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I think one problem this gets into rhetorically is that people think about "I live here" in terms of demographics in the area of Palestine - American Christians who might be uncritically sympathetic or loyal to Israel might think in terms of Biblical history or when Jews lived there a long time ago, and then they can throw their hands in the air and say it's a complicated history, blah blah blah
Like, OK - that might have a kernel of truth:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Demographic_history_of_Palestine_(region)
But this misses the point entirely - we aren't saying that somehow only Jews or only Muslims have the original and exclusive right to the land we call Palestine - instead what is important is that Israel is a de facto and de jure recent and illegal invasion and occupation of that land:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Legality_of_the_Israeli_occupation_of_Palestine
Framing this as about Jews and Muslims loses the relevant point which is that this is about the illegal and immoral actions of a nation-state.