Back in the 1800s nobody cared at all until around the 1940s where people noticed there were too many people coming in 2000s immigration is illegal unless with paperwork
Yes!
Well, in a sense.
It was better in the sense that it stood more of a chance of being implemented without the Courts rejecting it.
Explanation:
Israel has cited several reasons for retaining the West Bank within its ambit: a claim based on the notion of historic rights to this as a homeland as affirmed in the Balfour Declaration of 1917; security grounds, both internal and external; and the deep symbolic value for Jews of the area occupied.