[Mark Felton]

There are 150,000 Israeli settlers placed on Palestinean land in the past ten years probably with American taxpayer dollars It is no wonder that the Arabs are mad at us.

The land belongs to whomever can physically control it.

It's been true throughout the history of mankind, and is equally true today. No exceptions.

You can either defend your land or you cannot. If you cannot hold the land by force (with aid of allies) then you lose it. period.

[Smile-n-Win]

The land belongs to whomever can physically control it.

If by "belong" you mean custody, then yes. If you mean rightful property, then no: If you own something and somebody forcibly takes it away, it is still rightfully yours.

But of course rights are of not much use unless they are enforced.