Their ancient claim to the Holy Land is not based upon an Israeli presumption that they were there first, only that Canaan would fall and did at the hands of Joshua (Yehoshua), yet the Habiru (Hebrews) may have been among the first to that Promised Land, because the great grandfather of Heber who was Shem (Melchizedek) had moved there perhaps immediately following the Tower of Babel confusion of language, the city of Salem (Uru salim) maybe named for Salah the father of Heber.
