P F Tinmore,
et al,
What we believe as being right (or wrong) --- is often different in the face of the reality of human government.
Rocco, this is where we differ.
You believe in imperialist sovereignty where rights are handed out by people with guns, money, and political power.
I believe in popular sovereignty where the rights of the people are inherent and not subject to the whims of power.
(COMMENT)
Clearly, what was perceived to be "right" at the time (turn of the 19th to 20th Century) was to extend the protective umbrella over the homeless Jewish People, a people that had been subject to persecution for hundreds of years. Not withstanding the independent persecution from the Nazi Regime, approximately 33% of the entire culture of the Jewish population eradicated; the Allied Powers and the UN had to overcome the Arab League and Arab Palestinian from exercising the "tyranny of the majority" (by Arabs) over the vulnerable minority (Jews). The Arabs (League & Palestinians) place their interests so far above those of an individual culture to be saved (Jews) that a choice had to be made. It was clear that without direction, the Arab culture was not going to independently see the need for the humanitarian solution (unless it directly applied to them and for their benefit). And while the Allied Powers attempted to balance the needs of the few with the wants of the many, there seemed no way to please every segment, or to enlighten the Arab culture. The Arab culture insisted then, as they do today, they are the "majority" and their wants out weighs the needs of the "minority."
The Arab Palestinian, in the exercise of the "tyranny of the majority" rule has caused more wars and human hardship in the fight over sovereign territory that was never their territory to begin with. While they may have lived on the land, they may have owned the land, they never ruled the land.
I don't believe in what you call "imperialist sovereignty where rights are handed out by people with guns." But by the same token, I don't believe in a "tyranny of the majority" that claims any measure of violence is acceptable to suppress the development of a culture under preservation in favor of their own.
Most Respectfully,
R