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Those clever maps showing how Israel's territory is expanding are a clever trick to fool the gullible. There never was any Palestine. That area was a part of the Ottoman empire and conquered by the British. The British broke up this region and gave a part to create Israel and the rest to Arabs, namely Jordan. The British mandate was rejected by the Arabs who attacked Israel right at its birth. So they never accepted the statehood offered to them. The Arabs (Jordan, Syria and Egypt) told fellow Arabs who lived there to leave because they were launching a war. The idea was that Israel would soon be destryed and the Arabs would be able to return. After Israel won the war against all odds, the Jews started buying land sold to them voluntarily by the Arabs. Some Arabs did not listen to the advice to leave. These are the ones who are today's Israeli citizens. Of course in later wars, none started by Israel, Israel annexed more territory. That started the concept of "Land for peace" idea whereas Israel has been voluntarily offering to return the land for guarantees of peace. This has not been acceptable to the Palestinians.