Will Americans accept if the US Congress confer a new piece of Land or a new State in the US for ALL Israelis?

Question

Instead of funding over USD3 billion each year to Israel, USA may give a piece of land in California, Georgia, Florida, Arkansas or anywhere for Israelis. This will definitely stop the fight with the Palestinians and other Arab countries. US may cut down to USD 500million funding to Israelis since no more budget for weapons.

Answer 1

The Land of Israel is holy to the Jewish People. You might want to ask them if they would willingly give it up. Hint: they would answer in the negative.

The Jewish people has lived in the land of Israel for about 3000 years, and only they have ever had a sovereign state there. Even under the years of Byzantine, Arab and Turkish rule, there was a continuous Jewish presence. There has been a Jewish majority in Jerusalem since the 1840s.

Answer 2

Yeah, not a bad idea. Why don't we start by giving them land from your state, specifically including your own home? What makes you think the people in in California, Georgia, Florida or Arkansas will just happily go along with your idea?

The UN tried a similar approach in 1948 with the partition of Palestine and the creation of the Jewish state (largely based on existing land ownership). The Palestineans didn't like that and attacked and wound up losing it all. They attacked or provoked attacks again in 1956, 1967 and 1973 and again each time wound up losing, though in 1956 and 1973 the UN made the Israelis give back the land they had won.

And as long as you think giving away someone elses land is such a good idea, why the Israelis and why the US? The neighboring arab countries have left the Palestineans living in their countries to fester in squalid refugee camps for nearly 40-60 years. During that time they've helped fund terrorism and have played on the Palestinean's condition for political purposes while they could have expended the same amount of effort and money and had them all resettled by now and either integrated into their societies or living on their own. The Saudis have as much empty land as we do and they are right there in the Middle East. Any way that is as likely to happen as your scenario.

But the really big problem with your idea is that not all Israelis would be happy with that any more than many of the Palestineans in the diaspora would be happy with the Palestineans of the West Bank and Gaza signing a peace deal for the lands they've already been offered (essentially nearly all of the territories occupied in 1967) without also getting a right of return to the pre-1948 land as well (ie the complete elimination of the Jewish state).

The Israelis have ties to their land because of all the work they've done rebuilding, irrigating and reforesting the land, as well as ties that are both historical and religious. Jews have been praying in the direction of Jerusalem for over 2000 years. Muslims pray towards Mecca. Since that is the case, why not have THEM resettle closer to their holy city somewhere in the Arabian desert. Some Israels might not care where they settle as long as they get some land somewhere, but many others won't be so happy about letting themselves get kicked out of a place yet again, this time their own country.

Answer 3

I would. But why would the Isrealis want that when there are so many anti-semites here as well? They are living on their Holy Land, which has been desecrated by Muslims. The amount of land they take up is miniscule. I say we continue to support them. It is their land. They have a right to be there.

"If the Palestinians threw away their arms there would be no more violence. If the Israelis threw theirs away,there would be no more Israel."

Answer 4

Actually, the Soviets tried that, with an ethnic Jewish Autonomous Region. Government forms in Yiddish, Jews on the local soviet councils, etc. But since by that time "soviets" weren't real workers councils anymore, but automatic handraising meetings of terrified mid-level party bureaucrats doing whatever they thought Stalin wanted them to do, the whole project was clumsy and wooden and stupid. The Jewish population of the area never got above 15%. Few volunteered to move there and most people who were there would leave at any excuse. There were a variety of secular and non-ethnic viewpoints that contended for the loyalty of Jews during the 20s, from nationalist to communist to religious to even fascist. But they all flopped and were unable to present an answer or a defense to the average Jewish person for the rising tide of anti-semitism. By the 40s there was the holocaust. Zionism, even though almost mortally wounded because of documented sellouts of Zionist leaders to Nazi and Italian fascist party officials, was still the last standing survivor of the major strains of Jewish public opinion. This ideology, since its inception in the late 1880s, was considered in Jewish communities as the viewpoint of a small group of cranks and nuts. But with the picking-up of the Zionist ideology by big powers like the United States and Britain, Jews were no longer embarrassed to introduce their son-in-law the zionist at community gatherings. And with the backing of the U.S. and British financial establishments, the branch office of western finance capital in the middle of the Middle East known as "Israel" was born. Anyone familiar with the history who still maintains the idea that Israel is in any way, shape or form anything but a shell propped-up by outside financial interests, is not being honest. And since the fact of the matter is that Zionism is controlled by western financial interests, rather than the anti-Semite's fantasy of the situation being the other way around, Israel's role is set by its duties as the U.S./British affiliate and junior partner in the area. Israel is there, and is doing what it is doing, because powerful American and British politicians and financial interests want them there and doing that. It will stop when American and British politicians and financial interests decide to make it stop, or when they no longer have the power to make the decision. It's that simple.

Answer 5

What city has the largest Jewish population? It's in the US already. Meanwhile, I suspect Israel is home to a lot of people who would be happy not to be shot at, and if the Palestinians would stop insisting on violence the Israelis would be happy to go along. So far, no sensible Palestinian group capable of joining civilization has presented itself.

Answer 6

The problem is the land currently owned by Isreal (former controlled by the Palestinians) is holy land to both groups. This isn't about having a place to live, its about controlling the holy land. The Isrealis will not give up that land in the Middle East.

Answer 7

The idea would not appeal to Israelis, who rejected Uganda in favor of a state in the Land of Israel.

Answer 8

Why would the israeli's move to america for ? They created the nation of israel where its at for a purpose. They would remain there, even if all US aid ended.

Answer 9

we don't have to. they can come here anyway and live wherever they want.
Besides, Israel is the only reason the arabs don't kill each other off. You should be thankful that you have an enemy to focus on while your leaders rob you blind. Keep scratching the paint an the IDF tanks with your pebbles. Hows that working for you?

Answer 10

Most Americans will not accept to accommodate the Israelis because they should fight for their own war and the US stop its support so that domestic problems will be solved.