I think you need to go further back. 

The [Nakba](https://imeu.org/article/quick-facts-the-palestinian-nakba) was certainly not just. And those executing were certainly not doing it for religious reasons. I don't see how anyone can justify an Apartheid state or an open-air prison like in Gaza.

Murray Rothbard, [War Guilt in the Middle East](https://mises.org/library/war-guilt-middle-east)

See also, Alison Weir, [Against Our Better Judgment: The Hidden History of How the U.S. Was Used to Create Israel](https://amzn.to/45Gtfgl)