Israel is open to all, it has freedom of religion, a constitution, and elected officials. Compare that to the other countries in the Middle East.
"I think it's pretty clear that the West Bank belongs to the people who live there, the people commonly referred to as the Palestinians."
- One quarter of the people living in the West Bank are Jewish.
- The majority of all people living in the West Bank have lived there for less than three generations.
- We can't even agree on the definition of what a 'palestinian' is.
What percentage of the population of the West Bank were Jewish in 1967? The proper term for what's going on is colonisation or perhaps plantation.
If you're correct about the the majority of the West Bank population being there for less than 3 generations, then I can give you 2 reasons for this. 1: The former residents of that part of Palestine that became Israel who upon the formation of the state moved to the West Bank. 2: The increase in the Jewish population.
I think it's pretty clear that the West Bank belongs to the people who live there, the people commonly referred to as the Palestinians. It certainly shouldn't belong to the people living next door in Israel or to whomever they allow under the protection of Israeli military force to establish settlements there.