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So what if that's true (and it's not entirely true - there was forced takeovers of land, and there continues to be land theft in the West Bank today).

If I sell you my land, does that make it right for you to form a separate state with it? Perhaps I would rethink that decision with the advance knowledge of your intentions.

>>Sporkt+(OP)
If I understand what's happened elsewhere correctly, then we have an example of this elsewhere at the world stage -- the separation of Kosovo from Serbia is in a large part due to land purchases from Albanians, who then vied for independence when their population grew enough.

>>Sporkt+(OP)
When Israel declared independence, that land was not governed by any state due to the withdrawal of the British Mandate. The Palestinians had previously been offered statehood through the 1947 UN Partition Plan, but had rejected it. They did not take steps to establish their own state in anticipation of the British withdrawal.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/End_of_the_British_Mandate_for...

The majority of land purchases were made by the Jewish National Fund. Their aspiration to form a state was explicit and overt.

>>jdietr+pg
Sorry, you're saying there were and are no forced expulsions of Palestinians?