[ebb tide]

► had a historical right to the land that predates the current claimants to it by more than 1,000 years;

Not true:

Second Temple Israel lost its mandate. Now the Church possesses it

[daniel1212]

► had a historical right to the land that predates the current claimants to it by more than 1,000 years;

Not true: Second Temple Israel lost its mandate. Now the Church possesses it

So you think your church has the right to the land, if not the Jews or the "Palestinians?" That was the context.