The “reasons� given for Israel’s installment in Palestine are entirely inadequate. That the United Nations, Britain or France “gave� Palestine for a Jewish homeland is inadequate: it was not theirs to give. (Moreover, UN “approval� was obtained under duress: UN member countries didn’t vote for the partition, which conferred on Jews 54% of Palestine’s land though they owned only 7%. Read more at www.palestineremembered.com and www.al-bushra.org/America/ch9.html ). That ancient ancestors had that land is inadequate: there had been centuries of discontinuation in possession by Jews, except of a scant portion. were threatened with loss of trade or aid if they That the Old Testament decreed it is inadequate: the Old Testament is not the universal book of man. (In any case the Bible was “doctored� in the 20th century to strengthen the position of Israel. Read more at www.historicist.com/articles2/zionscofield2.htm.) That the Jews were victimized during World War II is inadequate: one victimization doesn’t justify another. And that they had no home of their own is inadequate: other people should not be dispossessed of their homes in order to provide them one.