Jews did not invade , some were there already , but most slowly emigrated to land owned by the BritishAllies . Once they declared a state on their 14 % the mandate , vetted by the UN The Arab world invaded Israel because their 86 % was not enough . In the subsequent fighting near a million people on each side were made refugees . That ' s right , Jews fled or were forced from the West BankArab countries and Arabs fled or were forced from Israel . If Arabs had not invaded , everyone would ' ve stayed put exactly where they were . Arabs can ' t be the belligerent and the victim at the same time . It doesn ' t work that way . Oh , and you can Google it . I ' m not wrong . <| sep |> Wait for sales , they won ' t show up this early . Subscribe to YYZ Deals or the Air Canada emails . I managed to snag direct tickets from Toronto to Haneda for $ 1100 for March a few months back from Air Canada .