"New Israel" , a not so modest proposal

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77. The biggest problem is religion

You see, God promised the Jews the lands of Judea and Canaan. I.e. The Promised Land.

The Muslim conquered the land under Saladin 1187. Many Jews living there actually celebrated that because the Christians had engaged in many Crusades to save "The Holy Land" and had caused many wars before that. The Jews thought that the Muslims would at least bring peace to the holy land... not looking ahead to the Muslims building a holy mosque on the exact site of the second Temple in Jerusalem... oops.

Fast forward a few hundred years and after 6 million Jews were killed in Europe, it was thought that the PTB (power that be) would solve 2 issues, return Jews to the Promised Land and remove Jews from Europe and America (because, well, you know).

Never mind the Palestinians living there and had been there for at least 500 years now.
Plus there was one main cash crop that you could reliably grow in Israel... olives... and everyone wanted olive oil for cooking and flavoring dishes throughout the world. And olive trees grow so very very slowly. Its not just the land, it's the olive groves. Of course Israel has diversified away from agriculture in the last 4 or 5 decades. But there is still a strong attachment to those olive groves and "The Promised Land".

You take away a persons livelihood AND insult their religion... well, the alternative better look pretty damn good.

( This applies to both Jews and Palestinians.. so, no, there is no good resolution to this, at least none that I can think of )