Should the Palestinians have an independent state?

[Brakeman]

Some atheists you guys are...
Israel is a founded theocracy, it hides it's religious control but nothing can be done that crosses the religious Zionistic theme. Fuck them. Treat all people equally, compensate those that were displaced and give the property back to the original owners. Give everyone a vote and the majority arabs will get rid of all remnants of the the stupid zionistic state.

How another people choose to live is not my business, as an American.

As for giving the property back to the original owners, I'm not sure how that will work, given that the vast majority are deceased. Do you mean give it to their heirs?

And are you willing to do that for every instance of expropriation we see in the world around us?

Israel would not exist without American weapon's funding.

Anyway, when we recently found additional Nazi plundered art from 1943, did we give it back to the jewish families it was stolen from? (yes)

Property should be treated as it would in almost any court in the land. If the living heirs have a better claim than the possessors then it should be equitably redistributed. The native Indians of Manhattan held claim to a Manhattan of marsh and swamp, they cannot claim the Manhattan of today. Similarly, where the Jews have improved the land they have rights to the improvements, and a settlement would be reached in a fair court of law. It's simpler than you think.