Israel (now broader Mid East discussion)

Except that's not necessarily true. Jewish people have lived in that region for multiple millennium (4,000 years or thereabouts). Wars and fighting over land/territory in that region have gone on for as far back as we know. That's not the case with the Indians who clearly arrived and settled long before Columbus arrived. There's not really any debate about who settled in the USA first.

I think both have claim to the land in the region and that's why a 2 state solution is needed. But, both haven't ever compromised on what the settled borders of the 2 states would be. It's partly why this has gone on 75 years, not to mention going back much, much further.

My understanding is that Jewish settlers started to show up in mass about 100 years ago. In the crusades it was Arabs who controlled that land. Before that you have mainly fairytales from the bible.

There was clearly defined borders, but Israeli clearly doesn't like the idea of having the hostile natives occupying strategic weak points.