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It was ALWAYS the Israelis land. They were kicked out by the Romans in AD 70 and sent as slaves to every nation of the earth. They were hated, persecuted and ethinically cleansed many many times throughout history but amazingly managed to survive as a race.

They have certainly been persecuted for a long long time, but actually it was not always the 'Israelis land' (lets refer to them as Hebrews instead as 'Israeli just refers to the name of a country that didn't exist then, and it's a common mistake to mix up racism with nationalism.

The land and area was settled by the descendents of the Arabs, and it was King David of the Hebrews who settled/conquered the land and claimed it for the Hebrews. They've been arguing ever since.
Well firstly it was Joshua not David who conquered and took the land. And secondly it was given to them by God Himself so the Palestinians case is pretty weak imo.

Add to that fact that the land was pretty much desert and wasteland until the Jews started to move back in the early 20th century. Contrary to popular belief the Palestinans actually started to move into what is now called modern Isreal in the 1930's after the first pioneering Jewish settlers had succeeded in draining the land and making it fertile again. They came for jobs and were welcomed by the Jews.

The coflicts began a couple decades later when the land was more fertile and the Palestinians wanted it for themselves.

At the end of the day though the Jewish people will always be a bone of contention for the rest of the world. There will never be peace there and another huge war between them and the rest of the world is coming.