The “Palestinians” (largely refugees from Saudi Arabia, Jordan, Syria, Egypt, and what was once a Christian country in the Middle East, Lebanon), had been kicked out of their own lands of origin, as they were the dregs of society in those countries generations ago. But unlike the people who came to America from its beginning and were welcomed as immigrants, they had no perception of freedom or willingness to actually seek a new and improved life once they were expelled from their country of nativity. Schooled from birth in the ethos of resentment and hatred, they coalesced into wandering bands, and the ferment continued. They never developed any sense of unity, warring and raiding each other, and when the Jewish people were granted their own state in the middle of what to all objective observers agreed was a wasteland, only then was their resentment and hatred focused upon one objective on which they could agree.
Unlike these fractious wanderers, the Jewish people, given what was a virtually blank slate on which to draw their destiny, began to build, from practically nothing, the infrastructure of a modern state, and first made the desert bloom, and applying ingenuity gained from being in contact with more advanced societies, used the accumulated experience to formulate their version of a democratic society. They faltered at first, attempting to build a “perfect” socialist state, but its objectives were found to be unworkable in the real world, so they evolved into a sort of pro-capitalist state, one that maintained a strong defense against outsiders that had no wish for the success of independent Jews. To this end, they had considerable assistance from most Western countries, in terms of alliances and financial support, and became what was essentially a small version of what the territory once known as “the United States of America”.
So attractive, that other, non-Jewish populations began to form within the territory claimed for Israel, where they were much better treated than among the neighboring disorganized and uncivilized regions, and today Israel has a sizable number of Muslims within their borders. These mostly integrated Muslims have no wish to rejoin their one-time brethren beyond the Israeli borders, as they do not wish to have to live that tormented life.
From time to time, Israel has been called upon to relent and “give back” the territories they so painfully won in the series of wars they had with Arabic and other Muslims in 1967 and afterwards. But in those instances where the land had been surrendered up, mostly at the behest of the UN and neighboring Muslim countries, the infrastructure that had been left behind was quickly dismantled and soon looked like a war zone (which it often was). Where the deserts had bloomed, was again desolation and wastelands. The “Palestinians” who occupied this territory were no better off than they were before.
The Roma of the Middle East.
So true. And yes, when the Muslims have been given territory that was once controlled by Israel, including its roads, houses, buildings, electrical and plumbing infrastructure, and agricultural fields.......within a few months the place looks like a ghetto. Think Detroit.