Jews were living there, too. It was a "logical" place to put more Jews and to alleviate guilt over the Holocaust by giving the European Jews their own state. The creation of Israel was driven by Europeans, and while its creation was unfortunate, it happened. So, given that, why the terrorism over the years? I don't approve of any kind of "state" that has a "state" religion, be it Christian, Jewish, or Muslim. But since there already are Christian and Muslim countries with those as state religions, why not Israel for the Jews? After all, the only reason they ended up all over the place (the Diaspora) was because they were kicked out of their homeland to begin with.