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@jeremy_pm @gfjacobs @selzero Hmm, Herzl lived about that time, but leaving God aside, Jews were living in the area for quite a long time, and e.g. in Jerusalem in 19th century they were the largest group (even Marx found that out). Zionism is a political formulation of the Passover sentence “Next year in Jerusalem”, so in reality it is older than 127 years.
Palestinians identify, as per PLO Charter, as Arabs, so they are colonisers, not indigenous (the names reveal something, the surnames disclose their origins). Digging there has revealed many Jewish artefacts, not many Arab. As it is, Arabs/Palestinians have even tried to destroy archeological evidence.
Talk about European settlers is a bit off the mark, because nowadays majority of Israeli Jews are not from European diaspora.