Yeah they did, and before then someone else owned it, car's transfer ownership, so Israel can just waltz in on the Palestinians land and setup shop? If you sell your house, then you want to move back in 5 years later do you think the owners would be ok with that?
Bottom line is the UN gave the Jew's and made Israel a state out of pity, it is a pity state, pure and simple, stolen land of the people living on it, everyday they steal more with settlements.
The Assyrians and the Babylonians did not buy Israel's house, they came in and took it by force. I understand once you sell a house you can't come back to it, but there was no house sold it was taken so to answer your question if my house is taken from me, of course I will be back to claim it, however, of course at one point it was Palestinian territory as well so they have a right to claim it as well. I ain't taking sides but I think both Israel and Palestine have a right to the land now it's a political game, very complicated issue
Assyria conquered the northern kingdom in 720 BC, Shalmanaser, Tiglath Piliser, Sargon, Sennacherib, Esarhaddon, and Ashurbanipal
Babylonia conquered the southern kingdom including Jerusalem, 550 BC Nebuchadnezzar. Belshazzar, Babylonian exile
When the Roman took over the land they changed the name Israel to Judea and Galalee, and the temple was destroyed 70 AD known as the first revolt the second revolt took place 150AD during Emperor Hadrian reign, he then had enough of the Jews and changed the name of the land to Palestine cause the majority of the land was made up of Philistines, the term Palestine is the Latin for Philistine