Ken, the Jews were in Israel, and the majority people in Palestine until 400 AD. Then the Christians were the majority people in Palestine for 700 years. Then the Ottoman Empire (Turkish) conquered it and held sway there for 600 years. That came to an end at the end of the 19th century.
At the same time, conflict started between the Bedouin (Nomadic Arabs) and the Jews who bought and paid for land
The Palestinians refused the 2 state solution by the United Nations in 1947. They wanted all the News out. The Palestinians then attacked the Jews. The Jews won, and in 1948, Israel was born.
In our human world, land belongs to those who live in it. The Israelis have started settling in that land while the Ottoman Empire still controlled it. They did not have a problem with it. The Bedouin did
It is a long and complicated story. I have no love for religion, and I go a notch higher than 'not like' when it comes to fundamentalism.