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Originally Posted by blankall
I've not mentioned religious scripture once. My argument for Israel's claim to existence is:
1. The Jews there have a historical, genetic, and cultural link to the land.
2. Jews owned the majority of the habitable land (land outside the Negev dessert) provided to them in the initial UN partition plan. They had been a majority in Jerusalem since the 1830s, despite many restrictions against them.
3. Israel exists now, and has existed for about 80 years. Israel is a well developed country of 10 million people. It's not suddenly going to cease existing.
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Oh good, you are back!
Do you view East Jerusalem as part of Israel, or an occupied territory?
The bolded bit is pretty debatable. They really weren't "a majority" until some time after 1944. Not that it should be all that relevant.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Demogr...ative_majority