> Israel was created as a pretty bad solution to displaced Jews post-WWII

Though housing displaced Jews is undoubtedly a part of it, presenting that as the main or only reason for the existence of the state of Israel is quite disingenuous. Jerusalem had been Jewish majority for a century before the state of Israel was founded, decades before the British ever stepped foot in the Holy Land. Generally, when a state represents its inhabitants that is considered a proper functioning state.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Demographic_history_of_Jerus...