you always refer to "seized land" while disingenuously allowing the inference that Israel launched land-grabbing wars. You know better, you know these lands came in the act of defense when surrounding Arab nations (that inconvenient seige reference again) attempted synchronized attacks more than once, you have the dates, ...once on Yom Kippur...with the goal of driving the Jews/Israel off of the map.
Clearly their goal was not to secure a Palestinian Homeland, whether Balfour's Declaration or other. Israel was within their borders before those attacks. Though having not started any of the wars in which they gained land, Israel, as you would agree, could have had the entire area at any time if they were the expansionists you say. Israel has never declared that they want the entire area. Using Zionism in your mode, it is illogical that they have never lauched an attack attempting to take over the entire area. They do not want to lose Israel though.. Yet their neighbors have announced their intentions many times. You remain incorrect, there is no Land of Israel on their maps, deny all you want.
Israel has never been attacked in an effort to create a Palestinian Homeland.. but rather in an effort to eliminate the Jewish one. The Palestinians that we would certainly agree are being brutalized are pawns of the powerful Arab entities. These entities love the public relations spin and any world sympathy that Palestinian suffering generates...so they won't lend a hand to their plight either. They do not care one iota for the Palestinians, have always regarded them as filth, as dirt. Always. Always. These nations want this to be Israel's problem, they have always washed their hands of these unwanted, unadopted transients and now it works on the World Stage against Israel. And you buy it.
Any changes in the original borders are the result of Arab aggression being turned back. The Arab aggression was not to create Palestine. And much land was returned ...for peace agreements. Unprecedented, brilliant, and admirable. They were even willing to go back to pre 1967 borders, this was viewed as an insult by the folks you say have offered many counteroffers. I'm sure you would agree that Balfour also intended it to be clearly understood that nothing shall be done which may prejudice the civil and religious rights of existing Jewish communities in Israel, or the rights and political status enjoyed by Jews in any other country. Clearly attacks on Israel on virtually day one of it's new existence ended any hopes of this Utopian vision from materializing for either side. Not Israeli attacks, mind you. And now it's 60 something years later. You think the borders should be where? You think the Arab negotiators would accept your borders? You think Abbas won't be killed if he signs off? You think he forgot Sadat was killed?
Counteroffers? What counteroffers? Jerusalem is the capital of Israel, get over it. Arabs and Christians have full access to it. I can not step in Mecca or many many other Arab cities.
Much of the West Bank will be surrounded by the Israeli military? You mean like a threatening seige? Can you dig the irony? Unless there really isn't a reason to fear being surrounded anymore.
I'm out of breath and I never want to repeat all this again nor read the same old same old from you either. But if it is really as simple as your last line for you, that you support but do not wish to fund, a lot less ink could have been used. I understand the political opinion that does not want our money or resources to go to any countries, I don't agree but I understand that debate.
