I will admit I misstated the WWI vs WWII and the Ottomans.
Even if the British had control of the area; it was divided up after WWII.
At that time there were Arabs and Jews living in the area of Palestine.
The Arab would not accept a Jewish state in that area; They still have not. Some are more tolerant that others.
The fact is that Israel was granted statehood; the Arabs balked at there being a Palestinian state.
Israel has a right to defend itself and retaliate against attacks. Just like any nation has the right.
And the Palestinians should also have that right. It is the fact of what is needed to defend oneself against attacks.
Usually it is knowledge that you will not be attacked that allows compromises. Israel has not been given that luxury at this time. History has demonstrated that the original borders were unsafe. Expansion of those borders helped; but that was at the expense of those that were attacking her. Who is right then?
If someone keeps attacking you; do you have the right to retaliate and force them to stop if the law will not intervene.
The Palestinians feel that they have the right; so does Israel.
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At least EK admits he is wrong about trying the blame the Ottoman empire that was already a over decade dead long before the rise of Hitler in 1933.
But thereafter EK plays fast and loose with more bullshit propaganda and revisionist history regarding the land that became 1948 Israel. Long before governed by the Brits in something called the Palestinian mandate. The notion that the area also had a local Palestinian government is largely false, even if there were a few local power brokers on a city wide scale. Some rat finks and some rather decent, but the real power was Great Britain. Meaning two things. (1) The population of the British Mandate was almost 100% Palestinian, at least at the pre 1900 AD history of the Palestinian Mandate. (2) As a result of that non-nationhood of Palestine, it simply meant the Palestinian people lacked the modern institutions of a modern State, the most important of which in later events is the total lack of an army for Palestinian self defense.
But we must also understand other events, not necessarily Zionist, that started from Russia in what amounts to a back to the birth land movement starting in about 1850. As Jewish communities within Cossack dominated Russia, where anti-Semitic Jew baiting was almost the national sport, collected their pennies nickles and dimes, and sponsored a few Jews to immigrate to Palestine, with enough financing to buy land from local land owners.
Nothing wrong with that as long as it was a trickle and never a flood. And many Russian Jews brought in modern European farming methods and did quite well. Still nothing earth shaking circa 1930, but still some rat fink city based mufti's played the anti-Semitic card, while other British Palestinian mandate local leaders allowed multiculturalism. As Jews and Palestinians proved that they have could have Jews and Palestinians co-operating for mutual benefit in a big win win for there communities.
Of course the big stress-or event came from Germany in the form of Adolph Hitler. And soon the mainly world dominated European world had WW2 and mass Genocide, and among the minorities targeted, Jews were Murdered and Decimated thousand of miles away from the mid-east.
When the dust settled from WW2, suddenly Europe had millions of pennyless Jewish refugees on their hands, stripped of all land and possessions and lucky to be among the few that survived. Rather than Europe taking responsibility for their sins to the Jews, they got the bright idea of foisting them off on the the mid-east just at a time the Brits were tired of the thankless job of administering the Palestinian mandate. And quite predictably the surrounding Arab States with Armies cried NIMBY.
And at the same time, at least for the Jews, the old Idea of Zionism gained new luster and credibility. And to some extent who among us can blame Jewish leaders for feeling that way, given the way they had been raped by Hitler and other European leaders. But still, IMHO, the concept of Zionism is exactly the problem for modern Israel, it only leads to a Massada complex, and Masdsada #1 was a total Israeli disaster.
But still, in 3/1948, the UN approved Israel as a new State with the existing Jewish leaders pledge to treat its indigenous population of Palestinians and Jews equally.
What happened thereafter instead is that the surrounding non Palestinians Arab States all massed to together to end the Jewish State as the rest of the world did nothing. If the Arabs with military assets and large armies were even remotely competent, the fledgling Israeli State would have been toast in 1948, but the point is and remains, the Arabs States were incompetent and once again David beat Goliath. And largely because Israel was organized, united, and made the best of their limited assets. Again, IMHO nothing wrong with that.
But then Israel, IMHO, made the fatal mistake, faced with wisdom or greed, Israeli Zionists took the wrong road and opted for greed that means Israel is forever a unsustainable Zionist State in the mid-east. Because as soon as the 1948 Arab Armies were sent packing the totally powerless Palestinian people who owned most of the land in 1948 Israel could be as effectively raped and disposed even faster than Hitler did it in pre-WW2. And by 1953, thanks to Jewish State laws as bad as Hitlers, Palestinians owning land within Israel was complete, as Israel did to the Palestinians exactly what Hitler did to Jews. Except Hitler was at least quick and killed his victims fast, Jews like to prolong the torture.
Its bad enough that Greedy Jews stole more than half of 1948 Israel, the remaining Palestinians who fled South to the West Bank and Gaza, as well as the Palestinians who owned land in East Jerusalem got invaded by Israel in 1967 and 73, and now Israel wants
to pig 100% of that too.-------------------what total greed without shame on the part of Israel.
That is simply that Massada Zionist problem, Israel simply can't build a just and accepted
Israeli State built on rape and greed. Such a Israeli state can temporarily be propped up based on military might, but as Israel loses allies at an alarming rate, we already see current Israeli policy is unsustainable. While Israeli greed will never know a moment of peace, and quite rightfully so. As Anti Israeli terrorism is morally justified and will never go away.
But in my mind, the myth here is that Israelis and Arabs must fight to the death, when we are better moving to a Palestinian State and further co-operation.
This idea that any one group can pig all of Israel may have been the norm, its never worked, it never will, so why not move to something win win sustainable for al, sides.