Hmm, actually, Anonymous from Winnipeg, Manitoba, I think you are the one who is missing the point. The point is that Turkey is partly in Europe, but the EU has rejected its application for membership. Why is that, do you think? Could it be that the EU is a little racist against a state with a majority Muslim population, even though it is officially a secular state? Also, although there may be no strict border controls between European states, the fact is that there *are* borders. Do you think Italy, Switzerland and France would agree to merge into a single state with one government? How about France and England, or Spain and Portugal? The fact is that Europeans were killing each other over borders as recently as one decade ago, in the former Yugoslavia. So how do you expect the Palestinians and the Israelis to get along in one state with one government at this stage, when there is so much hostility between the two nations? I do not know where you got the idea that any rational Israeli human being would want to expel the Palestinians from their homes. That idea is beyond the pale. The idea of a two-state solution is to have a sovereign Palestinian state in the West Bank, which is currently occupied by Israel, and Gaza. Look up "two state solution" on Wikipedia - here. Also, the European Jews who lost their property during the Nazi era and survived the holocaust were given financial compensation. But in the vast majority of cases, they were not given the confiscated property back. Oh, and thanks very much for your good wishes.