The standard line used by Israel-haters and Israel criticizers is that the Israelis stole Arab land. It is a constant that has been on-going for decades, but has picked up lots of steam ever since Israel hatred has gone mainstream in the Democrat Party and across much of Western Europe.
🔥 BEST VIDEO OF THE YEAR
— UN Watch (@UNWatch) March 25, 2026
Rare moment of truth at the UN from brave Kuwaiti dissident @JJJuraid, invited by UN Watch:
Mr. Chair,
I heard the term “colonizers.” But who are the real colonizers? A Jewish Kingdom ruled in Judea for a thousand years. We, the Arabs, took this land.… pic.twitter.com/dUiG5PH58U
The irony about this video is manifold. Not only is this Kuwaiti representative very learned of his own people’s history, he also knows Jewish history. Those who mock his arguments will often ridicule the historic argument saying that if everybody used the historic claim than America would have to give back all of their land to the Indians and very few people would be able to claim true ownership of their own land.
There is some truth to this argument, but it also knocks out the argument that Arabs somehow have an ancient tie to the Land of Israel too.
But the truth is that the main reason to focus on the truly ancient Jewish tie to the Land of Israel is that the word colonizers is constantly attributed to the Jewish people in the Land of Israel. This is a lie on every level. To say that the Jewish people do not have an ancient bond is a lie and completely denies history for literally 3,500+ years. To say that the Arabs lived in the Land for two thousand years while the Jews did not is 1-2% true and 98-99% exaggeration.
For the vast majority of the years between the destruction of the Jewish Temple and the eviction of the Jewish people from their Land by the Romans, then by the Arabs, and then by the Crusaders, the Land of Israel was almost completely empty.
That fact has been shown to be accurate by every traveller over a span of more than a thousand years who sent back a report of what he saw. So the truth is that no more than 2-3% of the Arabs or Jews who live in the Land of Israel have a history that goes back more than 120 years to the Land.
The entire idea of an Arab national movement around the Land of Israel – circling around the idea of a Land called “Palestine” – is around 50-60 years old. The modern idea of Jewish Zionism goes back around 180-200 years, but also only became organized into a serious movement around 130 years ago. Beforehand, the Jewish people yearned, but very few acted on their yearnings. It was too far, too dangerous, and usually was considered a dream to pray for, but not to act upon.
The only ancient Arab movement concerning the Jewish people is the ancient idea of Jew-hatred. That has been alive and well for thousands of years. That is what drives and unites all of those who claim to have an ancient bond with the Land of Israel and who are united in the hope to drive the Jewish people into the Sea.