@AThousandYoung saidSo at some point in the timeline the Byzantine Empire took possession of the land of Palestine. They were the owners at that point. Then other Empires did the same going right up to the Ottoman Empire. They also had ownership of Palestine and governed the territory.https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Muslim_conquest_of_the_Levant
The Muslim conquest of the Levant, or Arab conquest of Syria,[1] was a 634–638 CE invasion of Byzantine Syria by the Rashidun Caliphate. A part of the wider Arab-Byzantine Wars, the Levant was brought under Arab Muslim rule and developed into the provincial region of Bilad al-Sham. Clashes between th ...[text shortened]... b. During this time, Khalid ibn al-Walid was the most important leader of the Rashidun army.
Apparently when the British Empire overthrew the Ottomans, that is where people had the problem of ownership, because it is the British that saw it fit to give a portion of Palestine to the Jews. All along the Empire had all rights, but rights are removed if land is being given to the Jews.
@Rajk999 saidThe Byzantines were an extension of the Roman Empire. They owned the land because Rome conquered it.
So at some point in the timeline the Byzantine Empire took possession of the land of Palestine. They were the owners at that point. Then other Empires did the same going right up to the Ottoman Empire. They also had ownership of Palestine and governed the territory.
Apparently when the British Empire overthrew the Ottomans, that is where people had the problem of owners ...[text shortened]... s. All along the Empire had all rights, but rights are removed if land is being given to the Jews.
@AThousandYoung saidOf course and then the Greeks came next? Or whoever. The point is these Empires all owned the Levant region which includes Palestine. When the British Empire owned it and passed on part to the Jews then came the uproar.
The Byzantines were an extension of the Roman Empire. They owned the land because Rome conquered it.
@Rajk999 saidThe Greeks under Alexander took the land around 330 BCE. The Byzantines were also a Greek-Roman fusion.
Of course and then the Greeks came next? Or whoever. The point is these Empires all owned the Levant region which includes Palestine. When the British Empire owned it and passed on part to the Jews then came the uproar.