“Imagine if…”
The fact that there is no such demand is the very essence of Zionism.
There is no other people which has a historic connection with this land
and has never forgotten it, nor abandoned the hope of an eventual return.
It’s in the Bible, the Talmud, and medieval Jewish halachic and poetic literature.
It’s in Jewish prayers, holidays and ceremonies.
And there is something else “the Buddhists” would need.
A “Balfour declaration” issued by the nation which had sovereignty over the territory,
with no opposing claims of sovereignty.
