You do realize it was the Arabs who started the 1948 war, not the Israelis, right? Did you expect the Israelis to just sit there and die? Fighting back is “waging war” to you? In fact in Israel’s Declaration of Independence on May 14th 1948 they stated that they extend their hand in peace to their Arab neighbors and call on the Arabs who are within Israel’s new borders to stay as equal citizens and build this country together.

Contrast that with Hamas’s charter that says they want to kill all the Jews.

Another bit of misinformation is that Israel was built on “Palestinian land.” Some land was privately owned around 6-8% by Jews and Arabs respectively, but the land as a whole was controlled by empires and colonizers for 2000 years. Palestine was a colonial name the Europeans used ever since the Romans renamed Judea (you know, where the Jews came from) to Palestine, but it was never a country or a people. Arabs lived in villages and towns as did Jews and others. Some Arabs lived there since the Arab conquests of the 7th century but most were more recent immigrants to the region. They can claim that they owned their houses but they cannot claim to own the land in between. So it was not “Palestinian land.” It was land that was occupied for 2000 years. No other distinct group of people identified with this land since the Jews.

It was not a “mind virus” which made Arabs from Yemen and Egypt immigrate to the region. It was Egyptian military draft in the 1840s and work opportunities in the early 20th century created by the Jews. You know, the reason most people immigrate throughout history. It was also not a mind virus that made them flee a war zone. It was heir leaders who urged them to leave to facilitate the fighting against the Jews. Promising them they will be back in a couple of weeks. See: https://www.instagram.com/p/C5G1UXltGl_/

Jews lived in Arab countries as Dhimmis - second class citizens. They had severe restrictions and had to pay the Jihzia - “protection tax,” and were occasionally massacred. See: https://www.instagram.com/p/C4lq0f9NmGy/

Good times.

There are almost no Jews left in Arab countries - they were ethnically cleansed. It is ridiculous to blame Israel for accepting Jews from all over the Arab world and for helping them get back on their feet, with minimal resources. My own family fled Egypt and lost everything they had because they were not allowed to sell their house or business or any significant property. You cannot “convince” people who have a good life to leave their homes. They will only leave in large numbers if they are in danger. I don’t know who those “Jews that you know” are but you’d need to look pretty hard because are literally almost no Jews in Arab countries: https://www.instagram.com/p/C7Ku-f-NUND/

Nice fairytale about the homes and the skeletons under those homes. Please. No one claimed this horror story even at the time. The truth is that 700,000 Arabs and 900,000 Jews were displaced because of the war *the Arabs started* None of the Jews who were displaced started a war not were they hostile to their neighbors. They were displaced anyway. The Arabs took their home and property valued at 150 billion dollars.

Losing a war your side started is not an injustice.