Theodor Herzl‘s book Der Judenstaat paints a future where Jews and Arabs live together peacefully. He was kind of an influential Zionist.
Jews moving to Israel bought their land legally, often malaria infested swampland where nobody lived. The locals answered to this peaceful immigration of refugees with violence (Hebron massacre, Arab revolt, etc.).
As you correctly point out, Jews had nowhere else to go. Israel was the place where they could survive and have a future as a people.
Theodor Herzl‘s book Der Judenstaat paints a future where Jews and Arabs live together peacefully. He was kind of an influential Zionist.
Jews moving to Israel bought their land legally, often malaria infested swampland where nobody lived. The locals answered to this peaceful immigration of refugees with violence (Hebron massacre, Arab revolt, etc.).
As you correctly point out, Jews had nowhere else to go. Israel was the place where they could survive and have a future as a people.
They bought land “legally” from previous colonizers. British law shouldn’t have been valid there in the first place
Land ownership was dealt with under the ottoman system.
Yes, the ottoman EMPIRE. Colonizers