>>Yes I am one actually I think the state of Israel (if it had to be established) should have been smaller and made up of one block of territory. Those who wanted to be in it should then have moved into it. It also would have been more easily defended.
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>Okay, another fallacy that needs to be answered. The state of Israel, as created by the UN, was tiny and contiguous. The map on the Israel page of Wikipedia (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Israel) does a pretty good job of showing just how small.
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>Here's a pretty good map that shows the region: http://www.mapsofworld.com/middle-east-map.html
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>And here are comparative sizes: http://www.mideastweb.org/countries.htm
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>Israel is about 20,000 square KM. Egypt is over a million square KM. Jordan is 92,000+. Syria is 185,000+.
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>One last data item. At the narrowest point of the 1948 borders, Israel is less than 10 miles wide.
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>Tamar

Thats my point Tamar it should have been a solid block (ie no narrow bits) and population should have been moved into it.