[evad]

I feel comfortable when arguing Israel's position until we get to the questions concerning settlements. Then it gets a little fuzzy as to who is right and who is wrong (as if right and wrong really pertain to that conflict).

If you want to say Israel acquired the trans Jordan and gaza lands as a result of winning the war, that's good enough for me. But to argue who has the moral high ground in that one is, well, kinda like manifest destiny vs the injuns.

[Publius6961]

If you want to say Israel acquired the trans Jordan and gaza lands as a result of winning the war, that's good enough for me. But to argue who has the moral high ground in that one is, well, kinda like manifest destiny vs the injuns.

Not quite.
The injuns were never offered the land but refused it because they wanted the whole enchilada.

The arabs did; too bad for them.
The "occupied" territories are Israeli ad so are the settlements, now.

Losers in war don't get to "change their minds".

[aimhigh]

I feel comfortable when arguing Israel's position until we get to the questions concerning settlements.

The settlements have been built on unoccupied portions of the west bank. They were wastelands that Israel has made to blossom.