Also, I don't agree with your interpretation. Investing in dates is a lifetime investment. I doubt that this would be the exact reason for their politics in that area. If you plant a date tree today, you can expect to start having positive cash flow in > 15 years from now. I think there are more immediate considerations (or other crops with a quicker turnaround) like maybe nuclear bombs and guns. [1]
- This comment, imputing a very negative motivation of sheer spitefulness, is offensive.
The fact that you don't say this reveals your true agenda.
Technically the Israelites inhabited the land before the Palestinians. Such land was part of Judea & Samaria, which the romans conquered, kicked out the Israelites. In modern times the Israelites won back much of the land in a war of aggression against them.
It's akin to saying that the Native Americans who lived in their reservations were attacked by the surrounding cities. The native americans won, and in the battles managed to extended their reservations to a greater % of their historical lands before the Americans kicked them out.
Somehow I can't stop reading this the wrong way.