Well, the Israelis think they have some historical right to the land (heck - God himself granted them the lease), and now they're there for about a lifetime, there are many people from Israel for whom it is home - the place they were born, the place they grew up and the place they live, work, raise a family. For those people, it is their country, their only country.
If you refuse to look at it that way, refuse to recognise them as people, then please don't ask that they do it for you.
I'm going to ask that the entire Israel thing just disappear from this thread - it's always inflammatory - and we get back to discussing the Lebanon and Hezballa.