Loki wrote:
One hundred years ago they were Lebanese, Syrian, Jordanian, etc. When did they become a nation? They are Arabs, with some Turk thrown in the pot. Jews, or rather, Hebrews predate them in the area by millenia.
The ancestors of the people who comprise the population of Palestine had lived in Palestine for centuries. Even by squatters rights, the land was theirs.
If you're using the Bible as reference, the Bible is not a historical document.