For the same reason all land ownership across the world and across the ages and across all animal species has been determined.

So you believe might makes right?

I don’t.

The reality that a contested position is determined by whoever can assert the claim, isn't a moral choice, it's simply an observable political fact.

	▲	Gud 8 hours ago \| parent [-]
		No it isn’t. There are many plots of land belonging to people with limited military power. Iceland is a pretty good example. Palestine was stolen by Europeans with powerful backers, a statement you then agree with?