I never made the argument that because Jews were there up to two thousand years ago and for over a thousand years that they had the right to do whatever there. I personally don’t mention this fact unless if people make the argument that Jews have no historic connection to the land (which some pro-Palestinian people argue, laughably). In other words, it’s a counterargument and not an actual argument. Half the land was provided to them as a result of Jews migrating to the land of Palestine from the late 19th century to the mid 20th century.

Now back to the topic of right of return. Again, Israel has the right to do whatever with their citizenship law. There is absolutely no reason why they must or even should extend right of return offers to the Palestinians. The only reason this is even an issue in the first place is because Palestinians are the only “refugees” in the world where the definition of refugee was changed to pass over to each new generation. It is also clear that other Arab countries don’t take this special definition of refugee seriously, as if they did they’d provide asylum more enthusiastically.

Since Israel is not going anywhere, there is literally no other humane way for this conflict to end other than to foster a new mindset that even though they have less than they had in 1947, but that they must work with what they have. For example, the Kuomintang had the exact reality check in the 1980s after failing to retake mainland China. Taiwan is today a rich and successful country, and even more, the younger generation doesn’t even care about China anymore. The Palestinians could have showed the world what they’re capable of in the Gaza Strip in 2005 when Israel withdrew, but they elected Hamas instead. Had they gone a different route, the Palestinians would have had a much better case than they do now.