This might get long-winded. Here we go.

First of all, I don’t agree with the whole bullshit “You have to be an anti-semite to not side with Israel” argument. If you’re pulling that out of your ass, you can go die in a fire right now. If you’re of the open-minded sort, please do read on.

The Jewish population in the Israel/Palestine area, before 1918, was roughly 10% of the population of the entire area. In that period, Jews suffered a great deal at the hands of anti-semites. They began migrating to what was then called Palestine. By the 50’s, Israel (as it was called after the UN partition plan), housed 7% of the Jewish population.