Quote from Mark Twain in 1867 , about The Holy…

Quote from Mark Twain in 1867 , about The Holy Land, “….. A desolate country whose soil is rich enough, but is given over wholly to weeds… a silent mournful expanse…. a desolation…. we never saw a human being on the whole route…. hardly a tree or shrub anywhere. Even the olive tree and the cactus, those fast friends of a worthless soil, had almost deserted the country.”
WHY DIDN’T THE PALESTINIANS WANT THIS LAND, WHEN IT WAS EMPTY??? WHY WEREN’T THEY THERE, IMPROVING THE LAND, BEFORE THE JEWISH PEOPLE CAME BACK, AND MADE IT A DESIRABLE PLACE TO LIVE???