Originally Posted by klipkap";p=&quot

Indeed this has proved to be a thin thread. And I am not surprised.

The peripheral "proof" for Israel not having displaced Palestinians at its creation, because land had been bought by the Zionist settlers and therefore was not Palestinian, is so silly that I never ceased to be amazed that it is offered on so many Zionist web sites - granted the less sophisticated ones, and is a favourite mantra on some of the more emotional discussion forums.

# The Zionsists bought only a minute fraction of the ground that currently constitutes Israel, but far more importantly ....
# No-one with even marginal education accepts that owning real estate gives rights to soveignty and nationhood.

With no offers to the contrary, I believe that Myth 1 can be firmly assigned to the trash heap.