Correction - the zionists BOUGHT the land that became the proto-typical kibbutz. The absentee palestinian landlords (most of them residing luxuriously in damascus), were MORE THAN WILLING TO DIVEST THEMSELVES OF OWNERSHIP of a tired and unproductive land.
And when the combined armies of the arab league were threatening a blood bath (1948 arab-israeli war) in the palestinian mandate, the land that the palestinians left (at the insistence of their arab brethren) became the line of defense for these sporadic settlements.
So, how can anyone pretend theft in this instance, when the land was PAID for, first, by HARD CURRENCY, and subsequently, by BLOOD, eh?
And if you are even aware of the torrens system of title, then the standards of ABSOLUTE OWNERSHIP are FULLFILLED in this particular case.
As I said, kindly reserve your rhetoric for the *****'s who do not know any better - the same morons populating the ranks of hamas and hezbollah.
Zionists might have begun the conquest by purchasing a few Palestinian properties at reduced prices, but it was a microscopic, minuscule part of what they ended up with. Stop making excuses for terrorist murderers.
The Palestiniand didn't leave their property to the Zionist Jews, they simply left for safety's sake until the warring was over. Why would that make Zionist Jews think the land was abandoned?
Quite a few of those morons are in here apologizing for the sins of the Zionist Jews.