Should Israel have seized the southern West Bank in 1949?

[Wolf]

This Times of Israel states that Israel could have captured the entire West Bank in 1949 had it desired to do this:

https://www.timesofisrael.com/as-trump-era-begins-what-does-israel-actually-want-in-the-west-bank/

This article also cites demographics as the reason for why Israel refused to do this in 1948-1949.

Anyway, I'm wondering--what about having Israel capture only the southern West Bank in 1949? Was it a mistake for Israel not to do this?

Capturing only the southern West Bank would have given Israel additional living space--which it needs given its rapidly growing overpopulation problem nowadays--while also ensuring that Israel wouldn't be overwhelmed from putting too many Arabs inside of its territory.

What are your thoughts on this?

[NewYorkExpress]

This Times of Israel states that Israel could have captured the entire West Bank in 1949 had it desired to do this:

https://www.timesofisrael.com/as-trump-era-begins-what-does-israel-actually-want-in-the-west-bank/

This article also cites demographics as the reason for why Israel refused to do this in 1948-1949.

Anyway, I'm wondering--what about having Israel capture only the southern West Bank in 1949? Was it a mistake for Israel not to do this?

Capturing only the southern West Bank would have given Israel additional living space--which it needs given its rapidly growing overpopulation problem nowadays--while also ensuring that Israel wouldn't be overwhelmed from putting too many Arabs inside of its territory.

What are your thoughts on this?

If they did that they would have had to kill every man ,woman and child living there, because there's no way capturing the whole West Bank wouldn't have been insanely bloody for Israel and for the Palestinians.

[Wolf]

This Times of Israel states that Israel could have captured the entire West Bank in 1949 had it desired to do this:

https://www.timesofisrael.com/as-trump-era-begins-what-does-israel-actually-want-in-the-west-bank/

This article also cites demographics as the reason for why Israel refused to do this in 1948-1949.

Anyway, I'm wondering--what about having Israel capture only the southern West Bank in 1949? Was it a mistake for Israel not to do this?

Capturing only the southern West Bank would have given Israel additional living space--which it needs given its rapidly growing overpopulation problem nowadays--while also ensuring that Israel wouldn't be overwhelmed from putting too many Arabs inside of its territory.

What are your thoughts on this?

If they did that they would have had to kill every man ,woman and child living there, because there's no way capturing the whole West Bank wouldn't have been insanely bloody for Israel and for the Palestinians.

Israel was able to capture various Arab-controlled territories in 1948-1949 without causing a bloody massacre like you are thinking of, though.

[NewYorkExpress]

This Times of Israel states that Israel could have captured the entire West Bank in 1949 had it desired to do this:

https://www.timesofisrael.com/as-trump-era-begins-what-does-israel-actually-want-in-the-west-bank/

This article also cites demographics as the reason for why Israel refused to do this in 1948-1949.

Anyway, I'm wondering--what about having Israel capture only the southern West Bank in 1949? Was it a mistake for Israel not to do this?

Capturing only the southern West Bank would have given Israel additional living space--which it needs given its rapidly growing overpopulation problem nowadays--while also ensuring that Israel wouldn't be overwhelmed from putting too many Arabs inside of its territory.

What are your thoughts on this?

If they did that they would have had to kill every man ,woman and child living there, because there's no way capturing the whole West Bank wouldn't have been insanely bloody for Israel and for the Palestinians.

Israel was able to capture various Arab-controlled territories in 1948-1949 without causing a bloody massacre like you are thinking of, though.

Yes, but this territory includes all of Jerusalem, and like now, the Palestinians/Jordan weren't giving it up without a fight to the death.