The region has a long and complex history. From early Persian kings, Alexander the Great, Ottomans, later UK claims, Balfour declaration, WW2, and then partitions after the second world war. Add historical claims to the list. The borders that were drawn up after WW2 left millons of people without a homeland.
As I outlined above, the history of the area is not a rainbow unicorn story.
The Persian kings conquered neighboring tribes. The Greeks under Alexander the Great conquered Persian cities. Later the Romans governed the area, under which Jews lived in Judea under Roman laws. Yet later the Ottomans gained control, and so forth.
The partitions after WW2 was a centrally planned allocation of land that ended up causing millions of people to not have an official homeland.
Whatever we think of historical or military claims to the region, cultural roots and religious roots, the WW2 partitioning borders have left deep conflicts in the area that are not easily solved.
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