@hellblazer
yup, the palestinian occupied the land for hundred of years but that does not mean that the jews entirely left it to them.. there were still jews that were left behind....
lets get our history straight...
first there were the jews then...
then persian there were stiil jews, the there were still jews..
greek still there were jews
the romans then but there were still jews...
then byzantine empire, ther were still jews...
then an islamic empire but there were still jews....
mamluk period but there were still jews...
and then the ottoman period but there were still jews...
of course there were changes.... the drop in number of jews population, them being concentrated in different cities... not to mention being persecuted.... mny of course leave their lands behind since the fall of the roman empire.... many were displaced.... and this history is not merely based on the bibile but actual historical accounts.... then the jews were the OPPRESSED after all trying to regain what was tken from them generations ago...
even before the zionist movement there were already jews returning to israel.... and infact some did not actually left it....
Israel have gone along way, must I say its probably payback time...