Conquest.

Submitted by Albert E. (United States), Jun 22, 2022 at 12:05

"Only one country was purchased rather than conquered. That country is Israel."

To an extent but only that, to an extent. The partition of the Mandate gave more land to the Arab than the Jew. The Israeli army during the War of Independence in a very deliberate manner extended the area controlled by the Jews to much more than was allotted under the UN partition agreement.

Purchased too only if you ignore the conquest of "The Land" by the army of Joshua. Military conquest in the traditional understanding of the term.

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