"Jews are the indigenous people of the land — Arabs are the colonizers."
Their strongest version
Jewish historical, religious, and archaeological ties to the land are ancient, continuous, and profound; Jewish presence predates the Arab conquests, and for many Jews the connection to Zion is constitutive of identity.
The response
Don't deny Jewish ties to the land. They are ancient, real — and beside the point being smuggled in. The trick is treating indigeneity as a title deed only one people can hold. Palestinians are not seventh-century arrivals: the region's population has been continuous, adopting new languages and faiths in place, and many Palestinian families descend from those same ancient communities. So the honest picture is two peoples with deep roots in one land — which argues for sharing it, not expelling either. Watch what the claim is for, too: 'they are colonizers' exists to justify removal, which is why the officials who say it pose in front of Greater Israel maps. And in the end, rights in 2026 don't flow from whose ancestor arrived first. They flow from the people who live there now.