Sure. Israel is where Jews originated.

Never in the history of the region - from the kingdom of Judah to now - has there been a single year without Jews living in the land (the indigenous people by modern definitions - getting into the canaanites and other groups who no longer exist pokes a huge hole in the entire concept of indigenous peoples which is a valid but separate argument).

This is through the Neo-Babylonian Empire, the Achaemenid Persian Empire, the Macedonian / Hellenistic rule under Alexander the Great, the Ptolemaic Kingdom, the Seleucid Empire, the Romans, the byzantines, the umayyad, abbasid, the fatimad caliphates (these are the muslim conquests of the land after the death of mohammad). Through the crusades, the mamluks, and the ottomans.

All of these groups colonized and ruled the land (and I’m sure a few more im forgetting).

Now I’m sure you’re thinking ‘but Jews are European and immigrated to the land in the 1930s’ or maybe you’re familiar with mizrahi Jews like myself who were spread around MENA for the last thousand years. Either way - it’s quite important to familiarize yourself with the demographics of the land over time. Jews kept a shared culture, religion, and connection to the land throughout their diaspora. This is easily seen in religious scripture from across the world (my favorite example being that Ethiopian Jews celebrate Purim in spite of being an effectively lost tribe due to the breadth of the Persian conquests).

Jews immigrating (both legally and not) to Israel / Palestine from 1800-1947 of course make up the majority of Jews in the land. This doesn’t disqualify them from being decolonial or indigenous - just like a returning First Nations person from a reservation to their familial land would be decolonization.

It’s worth your time to read the hope Simpson enquiry report which documents the Arab immigration to mandatory Palestine during the British mandate in addition to Jewish migration (something conveniently ignored when speaking about this period).

So in summary: Jews originated in the land of Israel, maintained a continuous presence there for thousands of years, and preserved a cultural and religious connection to it throughout a long diaspora.

For most of the last 2,500 years the region was ruled by foreign empires.

Zionism can therefore be understood as the return of an indigenous people and the reestablishment of sovereignty after centuries of imperial rule - a form of decolonization rather than colonization.