As Lurker stated The Balfour Declaration was to set up the state of Israel, which Israel changed to a Jewish nation, the U.N. partition set borders later for Israeli and Pali states. Neither of them liked it and problems started at which time we took sides instead of letting things work themselves out.
It may not make it so, but whether anyone wants to admit it or not it's what's all of this has been justified with for some time now.
The first part makes complete sense to me. Thank you for the distillation.
Your last sentence holds true for both sides of the conflict. Which is why i dont see an end to the hostilities, pretty much ever.
I think i have been up front and clear about my stance. I am neither a cheer leader nor detractor of Israel. I see them as the lesser evil of two options in the middle east. I am very familiar with Islamic radicalism, and am supportive of its elimination, even if it is by a group of people i do not necessarily agree with.
How much simpler a problem this would be to resolve if the radicals on both sides were not a part of the equation. Unfortunately they are.