I would say they were drawn to include as many as practically possible who wanted inclusion, and vice versa.

Remove that "vice versa" and I'd agree with you there, Keith. But not with it included.

As for my summary of one aspect of Israeli history, I don't think it is now seriously open to doubt that ethnic cleansing on a massive scale was carried out in 1948. And there is obviously nothing in the least controversial in the assertion that the refugee population have not and are not allowed to return, and that the reason for this, as repeatedly stated by Israel, is that it would undo the politico-ethnic status quo.

My point in raising it is that I believe it is important to recognize that the Northern Ireland situation is not in principle unique, it is one example of the process in which the forms of democracy have been distorted in order to achieve ethnically motivated ends.