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"palestine and israel got about the same start after ww2 and received the same amount of foreign aid"
thats just not true. we felt extreemly sorry for the jewish people and we gave them much more money and military backing than palastine. Also realize that almost all the jews that went to isreal were imagrants, many with some financial means either provided to refuges after WWII or wealth they already had. Not to mention some of the land for isreal we stole from palestine to give to the jewish people in the first place.