Given the events of even the 19th century, Zionism was inevitable. Given the events of the 20th century, Israel was inevitable.
I should point out that I was intimately involved with a group of women here a year and a half ago when there was an effort made by a right wing element in the President's party to get him to turn back the clock.
The issue of human rights is one of the most fundamental human issues and also one of the most sensitive and controversial.