For 140 Years, the Palestinians Have Lost Every War Against Israel
Yet They Keep Claiming That Land as Theirs
No, this isn’t provocation — it’s a fact: for 140 years, they’ve lost war after war. And yet, they continue to lay claim to that land as if nothing ever happened.
You see, the issue isn’t about claiming a homeland.
In fact, that’s perfectly legitimate.
I openly encourage every Palestinian reader to claim every inch of Israeli land as their own, down to the last square centimeter.
After all, if it’s legitimate for Zionists to do so, why shouldn’t it be for you too?
The problem arises when one tries to conquer — or reconquer — land they once held, loses every single war, and then complains about the outcome.
I’m sorry, but the world doesn’t work that way.
To consistently lose every conflict and still claim that Israel is an illegitimate state won’t get you that land back.
These Arab powers start wars they know they can’t win — and when they lose, they cry foul.
Yes, I know:
Israel has been violent toward Arabs.
I know those territories were seized by force.
And I’ve been among the first to denounce Zionist terrorism.
In fact, in my previous article, I explicitly condemned the Zionist acts of terror committed during the colonial era — under Ottoman and British rule.
If you want the full picture, start there.
I’m well aware of the massacres suffered by the Palestinian people. But that’s not the point here.
The point is to accept that history changes, especially after lost wars.
And that everyone — Arabs included — has taken land through violence.
Today, with this piece, I want to show you why Israel is a legitimate state.
Why the Palestinian position on this issue is deeply hypocritical.
And we’ll do it plainly — no filters, no euphemisms.
I’ve already condemned Zionist terrorism.
Now it’s time to focus on the other side of the coin: to challenge the notion that Palestinians are somehow entitled to magically get back land they’ve been trying to reclaim for 140 years — only to lose even more of it each time.
After publishing my previous article on the history of Israel, I received a predictable shitstorm on X.
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There’s a clear reason you don’t often come across articles this direct:
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People who, quite often, don’t even realize that I was criticizing Zionist terrorism.
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Why Is Israel a Legitimate State?
As I mentioned in the introduction, I’m fully aware of the injustices that Arabs — and Palestinians in particular — have suffered and continue to suffer.
This is a long and painful story that began over 140 years ago, marked by violence, uprisings, massacres, and revenge.
But let’s be clear:
this is not an exception in the history of humanity.
In fact, it’s the rule.
Territories conquered by force have always been a constant in the formation of states.
To be completely honest, nearly every single territory on Earth — once part of one empire, then another, later a kingdom or a nation — has changed hands through wars, invasions, revolutions, and treaties imposed by force.
Let’s look at a few concrete examples.
The United States of America
Before gaining independence, the United States was part of the British Empire.
Its territory was originally limited to the Atlantic coast: just a few states wedged between the ocean and the still-unexplored interior.
But year after year, conquest after conquest, the American territory relentlessly expanded westward.
Part of that expansion came through treaties and purchases, like the French Louisiana Territory, sold by Napoleon.
But another significant portion was seized by force.
Think of Texas or what is now California, taken from Mexico after a bloody war.
And yet, who today questions the legitimacy of the United States?
Who claims that Americans “illegally occupy Texas”?
No one.
Because in history, legitimacy has rarely been the result of justice or diplomacy.
It has almost always been the result of a war won.
Russia:
HOLD ON A SECOND!
I know exactly what you're thinking.
“Yeah, but the United States is evil, dirty, and colonialist.”
Fine. Let’s put aside the myth of America for a moment, and take a look at what the Russians have done — historically speaking.
Have you ever wondered how a European people like the Russians managed to conquer such an immense portion of Asia?
Have you ever stopped to consider that the Russians, starting from Moscow, crossed steppes, forests, and deserts — all the way to the Pacific coast?
And that from there, they even extended their reach into the Americas, conquering Alaska — a territory they would later sell to the United States?
Pull up any historical map of the Russian Empire or the Soviet Union:
in all its forms, Russia has ruled over massive territories, often inhabited by peoples who were ethnically and culturally far removed from the Slavic core.
Yet no one today questions the territorial legitimacy of the Russian Federation.
Even now, despite the fall of the USSR, Russia remains the largest country in the world.
A giant spanning two continents and eleven time zones.
And yes:
those territories were taken by force.
Through wars, deportations, forced annexations, and military colonization.
Exactly like the Americans did.
And exactly like the Zionists did.
The Ottoman Empire
And now comes the classic objection:
"Yes, but Simone, the Russians were Europeans. The Americans were Europeans. The Zionists were Europeans. That’s the problem. You people had colonies in Africa. You exploited the world. It’s your fault.You are the root of all evil.”
Fine.
Then let’s talk about the Ottoman Empire.
A Muslim empire. Non-European, non-Christian.
How did it become one of the greatest empires in history?
Simple.
Through force.
Through the sword, conquests, battles, and the subjugation of other peoples.
Just like every other empire.
Look at a map of Ottoman expansion.
From Anatolia, they extended their control across the Middle East, the Balkans, North Africa, and the Arabian Peninsula.
They ruled over cities like Baghdad, Damascus, Cairo, Jerusalem, Athens.
And yet, no one is outraged.
No one says, “Muslims occupied foreign lands, so it’s all illegitimate.”
Why not? Because the same principle applies:
military force creates political legitimacy.
World history is shaped by wars, not polite requests.
And I’m not saying that’s right.
I’m saying that’s how it is.
And in Asia? Let’s Talk About the Japanese.
We've looked at Europe, America, and the Islamic world. But what about the Far East?
The Japanese, for example.
A fascinating civilization — disciplined, aesthetically refined.
But also one of the peoples who, in the twentieth century, revealed an extremely brutal side.
In the first half of the last century, Japan transformed into a ruthless military power, launching a devastating campaign of imperial expansion.
They conquered Manchuria by invading China.
They occupied Korea, the Philippines, French Indochina, parts of Burma, Indonesia — even came close to threatening Australia.
And all this in just a few decades.
Their advance was marked by unimaginable violence — systematic rape, massacres of civilians, and human experimentation.
One of the darkest episodes in their history is that of the “Comfort Women”: Korean, Chinese, and Filipino women — often just girls — forced into sexual slavery in Japanese military brothels.
On that note: for those with a strong stomach and a genuine interest in history, here’s a LINK for further reading on the Comfort Women issue.
Here we have yet another example of a non-European, non-Christian nation attempting to assert global dominance through war and violence.
Who today questions the existence of Japan as a legitimate state?
Who demands the return of the territories occupied in 1937?
No one.
The Largest and Most Brutal Empires: Rome and the Mongols
To wrap up this historical overview, we can’t leave out the two absolute giants of military expansion:
the Roman Empire and the Mongol Empire.
I won't show you any maps because — honestly — your screen wouldn’t be big enough to capture their scale.
The Roman Empire, starting from a small village on the Tiber, came to dominate the entire Mediterranean, Western Europe, North Africa, and much of the Middle East.
All through centuries of war, crucifixions, exterminations, slavery, sieges, and forced deportations.
And yet, today we celebrate it.
We talk about Roman law, Roman architecture, Roman civilization.
The same goes for the Mongols.
In an incredibly short span of time, the nomadic tribes of the steppe brought all of Eurasia to its knees.
They sacked Baghdad, toppled ancient empires, razed entire cities, and killed millions.
And today?
Today the world remembers Genghis Khan as an epic figure.
Statues, monuments, museums — he’s practically a national hero in some places.
So what’s the point?
The point is simple, harsh, but true:
The legitimacy of a state does not come from justice, nor from moral righteousness.
Historically, it comes from power — from victory, from the ability to survive and impose oneself.
And if that holds true for Americans, Russians, Ottomans, Japanese, Romans, and Mongols... then it holds true for Israel as well.
Israel and Palestine: Who’s Right?
As most people know, Israel began its violent path of colonization around 1881.
Over the course of these 140 years, the number of violent incidents has been so vast that they’re nearly impossible to count.
And yet, I believe Israel is a legitimate state.
Does Israel use violence?
Of course.
But all it really did was follow the example set by everyone else, repeating the exact same actions carried out by countless other peoples throughout history.
So why is Israel considered illegitimate?
In my opinion, it’s because of their religion.
Because they are Jews.
In the past, Christians and Muslims have both seized — often bloodstained — control over these territories.
But now that it’s the Jews doing it, suddenly everyone is outraged.
Dear Palestinian friends, over the past 140 years, you’ve been just as violent as the Zionists.
You know what the only real difference is?
That you’ve lost every single war.
You’re angry — not because the Zionists were violent.
You’re angry because you keep losing.
Still, I have to give you sincere credit:
you are tenacious, and incredibly resilient.
You refuse to accept defeat, and you keep fighting.
You fight against a country with nuclear weapons, while you often have nothing more than slingshots and stones.
And for that, I must say: your courage, your dedication, your resilience — those are extremely rare in history.
Adolf Hitler, rather than lose, chose to destroy Berlin, kill himself in a bunker, and let Germany fall into the hands of the Russians and the Americans.
Even the Ukrainians remind me of you in this regard.
At the start of the war — in February and March 2022 — they fought with whatever they had.
Civilians were building Molotov cocktails.
They were ready to defend themselves with forks, if that’s all they had.
Dear Palestinian friends, I don’t hold anything against you.
Your terrorism doesn’t shock me all that much.
Terrorism has been used by everyone throughout history. Zionists included.
I admire your bravery.
And honestly, I feel sorry for you.
Losing wars and land is painful.
Being forced from your home isn’t fair.
But none of this is the fault of the Zionists, or the Jews.
And not even of the Europeans.
It’s the fault of humanity itself.
Conquest is human nature.
And you Muslims — you were conquerors too.
You dominated, conquered, massacred.
Yesterday, you were the oppressors. Today, you’re the victims.
You want to live in peace on your own land — I understand.
But what can you do when your enemy is vastly more powerful?
There are only two options:
Keep fighting, knowing you’ll lose. Knowing it will end badly. Knowing you’ll die.
(“Become martyrs,” as you say.)
Or accept reality. Even if it’s unfair. And try to find peace elsewhere.
Try to find happiness far from an endless war.
Emigrating sucks, I know.
We Italians did it too.
Out of hunger, for work, out of desperation.
It’s estimated that nearly 80 million Italians emigrated.
And I get it: I know how much it hurts to leave your homeland.
But that’s a choice that every Palestinian has to make for themselves.
Just know this:
everything that has happened since October 7th is simply the direct consequence of yet another terrorist attack.
Or, as you call it, “resistance.”
I wish you the best.
May you find happiness, and may fanaticism stay far away from you.
To Israel, and to the Jewish people, I wish for some long-awaited peace of mind, something they seem to have been denied for centuries.
And I hope they don’t take too much revenge on the weaker side.
Because yesterday, the weak ones were you.
Today, it’s them.
Life is a cycle.
Be better. Be stronger.
Dear humans,
dear humanity:
nothing lasts forever.
Today’s oppressors, tomorrow’s victims.
Today’s victors, tomorrow’s losers.
Don’t waste your brief existence chasing ideologies.
Historically, they’ve never brought anything good.
This is not the story of the Israeli–Palestinian conflict.
It’s the story of humanity itself.
Be kind.
Per aspera ad astra.
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