I know you come at this from a caring place, and I don't automatically assign hateful motives to people who posit the things you've said, but I ask you to consider that the land of Judea (where the modern word Jew comes from), was a land of the Judeans that was colonized by many. The Romans The Arabs, Ottomans, British. And others. The land was not Israel or Palestine pre-1948 all the way back 2,000 years. The land was not indigenous to Arabs. Arabs came from Arabia. That Judeans were forcibly displaced (most not all) and then came back a long time later does not mean they had no right to come back. There is a long back and forth of finger pointing of why we are where are today. And the list includes Palestinians refusing every two state solution offered all the way to the 1947 U.N. plan for the majority Judean area to be Jews and the majority Arab area to be Palestine. The list also includes Israeli right wing expansionism. Arabs who lost their homes lost them as a result of not just being kicked out, but also may sold their land and many others left because they were promised by Arab nations once they destroyed Israel they could come back. Again, this is not a once size fits all problem. Arabs who ended up in what is today Israel are voting citizens of Israel. play o Israeli sports teams, are Israeli physicians etc. I have been many times. It is not Apartheid by any stretch. But Arabs living in the West Bank, a place I've also visited many times do not have complete freedom, though many of their cities are robust with restaurants, night clubs, businesses etc. At the end of the day, caring people could easily make the argument that the Palestinians as a distinct ethnic group are new as there never has been a nation called Palestine. To me, that would invalidate their genuine beliefs and where we are today. And it would provide justification for Israel to never work to give them the dignity they deserve. Caring people could also try to make the case that Jews should not have returned to Israel (despite Europeans and Arab nations who kept telling them to go back to Israel). Though the Jews were not just random Belgians taking over Rwanda. The Jews always had a connection to Israel. But where each of these positions gets us is justification for more war and more death. It behooves us to recognize and value the heartfelt connection of both peoples, otherwise we will always have war. We have to learn to hold space for more than one group. Jews and Palestinians are there to stay. I am happy to recommend a few books that dive into the history of the conflict, which is important, but I genuinely believe that we are at such a precarious place that we should adjust to a position that moves us to peace, not just war with a different winner. Much love.