CMV:I think that America and Israel could allow themselves a few setbacks (due to the "isolationism" of the US)and accept that their enemies win sometimes - it may have some payoffs in the long distance future emotional evolution of those "newer upstart" countries.

modern day colonialism.

Do you know there was a Kingdom of Israel with jews and they are in exil for 2000 years ?

What this all comes down to is the rejection of the idea that the Jews are native to the land of Israel. The Jews are seen as foreigners and not natives returning home as they should be. We didn't colonize it, we returned home, joining those of us who never left. We bought our new homes on our ancient homeland from their previous owners legally and this is not in dispute (the fact that Palestinians sold their land to the Jews is why today it is illegal for a Palestinian to sell land to Jews in the Palestinian Authority and is punishable by death).
Zionism is portrayed not as a native national liberation movement (as I see it) but as a foreign, colonialist enterprise. But the problem here is that Israel isn't just the Arab's backyard, it is also the Jews' front yard. The Turks weren't happy to give up Greece or move back to Anatolia, but they accepted it after it happened. Same thing with the Pakistanis. As long as it is viewed as such, I would expect the Palestinians to resist just like the Algerians resisted the French. However, if they recognize that we aren't the French, that we have in fact come home, then we can make peace as equals.
If these "strangers" were Native Americans returning to their lands in the US, I think they would be justified in their claims, though undoubtedly not everyone would be happy about it. I think that is the most appropriate comparison.

Help me out here: How many generations must pass before someone is no longer considered an "immigrant"?

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