Shayne Train aka Computermorah 🎗🤟

No, the Jews didn't "steal" the land of Israel, even if it was stolen from us. We bought it back, and very dear. I've been extensively studying the history of the Land, from all directions, for a long time. I'm not pretending to be infallible, but I do know more than most laymen Here are a few facts. Since they were first allowed to, grossly in the end of the 18th century, Jewish individuals and organizations legally purchased land—often at significantly inflated prices—from Arab landowners, churches, and other sellers. These acquisitions typically involved marginal, uninhabitable areas such as malaria-infested swamps and arid deserts, which the British Mandate authorities in 1920 deemed largely unsuitable for settlement due to malaria prevalence rates ranging from 50% to 100% in affected regions (see maps). But that's what they sold to us, and that's what we bought, because it was home. The Jewish settlers drained swamps, died of malaria , and implemented innovative agricultural techniques. Notably, Dr. Israel Kligler played a pivotal role between 1920 and 1922 in achieving the world's first national malaria eradication campaign. Unlike previous rulers—such as the Ottomans, Crusaders, Arabs, and Romans—who viewed the region as a peripheral territory, for us, it's home, and we husbanded the Land as it was meant to be. Israeli kids'still learn about some folk heroes. Not warriors. Philanthropists. British Sir Moses Montefiore initiated modern Jewish land acquisitions in 1855 by purchasing 10 hectares of orange groves in Jaffa, and then fell in love and purchasedmany thousands more, including the now uber-ezpensive Yemin Moshe neighborhood in Jerusalem. Back then he had to pay the Jerusalem Jews to live there, outside the Wall. Baron Edmond de Rothschild sponsored 12 new towns in desert areas, including Rishon LeZion, Zikhron Ya’akov, Rosh Pina, and Metulla (founded in 1896), through substantial financial investments in land acquisition and reclamation. By 1900, he transferred 25,000 hectares andh continued purchasing land in areas like Lower Galilee for settlements such as Yavneel and Kfar Tavor. In 1924, Rothschild founded the Palestine Jewish Colonization (back then they also "colonized" France)Association (PICA), acquiring over 125,000 acres and establishing 50 settlements, including Pardess Hanna and Binyamina. A critical aspect of these transactions was the premium prices paid by Jewish buyers, far exceeding prevailing market values. For instance, in 1944, Jews paid between $1,000 and $1,100 per acre for arid or semi-arid land in Palestine—approximately ten times the price of fertile black soil in Iowa, which sold for about $110 per acre during the same period. This price inflation was sometimes driven by Arab landowners who raised complaints about sales to Jews as a tactic to elevate prices for their own benefit. Additionally, the influx of Jewish capital caused overall property values to rise sharply, benefiting sellers but underscoring the high costs borne by Jewish purchasers. Under Ottoman and British Mandate rule, these purchases were conducted transparently and legally, . But under Arafat and now Abbas governments, Arabs who sell land to Jews are killed. Cont'd