Judea and Kingdom of Israel was in the area and jews did have that land at one time until the Romans came and expelled them all. But a lot of people have had claims on the land. .
This short clip gives a pretty good historical overview of the conflict over the Levant territory.
List of who is shown in the video.
Basically, everyone has had their hands on that land at one time. I'm not cosigning either side, just providing the info.
As we can see though, all this bullshyt is over historical and religious claims.
Britain established modern day Israel during wwi/wwii. Where are the British in the video?