> before there was any history of hostility
Carving a piece of land pretty much unilaterally, against the wills of those living there, is already an act of hostility.
Carving a piece of land pretty much unilaterally, against the wills of those living there, is already an act of hostility.
In any case most of the rest of the region was carved up by the occupying European powers in much the same way, including the creation of Lebanon, Syria, Jordan, and Iraq.
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Demographic_history_of_Palesti...
[2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_Nations_Partition_Plan_...