@CuriousaboutSamphire
You have to start way before the 1948 war to see the when the persecution and ultimate ethnic cleansing of Palestine starts. You also have to recognise the British and their absolutely instrumental role in the formation of Israel post WW1 , along with the USA post WW2.
As you probably know, the Arabs in Hejaz, Palestine, Syria have tremendous help to the British empires (despite being part of enemy Ottoman Empire) during WW1. To win their support, the British promised autonomy for the Arabs when the war was over. (McMahon letters). But unfortunately the British were also working with the Zionists in British to create Jewish homeland. The British and zionists were aligned for many reasons including Britain being desperate to protect its empire which the economy relied on heavily , particularly during the war. Critically Palestine is located next to Suez Canal which so a friendly state there meant passage of ships to and from India as well as oil from Persia would be far more secure.
So whilst they promised the Arabs autonomy, they also promised to create a Jewish Homeland. And the. To complicated matters the french and British divvied up the Middle East under the Sykes-Picot agreement.
The result was a British mandate which lasted until 1948. During this time the rights and lands of the incumbent population, the Arabs, were eroded hugely due to the British settling up a system that was vastly preferential to the Jews. Obviously the rise of Nazism (as well as the anti-semitism in Europe and USA) drove up the numbers of Jews going to Palestine.
This graph shows how the numbers increased numbers.
Obviously then the 1948 war resulted in displacement of 600,000-800,000 Palestinians and from then on, Palestinian rights have got weaker, and Israel has become a Jewish state which no longer recognises Arabic as a formal language.
One MN post cannot possibly cover even the minutest fraction of what has gone on for last 100 years, but there is no doubt the Palestinians have been cleared from their land. Hence my use of ethnic cleansing, as unappealing and melodramatic as that may sound.
It’s an utter clusterfuck with no obvious solution but we need to acknowledge the horrific failures of the British, working with the Zionists, towards the Palestinian people. And their actions have had consequences ever since. The government of Israel continues that failure and oppression.