I'll try to do it briefly. at the turn of the 20th c there was a jewish minority in the area now known as israel . . . they were subjected to repeated attacks by the majority arab population, but they hung in there. At this time, ottomans (turks) still ruled, so muslims were favored.
after WWI, the ottomans lost palestine, and the british took it over. they allowed some jewish migration, but mostly tried to prevent it. however, in the 1930s, thanks to the germans and their pals, many more jews began to arrive. the creation of a jewish state cannot be separated from german (and russian) persecution, and apathy on the part of the western europe (although powerful jews like the rothschilds were able to provide some relief). no (or even lesser) persecution would have meant that zionism would not have become as dominant as it has among the jewish peoples.
in any case, the british decided shortly after WWII that they were going to leave palestine. they wanted to split it up into a jewish state and an arab state (sorta like splitting india up into india and pakistan along religious lines). the jews were willing to split palestine up, but the arabs would have none of that . . . and lots of violence erupted. once the british left, the arabs thought they would just kill all the jews in israel . . . they tried . . . and we all know how that story ended for those sorry bastards.
so
1. It's not like modern americans and indians. the arabs were not sovereign b/c they didn't have the brains or balls to be . .
2. they could have had an arab state from the beginning, but they were too greedy.
3. they tried to kill the jews off, but they failed miserably.
4. then they sorta got what was coming to them for being generally incompetent.
