If the concentration camps forged the state of Israel, why wasn't Israel situated in Germany? How far back in time can people claim their original homeland and according to whose history? I don't think it was a matter of collective guilt. It was more a matter of "not in my backyard".

The biggest problem with displacing Palestinians and giving their land to European Jews is that, "Support for a militant Zionism came from abroad, especially from Americans who contributed both money and pressure on their political leadership to liberalize Jewish immigration to Palestine."

There are two reasons Americans supported the creation of Israel.

1. Israel is strategically located near the oil fields.

2. The U.S. did not want to deal with the large number of Jewish immigrants who needed homes after the World War II.

I do not understand how a group of countries can get together and create a new and "independent" state on land occupied by others. Its the worse form of bullying and I am always surprised when Jews condone ethnic cleansing.