Dude they didn’t own the land nor did the Zionists. The Ottomans lost, and paid the price from the perspective of the British with the loss of their 7 centuries long empire, what did the local populace do to be driven out of their homes? Like you can’t drive people out of their homes because you claim that God promised you the land. Zionists have been on the offensive ever since they drafted the Balfour Declaration, every other move they‘ve made has been to further annex more land in their quest of ‘Eretz Yisrael’.
Does this look like someone who wants to defend himself? Bibi pulled out a map that had no Palestinian lands on it in front of the UN not long before October 7th:
8 months of destruction since then and yet you think they’re simply on the defensive? What Zionist joint are you smoking?