John, yours was a terrible post. Jews had been emigrating to Palestine since the mid 19th century and purchase the rights to their land. Palestinians did not exist as a people prior to emigration of Jews -- the land was completely desolate and the Palestinans came largely in response to a need for labor, as the Jews brought in irrigation and made the land arable and self-sustaining. The Palestinians themselves were refugeed willingly by the surrounding Arab states in the '60s.
Unless you are an anti-Semite, the Jews have never been thieves, but have instead shown remarkable restraint, dignity, and a continuing appreciation for education and the arts for centuries. They are also the only democracy in the Middle East, and our only true allies. Given their terrible experiences during repeated Pogroms at the hands of Russia and Europe and later the Holocaust, I can also not think of any people who deserve a homeland more.
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