Quote Originally Posted by Rhyfelwyr View Post
Genesis.

No, I'm kidding. But certainly going back to around 1948 etc. The West looks at things all wrong... the Zionists are evil colonists kicking out the 'native' Palestians. There are in fact very few native Palestinians and not all were Muslim or Arab... what people think of as 'native Palestinians' today are in fact mostly settlers from the neighbouring Arab states that came after many of the Zionists.

The only reason Israel doesn't control the West Bank/Gaza Strip is because they were stolen by Arab powers.
That's a slightly less simplistic view. Let's add in one more detail: what people think of as Israeli's these days are not the settlers from 1948 there are very few of those left. What people think of as Israeli's these days are mainly the descendants of immigrants from the former USSR, Europe and USA which entered the country for very different reasons and with very different motives. In actual fact some Israeli are more Israeli than others and enjoy special privileges over other Israeli (and no I am not talking about the Arabs this is purely among the Jewish population)...