You’re witnessing extreme levels of cognitive dissonance. This individual isn’t trying to convince anyone. They’re trying to convince themselves. Benign phrasing to avoid calling it a land grab is clear evidence of this in action.

Okay… "land grab" works too. Grabbing back those parts of their ancestral homeland that were abandoned by the aggressors.

when does history stop?

This chapter will stop when the hostages are returned and Hamas is defeated.