Palestine

[ShinyCrystals]

there was no "Israel" in the past, 

The entire field of archeology says you are wrong. Now whether that gives them any right to the land is another question.

The only thing I think could say that...is that in high school, my teacher said something, possibly in the Bible (I can't remember) about god himself giving the Israelis the land before. Now, I'd say that is still no excuse for Israelis to take over the Palestinians' country like they did, since god does not even exist for that matter.

But however it actually was, if it is due to religion, then this is another case of religion being a cause of war. (Religion is one of the main causes of war, the other, or another being power, something I also learned in high school)