Israel is a country because they took the land, called themselves a country and got other powerful countries to acknowledge this. If the US invaded and took over Canada and got everyone else to go along with it then Canada would no longer be a country, simple as that. There are rules preventing stuff like this but there is no real governing body to enforce the rules, everything is basically done on the honour system. Generally the rules are obeyed and if someone steps out of line then all the other countries get together and set things right. But when jewish immigrants started taking over Palestine, no one really bothered to step in and make things right. Some didnt want to speak up and some liked the idea of a jewish state, for religious or political reasons. But at the end of the day no one really went in there and stopped them. Palestines neighbors tried to stop it but they couldnt.
As for why Israel is supported, well there are many, many different reasons. But probably the biggest is because the US supports them, for political and religious reasons. And who is going to bother going toe to toe with the US for the Palestinians? There are only a few countries that could even do it, and they would have a ton to lose and basically nothing to gain. |