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Originally Posted by GGG
Which set of boarders for Israel is the one you recognize? 48? 67? Another one? It would be difficult for someone to answer your question in a way that would satisfy you without you first defining your position on which map of Israel should be used to answer the question.
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Wait. What "stealing land" has to do with borders?
There are two different layers here. One is owning the land like you own your house. Like a land lord. You have a title and the house is yours.
Second level is a country. You live in a country, but you don't really own it. At the moment of the formation of Israel, Palestinians lived in British Empire. Before that they lived in Ottoman empire. There never ever was a Palestinian state.
So, on landowners level, the land was bought. Those Arabs, who didn't want to sell, just continued to live on their land, albeit in a new state. They still live there. My kids played soccer with their kids yesterday. Their land was never stolen.
On statehood level, it was never their country. Never. You can't steal something that never existed at the first place. British held the rights to statehood and they gave it to Israelis. It was perfectly their right. The statehood was never stolen either.