QuoteThey could have just as easily handed them the South Island of New Zealand where almost nobody was living in 1944. Just the Brits and Amerikans wanted a beachhead in MENA from which they could control Oil flowing from MENA.
When young I found out that all of Israel could fit in Arizona 12 times over. I figured the whole Jew - Arab fight could be solved by making an exact copy of Israel in the western United States. New Jerusalem with copies of all the religious sites. Reconstructing the dead sea would be no big deal in our western desert. I think I was about 12 years old when I came up with the plan. It would be a 1:1 scale theme park. Everybody be happy.
But as an adult I know that for some people, having a problem is more important than solving it.