We keep hearing these days how the Jews stole Palestine from its rightful owners and should be made to leave (dead or alive). It’s odd to hear such a claim from people who usually don’t care the least bit about property rights.

Anyway, in his latest “Bastiat’s Window” post, Bob Graboyes subjects this idea to withering scrutiny. He writes, “We’ll examine a whole array of questions: How long have Jew-Movers been forcibly relocating Jews? How did European and Arab governments force Jews to move to what is now Israel? What would happen if Israel’s Jews suddenly left Israel en masse? Where do Jew-Movers insist they go? ”

Graboyes shows that if Israel were “given back” to the supposed rightful owners, the results would be very bad for almost everyone — everyone except the implacable enemies of civilization.