"Due to the insistence upon maintaining a Jewish demographic majority,
Israel’s establishment and maintenance has necessitated the ongoing
forced displacement of Muslim and Christian Palestinians. Well before
Israel’s establishment, David Ben-Gurion, Israel’s chief architect and
two-time prime minister, said that in order to be successful, Jews must
comprise 80 percent of the population, hardly a plausible ratio in light
of a vibrant Palestinian society in 1948." (thanks Noura)