I'm not the one who needs Wikipedia. That would be you. To use a Muslim quote. Cite your proof if you have any. The fact is that during the Jewish emigration to "Palestine" at the end of the 19th Century and the beginning of the 20th, Jews needed land. So, they bought it directly from the owners thereof, who were largely absentee landlords living in Syria or Turkey. They did this at often three or four times the market rate, and they did so with the understanding that the rights of the resident felahin would not be infringed. For the most part, that was respected.
If you want to look the matter up, feel free. I don't have to. The burden of proof is on you, not me. And the felahin could have bought the land themselves. Why didn't they? Because they were poor, uneducated, and stupid, perhaps? As "Palestinians" have repeatedly shown themselves to be ever since we started dealing with them in the late 19th Century.
What I am going to say will be VERY politically incorrect. And it doesn't apply to all Arabs, but ONLY to "Palestinians". Let's face it people. They are hated by EVERYONE. Even other Arabs think they are the scum of the Arab world. Only the latest models can talk. The rest of them are just one step up from the lower primates, still swinging from their tails (or kafeiya, as the case may be).
This is the ultimate reason that even other Arabs want nothing to do with them. The only purpose they serve is to make Israel look bad. Arabs are allowed to use "Palestinians" for that. If they can be used to paint Israel as the bad guy, well, they will take advantage of them, but they will never actually HELP the poor bastards, because in their hearts, the rest of the Arab world knows what I know: "Palestinians" are the lowest human on Earth. No one wants them anywhere in polite company. They are probably the only group of people, along with Jews and Gypsies, who are so universally despised. But in this case its actually warranted.
I mean, a perfect example. Israel pulled out of Gaza in 2005, leaving a fully functioning horticultural industry. So, Hamas took over. One of the first things they did was destroy the green houses and other improvements so they could use the implements for weapons. How much more savage can you get?
I was talking historically as in when Christians were under Muslim control like, Crusade time period. You are right if you come forward several centuries, of course. I wasn't referring to the time when Europe colonised three quarters of the world.