God is going to burn the House of Esau like stubble as a recompense for the trouble they caused the House of Jacob and the House of Joseph. That day is drawing very near now. Obadiah 1:13 - the writing is on the wall.
That is the past.
I'm pretty sure, Israel uses its previous, 2,000 year old, claim to the land as justification for its existence today.
Selective use of history?
I'm quite sure that based on the filthy words of a dog from mecca-----
1/4 million girls were raped in east pakistan in 1971 ------
In fact-----two million armenians were murdered circa 1915 based on the same filth----
----well the filth arose 1400 years ago---------same filth---same old filth. Lots of people
were saved from that SAME OLD FILTH by fleeing the filth------to----2000 year old Israel.
There are even some people from IRAN-----fleeing the 1400 year old filth------to Israel---
nice bahai temple----right there in 2000 year old Israel -----zoroastrians fleeing that 1400 year old filth------too. EXTANT FILTH justifies lots of reference to old claims
How is the filth in syria going? ---the 1400 year old filth