[Diggity]

Israel never should have been set up as a Jewish State. It should have been set up as a secular state with the native Arabs living there giving full voting rights and particpation in the Government.

[Quix]

ALMIGHTY GOD DISAGREES.

Guess who my vote is with.

[patriciaruth]

It should have been set up as a secular state with the native Arabs living there giving full voting rights and particpation in the Government.

Should have? Dream on. That wouldn't have worked either.

[BroJoeK]

"Israel never should have been set up as a Jewish State. It should have been set up as a secular state with the native Arabs living there giving full voting rights and particpation in the Government."

Just a little history: some American Founding Fathers favored a Jewish state of Israel, as have many presidents, including Lincoln. In 1917, President Wilson supported the British Balfour declaration promising a homeland for Jews in Palestine. This was while the whole Middle East was still part of the Ottoman Turk Empire, and Arab leaders of the time were happy to have Jews as allies to help overthrow the Turks.

But Israel was NEVER "set up as a Jewish State." Instead, the Jews living in Palestine declared their independence and established THEIR OWN STATE. IMMEDIATELY all her Arab neighbors declared war and invaded the new Israel. They were defeated in 1948, and in every war since.

THAT'S WHY Israel is and will remain a Jewish state.

Finally, this whole article about a supposed CIA study is obvious and transparent Iranian propaganda.

I would hazard a guess that our Free Republic monitors allow it to be posted because of the interesting and lively debate it provokes. It certainly caught MY attention. ;-)

[Radix]

"...It should have been set up as a secular state with the native Arabs living there giving full voting rights and particpation in the Government."

Gosh, do you think that the Arab citizens with full voting rights in the modern secular State of Israel might agree with you?