Well, you actually don't know the facts. Palestine is a land, it was called that way even when the time of the British mandate, before WWII. Are the arabs that lived there are Palestinians? Yes. But what you don't mention is that also the jews that lived there were called Palestinians. The land of Israel and Palestine are exactly the same thing. There are arab Palestinians and jew Palestinians. They were not so smart to not take the UN partition plan for Palestine, which the jews accepted. So, right now the entire land is part of Israel :)
Here's an explanation of past Israel prime minister Golda Meir, which has a statue in Manhattan. https://youtu.be/lhjB9W8UEgk
I had the pleasure to be taught this course by Prof. Schocken and also implement https://www.nand2tetris.org/
It's very important to know that Prof. Schocken is a true hacker - he speaks a lot with his students about hacking and curiosity, which is far more important than academic grades.