My answers might appear simplistic, but it is my firm belief that this is a simple matter and making it more complex will certainly not get us any closer to the answer
Yes, your answers certainly are too simplistic, far too simplistic for one of the most complex problems in the world.
The Palestinians comprised 67% of the population of the area before the European Jews returned.
The Palis do belong there, they actually own the place, and should not have to compromise,... It's their country.
No, it was never solely their country.
Even your own quoted figures establish that Jews comprised 33% of the population initially, hardly a premise for claimig the Jews have no ‘ownership’ rights. On top of this it has to be taken into account that over those hundreds of years Jews were driven from their homes and country by holocaust etc.
And importantly, European arrivals in the early years were certainly refugees, not reinforcements, and as such always morally legitimate. Indeed, I would argue that even today most Jews arriving in Israel are refugees .
If I were you, I would leave the Zionists right out of this debate, because to most of the non Jewish world, the Zionists are regarded as an extremist or a violent terrorist organisation.
Oh, of course, because they defend their right to live; unlike Islamic fundamentalists who kill and maim innocent people all over the world, and who you conveniently ignore; now that’s extremism and violent terrorism incarnate.
You admit that in fact their Jewish neighbours actually existed and did indeed live peacefully alongside them, until they started slaughtering the Jews.But they were not always like this, they lived peacefully alongside their Jewish neighbours for many hundreds if not a thousand years
What would you do, if tomorrow the UN convened and said, "The Indonesians have overrun Australia, and the population have lost everything, we will give them half of Israel"?
This question should be directed at yourself. In such circumstances, where would you all go. You just might have to face it at some time.
Israel has already dealt with such issues – Europe wanted rid of Jews, Israel gave shelter.
But it appears that much of the world still wishes to chase them, doesn’t it. (Rhetorical)
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