You say "rightfully owned". Who says "your" ownership was "rightful".
Who says that America is owned by Americans? Who says that Russians own Russia? Who says that Italians own Italy? Who says that Iran is owned by iranians? Who says that Turkey belongs to the Turkish?
Who do you think? Humans
The land was legally controlled by the British under a League of Nations mandate. Was that "rightful" ownership at the time? If not why not? How is "rightful" ownership determined? By winning a violent war? By a plebiscite? By a freely made sale or agreement among those with an interest? How?
Do you consider colonizers as the rightful owners to land?? Is America the property of Britian? Is Algeria the Property of France? Is Morocco the property of Spain?
The British gave away lands that did not belong to them. How would you feel if somone sold your house to your neighbor without your permission or your families? A person that you barely knew? What if everyone recognized that this person that you barey knew owned your land that your family owned for over a 1,000 years? What would be your reaction?
So, you see, my quandary still remains, why is the legitimacy of Israel a "Muslim" issue? I realize that Israel has been carved out of territory that was last Jordanian, itself a construct vouched for by European powers.
Your applying western culture to Islamic culture. There is a reason why Muslims refers to another as Brothers and sisters despite having no blood relations. I'm sure you heard of the term "ummah"
Ummah (
Arabic: أمة) is an
Arabic word meaning "
community". It is distinguished from
Sha'b (
Arabic: شعب) which means a nation with common ancestry or geography. Thus, it can be said to be a supra-national community with a common history.
The word
Ummah refers to "the people" in
Arabic, more specifically to Muslim people with a common ideology and culture. "Ummah" is also said in the
Quran by
Allah referring to
Muslims. It is more commonly used in Islamic countries. Muslim Ummah refers to the unity of Muslims all over the world. The Muslim Ummah is responsible for upholding the religion and therefore benefiting the community regardless whether the community is Muslim or non-Muslim[
citation needed].
Apart from its strict religious connotation, the word "ummah" (أمة) is used in Arabic in the general sense of "community", as in الأمم والشعوب ("community of peoples"). The Arabic term for the United Nations in Arabic is الأمم المتحدة ("The United Ummahs"). In its Islamic sense of the community of Muslims, the word is usually preceded in Arabic by the definite article, i.e. الأمة ("The Ummah").
Are you understanding why a Muslim from Indonesia and America can sympathize with a Palestinian Muslim?
It is not about all Muslims having a claim, So I guess my mistake was saying "we".
Rather it has more to do with a Muslim wanting Palestinian Muslims to have their own state.