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"The leadership of Iraq is thrown out or killed by whatever means, and Israeli government and people relocate and take control of the country. The pali get what they want, all of their land back, we get what we want...Israel gets a lot more land and resources..."

Two problems with your scenario:

1. The Jews don't want Iraq. It wasn't their homeland. They want Israel.

2. The Palis (and the Arab states) don't want Israel so much as they want Jews dead. Moving them to Iraq doesn't help matters.

All too true on both counts, and as I said, no one would be happy.

However, another thought entered my mind just now. As I, and many other people have said, there never was a state or a country called "Palistine" through out history. They have no unique customs, language or borders other than those that they claim today.

There was and is, a land region that was called "Palistine" throughout biblical times. Many tribes of people inhabited the region, including those of the Jewish faith. Was there ever a unique country, with defined borders, called "Israel"? And if so, was it located where where the current state of Israel exists, or was it in the Palistine region. Also, isn't Iraq in the same region, being therefore part of Palistine and also part of the Israeli homeland?