I do not agree. The Jewish people originated in the part of the Levant known today as Isreal. Archaeologically and genetically Isreal and Babylonia are the homeland of the Jews. The Jewish people have been the victems of innumeable diasporas through history. The idea that the Jews of Eorope wanted to return their homeland after the atrocities of WWII is not hard to undetstand. Throughout their history outside of Isreal, whenever they were subjected to a diaspora, the natural inclination was to return to their homeland. Some made it, some settled on the way in the lands they crossed.

The Balfour Agreement and the White Paper were poorly enforced and administeted by America and Britain, who after WWII were pre-eminent colonizing force in the area. Essentially the state of Isreal was created by the Brits, who then sat offshore waiting for the Palestinians and Arabs to drive the new Jewish settlers into the sea. As it turned out the Jews were able to beat the Arab onslaught off despite overwhelming odds. Historically, Jews, Arabs, and Palestinians lived peaceably next to one another in the area as pastoral and agricultural peoples, that is until the State of Isreal was carved out. The influx of Jews after the war, and the administration of the agreement dispaced many Palestinians off the land they had been living on for generation (forced relocation in order to accomodate the Jewish influx).

As far as giving the Jewish people a segment of Germany to make up for the Holocaust, I couldn't agree more. But the Jews were percieved as a problem for the Allied forces. Racism was rampant in Europe and America beyond Germany. The allied forces didn't want to deal with the immigrstion of the Jews into their countries, so they came up with the idea of creating a separate country in their homeland: Isreal.

[google.com]
DNA study confirms geographical origin of Jews

[en.m.wikipedia.org]
History of ancient Israel and Judah

@t1nick I could care less about DNA. Since we all originated in Africa, why don't we all move there and move those folks out of their homes. The European Jews were not from that part of the world. There ancestors were. In my book, that really doesn't count.

@Sticks48. Thats just your book. I'm afraid you are in the minority opinion, so it makes your book claim pretty tenuous.

@t1nick I don't care about that either. It is just common sense, something human beings have been lacking for all of recorded history, otherwise this planet would be a much nicer place to live. Being in the minority doesn't make one wrong. Given how fucked up the majority of human beings are, I am very comfortable being there, thank you very much.

@Sticks48 your welcome.

@t1nick ,
something to think about: the vast majority of jews which settled in israel & then palestinian land are east european jews & have very little middle-east blood; many of them probably not much more than my wife who found out to her surprise that she's 3% east european jewish.

'The current brouhaha arises over a recent study by Eran Elhaik and is accompanied by his personal attacks on more mainstream scientists who have eviscerated his work. In the face of overwhelming evidence from dozens of studies over twenty years from geneticists and historians around the world, Elhaik is aggressively stumping on behalf of his belief that most Jews trace their seminal ancestry not to the Middle East but to the Caucusus and Eastern Europe.'

i tried to post a link to this article with chrome but something interfered. anyway his name is in several reports concerning dna.

@callmedubious. i can see that. But its about heritage, and dislocation. After the events arising from the Holocaust, the desire to remain in the geographic area that made them suffer so badly was probanly hard to stomach. The history of the diaspora is deeply ingrained in the culture and the drive to retirn to the homeland is strong, regarless of the genetic connection, orclack of it.

I concur. I have been saying exactly this for years. My ex-wife is Jewish and she agrees with my assessment. Any fundamentalist sect is dangerous due to their inflexible and intolerent policies.