE. THe land of Israel used to be under the Ottoman Empire. After that it became part of the British territories. The area was called "PALESTINE" but there was no state. Furthermore, Christians , Jews and Muslims all lived in the land called Palestine. Nothing was taken away from anybody. It was British controlled land. Britain with the support of the UN divided the land called Palestine into two states, Israel and Palestine. Prior to that, it was just a territory inhabited by all. The Jews accepted the statehood and Israel became an official country. The Arab-Muslim population refused to recognize a Jewish state and thus did not accept the lands to be created under the term Palestine. But there was no Palestine country.
Then the Arab-Muslim population that didn't accept Israel as a state on 3 separate occasions, with the help of their Jew hating neighbors, attacked Israel in an effort to destroy it (Or were planning an attack..) The state of Israel then occupied territories that the Arab Muslim population turned down and occupied it for military strategy cause they kept getting attacked from there.
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You forgot the part where 500,000 Arabs were removed from their homes by force and kicked off of their property never to return again.
That is an issue that has nothing to do with what the name of the country is or who is the government, but has to do with respecting property rights of individuals.
And BTW, even in the Jewish Bible there is lots of mention of Palestine.