It was Theodore Herzel, in 1895, who started the Zionist movement towards a Jewish ‘state’; one not existing at that time. On the other hand, Palestine was a recognized area around the globe. And I would bet my last penny that had the shoe been on the other foot, you’d be griping about “Occupied Israel.” The U.S. was the main behind the scenes player at the U.N. in 1947 in getting Israel accepted. It makes no difference in the land grab that the Palestinians had not developed the land more; actually, the British. A land grab is a land grab – a steal by whatever means. That is even the early history of the U.S.; although our schools ‘still’, teach a ‘sanitized’ version of it. The British left, and the land belongs to the Palestinians who were already there for hundreds of years. Deny it all you want.