Jack Ross writes:
Leaving all moral and
ethical considerations aside, what Herzl proposed in 1897, that all of
the world's then-20 million Jews settle in a historic Palestine then
populated by 1 million Arabs,
while practically absurd, was theoretically viable, as it conformed to
the 20:1 ratio which was constant in the settling of the American frontier.
While it is undoubtedly deplorable that such violence was visited upon 2-4 million Native Americans by 80-100 million Caucasians, all told over the course of the 19th century, the sheer numbers made the ultimate outcome inevitable–even in the event that there had been greater justice to the Natives.
The
Zionist case could not be more different, as the series of maps showing
the shift in proportions of Jewish-owned land since the end of the Mandate make clear. The Zionists have always had to by hook and crook barely hold on to their viability,
from their cynical support of partition only so they could buy some
time for the Nakba to their clamor in the 80s and 90s for fresh Soviet
blood to hold on for another generation.
