365 Days of Israel’s war on Gaza, 76 years of occupation
Seventy-six years after the Nakba, Israel’s “genocide” in Gaza is unfolding before the eyes of the world.
Israel’s war on the Palestinian enclave did not start on October 7. It follows decades of occupation, dispossession, illegal land grabs and an apartheid system discriminating against Indigenous Peoples of Palestine.
It's actually much longer, the occupation.
Before Israel was created the area was occupied by the British who created Mandatory Palestine in 1920.
Before that it was part of the Ottoman empire while the people in the area were trying to gain more independence.
Quoting from Wikipedia (seems old enough info not to be messed with and well sourced)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arab_Revolt
The rise of nationalism in the Ottoman Empire dates from at least 1821. Arab nationalism has its roots in the Mashriq, the Arab lands east of Egypt, particularly in countries of the Levant. The political orientation of Arab nationalists before World War I was generally moderate. Their demands were of a reformist nature and generally limited to autonomy, a greater use of Arabic in education and changes in peacetime conscription in the Ottoman Empire to allow Arab conscripts local service in the Ottoman army.[13]
This all accelerated in WW1 when the UK and France confronted German protectorates in the ME.
(The Ottoman Empire joined the Central Powers through the secret German–Ottoman alliance,[18] which was signed on 2 August 1914. The main objective of the Ottoman Empire in the Caucasus was the recovery of its territories that had been lost during the Russo-Turkish War (1877–1878), in particular Artvin, Ardahan, Kars, and the port of Batum. Success in this region would force the Russians to divert troops from the Polish and Galician fronts.[19])
The British enlisted the local population in trade for independence
The United Kingdom agreed in the McMahon–Hussein Correspondence that it would support Arab independence if they revolted against the Ottomans.
However, the United Kingdom and France reneged on the original deal and divided up the area under the 1916 Sykes–Picot Agreement in ways that the Arabs felt were unfavourable to them. Further confusing the issue was the Balfour Declaration of 1917, which promised support for a Jewish "national home" in Palestine. This series of events is often characterised as a betrayal of the Arabs by the British.[89][90][91]
Yet afterwards gave the territory to Zionist settlers
The British mandate
https://www.britannica.com/place/Palestine/World-War-I-and-after
In July 1922 the Council of the League of Nations approved the mandate instrument for Palestine, including its preamble incorporating the Balfour Declaration and stressing the Jewish historical connection with Palestine. Article 2 made the mandatory power responsible for placing the country under such “political, administrative and economic conditions as will secure the establishment of the Jewish National Home…and the development of self-governing institutions.” Article 4 allowed for the establishment of a Jewish Agency to advise and cooperate with the Palestine administration in matters affecting the Jewish national home. Article 6 required that the Palestine administration, “while ensuring that the rights and position of other sections of the population are not prejudiced,” under suitable conditions should facilitate Jewish immigration and close settlement of Jews on the land. Although Transjordan—i.e., the lands east of the Jordan River—constituted three-fourths of the British mandate of Palestine, it was, despite protests from the Zionists, excluded from the clauses covering the establishment of a Jewish national home. On September 29, 1923, the mandate officially came into force.
