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Or do you actually believe that Jews have been the majority population in the region for the past 200 or so years?
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Yes, Jews were the majority in the small patch of land originally partitioned to them, as well as in Jerusalem.
Historically, a soveriegn Jewish nation ruled over the land as far back as 1312 BCE. When Arabs arrived in 636 CE they were actually the colonizers, and yet there still wasn't a "Palestinian" ruler. If we limit the scope of our timeline to 200 years like you suggest, that entire period is accounted for by the Brits, and the Ottoman's who arrived in 1516. If we're to measure a nation by it's majority then again, there's Jordan, with 75% of their population identifying as Palestinian.
So why is it okay to condemn Jewish nationalism while defending Arab/Palestinian nationalism?