> Based on the information I have now (which granted may be lacking and then my opinion may change) both have equal rights to the land. In that sense, it hardly seems that passing over the control of the land to the Jews was a just action.

In addition to what I said before and the maps Alex found, it also should be noted that Jordan (then called TransJordan) was created at the same time the British took over Palestine and was specifically as a home for Arabs.

In general, you need to keep in mind that Israel, with or without the land captured in 1967, is a tiny country, occupying less than 1% of the Middle East. Just to give you some perspective, these are land areas in sq. km for some of the major players in that part of the world:

Egypt 995,450
Iran 1,636,000
Iraq 432,162
Jordan 88,884
Lebanon 10,230
Saudi Arabia 1,960,582
Syria 184,050

Israel 20,330

Tamar