The British owned it and it was filled with Jewish residents. That is hardly "arab land."
The Zionists did not all move in after 1948, they were there to begin with, many for forty or fifty years.
The Zionists were attacked immediately after Israel was declared a state--they did not have time to move masses of "settlers" in at that point.
Anyway, we supported the Arabs and the Jews sharing the land of Israel, the Arabs demanded it all and then called for the extermination of the Jews there. They're angry because they're angry. That's just how they are, they've got a barbaric culture--Just look at the Iran-Iraq War.
The Arabist apologists blame America for the Iran-Iraq War because we gave weapons to both sides--but if Saddam claimed he trusted the United States even for a second he'd be laughed out of an Arab League meeting.
Thank you and all for the for taking a moment for the thoughtful responses to my questions. That's why I love FreeRepublic!