If they had to take land away from a country to do it, I think it would upset the people they took the land from. The Jews claim to the area currently called Israel is based on their having originated there 5,000 years ago. World War I changed the face of the Middle East. The entire Middle East, which had been part of the Ottoman Empire, was split into two great swaths. Half was controlled by France (the French Mandate), the other half by England (the British Mandate). It was only after World War I, at the Paris Peace Conference, that the name "Palestine" was applied to a clearly defined piece of territory - the area which today comprises Israel and Jordan. The British chose to call the land they mandated Palestine, and the Arabs picked it up as their nation's supposed ancient name, though they pronounced it Falastin. All this being said, and with me not taking a political position, the Arabs felt like the creation of Israel on May 14, 1948, gave the Arabs a reason to complain that land that they believed they owned was being taken away from them. You can see how only the DONATION of land to the Jews by a European country would let Israel be formed in Europe without upsetting the original inhabitants of that area. And you can be sure that some former inhabitants would fight to get the donated land returned to them. I don't know of a solution other than Arabs and Jews living in the same area and practicing religious tolerance, and it doesn't look like that will happen any time soon, if ever.