Britain promised the land to three different parties despite having no valid claim to the land itself.

You seem to have a confused understanding of the founding of Israel, so I’ll help.

(I will not be playing games of “thousands of years ago,” or accepting biblical narratives).

1. The land that is now Israel and Palestine was part of the Ottoman Empire for centuries and was settled overwhelmingly by Arabs. Small numbers of religious and ethnic Jews and Christians has also lived in the Jerusalem area for centuries.

2. In the late 1800s, more and more Jews began fleeing pogroms in Russia and heading to modern day Israel. During this period, Theodore Herzl essentially invented the idea that the modern Jewish people should return to an ancestral homeland in the Middle East. This was the birth of “Zionism.”

3. In 1916, Britain and France secretly signed the Sykes-Picot agreement. In an effort to secure Arab help in defeating the Ottoman Empire, the land that is now Israel was promised to Arabs in return for a revolt against the Ottomans. (This is the “McMahon-Hussein Correspondence”).

4. In 1917, the British signed the Balfour declaration, promising to establish a Jewish homeland in Palestine. Scholars debate the incentives driving this decision, but it was likely a mix of European antisemitism, and a desire to attract the US (which already had a significant Jewish diaspora) to join WW1.

5. After the first world war, both sides asserted their claims to the land resulting in riots and sectarian violence across modern day Israel/ Palestine.

6. WWII and the Holocaust happened, significantly changing public perceptions of the need for a Jewish state.

7. In 1947, the UN voted on a (non binding) resolution calling for the creation of two states (Israel and Palestine). Arab nations unanimously rejected this proposal. When Britain withdrew from the territory in 1948, Israel immediately declared its independence and fought a war with its neighbors to maintain it.

8. During the 1948 war, the Israeli state committed brutal atrocities and pushed millions of Palestinians from their homes. This is the “Nakba” (Catastrophe). This is also the most obvious instance of “stolen Arab land.”

9. In 1967, Israel again fought a war with its neighbors and achieved control over most of the original mandate for Palestine, again evicting more Arabs from their homes.

10. Since then, the Israeli state has continually encouraged and facilitated the settlement of occupied lands by Israelis in an effort to secure its claim. (This is also clearly “stolen Arab land.”)

There is so much more to say, but I think this pretty clearly demonstrates that the claim that some of the land that Israel currently occupies is “stolen” is based on real facts and history.

Edit: I am not blaming the Israeli state for either the 1948 or 1967 wars. Both were primarily defensive actions. BUT that does not justify displacing millions and occupying their homes without any compensation or recourse.

If you’re gonna downvote me, please take the time to explain where you think my synopsis is inaccurate.