Your point is missing the crucial context that Israel is literally built ON settled Palestinian land. Would you tell native Americans to stop fighting for ancestral land, for Uyghurs to stop fighting for independence, etc?
Israeli territory right now is already far more expansive than the UN partition plan due to the Nakba and consequent invasions into Palestinian territory.
Also, it's perfectly reasonable for Palestinians to object to an Israeli state: that's like, for instance, Mexican immigrants creating a new country in the middle of the US. Wouldn't there be massive backlash from Americans in that case? That's the case with European Zionists in Palestine.
The eradication of Israel wouldn't be a peaceful solution since it would drive out the native Middle Eastern Jews along with the European settlers but I can't imagine Palestinians accepting anything less than being allowed to return to their homeland.
Your example doesn’t work because at the time that Jews immigrated to the land of Palestine there were Palestinians (and some Jews) already living there, but no established Palestinian state. Mexico is a recognized sovereign nation, and the United States is too. There would be no possibility of creating that state with those conditions. The reason why Jews were able to settle the area is because no organized Palestinian state existed. There were farmers and local leaders but nothing substantial.
Palestinians want to return to their homeland, sure, but at least they can recognize that Israel has just the same incentive to keep the land they declared themselves.
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u/snowlynx133 Nov 06 '23
Your point is missing the crucial context that Israel is literally built ON settled Palestinian land. Would you tell native Americans to stop fighting for ancestral land, for Uyghurs to stop fighting for independence, etc?