text: The term "Palestinian" in the 30s and 40s usually referred to Jews who had made Aliyah to the Holy Land.
  It is inconsistent to compare the results of war and population displacement of Arab Palestinians and Middle Eastern Jews with the death camps of the Nazis.
  During the creation of the State of Israel the surrounding Arab countries, the "neighbors", invaded the territory and tried to eliminate the Jewish population. THERE'S your genocide. Jews throughout North Africa and the Middle East were dispossessed of their homes and property. THERE'S your ethnic cleansing. They made their homes in the State of Israel, which has substantial Muslim and Christian inhabitants as well, alone among Middle Eastern countries.
  The State of Israel has made peace offers, most notably during the Camp David Summit in 2000. The Palestinians under Yasir Arafat would not even recognize the State of Israel. So why do they deserve recognition? The Israelis evacuated their settlers from Gaza. They got rockets!