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While I think the history of Israel is not in dispute, I understand this is a world in which the controlling party of a piece of real estate is based on who wants it at the time, who is the strongest, and who wants to try to take it. The Israelites, upon release from Egypt, walked around a while and then set about conquering. Others conquered them. Settlers of the North American continent displaced indiginous peoples. Examples ad infinitum.
It is for that reason I can't look at who used to have a parcel of land or a claim to something. That gets WAY out of control as a standard. The only thing one can do is look at they way it is now and the current owners of the property can do their best to defend it.
With Kuwait, the invasion by Saddam was repelled. Danger exists when land is simply given up in the interest of appeasement. I think in the context we are in Godwin's law doesn't really apply, so I'll bring up the Sudentenland. After all, that was all Hitler wanted.
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