Right to exist

One often hears questions such as "does a country have a right to exist?" Many times that question relates to existence of Israel. It occurs to me that the question itself is misplaced. A country does not have rights--people do. So does Israel (or any other country) have a right to exist is a meaningless question that does not have an answer.

Do people who live in the territory currently organized and accepted as Israel (what that territory is may be disputable) have a right to self-organize into a political entity commonly called a country? Of course, they do! But that right is no more a right than that of any other people, regardless of any historical circumstances.