What the Left charges is that Israel is an illegal occupier (which seems to at least be inferred by the two-state advocates, including Putin), yet there never was a Palestinian state, and the Jews regaining their homeland was a result of being conquered by "occupiers," and who (from what I see) themselves were conquered (due to disobedience to God) , and thru a succession of which the Jewish state by born within their homeland, yet there remaineth yet more land to be possessed from present occupants.
"This map [below] shows modern Israel compared to what ancient Israel actually looked like at some point. The land God called Joshua to take was much larger."
"The big difference is that the West Bank, as well as the eastern side of the Jordan River, is not part of modern Israel."
Source: https://www.quora.com/How-does-modern-day-Israel-compare-to-the-conquered-lands-as-described-in-the-book-of-Joshua-Old-Testament/answerSteve-Page-96
For perspective:
Source (many more maps): http://www.jewishwikipedia.info/israelmaps.html
Map below showing the status of Israel and the Israeli-occupied territories as of 2018:
The Jews regaining much of their ancient homeland and and statehood after approx 2500 years of not possessing it, losing it to different conquers/occupiers, and with dispersals, is unique, and providential, glory to God who shall yet manifestly answer this question:
ISRAEL: CHOSEN OR FORGOTTEN?
When I worked for the American division of an Israeli company all of my Israeli coworkers had lost a family member or close friend to terrorism. One man was in Tel Aviv waiting for a bus. At the corner before his, an Arab woman boarded the bus with a large handbag. As the bus pulled away her handbag exploded killing most of the people on the bus. I asked what he did then. He went back home. Virtually all of them had some similar story of witnessing carnage.
Provided we live outside liberal hellholes, we in America live such safe and secure lives we can obsess about things that matter not at all; “trans rights,” imagined “racism,” etc. Because we have nothing of similar substance affecting our lives, we make stuff up to make our times seem more consequential. Boredom is underrated and awesome.