The physical land that the country of Israel owns today belonged initially to evil descendants of Noah. It did not belong to Israelis, nor did it belong to the Palestinians. God gave it to Abram, who through sin involved others that were not of the Covenant promise [i.e., Hagar, Ishmael and their descendants].
The feud between Abram and Abraham's descendants is in full conflict, even unto this present day, because Abram's descendants have the traditional first born right to the Canaan land. Mainly because Ishmael was the traditional oldest son, and Abram's descendants know it!
It is a reality that the land should have been inherited by the traditional first born son of Abram. This first born right has been taught, and handed down to Ishmael's descendants by their forefathers - Ishmael and others!
On the other hand, the feud is still alive because Abraham's descendants have God's promissory claim to the land, and they know it! It is a reality that the Canaan land was promised by God to Abram, through the 1st Covenant. However, Abram never took physical possession of the land because he broke the Covenant through adultery. Then God gave the land to Abraham and his first born son, Isaac.
It is also a reality that Abraham was suppose to inherit the Canaan land through the 2nd Covenant, but he never took physical possession of it either. However, God did take the land from Noah's evil descendants to deliver the land into the hands of Abraham's pure bloodline descendants through numerous other Covenants that were established by God. The land was not taken by God and delivered into the hands of Abram's pure bloodline descendants through Godly Covenants, they took it from the hands of Abraham's descendants.
Abraham's descendants have known about all the promises that God made to Abraham, Isaac, Jacob, Moses and Joshua, concerning their inheritance of the Canaan land throughout all these years. That is why their forefathers have taught them that the Canaan land is theirs!
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