What if the United Nations, instead of attempted to establish a Jewish and a Palestinian state in the Middle East, instead decided to establish a secular state encompassing everyone?
It could still be sold as a Jewish national home due to its location, the fact that it is being established on the same lines as the secular, democratic US (which did not suffer outbreaks of large-scale anti-Semitic violence the same way Europe did), and the fact that if many Jews come, they'll be a substantial part of the state's population and not a tiny minority that can be easily squished.
Bonus points if they try to balance out the Jews and Sunni Muslims by including Lebanon (Maronite Christians and Shi'ite Muslims) as well.
Methinks this would prevent OTL's Arab-Israeli wars, at least, but the state itself could be unstable, particularly if Lebanon was forced into it.
It could still be sold as a Jewish national home due to its location, the fact that it is being established on the same lines as the secular, democratic US (which did not suffer outbreaks of large-scale anti-Semitic violence the same way Europe did), and the fact that if many Jews come, they'll be a substantial part of the state's population and not a tiny minority that can be easily squished.
Bonus points if they try to balance out the Jews and Sunni Muslims by including Lebanon (Maronite Christians and Shi'ite Muslims) as well.
Methinks this would prevent OTL's Arab-Israeli wars, at least, but the state itself could be unstable, particularly if Lebanon was forced into it.